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1. The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.
Creator:
King, Daniel, -1664?
Date:
1656
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 55 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, coats of arms ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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

3. George Selwyn and his contemporaries : with memoirs and notes / by John Heneage Jesse.

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Creator:
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:
1843-1844
Physical Description:
4 volumes : portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.

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Creator:
Watts, William, 1752–1851
Date:
January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
Physical Description:
[172] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

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Date:
1861
Physical Description:
vii, 293 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Voyage of the United States frigate Potomac, under the command of Commodore John Downes, during the circumnavagation of the globe, in the years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834 : including a particular account of the engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the coast of Sumatra : with all the official documents relating to the same / by J.N. Reynolds ; illustrated by several engravings.

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Creator:
Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799–1858
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[7], vi-x, [1], vi-x, [1], 12-560 pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:
143 pages, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

8. The American shooter's manual : comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to the dog, and the correct use of the gun : also a description of the game of this country / by a gentleman of the Philadelphia county.

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Creator:
Gentleman of Philadelphia County
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[5], x-xii, [1], 14-249, [9] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New : newly translated out of the original tongues, and with former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches.

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Date:
MDCCXVII [1717]
Physical Description:
[1296] pages : illustrations ; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Goodwood : its house park and grounds, with a catalogue raisonné of the pictures in the gallery of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. : to which are added an account of the antient encampment, tumuli, and British village of the adjacent downs : and a deailed record of Goodwood races from their first establishment : with six illustrations / by William Hayley Mason, librarian of Goodwood.

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Creator:
Mason, William Hayley, -1864
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
215, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

11. Thoughts on hunting : in a series of familiar letters to a friend.

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Creator:
Beckford, Peter, 1740–1811
Date:
MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Physical Description:
[10], 334 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Regal heraldry : the armorial insignia of the kings and queens of England, from coeval authorities / by Thomas Willement, heraldic artist to His Majesty King George the Fourth.

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Creator:
Willement, Thomas, 1786–1871
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, [2], 116 pages, XXXVI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A second edition of the Anecdotes and history of Cranbourn Chase / by William Chafin, clerk ; with additions, and a continuation of the said history to some extent ; to which are added, some scenes in, and anecdotes of Windsor forest ; by the same author.

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Creator:
Chafin, William, 1733–1818
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
[2],103, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq. : the friend and biographer of Cowper / written by himself ; with extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry ; and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley, the young sculptor, edited by J. Johnson.

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Creator:
Hayley, William, 1745–1820
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

15. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta : quibus Romanorum veterum ritus varii tam sacri quam profani, tum Graecorum atque Aegyptiorum nonnulli illustrantur / Romæ olim maxima ex parte collecta ; ac dissertationibus jam singulis instructa, a Conyers Middleton, S.T.P. Academiae Cantabrigiensis Protobibliothecario ; his appendicis item loco adjuncta est mumiae Cantabrigiensis descriptio.

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Creator:
Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750
Date:
1745
Physical Description:
xii, 266, [8] p., 23 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Topographia Westphaliae : das ist, Beschreibung der vornembsten, vnd bekantisten Stätte, vnd Plätz, im hochlöbl. westphälischen Craisse.

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Creator:
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Date:
[1647]
Physical Description:
94, [6] p., [51] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings), maps, plans ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. An exact surveigh of the streets, lanes and churches comprehend[e]d within the ruins of the city of London : first described in six plats 10 Decemr. Ao Dom. 1666 : by the order & directions of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, & common councell of the said city / Iohn Leake, Iohn Iennings, Willm. Marr, Willm. Leybourn, Thomas Streete, Richard Shortgrave, surveyors ; & reduced into one intire plat by Iohn Leake, for the use of the commisioners for the regulation of streets, lanes, &ct.

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Creator:
Leake, John
Date:
[1723]
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets ; 106 x 125 cm, sheets 55 x 72 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts