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1. The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...

The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...
Date:
[ca. 1832]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 176 (i. e. 182), [4] p. fold. front (map) plates, fold. plan. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.

A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
89 p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Cocking and its votaries.

Cocking and its votaries.
Creator:
Taylor, S. A
Date:
1885]
Physical Description:
36, i-iv p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.

London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.
Date:
[1841-1844]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. front., ill., plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.
Creator:
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Conversations on geology : comprising a familiar explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian systems ; the Mosaic geology / as explained by Granville Penn ; and the late discoveries of Professor Buckland, Humboldt, Dr. MacCulloch and others.

Conversations on geology : comprising a familiar explanation of the Huttonian and Wernerian systems ; the Mosaic geology / as explained by Granville Penn ; and the late discoveries of Professor Buckland, Humboldt, Dr. MacCulloch and others.
Creator:
Penn, Granville, 1761–1844
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
xxii, [2], 371 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship : a description of the American coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the south, to California in the north, (from the Coasting-pilot, a Spanish manuscript) : wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes : illustrated with cuts and maps : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.

A voyage to the South Sea, and round the world, perform'd in the years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711, by the ships Duke and Dutchess of Bristol : containing a journal of all memorable transactions during the said voyage : the winds, currents, and variation of the compass : the taking of the towns of Puna and Guayaquil, and several prizes, one of which a rich Acapulco ship : a description of the American coasts, from Tierra del Fuego in the south, to California in the north, (from the Coasting-pilot, a Spanish manuscript) : wherein an account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk, his manner of living and taming some wild beasts during the four years and four months he liv'd upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes : illustrated with cuts and maps : in two volumes / by Capt. Edward Cooke.
Creator:
Cooke, Edward, Captain
Date:
MDCCXII [1712]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.

Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.
Creator:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777–1842
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste / by William Hogarth.

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Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
xxii, [4], 153, [5] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae / by Admiral W.H. Smyth.

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Creator:
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Date:
MDCCCLXIV [1864]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

14. The poetical works of Robert Ferguson : with his life / engravings on wood by Bewick.

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Creator:
Fergusson, Robert, 1750–1774
Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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

16. London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state / by Sholto & Reuben Percy ...

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Creator:
Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., port., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The castles and abbeys of England, from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authors. By William Beattie ... Illustrated by upwards of two hundred engravings.

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Creator:
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
Date:
[between 1852 and 1856]
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (incl. port.) ill., plates. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster. By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W. R. Whatton ...

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Creator:
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
4 v. fronts., ill. (part col.) plates, ports., maps (part col., part fold., part double) plans, facsim., geneal. tables. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford. By John Duncumb ...

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Creator:
Duncumb, John, 1765–1839
Date:
1804-1882
Physical Description:
3 v. front (v. 3) illus., plates, port., maps, plans (1 double) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The official illustrated guide to the London and South-Western, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and West Cornwall railway : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with 280 engravings and map.

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Creator:
Measom, George S
Date:
[1864]
Physical Description:
lii, 475, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The official illustrated guide to the Northern Railway of France, with six days in Paris / by George Measom ... ; embellished with one hundred engravings and map.

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Creator:
Measom, George S
Date:
[1858]
Physical Description:
x, [1], 164, 110, [8] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent : with catalogues of the pictures contained in the mansion, and biographical notices of the principal persons whose portraits form part of the collection / by John H. Brady, F.R.A.S.

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Creator:
Brady, John Henry
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xx, 258, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates, ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

23. The history of Wisbech, and the Fens. / By Neil Walker, and Thomas Craddock ...

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Creator:
Walker, Neil
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
viii, 564 p., [18] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., charts, map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The history and antiquities of Dartford, with topographical notices of the neighbourhood, by Ino. Dunkin ...

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Creator:
Dunkin, John, 1782–1846
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
xxvi, [2], 478 p., [15] leaves of plates (1 folded). ill., port. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The Chichester guide : containing the history and antiquities of the city, and other interesting objects of curiosity : a description of the Cathedral and its monuments and of the minor churches : together with some account of the antiquities and gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood / by Richard Dally.

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Creator:
Dally, Richard
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
124 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Carthage and her remains : being an account of the excavations and researches on the site of the Phoenician metropolis in Africa, and other adjacent places / conducted under the auspices of Her Majesty's government by Dr. N. Davis ...

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Creator:
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812–1882
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
504, [2] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen : in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / by J. P. Neale. 2d series....

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Creator:
Neale, John Preston, 1780–1847
Date:
1824-1829
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
vi, 381 p. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts : also, a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole ; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ; ... in three volumes.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. 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

31. Plâs Newydd, and Vale Crucis Abbey, correctly drawn from nature, and engraved, by S. & G. Nicholson.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Samuel, d. 1825
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
11 p. ill., 6 plates. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies : deuided into foure Bookes.

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Creator:
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563–1611
Date:
[1598]
Physical Description:
[10], 197, [4], 198-259 [i.e. 295], [3], 307-462 p., [23] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Narrative of the Canadian Red River exploring expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan exploring expedition of 1858 / by Henry Youle Hind, M.A. F.R.G.S., Professor chemistry and geology in the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in charge of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan expedition ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Hind, Henry Youle, 1823–1908
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations : containing the elements of designing and painting : illustrated with above fifty figures in copper / written originally in French by Bernard Lamy, Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of Her Majesties Ordnance.

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Creator:
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Date:
MDCCX [1710]
Physical Description:
[16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825 / Captain the Right Hon. Lord Byron, commander.

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Date:
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical Description:
x, [2], 260 pages, [15] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy, left by the late George Steevens ... : with a series of engravings from original designs by Henry Fuseli ... : and a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most emminent commentaries : a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare by Alexander Chalmers : in 10 volumes.

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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Militarie instructions for the cavallrie: or Rules and directions for the service of horse : collected out of divers forrain authors, ancient and modern, and rectified and supplied according to the present practice of the Lowe-Countrey warres.

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Creator:
Cruso, John, d. 1681
Date:
MDCXXXII [1632]
Physical Description:
[10], 108 p., 16 leaves of plates (7 folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The land of the Veda : India briefly described in some of its aspects, physical, social, intellectual and moral : including the substance of the course of lectures delivered at St. Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury / by Rev. Peter Percival.

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Creator:
Percival, P
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
xii, 515 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Scott and Sebright / by the Druid.

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Creator:
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [3], vii, [1], 426 pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. George Cruikshank's table-book / edited by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Date:
MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:
12 pt. (viii, 284 p., [12] leaves of plates) ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and the Crimea, in 1829 : with sketches of the Imperial Fleet and Army, personal adventures, and characteristic anecdotes / by Captain James Edward Alexander.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Nineveh and its remains : with an account of a visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or devil worshippers : and an inquiry into the manners and arts of the ancient Assyrians / by Austen Henry Layard.

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Creator:
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817–1894
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. : frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some folded) folded map, folded plans ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The gem of the peak, or, Matlock Bath and its vicinity : an account of Derby, a tour from Derby to Matlock, excursions to Chatsworth, Haddon, Monsal Dale, Dovedale, Ilam, Alton Towers, Hardwick, Wingfield, Ashbourne, Buxton, and Castleton, historical and geological : brief history of the Fluor Spar, from the earliest period, down to the present time, a review of the geology of Derbyshire, catalogue of minerals and rocks, and of the flora of the high and low peak : illustrated with maps and numerous engravings / by W. Adam.

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Creator:
Adam, William, -1873
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
xvi, [4], 432, [4] pages, [10] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

45. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse; together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening : necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject : with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason.

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Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
300 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The history, antiquities, and topography of the county of Sussex. By Thomas Walker Horsfield ...

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Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas Walker, -1837
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v., front., plates, port., folded maps, plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of New and Old Sleaford, in the county of Lincoln, and of several places in the surrounding neighbourhood ...

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 p. ., ii, [8], 378, [6] p. front., ill., plates, geneal. tab. (part. fold.) 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities : illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others : and a new complete map, engraved by Lowry.

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Creator:
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
910 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Two views of the ruins of Furness Abbey / from drawings by Mr. Crosthwaite, of Ulverston ; and Mr. Shaw, of London ; in lithotint by Mr. Walton, of London ; with a compendious account of the monastery.

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Date:
[1843]
Physical Description:
9, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The universities : Le Keux's memorials of Cambridge : a series of views of the colleges, Halls, and public buildings : engraved by J. Le Keux / with historical and descriptive accounts by Thomas Wright ... and the Rev. H. Longueville Jones.

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Creator:
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
Date:
1841-42
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A famous fox-hunter : reminiscences of the late T.A. Smith, Esq., or, The pursuits of an English country gentleman / by Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.

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Creator:
Eardley-Wilmot, John E. (John Eardley), Sir, 1810–1892
Date:
1893
Physical Description:
vii, [5], 212 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV-MDCCCXXXVIII [1834-1838]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Hudibras / by Samuel Butler ; with Dr. Grey's annotations.

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Creator:
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum : late the Allan, formerly the Tunstall, or Wycliffe Museum : to which are prefixed memoirs of Mr. Tunstall, the founder, and of Mr. Allan, the late proprietor, of the collection : with occasional remarks on the species, by those gentlemen and the editor / by George Townshend Fox ...

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Creator:
Fox, George Townshend, 1781–1846
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xxii, [2], 312, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., port., geneal. tables ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The wards of London : containing a historical and topograhical description of every object of importance within the boundaries of the city : with an account of all the companies, institutions, buildings, ancient remains, &c. &c : and biographical sketches of all eminent persons connected therewith / by Henry Thomas.

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Creator:
Thomas, Henry, fl. 1828–1830
Date:
1828-1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The mystery of Edwin Drood : Christmas stories.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
[4], vii-xix, [3], 874, [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Antiquities historical, architectural, chorographical, and itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the adjacent counties : comprising the histories of Southwell (the Ad Pontem) and of Newark (the Sidnacester, of the Romans) interspersed with biographical sketches, and profusely embellished with engravings : in four parts / by William Dickinson.

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Creator:
Dickinson, William, 1756–1822
Date:
1801-1819
Physical Description:
4 pts. in 2 v. : port., plans, geneal. tables ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The new builder's magazine : and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : ... / by Andrew George Cook.

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Creator:
Cook, Andrew George
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xcv, [5], 106, 423 [i.e. 419] p., [177] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Eastbury illustrated : by elevations, plans, sections, views, and other delineations of that once magnificent mansion, measured, drawn engraved, and architecturally described by Thomas Hutchings Clarke / with a historical sketch by William Henry Black.

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Creator:
Clarke, T. H. (Thomas Hutchings)
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
14, [2] p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. 37 in.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line) : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with numerous engravings and maps.

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Creator:
Measom, George S
Date:
[1865]
Physical Description:
xxxii, 436 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. South Yorkshire. The history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter ...

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Creator:
Hunter, Joseph, 1783–1861
Date:
1828-31
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (port.) illus., 15 pl., 2 maps, plan, geneal. tables. 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Architectural illustrations, history and description of Carlisle cathedral, by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
vi, 92 p. illus., XLV pl. (1 col.) incl. front., plan, 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with illustrations by Henry Alken, and a portrait by D. Maclise, R.A.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
Physical Description:
[2], xx, 301, [1] pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A memoir of Edward Calvert, artist / by his third son ; illustrated with reproductions from his own paintings and sketches.

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Creator:
Calvert, Samuel
Date:
1893
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 236 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Designs and examples of cottages, villas, and country houses : being the studies of several eminent architects and builders, consisting of plans, elevations, and perspective views, with approximate estimates of the cost of each / collected, edited, and published by John Weale.

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Date:
1857
Physical Description:
8 p., 67 leaves of plates : ill., chiefly plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / by Edward Daniel Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
1810-1823
Physical Description:
6 v., fronts. (v. 1 port.) illus., plates, maps (part fold.) fold. plans, fold. facsim. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. The carpenter and joiner's companion : in the geometrical construction of working drawings required by Journeymen in the progress of building : comprehending a complete system of lives / by M.A. Nicholson ; improved from the original principles of ... P. Nicholson ...

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Creator:
Nicholson, Michael Angelo, ca. 1796–1842
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
viii, 264 p., [127] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., port.;c23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. An essay in defence of ancient architecture, or, A parallel of the ancient buildings with the modern : , shewing [sic] the beauty and harmony of the former, and the irregularity of the latter : with impartial reflections on the reasons of the abuses introduced by our present builders : to which is annexed an inspectional table, universally useful / by Robert Morris ; illustrated with sixteen copper-plates.

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Creator:
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:
1728
Physical Description:
xxviii, 114, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Ancient customs, sports, and pastimes, of the English; explained from authentic sources, & in a familiar manner. By J. Aspin ... With twelve engravings.

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Creator:
Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
viii, 256 p. ill., XII plates. 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Vallis eboracensis : comprising the history and antiquities of Easingwold and its neighbourhood / by Thomas Gill.

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Creator:
Gill, Thomas
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
456 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne : including the borough of Gateshead / by E. Mackenzie ...

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Creator:
Mackenzie, E. (Eneas), 1778–1832
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 (x, 770, [2] p., [40] leaves of plates) : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Chile : its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc. etc. / by Lieut. J.M. Gilliss ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville), 1811–1865
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, plates ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Walks through London : including Westminster and the borough of Southwark with the surrounding suburbs : ... forming a complete guide to the British metropolis / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
2 v. (414 p., [97] leaves of plates) : ill., plans, folded map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The geographical guide : a poetical nautical trip round the island of Great-Britain : with entertaining and illustrative notes, in prose, descriptive of its principal ports, havens, rivers, creeks, and inlets, cities, towns, forts, and mountains ... and a particular description of the general appearance of the country, as viewed from the sea.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], 69, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The Cambrian traveller's guide, in every direction : containing remarks made during many excursions, in the principality of Wales, and bordering districts, augmented by extracts from the best writers.

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Creator:
Nicholson, George, 1760–1825
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xiii, 1468 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. An accidence, or gamut, of painting in oil / by Julius Caesar Ibbetson.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759–1817
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
xii, [ix]-xiii, 18 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The seasons / by James Thomson ; adorned with a set of engravings, from original paintings ; together with an original life of the author, and a critical essay on the seasons. By Robert Heron.

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Creator:
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
6, lii, 250, 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. The history and description of the town and borough of Ipswich : including the villages and country seats in its vicinity, more particularly those situated on the banks of the Orwell.

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Creator:
Clarke, G. R
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
[9], 504 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22-29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic ; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions.

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1815-1818
Physical Description:
7 v. : pl. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. The official illustrated guide to the South-Eastern Railway and its branches : including the North Kent and Greenwich lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with two hundred engravings and map.

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Creator:
Measom, George S
Date:
[1858]
Physical Description:
[16], 324 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The art of fencing, or, The use of the small sword / translated from the French of the late celebrated Monsieur L'Abbat, master of that art at the Academy of Toulouse, by Andrew Mahon, professor of the small sword.

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Creator:
Labat, maître d'armes
Date:
MDCCXXXV [1735]
Physical Description:
[2], x, 133, [3] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Martin, William, 1801–1867
Date:
[between 1837 and 1845]
Physical Description:
[4], 268 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

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Creator:
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [4], 398, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition : containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French and German schools, with biographical sketches of the painters, and critical notices of their productions.

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Creator:
Cassell, John, 1817–1865
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
viii, 512 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Memoirs of the ancient earls of Warren and Surrey : and their descendants to the present time / by the Rev. John Watson, M.A. F.A.S. late fellow of the Brasen-Nose College in Oxford, and rector of Stockport in Cheshire.

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Creator:
Watson, John, 1725–1783
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782, that is 1785]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Patronage of British art : an historical sketch : comprising an account of the rise and progress of art and artists in London, from the beginning of the reign of George the Second : together with a history of the Society for the management and distribution of the artists' fund, from its establishment in 1810, to its incorporation in 1827 : illustrated with notes, historical, biographical, and explanatory / by John Pye ...

Patronage of British art : an historical sketch : comprising an account of the rise and progress of art and artists in London, from the beginning of the reign of George the Second : together with a history of the Society for the management and distribution of the artists' fund, from its establishment in 1810, to its incorporation in 1827 : illustrated with notes, historical, biographical, and explanatory / by John Pye ...
Creator:
Pye, John, 1782–1874
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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Creator:
Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:
1819-1820
Physical Description:
4 volumes : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Encyclopedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval. By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke ...

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Creator:
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (v. 1: port.) illus., plates, plan. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The picture of London for 1815 : being a correct guide to all the curiosities, amusements, exhibitions, public establishments, and remarkable objects in and near London : with a collection of appropriate tables, two large maps, and various other engravings.

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Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
x, 458 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

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Creator:
Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Topographical and statistical description of the county of Lincoln : containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads ... &c. ... : to which is prefixed, a copious travelling guide ... which form a complete county itinerary, with a list of the fairs, and an index table ... / by G.A. Cooke ...

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Creator:
Cooke, George Alexander
Date:
[1818?]
Physical Description:
iv, 5-144 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Brick and marble in the Middle Ages : notes of a tour in the north of Italy / by George Edmund Street.

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Creator:
Street, George Edmund, 1824–1881
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
xx, 287, 32 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland / by the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson.

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Creator:
Sampson, George Vaughan
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 359 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Australia : a popular account of its physical features, inhabitants, natural history and productions : with the history of its colonization ...

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Creator:
Angas, George French, 1822–1886
Date:
[1865]
Physical Description:
viii, 365, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A companion to The Leasowes, Hagley and Enville : with a sketch of Fisherwick near Lichfield : illustrated with copper plates.

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Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
130, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Greece, pictorial, descriptive and historical / by Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. ... ; with upwards of three hundred and fifty engravings on wood and twenty-eight on steel, illustrative of the scenery, architecture, and costume of that country, by Copley Fielding, F. Creswick, D. Cox, Jun., Harvey, Paul Huet, Meissonier, Sargent, Daubigny, Jaques, and other artists.

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Creator:
Wordsworth, Christopher, 1807–1885
Date:
MDCCCXL [1839]
Physical Description:
[2], xxvii, 356 p. : ill., map. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Wallis's royal edition, with seven engravings, patronized by the Queen. Brighton as it is, 1840 : describing the banks, boarding houses, baths, places of worship, hotels, libraries, royal palace, markets, and every recent improvement.

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Date:
[1840]
Physical Description:
[2], 54 p., [14] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., 2 maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. 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

100. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with portrait of author and illustrations.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
xviii, [2], 277, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts