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1. Three months passed in the mountains east of Rome, during the year l8l9. By Maria Graham ...

Three months passed in the mountains east of Rome, during the year l8l9. By Maria Graham ...
Creator:
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 305, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Sketches for college rooms / from the portfolio of a gentleman of the University of Cambridge.

Sketches for college rooms / from the portfolio of a gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
Creator:
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751–1835
Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The naval chronology of Great Britain, or, An historical account of naval and maritime events, from the commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816 : also, particulars of the most important courts-martial, votes of Parliament, lists of flag-officers in commission, and of promotions for each year : the whole forming a complete naval history of the above period : illustrated with numerous engravings / by Mr. J. Ralfe ; in three volumes.

The naval chronology of Great Britain, or, An historical account of naval and maritime events, from the commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816 : also, particulars of the most important courts-martial, votes of Parliament, lists of flag-officers in commission, and of promotions for each year : the whole forming a complete naval history of the above period : illustrated with numerous engravings / by Mr. J. Ralfe ; in three volumes.
Creator:
Ralfe, James, active 1820–1829
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
12 pts. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Views of the remains of ancient buildings in Rome and its vicinity : with a descriptive and historical account of each subject / by M. Dubourg.

Views of the remains of ancient buildings in Rome and its vicinity : with a descriptive and historical account of each subject / by M. Dubourg.
Creator:
Dubourg, Matthew
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[33] pages, 26 leaves of plates : colored illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 62 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. History and antiquities of Kensington : interspersed with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished personages, and a descriptive catalogue of the collection of pictures in the palace, from a survey made by the late B. West ... by command of His Majesty / by Thomas Faulkner ...

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xvi, [2], 624, [11] p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, geneal. tables ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

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Creator:
Member of the Save-all Club
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 240 [i.e. 196], [2] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Views of the lake and vale of Keswick / drawn and engraved by William Westall, A.R.A.

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Creator:
Westall, William, 1781–1850
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
8 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Travels in Montenegro : containing a topographical, picturesque, and statistical account of that hitherto undescribed country ... / by L. C. Vialla de Sommmières.

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Creator:
Vialla de Sommières, L. C
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 108 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A selection from the drawings and studies in land and seascape of British artists : imitated from the originals / by Louis Francia, and others.

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Creator:
Francia, François-Thomas-Louis, 1772–1839
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2] p., [59] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Panorama de la suisse, ou, Vues et costumes des 22 cantons [graphic].

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Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 print on 6 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 10 x 240 cm, accordion folded to 10 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The third tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of a wife : a poem.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
[1820-1821]
Physical Description:
8 pts. (279, [1] p., [25] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A survey of Staffordshire: containing the antiquities of that county. / By Sampson Erdeswicke ... Collated with manuscript copies, and with additions and corrections, by Wyrley, Chetwynd, Degge, Smyth, Lyttelton, Buckeridge, and others ... By the Reverend Thomas Harwood ...

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Creator:
Erdeswicke, Sampson, -1603
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
lvi, 441, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., genealogical tables, ports. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The beauties of Sidmouth displayed; : being a descriptive sketch of its situation, salubrity and picturesque scenery. Also an account of the environs within fifteen miles round, interspersed with authentic anecdotes. / By the Rev. Edmund Butcher.

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Creator:
Butcher, Edmund, 1757–1822
Date:
[between 1820 and 1830]
Physical Description:
110 p., [12] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., charts ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Sidmouth scenery, or, Views of the principal cottages and residences of the nobility and gentry at the admired watering place and the environs : within fifteen miles round.

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Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
[1], [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas : for the lighting of streets, houses and public buildings : with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain : accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light : with seven plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist ; lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, fellow of the Limæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
MDCCXX [1820]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 334, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The practice of drawing and painting landscape from nature, in water colours : exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner, including the elements of perspective, their application in sketching from nature and the explanation of various processes of colouring, for producing from the outline a finished picture, with observations on the study of nature and various other matters relative to the arts / by Francis Nicholson.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 91 p., [5] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Panorama of the Progress of Human Life, fashionably display'd : illustrating Shakespears Ages and giving at the same time the manners, costume, amusements, and the field sports of the English people, the whole illustrative of modern characters in a series of many hundreds of moving figures.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
April 20, 1820
Physical Description:
1 print on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 7 x 457 cm, rolled to 10 x 15 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The second tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of consolation : a poem : volume second.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
8 pts. (277, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Beschreibung der vierundzwanzig Rheinansichten : welche die englische Uebersetzung nach dem Geheimenrath von Gerning's Rheinreise begleitete, nebst einer Karte.

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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[8] p., [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : col. ill., col. map ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Picturesque views of the architectural antiquities of Northumberland / from original pictures painted expressly for the work by W.D. and T.M. Richardson.

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Creator:
Dixon, William
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
4 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. An account of Tenby : containing an historical sketch of the place : compiled from the best authorities, and a description of its present state, with recent ovservations : with particular notice of the various objects of interest in its vicinity.

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Creator:
Norris, Charles, 1779–1858
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
185 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The Isle of Wight circumnavigator : from actual views taken on the spot.

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Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
19 pictures on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatints ; sheets end-to-end 11 x 297 cm, accordion folded to 11 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A picturesque tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne : with illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events and of popular traditions / by Baron J.J. von Gerning ; embellished with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings from the drawings of M. Schuetz ; and accompanied by a map ; translated from the German by John Black.

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Creator:
Gerning, J. I. (Johann Isaac), 1767–1837
Date:
MDCCCXX [1820]
Physical Description:
xiv, [2], 178 pages, [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations, map ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith : with remarks, attempting to ascertain, chiefly from local observation, the actual scene of The deserted village / by R.H. Newell ; and illustrative engravings, by Mr. Alkin, from drawings taken upon the spot.

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Creator:
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 182 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A series of progressive lessons : intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Antiquities of Rome : comprising twenty-four select views of its principal ruins : illustrated by a panoramic outline of the modern city, taken from the capitol / from drawings by Henry Abbott, Esq., made in the year 1818.

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Creator:
Abbot, Henry, 1768–1840
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[25] leaves, [25] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 61 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817 / by Prince Maximilian, of Wied-Neuwied ; illustrated with plates.

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Creator:
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782–1867
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
x, 335, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Six views of the city of Bath / from drawings made by David Cox.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
6 prints : aquatints ; 32 x 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales : undertaken by order of the British government in the years 1817-18 / by John Oxley ...

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Creator:
Oxley, John, 1783–1828
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 408 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. [Road to Ascot] [graphic].

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Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
1 print on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 8 x 442 cm, rolled to 13 x 8 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The spirit of Cervantes, or, Don Quixote abridged : being a selection of the episodes and incidents, with a summary sketch of the story of that popular romance.

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Creator:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
310 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Theatrorama, or, A peep at the playhouse.

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Date:
[circa 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 peepshow : hand-colored aquatints ; 12 x 13 cm (closed), expanding to 53 cm (open)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Journal of a tour in the Levant / by William Turner.

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Creator:
Turner, William, 1792–1867
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Naval victories : a series of engravings representing the naval engagements of Great Britain / from original drawings made by officers who were in the actions represented ; engraved by J. Sutherland.

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Creator:
Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785–approximately 1825
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [58] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings, intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

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Creator:
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
67 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the reign of George the Third : Accurately described, and methodically arranged / by Jehoshaphat Aspin.

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Creator:
Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
viii, [2], 784 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Travels in Sicily, Greece & Albania / by the Rev. Thos. Smart Hughes.

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Creator:
Hughes, T. S. (Thomas Smart), 1786–1847
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Travels in the interior of Africa, to the sources of the Senegal and Gambia : performed by command of the French Government, in the year 1818 / by G. Mollien ; edited by T.E. Bowdich.

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Creator:
Mollien, Gaspard Théodore, comte de, 1796–1872
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 378, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
4 p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Picturesque tour from Geneva to Milan, by way of the Simplon : illustrated with thirty six coloured views of the most striking scenes and of the principal works belonging to the new road constructed over that mountain : engraved from designs by J. and J. [i.e. G. and G.] Lory of Neufchatel : and accompanied with particulars, historical and descriptive / by Frederic Schober [i.e. Shoberl]

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Creator:
Ostervald, J. F. (Jean Frédéric), 1773–1850
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[8], 136 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Maaskamp's Diorama van Amsterdam [graphic].

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Creator:
Maaskamp, E. (Evert), 1769–1834
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 246 cm, rolled (in wooden drum) to 13 x 5 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A series of views consisting of forty-two engravings : illustrative of the character and most prominent features of the north and north-west coast of Scotland and the adjacent islands / drawn and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
[42] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Letters written during a tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France, in 1818 : including local and historical descriptions : with remarks on the manners and character of the people / by Mrs. Charles Stothard ; with numerous engravings, after drawings by Charles Stothard...

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Creator:
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790–1883
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 322 p. , [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Cycloramique view of Weymouth Bay [graphic].

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Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 print on 12 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 18 x 546 cm, accordion folded to 18 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts