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1. Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope : with achromatic object-glasses, of exceeding great power, by which views of nature's scenery & animate objects are warranted to be seen clearly, at a distance of six miles : made in handsome foreign woods, and sold wholesale, at extremely moderate prices by the manufacturers, J. Somalvico and Co. opticians, London, Hatton Garden.

Newly invented portable walking-stick telescope : with achromatic object-glasses, of exceeding great power, by which views of nature's scenery & animate objects are warranted to be seen clearly, at a distance of six miles : made in handsome foreign woods, and sold wholesale, at extremely moderate prices by the manufacturers, J. Somalvico and Co. opticians, London, Hatton Garden.
Creator:
J. Somalvico & Co
Date:
[between 1842 and 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Plans, elevations, sections, and details of the Alhambra / from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by Jules Goury, and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones ; with a complete translation of the Arabic inscriptions, and an historical notice of the kings of Granada from the conquest of that city by the Arabs to the expulsion of the Moors, by Pasqual de Gayangos.

Plans, elevations, sections, and details of the Alhambra / from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by Jules Goury, and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones ; with a complete translation of the Arabic inscriptions, and an historical notice of the kings of Granada from the conquest of that city by the Arabs to the expulsion of the Moors, by Pasqual de Gayangos.
Creator:
Goury, Jules, 1803–1834
Date:
1842-1845
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Designs for mosaic and tessellated pavements: /By Owen Jones, archt. with an essay on their materials and structure, by F. O. Ward.

Designs for mosaic and tessellated pavements: /By Owen Jones, archt. with an essay on their materials and structure, by F. O. Ward.
Creator:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
[4], 14, [2], [11] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain / illustrated by views taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett ; with descriptions by William Beattie, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and others ; with descriptions, historical and topographical.

The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain / illustrated by views taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett ; with descriptions by William Beattie, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and others ; with descriptions, historical and topographical.
Creator:
Finden, William, 1787–1852
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Family tea establishment : Hollis, Walford & Co. : 2, Bold Street & 8, Dale Street, Liverpool.

Family tea establishment : Hollis, Walford & Co. : 2, Bold Street & 8, Dale Street, Liverpool.
Creator:
Hollis, Walford & Co.
Date:
[after 1842]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 21 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds / illustrated by explanatory notes and plates by John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [2], 279 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A general armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland / by John Burke ... and John Bernard Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
ca. 550 p. : coats of arms ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Somerset visitation, 1623 ...

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Creator:
St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625–1715
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
5 p. ., 152 p. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xxiv, 250 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

10. Captain Macheath, or, The highwayman of a century since! : interspersed with numerous racy sketches of celebrated male and female characters / by Pierce Egan ... ; the whole of the designs drawn and etched by Pierce Egan the younger.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Southwold and its vicinity : ancient and modern / by Robert Wake.

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Creator:
Wake, Robert
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xviii, 420 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland : with an accurate travelling map : engraved charts and views of the scenery : plans of Edinburgh and Glasgow : and a copious itinerary.

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Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xi, 500 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. George Cruikshank's omnibus : illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood ... / edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [2], 300 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

14. The ratcatcher's daughter : illustrated ... / by [Gamma].

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Creator:
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Felix Summerly's hand-book for Westminster Abbey.

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Creator:
Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
35 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Rambling recollections of a soldier of fortune / by W.H. Maxwell ... ; with a portrait of the author, and illustrations by H.K. Browne.

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Creator:
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 296 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands / described by David Low ... ; and illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A. ; reduced from a series of portraits from life, executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A. ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Low, David, 1786–1859
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill. ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Dame Rachel Hopton : from an original manuscript.

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Date:
1842?]
Physical Description:
[2], 5, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Catalogue of the valuable library of books & books of prints of the late A. Gilmore, Esq : including an original copy of the Musée Francais, proof impressions, proof impressions : the Liber Veritatis, an original copy : Edward's Natural History of Birds : Lewins's British Birds : Latham's Synopsis of Birds : Lavater's Physionomy, by Hunter : Taylor's Plato : a valuable collection of wood cuts, by the Early Masters : two beautifully illuminated manuscripts, Breviaries, and a few antient prints & drawings, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 21st day of May, 1842, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[19]-[20], 21-39, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The history and antiquities of Allerdale Ward above Derwent, in the county of Cumberland : with biographical notices and memoirs / by Samuel Jefferson.

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Creator:
Jefferson, Samuel, 1809–1846
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xiii, [5], 462 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Sketchers guide : with a compendium of the rules of perspective and effect / by W.F. Elliot.

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Creator:
Elliot, W. F
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
24, [9] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Georgia illustrated in a series of views : embracing natural scenery and public edifices / engraved on steel by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Smillie ; from sketches made expressly for this work, by T. Addison Richards ; accompanied by historical and topographical sketches, by our own writers ; edited by William C. Richards.

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Creator:
Richards, William C. (William Carey), 1818–1892
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[4], 44 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A handbook to the public galleries of art in and near London : with catalogues of the pictures accompanied by critical, historical, and biographical notices, and copious indexes to facilitate reference / by Mrs. Jameson.

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Creator:
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794–1860
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The history and topography of the parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the county of Middlesex / by Samuel Lewis.

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Creator:
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Date:
1842
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The history and antiquities of the parish of Stoke Newington in the county of Middlesex : containing an account of the prebendal manor, the church, charities, schools, meeting houses &c. : with appendices : illustrated with maps, portraits, and other engravings : selected from authentic sources / by William Robinson.

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Creator:
Robinson, William, 1777–1848
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xvi, 296 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing / by Nimrod.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
viii, 524 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. An account of the painted chamber in the royal palace at Westminster / by John Gage Rokewode, esq. Dir. S.A.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
iv, 37, [1] pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England: containing the representations of all the English monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; and of many persons that were eminent under their several reigns; on sixty copper plates, engraved by the author: with a supplement, containing twelve plates. The whole carefully collected from ancient illuminated manuscripts. By Joseph Strutt.

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Creator:
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 p.., iv, 152 p. 72 col. plates (incl. front., ports.) 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A catalogue of a portion of the valuable and extensive collection of ancient pictures : selected with great liberality and taste by the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. from many of the renowned galleries which have been sold during the last 40 years : in particular those of Lucien Buonaparte, The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Radstock, Sir W. Drummond : and Messrs. Hibbert, Turner, Webb, and Sir T. Lawrence : besides a number purchased during a tour which the deceased made on the Continent shortly after the Peace : the pictures are all in a genuine state, uniting clever examples of the Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, and French Schools : the present portion will include many fine cabinet specimens of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, in particular the works of Netscher, Backhuysen, V. Velde, V. Der Capella, J. Steen, Decker, Watteau, Vernet and others : and several scripture pieces by Masters of the Italian School : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 12th of April, 1842, at one o'clock precisely, by order of the executors, without any reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Heraldry of fish.

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Creator:
Moule, Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 p.l., [v]-xv, 250 p. illus. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Ancient Spanish ballads; historical and romantic. Translated, with notes, by J.G. Lockhart, esq.

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Creator:
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794–1854
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[242] p. ill., col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Antient Irish pavement tiles, exhibiting thirty-two patterns, : illustrated by forty engravings, after the originals, existing in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Howth, Mellifont, and Newtown Abbeys. / With introductory remarks, by Thomas Oldham, ...

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Creator:
Oldham, Thomas, 1816–1878
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
8 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The history and antiquities of Charnwood Forest / by T.R. Potter ; with an appendix on the geology, botany, and ornithology of the district. the geology by J.B. Jukes ... the botany by the Rev. Andrew Bloxam ... and Churchill Babington ... and the ornithology by Churchill Babington ...

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Creator:
Potter, T. R. (Thomas Rossell), 1799–1873
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 192, 80 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Histories of noble British families : with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each : illustrated by their armorial bearings, portraits, monuments, seals, etc.

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Creator:
Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860
Date:
1842-1846
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The history and antiquities of the town of Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester, with views of the town, tesselated pavements, and other Roman remains.

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Creator:
Beecham, W. K
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 272 p. front., plates. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts R.A. ; with historical descriptions by the Rev. George Croly ; lithographed by Louis Hage.

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Creator:
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Date:
1842-1849
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations (lithographs) (some color), map, portraits ; 63 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The pictorial grammar, by Alfred Crowquill.

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Creator:
Forrester, Charles Robert, 1803–1850
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 75 p. ill. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Description of a view of the Battle of Waterloo : with the disposition of the troops engaged in the action, fought on the 18th of June, 1815 : now exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square / painted from accurate drawings taken at the time, and plans obtained at head quarters

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Creator:
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
16 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Illustrations of Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire : in a series of drawings made on the spot : with an essay On ecclesiastical design, and a descriptive interpretation / by G.R. Lewis ...

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Creator:
Lewis, George Robert, 1782–1871
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
8, xviii, 40 p., [29 leavesa of plates], ill., ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A catalogue of the third and most valuable portion of the collection of pictures of the late James Johnston, Esq. of Straiton and Champfleurie, N.B. : comprising about two hundred , some of high class, particularly the celebrated gallery pictures of "Dead Christ and St. Mary, by Guercino : The Miracle of Santa Casa Di Loretto, by Domenichino : A Grand Sea Storm, by W. Vandevelde : two large views in Venice, by Canaletti : and many fine productions of the Italian, Spanish, and Venetian Schools : including the works of Raphael, L. Da Vinci, Domenichino, Sal. Rosa, Titian, P. Veronese, Corregio, Tintoretto, Murillo, Velasquez, Ligozzi, Carravaggio, etc. : also a painted glass window and some miscellanies, which will be sold by auction by Mr. Rainy, at the Gallery, No. 14, on the East Side of Regent-St. in the division between Piccadilly and Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June 29, 1842, and following day, at one o'clock precisely, by direction of the executors.

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Creator:
Rainy, Alexander
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II ... / by Samuel Rush Meyrick.

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Creator:
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Restoration of the Church of Saint Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol: an appeal by the vicar, churchwardens, and vestry; with an abstract of reports by Messrs. Britton and Hosking; and engraved plan and views of the church.

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Creator:
St. Mary Redcliffe (Church : Bristol, England)
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
26, [5] p. front., plates (incl. plan) 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. St. Mary's Church, Stafford.

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Date:
1842?]
Physical Description:
23 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England : from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time : illustrated by engravings taken from the most authentic remains of antiquity : to which is prefixed an introduction, containing a general description of the ancient habits in use among mankind, from the earliest period of time to the conclusion of the seventh century / by Joseph Strutt.

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Creator:
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Picturesque scenery in North Wales : from original drawings by eminent artists.

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Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[2] p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa / by Robert Moffat ; with engravings by G. Baxter.

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Creator:
Moffat, Robert, 1795–1883
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xvi, 624 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The emigrant's guide to New Brunswick, British North America / By the Rev. Christ. Atkinson, A.M., late pastor of Mascreen Kirk, St. George, New Brunswick.

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Creator:
Atkinson, Christopher W. (Christopher William)
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
iv, 124 pages, ([3] leaves of plates, [1] folded) : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.

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Creator:
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
viii, 55, [1] pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Pigot and Co.'s Royal national and commercial directory and topography of the counties of Derbyshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somersetshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire : comprising classified lists of all persons in trade, and of the nobility, gentry and clergy, resident in the towns and principal villages in the above counties : an account of every mode of transit for passengers and merchandise : including perspicuous railway tables, detailing full particulars as to time, fares, stations, etc. : and lists of the bankers of the United Kingdom : the work is embellished with beautiful county maps, engraved on steel.

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Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
82, 142, 40, 54, 98, 112, 168, 46, 59 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The naval gallery, with a description of the painted hall and chapel, Greenwich Hospital : a guide-book for visitors / by Henry G. Clarke, editor of "The National Gallery", "The Dulwich Gallery" &c.

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Creator:
Clarke, Henry G. (Green)
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[32] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Godfrey Malvern / by Thomas Miller ... ; with twenty five illustrations by Phiz.

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Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1807–1874
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[2], 400 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The National Gallery : its pictures and their painters : a hand-book for visiters [sic] / by Henry G. Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Henry G. (Green)
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
29, [11] p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The history and antiquities of Highgate, Middlesex : with illustrations / by Frederick Prickett.

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Creator:
Prickett, Frederick
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
viii, 174 p., [11] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Strawberry Hill : a catalogue of a singularly choice collection of rare and valuable books in the various departments of literature : comprising early English poetry & plays : British and foreign history and biography : black letter and privately printed books : romances, jest books, songs, ballads, music, and treatises on music : a few highly-interesting manuscripts : many fine books of prints, coins, gems, &c. : miniatures, paintings, ancient carvings, tapestry : valuable original portraits of distinguished persons : together with some thousand of engraved portraits, &c. &c. : principally from the collection of Horace Walpole / by W. Strong, Bristol.

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Creator:
Strong, William, active 1821–1844
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
xi, 188 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance. By Thomas Moore.

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Creator:
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
3 p. ., 376 p. plates. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. An encyclopaedia of architecture : historical, theoretical, and practical / by Joseph Gwilt ; illustrated with more than one thousand engravings on wood by R. Branston from drawings by John Sebastian Gwilt.

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Creator:
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Physical Description:
xii, 1089, [2] p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Magic Dun Cow ...

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Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 75 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

58. The civil costume of England : from the conquest to the present time : drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts, portraits, etc. / by Charles Martin ; etched by Leopold Martin.

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Creator:
Martin, Charles, 1810–1906
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
vi, [61] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Observations on extension of protection of copyright of designs : with a view to the improvement of British taste : including the Act passed 10th August, 1842, for consolidating and amending the laws relating thereto : to which are added legal and practical notes, with instructions relative to the registering of designs / by George Brace, Secretary to the Linen Drapers', Silk Mercers', Lacemens', Haberdashers', and Hosiers' Institution.

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Creator:
Brace, George
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 126, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Nimrod abroad / by C.J. Apperley, Esq. ; author of "The Chase, The Turf, and The Road," etc. etc. ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A catalogue of the very choice collection of modern English pictures : the property of John Turner, Esq. for whome nearly all of them were painted by the different artists : comprising the Rabbit on the Wall, the ... work of Sir David Wilkie : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 13th, 1842, at two o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The use of a box of colours : in a practical demonstration on composition, light and shade, and colour / by Harry Willson.

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Creator:
Willson, Harry, 19th cent
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
3, l, 81, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The art of flower painting, in easy lessons : with directions for preparing the tints, and examples of each subject in various stages, drawn and coloured from nature / by James Andrews.

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Creator:
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[4] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. An elucidation of the principles of English architecture, usually denominated Gothic. Illustrated by twenty-three plates of examples, engraved by J. and H.S. Storer.

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Creator:
Kendall, John, 1766–1829
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
50 p., [1] leaf. XXIII plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. New Zealand, its advantages and prospects, as a British colony; with a full account of the land claims, sales of crown lands, aborigines, etc., etc. by Charles Terry ...

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Creator:
Terry, Charles
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 366 p. front., plates, ports., fold. map 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. A pedestrian tour in Calabria & Sicily. By Arthur John Strutt ...

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Creator:
Strutt, Arthur John, 1819–1888
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
3 p.., 368 p. col. front. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Catalogue of the very celebrated collection of Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English pictures, formed (during nearly half a century with consummate taste and judgment,) by Daniel Wade Acraman, Esq., of Bristol : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at his residence, No. 1, Lower Crescent, Clifton, on Monday, August 22nd, 1842, and two following days, at twelve for one o'clock, precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
31, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A Guide to the lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, & Lancashire : with a sketch of Carlisle.

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Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
viii, 168 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Six views taken after the great fire at the Tower of London.

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Creator:
Carter, J
Date:
1842
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Six sketches in lithography : representing the common actions of the horse.

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Creator:
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves of plates : col ill. ; 53 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany / by John Lindley.

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Creator:
Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Date:
[ca. 1842?]
Physical Description:
2 v. (xvi, 300; viii, 280 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Pictorial survey and tourists' guide to Lough Derg and the River Shannon : with a statistical and topographical account of the country through which it passes ... / by William Stokes.

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Creator:
Stokes, William, 1793–
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
31, [1] p., [8] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The miser's daughter : a tale / by William Harrison Ainsworth ; illustrations by George Cruikshank ; original issue in Ainsworth's Magazine.

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Creator:
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

74. A statistical account of the parish of Saint Just in Penwith : in the county of Cornwall with some notice of its eccclesiastical and druidical antiquities / by John Buller ...

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Creator:
Buller, John, 1777–1846
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
viii, [2], 118 p., [14] leaves of plates ̂(one folded) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Illustrations of the principal English universities / collected by James Heywood.

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Creator:
Heywood, James, 1810–1897
Date:
1842-1863]
Physical Description:
iv, [44] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Paris in 1841 / by Mrs. Gore ; with twenty-one highly finished engravings ; from original drawings by Thomas Allom.

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Creator:
Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The history and antiquities of Haddon Hall : with an account of the Hall in its present state / by S. Rayner ; illustrated from numerous highly-finished sketches by Cattermole.

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Creator:
Rayner, Samuel, 1806–1879
Date:
MDCCCVLII [1842]
Physical Description:
[10], 35, [4], 38-53, [7] pages, [10], 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

78. Bengough & Son : trunk, portmanteau & plate chest manufacturers.

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Creator:
Bengough & Son
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 8 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Hypogæi, or, Sepulchral caverns of Tarquinia, the capital of antient Etruria / by the late James Byres ... ; edited by Frank Howard ...

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Creator:
Byres, James
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
5 pts. in 1 (5 leaves, [41] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. A statement of the condition and circumstances of the Cathedral Church of Hereford / made by the Very Revd. John Merewether ... dean, on Jan. IVth and XXIst at diocesan and county meetings held at Hereford and Ludlow, 1842.

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Creator:
Merewether, John, 1797–1850
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[4], 89 p., [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Sketch of the history of Caister castle, near Yarmouth : including biographical notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of different individuals of the Paston family : illustrated by plates from original drawings / edited by Dawson Turner, ESQ., M.A., F.R.A., and L.S., &c.

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Creator:
Turner, Dawson, 1775–1858
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
[2], 144 p., [13] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., plan, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The Norfolk topographer's manual : being a catalogue of the books and engravings hitherto published in relation to the county / by the late Mr. Samuel Woodward ... ; the whole rev. and augm. by W. C. Ewing, esq. ; to which are appended, a catalogue of the drawings, prints, and deeds, collected for the illustration of the county history and antiquities, by Dawson Turner, esq. ; and also lists of the Norfolk chartularies known to be in existence ; and of the manuscripts and drawings, relating to Norfolk, in the British museum.

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Creator:
Woodward, Samuel, 1790–1838
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
viii, 276 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Annals of Cambridge / by Charles Henry Cooper.

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Creator:
Cooper, Charles Henry, 1808–1866
Date:
1842-1908
Physical Description:
5 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A catalogue of the important and highly interesting collection of antique gems : the property of the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. of Portland Place : consisting of upwards of three hundred valuable cameos and intaglios ... by Pickler, Marchant, Birch, and Pistrucci, besides those of ancient Greek Workmanship : principally mounted in gold as rings and brooches, and many set round with diamonds : several valuable gold snuff boxes ... : a ruby drop ... with a pink diamond loop : a curious antient silver cup and cover, set with every class of gems : gold watches, and several rings and brooches : a splendid dressing case, taken from Napoleon's carriage at the Battle of Vittoria, fitted with silver in the most complete manner : and the beautiful rifle, and pair of duelling pistols, enriched with gold and silver chasings : a few fine bronzes, gold and silver coins : minerals, fossils and shells, in a Cabinet : library of rare & valuable books & prints ... : including an original folio copy of the Liber Veritatis, Museé Napoleon, in 4 vols. : Galerie de Palais Royal, 3 tom. : Histoire des Perroquets, 2 vols. : Lavater, 5 vols. : several Missals, and works on art : a small service of plate and plated ware, and miscellaneous valuable objects : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, the 18th of May, 1842, and four following days, at one o'clock precisely each day, by order of the executors, without reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
17, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. History of the orders of knighthood of the British Empire : of the Order of Guelphs of Hanover, and of the medals, clasps, and crosses, conferred for naval and military services / by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas ...

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Creator:
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, 1799–1848
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
4 v. col. fronts., illus., col. plates, 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Newfoundland in 1842 : a sequel to "The Canadas in 1841" / by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle ... ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir, 1791–1847
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A catalogue of the important & most valuable portion of the collection of ancient pictures, the property of the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. of Portland Place : formed more than twenty years ago ... for the purpose of Sale ... from the collections of Lucien Buonaparte, Lord Radstock, Sirs W. Drummond and T. Lawrence, Messrs. Hibbert Webb & Turner and many other distinguished collections distributed about that period : amongst those may be mentioned in particular a ... Picture of the Beatification of the Virgin with the twelve apostles, by Raffaelle, for many years in the possession of John Symmons, Esq : Salvator Munci, a ... work by C. Dolci : the Passion of Christ, by Sebastian Del Piombo ... : the Feast at Cana, by P. Veronese : an Italian sea port, and a Pastoral Landscape by Claude : two bacchanalian subjects, by Nicholas Poussin : the Judgement Hall, by Ferrara ... : the Holy Family, treated by Titian, A. Del Sarto & Raffaelle : The Virgin and Child, by Carracci : The Entombment by Vandyck : two pastoral landscapes by Swaneveldt : and many other equally valuable works : besides valuable examples of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, particularly an Interior and Exterior by Jan Steen : Sea Piece by Backhuysen : Landscapes by Cuyp, Berchem, Wynants, and others ... by Wouvermans, Netscher, Vander Werf, De Hoogem Cuyp, S. De Vos, De Hont, P. Neefs, Van Tol, Greuze, Boucher, G. Douw, &c. : portraits by Titian, Giorgione, G. Douw, Velasquez, and Vanderhelst : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, 31st May, & Wednesday, 1st June, 1842 at two precisely each day by order of the executors, without reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Illustrations of geometric tracery, from the paneling belonging to Carlisle Cathedral / by Robert William Billings ...

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
8 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The topographical, statistical, and historical Gazetteer of Scotland.

No cover image available
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The art of needle-work, from the earliest ages : including some notices of the ancient historical tapestries / edited by the Right Honourable, the Countess of Wilton.

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Creator:
Stone, Elizabeth, Mrs
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
ix, 405 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Kent : with 58 engravings on wood : and an illuminated map of the county.

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Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
Date:
1842
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Italian school of design : a series of select studies, engraved by F. Bartolozzi, and others : from the original pictures and drawings of Guercino, Michael Angelo, Domenichino, Annibale, Ludovico, and Agostino Carracci, P. Da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Francheshino, &c. &c. : now preserved in the collection of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.

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Creator:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
4 p., [91] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Architectural illustrations of Windsor Castle / by Michael Gandy and Benjamin Baud, architects ; with a concise historical and architectural account of that monarchical edifice by John Britton ...

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Creator:
Gandy, Michael
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[6], 12 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The encyclopaedia of ornament / by Henry Shaw ...

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Creator:
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
4, iv, [5]-6, [59] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The natural principles and analogy of the harmony of form / by D. R. Hay ; decorative painter to the Queen, Edinburgh; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institue of the Architects of Ireland, and author of "The Laws of harmonious colouring," etc.

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Creator:
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
50 p., XVIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. The daughters of England : their position in society, character & responsibilities / by Mrs. Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1799–1872
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
400 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brenda Anderson

97. A glance at the Temple Church.

No cover image available
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Description of a view of the city of Cabul, the capital of Affghanistan [sic], with the surrounding country : now exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square / painted by the proprietor, Robert Burford.

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Creator:
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
12 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The complete Hindoo Pantheon : comprising the prinicipal deities worshipped by the natives of British India throughout Hindoostan : being a valuable and rare collection of five hundred gods and goddesses carefully drawn after the most approved idols (agreeably to the Veda) in the use by the Hindoos : accompanied by a succint history and descriptive of each idol : deduced from original and authentic manuscripts : and also extracts from standard authors who treat on some of the Hindoo deities / by E.A. Rodrigues.

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Creator:
Rodriguez, Etienne Alexander
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
iii, 132 p., [76] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Catalogue of the very select cabinet of English and Dutch pictures, of Joseph Delafield, Esq., deceased : which (by orders of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 17th, 1842, at half-past two o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts