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1. Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, & c. of Great Britain, in a series of above a thousand groups of small figures ... the whole accurately drawn from nature and etched by W.H. Pyne, and aquatinted by J. Hill. To which are now added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray ...

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, & c. of Great Britain, in a series of above a thousand groups of small figures ... the whole accurately drawn from nature and etched by W.H. Pyne, and aquatinted by J. Hill. To which are now added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray ...
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 29 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Specimens of continental architecture / by Robert Smirke, Junr. F.A.S.

Specimens of continental architecture / by Robert Smirke, Junr. F.A.S.
Creator:
Smirke, Robert, Sir, 1780–1867
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 4 pages, VIII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked by Maria Harvey in the ninth year of age.

The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked by Maria Harvey in the ninth year of age.
Creator:
Harvey, Maria Ann, 1797–1893
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 map : embroidery ; image 49.5 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lydecker in honor of Helen B. Lydecker and Sandra Priest Rose.

4. The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume.

The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume.
Creator:
Hume, David, 1711–1776
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
5 v. in 10 : ill. ; 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ginsberg.

5. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 : containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom, and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage : with sketches of the manners, character and condition of their several inhabitants : to which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802 to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated : the facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal, with a chart of the route / by John Barrow ...

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 : containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom, and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage : with sketches of the manners, character and condition of their several inhabitants : to which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802 to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated : the facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal, with a chart of the route / by John Barrow ...
Creator:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
Physical Description:
xvii, [2], 447, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Italian scenery : representing the manners, customs, and amusements of the different states of Italy : containing thirty-two coloured engravings / by James Godby ; from original drawings by P. Van Lerberghi ; the narrative by M. Buonaiuti.

Italian scenery : representing the manners, customs, and amusements of the different states of Italy : containing thirty-two coloured engravings / by James Godby ; from original drawings by P. Van Lerberghi ; the narrative by M. Buonaiuti.
Creator:
Godby, James, 1767–1949
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[4], 74, [2] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of a select and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the whole the property of a Gentleman, collected at great expence : and consisting of the works of Bassan, Marratti, Bamboccio, Rubens, V. Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Ostade, V. De Velde, Bedael, Mignon, Vernet : among which are many very desirable high-finished cabinet gems, in fine preservation : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, February the 8th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1]pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A synoptical compend of British botany : (from the class Monandria to polygamia inclusive) arranged after the Linnean system : and containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures / by John Galpine.

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Creator:
Galpine, John, 1769–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of the truly capital and highly valuable collection of pictures, consisting of the choicest works of the most celebrated masters of the Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch schools, the genuine property of the late Richard Hulse, Esq., of Blackheath, dec. : eminently distinguished for his taste and liberality in the fine arts : this collection comprises a most capital picture of S. Rosa, the Lycian Peasants transformed into frogs ... : Guido, a rare Assumption of the Virgin : Tintoretto, a Holy Family, with Zacharias and other saints : Rubens, a Holy Family : Rembrandt, a domestic scene from sacred history : two charming landscapes, G. Poussin : two capital ditto, Cuyp : Four by Claude : a sea storm, Vandeveldt : portraits by Vandyck, &c. many small bijous, by the scarce Italian Masters : and an exquisite collection of high-finished Dutch cabinet pictures, viz. Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Paduanino, Bassano, Palma, P. da Cortona, A. del Sarto, A. Solario, Baroccio, Vanni, Tibaldi, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Guercino, Albano, Mola, Murillo, N. Poussin, S. Bourdon, Watteau, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Berchem, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Barrett & Gilpin : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 21, 1806, and following day, at twelve o'clock, without reserve.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The tenth report of the Ladies' Charity, or, Institution for the relief of poor married women in child-bed, Liverpool : from the 31st December, 1804, to the 31st December, 1805.

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Creator:
Ladies' Charity (Liverpool, England)
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
24 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A voyage to Senegal, or, Historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments, and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the river of Sierra Leone. To which is added an account of a journey from isle St. Louis to Galam / by J. P. [!] L. Durand ... ; translated from the French, & embellished with numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Durand, Jean Baptiste Léonard, 1742–1812
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-181, [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 24 cm .
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Travels in parts of South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803 & 1804 : containing a description of the captain-generalship of Carraccas, with an account of the laws, commerce, and natural productions of that country; as also a view of the customs and manners of the Spaniards and native Indians / By F. Depons ...

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Creator:
Pons, F. J. de (François Joseph), 1751–1812
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-157, [3] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. An abstract of the trial of Henry Lord Viscount Melville.

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Creator:
Dundas, Henry, 1742–1811
Date:
1806
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A treatise on forming, improving, and managing country residences : and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers : ... with an appendix ... / By John Loudon.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country : the contemplation of this grand and delightful scene, and an earnest desire to represent it entire, were the first circumstances which impressed Mr. Barker's mind with the idea of a panorama : the public may now form a judgment of the comparative excellence of three views, reckoned by men of taste the finest in Europe, namely, Constantinople and Plymouth, which have been exhibited, and Edinburgh, which is now open.

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Creator:
Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; 27.3 x 22.1 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The catalogue of a select and valuable collection of capital drawings, by Guercino, Ganisborough, Cipriani, and other favorite Masters : the property of the late most noble The Marquis of Lansdowne : which (by order by his executors) will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Fosters, (without reserve) on the premises, Lansdown House, Berkley Square, on Tuesday, March 25th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A catalogue of those highly celebrated and matchless chef d'œuvres of the Italian and English schools, viz. the Madonna del Sacco by Andrea del Sarto, and the Niobe, by the immortal Wilson : the former well known by the engravings of Morghen, and Bartolozzi, and the latter, of the incomparable Woollett : with a few other pictures by different masters, among which is, a landscape and figures by Ruysdael, in his best style : the genuine property of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, deceased, and removed from his mansion in upper Grosvenor Street : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 17th of May, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. New description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the paintings, tapestry, and furniture; a picturesque tour of the gardens & park : and a general description of the china gallery, &c. : with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 152 pages, [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

20. The catalogue of a valuable collection of capital paintings, the works of the ancient and modern masters removed from Bowood Park, Wiltshire, the property of the late most noble, the Marquis of Lansdowne : comprising, among others, the performances of Van Dyck, Albano, Brughel, Guido, Carlo Cigniani, Rubens, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wilson, Gainsborough, Barrett, Marieski, Canaleti, Slingelandt Zuccarelli, Knellwe, Blomaert, Holbein, P. Neefs, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster at the Great Room (late Mr. Bryan's Gallery) 88, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, 25th of February, 1806, at twelve o'clock, by order of the executors.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of a small but valuable assemblage of chiefly Italian pictures : the property of a Nobleman : including a few elegant subjects by Modern Masters : among them will be found works by J. Romano, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Bassano, Pordenone, Caravagio, Parmigiano, Baroccio, Guido, S. Di Pesaro, Gaetano, Albano, P. Da Cortona, C. Marratti, Borgognone, Poussin, Bourdon, Ruysdael, Polemberg, Kauffman : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, June the 7th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a small but exquisite assemblage of thirty-two cabinet pictures, recently consigned from abroad : these pictures (genuine private property) are the élite of whatever has been for many years procurable in Holland, and are the perfection of the art as far as it has been carried in the school of that country : among them are that very celebrated & astonishing landscape with figures, by P. Potter, one of the very finest in Europe, of the master, formerly in the cabinet of Mr. V. Slingelandt : a large sea piece by Dubbels, an admirable chef d'œuvre : a Holy Family, Rubens : an interior, with many figures, A. Ostade : a ditto, Teniers, capital : a charming Cuyp : two by Rembrandt, and others by Wouvermans, Berghem, Ruysdael, Hobbima, Wynants, Du Jardin, Both, Lingelbach, J. Steen, Metzu, G. Dow, Terberg, V. Eckhout, V. der Heyden, Backuysen : in the highest perfection : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April 26, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A collection of views in Wales : from drawings by Sir R.C. Hoare : engraved by W. Byrne.

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Creator:
Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758–1838
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[30] leaves : all ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The order to be observed in the publick funeral procession of the late Vice-Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson : from Greenwich Hospital to Whitehall Stairs, and thence to the Admiralty, on Wednesday the 8th day of January 1806, and, on the following day, from the Admiralty to St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[14] p. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. An account of a voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's ship Caroline : performed in the years 1803-4-5, interspersed with descriptive sketches and cursory remarks / by an officer of the Caroline ...

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Creator:
Johnson, James, 1777–1845
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-138, [6] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A catalogue of the whole of the collection of finished pictures, of horses and animals, including the well-known set of the Life of the race horse, from which the plates were engraved : a number of unfinished pictures and studies : twelve original drawings, by Farrington and others, made expressly for the purpose of engraving from, and which formed part of the Shakspeare Gallery : some framed and glazed prints : antiquarian ditto, a few books : a small assemblage of ancient pictures, chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools : and some carved and gilt picture frames : the property of Mr. Thomas Gooch, deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday, July the 3d, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A sporting tour through various parts of France in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting and other field-amusements, as practised in that country : with general observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture, husbandry and commerce : strictures on the customs and manners of the French people, with a view of the comparative advantages of sporting in France and England : in a series of letters to the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington : to which is prefixed, an account of French wolf-hunting / by Colonel Thornton, of Thornville-Royal, Yorkshire ; illustrated with upwards of eighty correct and picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr Bryant, and other eminent artists ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2–1823
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., music ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Hogarth illustrated.

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Creator:
Ireland, John, -1808
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Oriental tales, translated into English verse, by J. Hoppner ...

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Creator:
Hoppner, John, 1758–1810
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xvii, 141 p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Catalogue of the works of British artists : placed in the gallery of the British Institution, Pall-Mall, for exhibition and sale.

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Creator:
British Institution
Date:
1806-1867
Physical Description:
61 v. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The catalogue of a valuable selection of original paintings by that esteemed English artist, George Morland : together with some very valuable specimens of the earlier Masters of the Dutch and other schools : namely, Ruysdael, De Vlieger, Jordaens, titian, Teniers, Hobbima, Isaac Ostade, Moucheron, Hondius, Holbein, Van Goyen, Schweickhardt, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Van De Capella, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, at the Great Room (late Mr. Bryan's Gallery,) No. 88, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, June the 24th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Camera lucida.

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Creator:
P. and J. Dollond
Date:
early 19th century
Physical Description:
1 camera lucida : brass ; 23 x 7 x 4 cm (unextended)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A catalogue of an elegant and valuable assemblage of capital modern drawings and fine prints, by Wollett, Bartolozzi, &c. : chiefly framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman : the drawings comprise fine specimens of Du Cros, Desprez, Gainsborough, Cozens, Barret, Girtin, Clerisseau, Sandby, Dayes, La Porte, Morland &c. &c. &c. in the best style of these several Masters : also, a few capital drawings by G. Morland : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 10th of May, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Le beau monde, or, Literary & fashionable magazine.

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Date:
[1807-1809]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Observations on English architecture, military, ecclesiastical, and civil, compared with similar buildings on the continent : including a critical itinerary of Oxford and Cambridge : also historical notices of stained glass, ornamental gardening, &c. : with chronological tables and dimensions of cathedral and conventual churches / by the Rev. James Dallaway, M.B. F.S.A.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 318, [12], [4] p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A catalogue of the superb, most valuable and distinguished collection of Italian, Venetian, Flemish and Dutch pictures, antique marbles & bronzes, well known and celebrated throughout Europe : the property of Sir George Yonge, Bart. : containing select and superlatively fine performances of the following great Masters, viz : Salvator Rosa, Annibal Caracci, Pordenone, Pietro da Cortona, Paolo Veronese, Rubens, Vandyke, Guercino, Luca Giordano, Rembrandt, Gaspar Poussin, Claude, Murillo, Borgognone, Canaletti, Rosa Da Rivoli, Teniers, Hobbima, Wouvermans, Old Mieris, Vandervelde, Paul Brill, Paul Potter, Snyders, Fytt, Jan Steen, Metzu, Ostade, &c. : particularly two most magnificent and inestimable pictures of Dioenes and Democitus, by Salvator Rose : and two most rare bustos of Grecian sculpture, on pillars of Egyptian Porphyry, &c. &c. : the whole of which were collected abroad by Boucher Cleeve, Esq. in the early part of the last century, and have remained entire from that period to the present moment, in a perfect state of preservation : which will be sold by auction by Mr. White, on the premises, No, 4, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, on Monday, the 24th, and Tuesday, the 25th of March, 1806, a twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
White, John, active 1785–1816
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
23, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Catalogue raisonńe de la collection de feu Monsieur Welbore Ellis Agar : dont la vente se fera par J. Christie en sa grands salle dans Pall Mall à Londres, le vendredi 2 Mai, 1806, et jour suivant.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
25, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A course of the five orders of civil architecture : with a plan, and some geometrical elevations of town gates of fortified places : for the use of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich / by I. Landmann, Professor of Fortification and Artillery ; the five orders are taken from Mr. Chambers's elegant treatise on civil architecture.

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Creator:
Landmann, Isaac, 1741–1826
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], 25, [1] pages, XIV leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / by Charles Bell.

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Creator:
Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774–1842
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
ix, 186 pages, 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A series of etchings, representing the power and progress of genius.

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Creator:
Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770–1840
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[14] leaves, [1], 24 leaves of plates : etchings ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Travels through Italy : in the years 1804 and 1805 / by Augustus von Kotzebue ...

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Creator:
Kotzebue, August von, 1761–1819
Physical Description:
94, [2] p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. A view of Falmouth and places adjacent [graphic] / drawn by H. Michell ; engraved by R. Pollard.

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Creator:
Pollard, Robert, 1755–1838
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; image area 31 x 76 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Drawings for Castle Rackrent.

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Creator:
Sneyd, Ralph
Date:
1806?
Physical Description:
14 drawings : watercolor ; 29 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The catalogue of all that well-known valuable collection of capital paintings, the property of the late most noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, which have long been considered as one of the great ornaments of Lansdowne House : comprising the best efforts of those admired masters, Rubens, Claude, Leonardo da Vinci, Ludovico Caracci, Correggio, Salvator Rosa, Guido, Guercino, Velasquez, Nicolo Poussin, Gaspar Poussin, Paolo Veronese, titian, Teniers, Berghem, Vernet, Bassan, Canaletti, Paolo Panini, Rembrandt, Albert Durer, Jordaens, Gonsalvez, Murillo, Vanderveldt, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster, by order of the executors, without the least reserve, on the premises, Lansdowne House, Berkley Square, on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th of March, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
18, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Orme's graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe and the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of merit : member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the order of St. Joachim : containing fifteen engravings, and intended as an accompaniment to the three celebrated whole-sheet plates of His Lordship's splendid victories, viz. the battles of St. Vincent's, the Nile, and Trafalgar, which are explained by references and keys / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 66, viii, [11] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Account of a voyage of discovery to the North-East of Siberia, the Frozen Ocean, and the North-East sea / by Gawrila Sarytschew ... ; translated from the Russian and embellished with engravings.

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Creator:
Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, 1763–1831
Date:
1806
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A tour in Wales, and through several counties of England, including both the universities, performed in the summer of 1805.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[3]-182, [2] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Letters from France : written in the years 1803 & 1804 : including a particular account of Verdun, and the situation of the British captives in that city / by James Forbes.

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Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.

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Creator:
Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737–1814
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xcii, 194, [5] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Analysis of a new work of travels, lately published in London : the stranger in Ireland, or, a tour in the southern and western parts of that country, in the year 1805 / by John Carr ...

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1806?]
Physical Description:
88 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Naval commonplace book.

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Creator:
Duff, Archibald, 1777–1858
Date:
approximately 1806-1807
Physical Description:
1 volume (103 pages, including blanks) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Oriental drawings : sketched between the years 1791 and 1798 / by Captain Charles Gold, of the detachment of Royal Artillery, serving in India at that period.

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Creator:
Gold, Charles, Captain
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[194] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A catalogue of the whole of the copper plates, remaining books and prints, of that elegant and accurate publication the Antiquities of Athens, by Stuart and Revett : three volumes Imperial folio : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. King and Lochée at their Great Room, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, April 15, punctually at three o'clock : catalogues may be had at the room.

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Creator:
King & Lochée
Date:
[approximately 1806]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity / by William Camden ; translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

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Creator:
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. L'Angleterre jugée par elle-meme, ou, Aperçus moraux et politiques sur la Grande Bretagne : extraits des écrivains anglois : ouvrage traduit de l'italien.

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Creator:
La Folie, Charles-Jean
Date:
MDCCCVI [1806]
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 185, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Travels to Hyères, in the south of France : performed in the spring of 1806 / by Christian Augustus Fischer ... ; translated from the German.

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Creator:
Fischer, Christian August, 1771–1829
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
76 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Designs for ornamental plate : many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings / by Charles Heathcote Tatham ...

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Creator:
Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 1772–1842
Date:
MDCCCVI [1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 3, [1] pages, 41 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A catalogue of an elegant and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch cabinet pictures : formed by a Gentleman on the Continent, at a considerable expence : recently consigned to a respectable Mercantile House in the City : among which will be found, a spirited portrait by Rembrandt : a Sea Port, a charming picture, Claude : an Interior, singularly fine, by R. De Hooge : a Capital Picture by Huchenburg of a Battle between the Austrians and Turks, commanded by Prince Eugene before Belgrade, and various Cabinet Gems, several of which are engraved, viz. : Poussin, Le Brun, Seb. Bourdon, Rubens, V. Uden, Teniers, Rembrandt, G. Dow, A. Osade, Berchem, Wouvermans, W. V. de Velde, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Vander Heyden, Metzu, C. Bega, Schalken, Backbuysen, Denner, Polemberg, Huchenberg, V. der Neer, De Hooge, Mignon, Callot, Breemberg : also, four capital drawings by Du Cros : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, in his Great Room, Pal Mall, on Friday, May 2, 1806, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Little Ben's first packet of puzzles on cards neatly engraved.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
19 cards. ill. 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland : with critical and descriptive observations on the whole of his works hitherto before the public / by J. Hassell ...

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), 1767–1825
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], 204 p, [8] leaves of plates : ill., port.; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The history and survey of London and its environs : from the earliest period to the present time ... / by B. Lambert ...

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Creator:
Lambert, B
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. An historical account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire, the seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq. : with a catalogue of his celebrated collection of pictures dedicated to the patrons of the British Institution, and embracing a concise historical essay on the fine arts : with a brief account of the different schools, and a review of the progressive state of the arts in England : also biographical sketches of the artists, whose works constitute this collection / by John Britton ; embellished with a view and plan of the house.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[4], 108 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

63. Lettre sur la galerie de Düsseldorf ...

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Creator:
Bruun-Neergaard, T. C. (Tønnes Christian), 1776–1824
Date:
1806?]
Physical Description:
16 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The history of Liverpool from the earliest records: ornamented with views of its public buildings and sketches and descriptions of the picturesque scenery in the neighbourhood, for several miles around drawn and engraved by T. Troughton. By John Corry.

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Creator:
Corry, John, approximately 1770–
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 312 p., [43] leaves of plates: ill.; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe in the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit : Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim : embellished with a series of engravings, illustrative of his heroic achievements / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon, Esq.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[3], 66 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland, and Ireland : together with an extinct peerage of the three kingdoms, list of all their family names, titles of elder sons, &c. and translation of their mottos.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., coats of arms ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 ... : to which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation ... / by John Barrow.

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Creator:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xviii, [2], 447, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A biographical history of England, from the revolution to the end of George I's reign : being a continuation of the Rev. J. Granger's work: consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads; interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons ... / The materials being supplied by the manuscripts left by Mr. Granger, and the collections of the editor, the Rev. Mark Noble ...

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Creator:
Noble, Mark, 1754–1827
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. A disquisition upon Etruscan vases : displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 99, [1] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. History and antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon : comprising a description of the collegiate church, the life of Shakespeare, and copies of several documents relating to him and his family, never before printed : with a biographical sketch of other eminent characters, natives of, or who have resided in Stratford : to which is added, a particular account of the jubilee, celebrated at Stratford, in honour of our immortal bard / by R.B. Wheler.

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Creator:
Wheler, Robert Bell, 1785–1857
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
ii, 229 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. L'art du typographe. Ouvrage utile à MM. les hommes de lettres, bibliographes et typographes, contenant par chapitres et sommaires les détails de chacune des deux parties de cet art, la désignation et les modèles des caractères des langues mortes et des langues vivantes, les proportions et l'alignement des vers, un vocabulaire typographique, une table des homonymes, une méthode simplifiée pour la correction des épreuves; un traité sur les objets dont on tire une substance propre à faire le papier, des échantillons; les avantages du mécanisme de la presse; les lois et décrets relatifs à la propriété et à l'impression des ouvrages, etc., etc., par B. Vinçard.

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Creator:
Vinçard, B
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
246 p. ill. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Travels into the interior of Southern Africa : in which are described the character and condition of the Dutch colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the several tribes of natives beyond its limits : the natural history of such subjects as occurred in the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms : and the geography of the southern extremity of Africa : comprehending also a topographical and statistical sketch of the Cape Colony : with an inquiry into its importance as a naval and military station, as a commercial emporium : and as a territorial possession / by John Barrow, Esq. F.R.S ; author of "Travels in China", "Africa semper aliquid novi offert" ; in two volumes. Vol. I[-II]

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Creator:
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A spring day, or, Contemplations on several occurrances which naturally strike the eye in that delightful season / by James Fisher.

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Creator:
Fisher, James, 1759–
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 11-207 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners ...

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, 36 p. front. (port.) fold. plates. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The art of horsemanship : altered and abbreviated, according to the principles of the late Sir Sidney Medows / by Strickland Freeman, Esq.

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Creator:
Freeman, Strickland, 1754?-1821
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[8], xix, [1], 254, [2] pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. The new picture of Edinburgh : being an accurate guide to the city & environs, with historical descriptive accounts of the public buildings, offices, institutions, curiosities, amusements, &c. Embellished with six views on copper, two large plans, and upwards of forty vignettes on wood.

No cover image available
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
vi., 366, viii p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The history and antiquities of the church and city of Lichfield : containing its ancient and present state, civil and ecclesiastical : collected from various public records, and other authentic evidences / by the Rev. Thomas Harwood ...

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Creator:
Harwood, Thomas, 1767–1842
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
vii, 574 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plan, geneal. table ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Magna Britannia : being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain / by ... Daniel Lysons ... and Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1806-1822
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A concise account, historical and descriptive, of Lambeth palace.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 87 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Views in Suffolk, Norfolk and Northamptonshire : illustrative of the works of Robert Bloomfield : accompanied with descriptions : to which is annexed a memoir of the poet's life / by E.W. Brayley.

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
55 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The history and description of the city of Exeter and its environs, ancient and modern, civil and ecclesiastical ... By Alexander Jenkins ...

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Creator:
Jenkins, Alexander
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
6 p. ., [3]-451, [3] p. front., 6 plates, 3 maps, 2 plans. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Fortune's football : most humbly dedicated, by permission, to the young family of the Right Honble Lady Ann Hudson.

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Creator:
Jenner, Isaac
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
120 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Mosaïques de Lyon et des départemens méridionaux de la France / expliquées et publiées par F. Artaud.

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Creator:
Artaud, François, 1767–1838
Date:
[1806-1822]
Physical Description:
[1], LVIII leaves : all illustrations ; 59 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. The stranger in Ireland, or, A tour in the southern and western parts of that country, in the year 1805 / by John Carr, esq. ; of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple ; author of a Northern summer, or, Travels round the Baltic ; The stranger in France, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xiv, 530 p., [17] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. A collection of architectural designs for mansions, casinos, villas, lodges, and cottages : from original drawings / by James Randall, architect : elegantly engraved in aqua-tinta, on thirty-four plates, with explanations.

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Creator:
Randall, James, 1778–1820
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [26] pages, 34 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Designs for elegant cottages and small villas ... To which is annexed, a general estimate of the probable expense attending the execution of each design. By E. Gyfford ... Engraved on twenty-six plates. Forming part the second of a series of select architecture.

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Creator:
Gyfford, E
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, 20 p. 26 plates (incl. plans) 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Leben des Künstlers Asmus Jakob Carstens, ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts von Carl Ludwig Fernow.

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Creator:
Fernow, C. L. (Carl Ludwig), 1763–1808
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xxxii, 317, [1] p. front. (port.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Materials for thinking. By W. Burdon ...

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Creator:
Burdon, William, 1764–1818
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
428 p., 1 leaf. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. An inquiry into the requisite cultivation and present state of the arts of design in England. By Prince Hoare.

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Creator:
Hoare, Prince, 1755–1834
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 p.., xxiii, [1] p., 1 leaf, [3]-270 p. front. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The rural architect; consisting of various designs for country buildings, accompanied with ground plans, estimates, and descriptions. By Joseph Gandy ...

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Creator:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 p.., 27, [1] p. XLII plates. 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The beneficial effects of Christianity on the temporal concerns of mankind, proved from history and from facts. By the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus ...

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Creator:
Porteus, Beilby, 1731–1809
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
90 p., 1 leaf. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Sketches in architecture, consisting of original designs for public & private buildings. By Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn ...

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Creator:
Dearn, T. D. W. (Thomas Downes Wilmot)
Date:
[pref. 1806]
Physical Description:
[60] p. 16 plates (incl. plans) 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Cromer, considered as a watering place; with observations on the picturesque scenery in its neighbourhood. By Edmund Bartell, jun.

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Creator:
Bartell, Edmund
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xvi, 124 p. incl. front. plate, fold. map. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The plan and new descriptive catalogue of the European Museum, King Street, St. James Square : instituted for the promotion of the fine arts and the encouragement of British artists.

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Creator:
European Museum
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, 9-57, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The hermit of Warkworth : a Northumberland ballad in three fits / by Dr. Thos. Percy ... ; with designs by Mr. Craig ; and engraved on wood by Mr. Bewick.

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Creator:
Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[v]-xiv, [15]-90 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Collections for the history of the town and soke of Grantham. Containing authentic memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton, now first published from the original MSS. in the possession of the Earl of Portsmouth / By Edmund Turnor ...

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Creator:
Turnor, Edmund, 1755?-1829
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
xvi, 200 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., genealogical tables, map, plans, portrait ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A list of books on the various branches of architecture and building, published by J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, No. 59, High Holborn, London.

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Creator:
Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
4 p. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. An analysis of the print of Paul preaching at Athens / being the first cartoon engraved and published by Thomas Holloway ; the letter-press by T. Bensley ...

No cover image available
Date:
[1806?]
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Memoirs of that celebrated, original and eccentric genius the late George Morland, an eminent painter. Drawn from an authentic source of twenty years' intimate acquaintance with him, his family, and connections. To which is added an appendix, including an account of his most valuable works. By William Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, William, d. 1812
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
ix, 242 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, A. D. MCLXXXVIII. By Giraldus de Barri; tr. into English, and illustrated with views, annotations, and a life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, bart. ...

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Creator:
Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. 50 pl., 5 maps (part fold.), 3 plans. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts