Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Date: 1794 / Image Available: Unavailable / Language: English

1. Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams.

Creator:: Romney, George, 1734–1802
Date:: 1794-1796
Physical Description:: 1 volume ([4], 85, [57] pages) (many pages blank) ; 41 x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Landscape views].

Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 6 prints : etching ; 17 x 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Designs in perspective for villas in the ancient castle and Grecian styles / by Robert Morison ; part the first.

Creator:: Morison, Robert
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [8] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Wallis's tour through England and Wales, a new geographical pastime.

Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 sheet 50 x 68 cm. fold. to 17 x 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. General view of the agriculture in Berkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement. By William Pearce. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

Creator:: Pearce, William
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 74 p. 3 plates 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Six well known views near London : for the use of those who delight in drawing.

Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : all ill. (some col.) ; 17 x 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The London directory, or, A new and improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark : with the adjacent country, the new buildings, the new roads, and the late alterations by opening of new streets, & widening of others, &c.

Creator:: Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 31 x 5l cm., folded to 14 x 11 cm., in case 14 x 11 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A picturesque guide through Wales and the Marches : interspersed with the most interesting subjects of antiquity in the principality / by James Baker.

Creator:: Baker, James, topographer
Date:: 1794-1795
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. J. & S. Kelly saddlery halfpenny token.

Creator:: J. & S. Kelly (London, England)
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 token : copper ; 27 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The art of landscape drawing made easy : by specimens in the rual stile, intended for the use of those who wish to excell in that noble art : recommended to the use of schools.

Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: [4] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of the extensive and valuable stock of copper plates, with the impressions, (some of which are unpublished) the property of Mr. William Dickinson, late of Bond Street, engraver and print seller : comprising a small collection of modern paintings, among which are the two original pictures, of the Resurrection of a Pious Family, and the Spirit of a Child, by the Rev. Mr. Peters : an extensive and choice collection of modern loose prints : an assemblage of scarce portraits, the plates of the prints for Gambado's Horsemanship by Bunbury : Right to a Moiety of the Annals of Horsemanship : a printing press : two presses to contain prints : a variety of portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction (by order of the assignees) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room (late Royal Academy) Pall-Mall, on Friday, February 14th, 1794, and five following days, (Sunday excepted) at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803, e publisher
Date:: [1793] ,
Physical Description:: 26 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793, by J. Aikin, M.D.

Creator:: Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xii, 348 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The art of etching and aqua tinting, strictly laid down by the most approved masters ... To which is added, the most useful liquid colours, well adapted for staining and colouring the above, &c. &c. With a specimen of landscape and profile. By F. Yrubslips [pseud.]

Creator:: Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 34 p. ill. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. An answer to certain assertions : contained in the appendix to a pamphlet entitled Minutes of the proceedings on the court martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty / by Captain William Bligh.

Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [2], 31, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A catalogue of a small but capital collection of pictures : the works of Sir Francis Bourgeois, Kt. R.A., painter to His Majesty, the King of Poland : together with a few first-rate pictures of the old schools presented to Sir Francis by that distinguished connoisseur Mons. Decalonne, late Minister of France, removed from his house in Portland Road : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May 3d, 1794 at twelve o'clock : to be viewed wo days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

Creator:: Robertson, David, active 1794
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [12], 233, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Sketches and hints on landscape gardening. Collected from designs and observations now in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally made. The whole tending to establish fixed principles in the art of laying out ground. By H. Repton, esq.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: xvi, 83, [2] p. XVI col. pl. 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A concise description of the Royal hospital, for seamen at Greenwich. Extracted from the historical account published by the chaplains.

Creator:: Cooke, John, 1738–1823
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1, 42 p. fold. tab. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Wonderful love of god to men, or, Heaven opened in Earth.

Creator:: Peckitt, William, 1731–1795
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: viii, 190, [2] p ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a genuine, capital and valuable collection of pictures, the property of a Nobleman : selected with great judgment, and removed from his house in Grosvenor Square : the collection comprises many chef d'oeuvres of the most great and admired masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools : more particularly the following viz : Titian, Corregio, P. Veronese, C. Marratti, Velasquez, Dominichino, L. Carracci, Caravaggio, M. Angelo, Vandyke, Rubens, Barroccio, L. Jordaens, D. Fetti, Rembrandt, Poussin, Wouvermans, Ruysdael, Claude, Vernet, P. Potter, Cuyp, C. Du Jardin, Backhusen, &c. : the greatest part in fine preservation, and will merit the attention of the cognoscenti : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Rom in Pall Mall, on Friday, May 16th, 1794, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Bill of expenses incurred by John Lawford for the funeral of William Bodimeade : manuscript.

Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 26 x 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A plan of the London dock," shewing the impracticability of the proposed plan, and demonstrating the advantages which would arise to the commerce of the metropolis, by extending the port, increasing the legal quays, and improving the banks of the Thames ...

Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 33 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The traveller's companion through the city of Edinburgh and suburbs: comprehending a concise history of the city, from the earliest accounts to the present period; with a description of the public buildings, illustrated with engravings. To which are added several views taken in the environs of the city.

Creator:: Kincaid, Alexander
Date:: M,DCC,XCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: [4], 138, XV leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., map, plan ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. An essay on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful; and, on the use of studying pictures, for the purpose of improving real landscape. By Uvedale Price, esq. ...

Creator:: Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747–1829
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xv, 288 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples : and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the court of Naples / by his most humble servant Frederick Rehberg, historical painter in His Prussian Majesty's service at Rome, MDCCXCIV.

Creator:: Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758–1835
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [2], XII, [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. John Howard halfpenny token.

Date:: [1794?]
Physical Description:: 1 token : copper ; 28 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

Creator:: Robertson, David, active 1794
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [12], 235, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A tour through parts of Wales : sonnets, odes, and other poems, with engravings from drawings taken on the spot, by J. Smith / by W. Sotheby, Esq.

Creator:: Sotheby, William, 1757–1833
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [8], 120 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Minutes of the proceedings of the court-martial held at Portsmouth : August 12, 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's ship the Bounty : with an appendix containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the public.

Date:: MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: [4], 79, [1] pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. John Fowler halfpenny token.

Creator:: Fowler, John, (active 1794)
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 token : copper ; 28 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The monuments and painted glass of upwards of one hundred churches, chiefly in the eastern part of Kent ... : With an appendix containing three churches in other counties. To which are added, a small collection of detached epitaphs, with a few notes on the whole. / By Philip Parsons ...

Creator:: Parsons, Philip, 1729–1812
Date:: MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: viii, 549 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Diary in Turkey and Greece : manuscript.

Creator:: Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Date:: 1794-1796
Physical Description:: 1 volume (230 leaves, some blank) : illustrations ; 32 x 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Observations on the ventilation of rooms, on the construction of chimneys, and on garden stoves / principally collected from papers left by the late John Whitehurst, F.R.S.

Creator:: Whitehurst, John, 1713–1788
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [8], 52 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xxxvi p., 380 columns, 381-394 p., [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Short and plain principles of linear perspective, adapted to naval architecture : containing rules to draw correctly the forms of ships in every possible position : the whole being rendered so clear that a complete knowledge of the art may be soon and easily attained : illustrated with five copper plates / by A. Cobin.

Creator:: Cobin, A
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [8], 6, [3] p., V folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Travels in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons : in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. / from William Coxe, M.A. F.R.S. F.A.S. Rector of Bemerton; and domestic chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.

Creator:: Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The new history, survey and description; of the city and suburbs of Bristol, : or Complete guide, and informing and useful companion for the residents and visitants of this ancient, extensive and increasing city, the Hotwells and Clifton ... To which are added descriptions of towns ... in the vicinity, and of The cities of Bath and Wells; brief biography of eminenet natives of Bristol; memoirs of Chatterton the Poet; and a large, elegant copper-plate plan of the city, Hotwells and Clifton ...

Creator:: Heath, George
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [4], 112 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., plan ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Remarks on forest scenery and other woodland views : (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire : in three books / by William Gilpin.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting. Wherein the phlogistic and antiphlogistic hypotheses are proven erroneous. By Mrs. Fulhame.

Creator:: Fulhame, Mrs. (Elizabeth), active 1780–1810
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xiii p., 1 leaf, 182 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Matthews's new Bristol directory, for the year, 1793-4. : containing an alphabetical list of the corporation, clergy, merchants, bankers, professors of the law and physic ... of the city of Bristol with its environs. To which are added ... particulars of the coming in and going out of the posts ... Also a list of the hackney coaches, with their owners.

Creator:: Matthews, William
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 103 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Sketches of animals from nature / etched by George Garrard.

Creator:: Garrard, George, 1760–1826
Date:: March 1st, 1794
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 30 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Two letters on the origin, antiquity, and history of Norman Tiles, stained with armorial bearings.

Creator:: Henniker-Major, John, Baron, 1752–1821
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 114 p., [3] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war / by C. Stedman : who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Stedman, C. (Charles), 1753–1812
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : maps, plans ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. [Designs of sundry articles of Queen's or cream-coloured earthen-ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. at Leeds pottery: with a great variety of other articles ...

Creator:: Hartley, Greens, and Co
Date:: 1794]
Physical Description:: 12 p. 71 plates. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, the property of a Nobleman, brought from his late mansion in Piccadilly :comprising the undoubted works of the following esteemed masters : Julia Romana, Permegiano, Perdononi, Bassan, L. Du Vinci, Langranco, Luca Giordano, Guido, Carlo Marratte, G. Poussin, Le Seure, Stella, Watteau, D. Teniers, Jean Steen, Backhuysem, Van de Velde, Ruysdael, Cup, Vandermeer, Glauber, Vangoyen, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 7th, 1794, and the following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed till the sale : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794] ,
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A letter to Uvedale Price, esq.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 20 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A catalogue of portraits, &c. : engraved from pictures painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., late president of the Royal Academy.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: [4], 24, [4] pages 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Yale University Library

50. The poetical works of John Milton : with a life of the author / by William Hayley.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1794-1797
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 43 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of pictures of the late Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bart. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Greenwood at their room in Leicester Square, on Thursday, 29th May, 1794, and two following days at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Greenwood (Leicester-Square, London, England)
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: [4], 33, [3] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Heads representing the various passions of the soul : as they are expressed in the human countanance / drawn by that great master Monsr. Le Brun and finally engraved in twenty folio copper plates, nearly the size of life.

Creator:: Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 20 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The new London letter writer : containing the compleat art of corresponding with ease, elegance, and perspicuity as is now practised by all persons of respectability / by Samuel Johnson, M.A. ; foreword and decorations by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1948
Physical Description:: 63, [1] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Every man his own brewer : a small treatise, explaining the art and mystery of brewing porter, ale, twopenny, and table-beer; recommending and proving the ease and possibility of every man's brewing his own beer, in any quantity from one peck to a hundred quarters of malt, calculated by exposing the deception in brewing; to reduce the expence of a family and lessen the destructive practice of public-house tipling / by Samuel Child, brewer.

Creator:: Child, Samuel
Date:: [1794?]
Physical Description:: 20, [4] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Report and statement of accounts of the Parish of Liverpool, for the year MDCCXCIII : with a statement of the supposed revenue and expenditure, for the year MDCCXCIV, exhibited by Mr. William Haliday, treasurer : read and approved at the Vestry, assembled on Easter Tuesday, May 22, 1794 : then ordered to be printed under the direction of Mr. James Hargreaves, and Mr. Matthew Gregson, churchwardens : to which is added, some other particulars relating to the parish.

Creator:: Liverpool (England : Parish)
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 14 p. : table ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A description and historical account of the places, now the theatre of war in the Low Countries : viz Charlemont, Givet, Arras, St. Omer, Bethune, Aire, Lens, Bapaume, Hedin, St. Venant, Lillers, St. Paul, Dunkirk, Berg St. Vinox, Cassel, Bourbourg, Gravelines, Lisle, Douay, St. Amand, Armentiers, Orchies, Comines, La Bôssee, Tourcoing, Valenciennes, Maubeuge, Conde, Le Quesnoy, Bouchain, Landrecies, Philippeville, Avesnes, Chimay, Bavay, Cambray, Cateau-Cambresis, Thionville, Montmedi, &c. : embellished with a frontispiece and plans of those places the most remarkable for their fortifications / by Philip Astley, of Hercules Hall, Lambeth, London ; author of the "Remarks of the profession and duty of a soldier and other observations relative to the Arny.".

Creator:: Astley, Philip, 1742–1814
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: v, [3], 82 p., [16] folded leaves of plates : ill., facsim., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The fables of Flora / by Dr. Langhorne.

Creator:: Langhorne, John, 1735–1779
Date:: MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: 73, [1] p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A catalogue of the extensive and capital collection of prints of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bute, deceased, consisting of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English schools, in fine condition : more particularly in the works of Rubens, Van Dyck, Poussin, Visscher, Drevet, Edelinck, and Rembrandt, many of them being proofs before the letters, and with curious variations : likewise several excellent books of prints, and portfolios, elegantly bound in morocco, russia, &c. : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street, and Hart Street, Covent Garden on Monday, March 31st, 1794, and the sixteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 110, [2] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster. With observations on the means of its improvement. By John Holt, of Walton near Liverpool. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

Creator:: Great Britain. Board of Agriculture
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 114 [i. e. 113] p. plate, fold. col. map. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. A brief account of the death of Captain James Cook : to accompany the print.

Date:: [i.e. 1794]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 41 x 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The triumph of painting.

Creator:: Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 38 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Paradise lost : a poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) illus., 12 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. Part II.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 12 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Six landscapes / from drawings by the Reverend Mr. Gilpin ; engraved by S. Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:: [Feby. 1st. 1794]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : all illustrations ; 30 x 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. A catalogue of Italian and Flemish pictures of George Manley, Esq. decd. : collected with great judgement, and at a liberal expence, during a residence of several years upon the Continent : the whole in the highest state of preservation : consisting of the works of Guido, Titian, Guercino, S. Rosa, Schidone, P. Veronese, Poussin, Vandyck, Prete Genoese, Artois, &c &c. : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Saturday, March, 29th, 1794, at twelve o'clock : NB the whole to be sold without reserve : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. The Rhine, or, A journey from Utrecht to Francfort: chiefly by the borders of the Rhine, and the passage down the river, from Mentz to Bonn : described in a series of letters ... 1791 and 1792 ... By T. Cogan, M.D. Embellished with twenty-four views in aqua tinta, and a map ...

Creator:: Cogan, T. (Thomas), 1736–1818
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. plates (incl. music), fold. map. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A liberal critique on the present exhibition of the Royal Academy : being an attempt to correct the national taste, to ascertain the state of the polite arts at this period, and to rescue merit from oppression / by Anthony Pasquin ...

Creator:: Pasquin, Anthony, 1761–1818
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 36 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art : comprising new and entertaining descriptions of the most surprising volcanos, caverns, cataracts, whirlpools, waterfalls, earthquakes, thunder, lightning, and other wonderful and stupendous phenomena of nature : forming a rich and comprehensive view of all that is interesting and curious in every part of the habitable world.

Date:: [1794-1797]
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The history of Great Britain connected with the chronology of Europe: with notes, &c. containing anecdotes of the times, lives of the learned, and specimens of their works ... By James Pettit Andrews ...

Creator:: Andrews, James Pettit, 1737?-1797
Date:: 1794-1795
Physical Description:: 2 v., folded plates : genealogical tables ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 12 p. front. (fold. plan) 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. An authentic history and description of the castle & priory of Dudley, chiefly compiled from the works of Leland, Erdeswicke, Plott, Grose &c. By J. Payton ...

Creator:: Payton, John
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [iii]-iv, [5]-52, [2] p. 3 plates. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Select views of the principal buildings and other interesting and picturesque objects in the cities of Bath and Bristol and their environs / drawn and engraved by William Watts ; with an explanatory letter press.

Creator:: Watts, William, 1752–1851
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([7] leaves of plates; [6] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 25 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. [Plates from William Coxe's Travels in Switzerland]

Creator:: Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: [24] leaves ([1] folded) : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams.

2. [Landscape views].

4. Designs in perspective for villas in the ancient castle and Grecian styles / by Robert Morison ; part the first.

5. Wallis's tour through England and Wales, a new geographical pastime.

6. General view of the agriculture in Berkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement. By William Pearce. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

7. Six well known views near London : for the use of those who delight in drawing.

8. The London directory, or, A new and improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark : with the adjacent country, the new buildings, the new roads, and the late alterations by opening of new streets, & widening of others, &c.

9. A picturesque guide through Wales and the Marches : interspersed with the most interesting subjects of antiquity in the principality / by James Baker.

10. J. & S. Kelly saddlery halfpenny token.

11. The art of landscape drawing made easy : by specimens in the rual stile, intended for the use of those who wish to excell in that noble art : recommended to the use of schools.

13. Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793, by J. Aikin, M.D.

14. The art of etching and aqua tinting, strictly laid down by the most approved masters ... To which is added, the most useful liquid colours, well adapted for staining and colouring the above, &c. &c. With a specimen of landscape and profile. By F. Yrubslips [pseud.]

15. An answer to certain assertions : contained in the appendix to a pamphlet entitled Minutes of the proceedings on the court martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty / by Captain William Bligh.

17. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

18. Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.

19. Sketches and hints on landscape gardening. Collected from designs and observations now in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally made. The whole tending to establish fixed principles in the art of laying out ground. By H. Repton, esq.

20. A concise description of the Royal hospital, for seamen at Greenwich. Extracted from the historical account published by the chaplains.

21. Wonderful love of god to men, or, Heaven opened in Earth.

23. Bill of expenses incurred by John Lawford for the funeral of William Bodimeade : manuscript.

24. Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A plan of the London dock," shewing the impracticability of the proposed plan, and demonstrating the advantages which would arise to the commerce of the metropolis, by extending the port, increasing the legal quays, and improving the banks of the Thames ...

26. An essay on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful; and, on the use of studying pictures, for the purpose of improving real landscape. By Uvedale Price, esq. ...

28. John Howard halfpenny token.

29. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

30. A tour through parts of Wales : sonnets, odes, and other poems, with engravings from drawings taken on the spot, by J. Smith / by W. Sotheby, Esq.

32. John Fowler halfpenny token.

33. The monuments and painted glass of upwards of one hundred churches, chiefly in the eastern part of Kent ... : With an appendix containing three churches in other counties. To which are added, a small collection of detached epitaphs, with a few notes on the whole. / By Philip Parsons ...

34. Diary in Turkey and Greece : manuscript.

35. Observations on the ventilation of rooms, on the construction of chimneys, and on garden stoves / principally collected from papers left by the late John Whitehurst, F.R.S.

36. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

38. Travels in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons : in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. / from William Coxe, M.A. F.R.S. F.A.S. Rector of Bemerton; and domestic chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.

40. Remarks on forest scenery and other woodland views : (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire : in three books / by William Gilpin.

41. An essay on combustion, with a view to a new art of dying and painting. Wherein the phlogistic and antiphlogistic hypotheses are proven erroneous. By Mrs. Fulhame.

43. Sketches of animals from nature / etched by George Garrard.

44. Two letters on the origin, antiquity, and history of Norman Tiles, stained with armorial bearings.

45. The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war / by C. Stedman : who served under Sir W. Howe, Sir H. Clinton, and the Marquis Cornwallis ; in two volumes.

46. [Designs of sundry articles of Queen's or cream-coloured earthen-ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. at Leeds pottery: with a great variety of other articles ...

48. A letter to Uvedale Price, esq.

49. A catalogue of portraits, &c. : engraved from pictures painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., late president of the Royal Academy.

50. The poetical works of John Milton : with a life of the author / by William Hayley.

51. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of pictures of the late Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bart. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Greenwood at their room in Leicester Square, on Thursday, 29th May, 1794, and two following days at twelve o'clock.

52. Heads representing the various passions of the soul : as they are expressed in the human countanance / drawn by that great master Monsr. Le Brun and finally engraved in twenty folio copper plates, nearly the size of life.

53. The new London letter writer : containing the compleat art of corresponding with ease, elegance, and perspicuity as is now practised by all persons of respectability / by Samuel Johnson, M.A. ; foreword and decorations by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve.

57. The fables of Flora / by Dr. Langhorne.

59. General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster. With observations on the means of its improvement. By John Holt, of Walton near Liverpool. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

60. A brief account of the death of Captain James Cook : to accompany the print.

61. Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.

62. The triumph of painting.

63. Paradise lost : a poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.

64. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. Part II.

65. Six landscapes / from drawings by the Reverend Mr. Gilpin ; engraved by S. Alken.

67. The Rhine, or, A journey from Utrecht to Francfort: chiefly by the borders of the Rhine, and the passage down the river, from Mentz to Bonn : described in a series of letters ... 1791 and 1792 ... By T. Cogan, M.D. Embellished with twenty-four views in aqua tinta, and a map ...

68. A liberal critique on the present exhibition of the Royal Academy : being an attempt to correct the national taste, to ascertain the state of the polite arts at this period, and to rescue merit from oppression / by Anthony Pasquin ...

70. The history of Great Britain connected with the chronology of Europe: with notes, &c. containing anecdotes of the times, lives of the learned, and specimens of their works ... By James Pettit Andrews ...

71. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation.

72. An authentic history and description of the castle & priory of Dudley, chiefly compiled from the works of Leland, Erdeswicke, Plott, Grose &c. By J. Payton ...

73. Select views of the principal buildings and other interesting and picturesque objects in the cities of Bath and Bristol and their environs / drawn and engraved by William Watts ; with an explanatory letter press.

74. [Plates from William Coxe's Travels in Switzerland]