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46. The Iliad of Homer / translated by A. Pope ; adorned with plates.

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Creator:
Homer
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of drawing, by the most celebrated modern Masters : including the works of Girton, Gainsborough, Pocock, Anderson, La Porte, Dayes, Rooker, Cozens, Oben, &c. : likewise, thirty-six most beautiful, exquisitely-finished copies, in water colors, from paintings in Herculaneum, a unique set, lately bought from the Continent : also, a complete set of the large Shakspeare proof prints, framed and glazed, which composed the 57th prize in the Shakspeare Lottery : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. To Captain Carmichael Smyth of the Corps of Royal Engineers who obligingly furnished many of the materials this chart of the Cape of Good Hope is inscribed / by his obedient and most humble servant A. Arrowsmith.

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Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 123 x 142 cm. on sheets 61 x 71 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Descriptive excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the year 1804, and the four preceding summers. By E. Donovan ...

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Creator:
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768–1837
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. col. fronts., plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A history of the county of Brecknock ... / by Theophilus Jones ...

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Creator:
Jones, Theophilus, 1758–1812
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
3 v. in 2 : ill., plans, maps, port., coats of arms, geneal. tables ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Views in North Britain, illustrative of the works of Robert Burns. Accompanied with descriptions, and a sketch of the poet's life. By James Storer and John Greig ...

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 p. l., 61, [1] p. illus., 19 pl. (incl. front.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A catalogue of a magnificent, truly superb, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : selected with very superior taste, and at an unbounded expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets in Europe, the property of Robert Heathcote, Esq. : among the numerous chef d'oeuvres of the great and most admired Masters in this splendid collection are two celebrated pictures by Claude, which formerly graced the cabinet of the Duc de Choiseuil : the Magdalen, Dominichino, from the Udney Collection : a magnificent portrait of Lorenzo di Medici : a production of the united efforts of Mich. Angelo and Seb. Del Piombo : the Virgin and Child, L. Da Vinci : various beautiful landscapes, by S. Rosa, G. & N. Poussin, Cuyp, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Teniers, Potter, &c. &c. &c. : sea pieces by Vandevelde & Backhuysen : choice gems by G. Dow, Mieris, Metzu, Jan Stein, Turburgh, &c : flower and fruit pieces, by Van Huysem and R. Ruysch : a fine statue of the Apollo Sauroctonos : which will be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Friday, April 5th, 1805, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [1], 6-115, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The Odyssey of Homer, engraved from the compositions of Iohn Flaxman ...

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Creator:
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 34 plates 28 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The beauties of Wiltshire, displayed in statistical, historical, and descriptive sketches: interspersed with anecdotes of the arts ...

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1801-1825
Physical Description:
3 v., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. 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

57. A series of views, interior and exterior of the collegiate chapel of St. George at Windsor : with illustrative plates explanatory of its architecture and ornaments, and accompanied by a concise account, historical and descriptive.

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Creator:
Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 pages, [3], 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 60-68 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Dialogue between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson.

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Creator:
Knowles, Mary, 1733–1807
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The beauties of Scotland : containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures of the population, cities, towns, villages, &c. of each county : embellished with engravings ...

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Creator:
Forsyth, Robert, 1766–1846
Date:
1805-1808
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Jones family archive.

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Creator:
Jones family
Date:
1805-1945
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund