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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Date 1815

Subject Period 19th century

Classification Books

1. Prospectus for publishing by subscription, Laporte's progressive lessons in landscape, from nature, in imitation of pencil, from the original drawings : to be contained in six numbers, price to subscribers nine shillings each.

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Creator:: Griffiths, Thomas (Publisher)
Date:: February, 1815
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of flower painting in water colours.

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Creator:: Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. An account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India : comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee monarchy / by the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone.

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Creator:: Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779–1859
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xxi, 675 p., [16] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

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Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Switzerland, as now divided into nineteen cantons : interspersed with historical anecdotes, local customs, and a description of the present state of the country : the cantons are severally described, and also the county of Neuchatel, the republic of Geneva, the boundaries, & new road over the Simplon : with picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Swiss : to which is added a short guide to travellers / by A. Yosy.

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Creator:: Yosy, A
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Views of English lakes]

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Creator:: Green, William, 1760–1823
Date:: [between 1815 and 1827]
Physical Description:: 60 leaves : all ill. ; 22 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:: Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, during the years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815 : comprising a series of views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the battles of Leipsic, etc. etc. etc. : together with a history of those momentous transactions.

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Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [3], 30-76, [12] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. [Printer's specimen book : wood engravings and letterpress].

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Date:: [ca. 1815]
Physical Description:: [17] sheets : chiefly ill. ; 20-22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. An account of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and Their Imperial and Royal Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia to the University of Oxford in June MDCCXIV.

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Creator:: University of Oxford
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [2], 98 p., [3] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 38cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoir of the conquest of Java : with the subsequent operations of the British forces, in the Oriental archipelago : to which is subjoined a statistical and historical sketch of Java with an account of its dependencies / by Major William Thorn, Late Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the forces serving in Java ; illustrated by plans, charts, views, ec.

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Creator:: Thorn, William
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xxiv, 369, [1] pages, [36] leaves of plates (16 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts