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1. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Etchings of views and antiquities in the county of Gloucestershire : hitherto imperfectly or never engraved.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
[26] p., [106] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France : with topographical and historical descriptions / by the author of The Rhaetian Alps &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[2], 56 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Lewina the maid of Snowdon. A tale. By George Cumberland. With etchings by the author.

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Creator:
Cumberland, George, 1754–1848
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 32 p., 1 leaf. plate. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Picturesque views on the upper, or Warwickshire Avon : from its sources at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland.

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
xviii, 284, [1] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Prospectus and specimen of an history of marine architecture : drawn from the best authorities, and chronologically deduced from the earliest period to the present time ; illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates : exhibiting at least a thousand figures : accurately engraved by the most eminent artists : in three volumes Royal Quarto / by John Charnock, Esq.

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Creator:
Charnock, John, 1756–1807
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[2], 20, 2 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende, by the way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, &c. : with topographical and historical descriptions : to which are added, some philosophical observations on the various appearances in mineralogy, &c. found in those countries / by Albanis Beaumont ; author of the Rhaetian Alps, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
[6], 127 pages, [3] pages, [24] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Maiesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Naples = Antiquités etrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en Cour de Naples.

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Creator:
Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719–1805
Date:
MDCCLXVI-MDCCLVII [1766-1767]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded) ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan

11. A letter to Dr. Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire : particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871 / by Francis Wise ...

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Creator:
Wise, Francis, 1695–1767
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
58 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts