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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Period 18th century

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Associated Places Cambridge (England)

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1. A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.

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Creator:
Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
Date:
1770
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 128, [16] p., III folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Excerpta è statutis Academiæ Cantabrigiensis præfectorum interpretationibus, Senatus decretis, et literis regiis, ad scholarium officia pertinentia.

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Creator:
University of Cambridge
Date:
1770
Physical Description:
[2], 36 p. : 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Cantabrigia illustrata : contenant: les vûës de la ville de Cambridge, avec ses edifices, & ses maisons de campagne, comme aussi des autres lieux circonvoisins; representées en tailles-douces très exactes, avec des explications dessous chaque planche.

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Creator:
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Date:
[ca. 1700]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [44] leaves of plates, [1] folded : ill., maps ; 20 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. An election ball : in poetical letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Glocester : with a poetical address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston villa / by the Author of the New Bath guide.

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Creator:
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The history and antiquities of the conventual and cathedral church of Ely: from the foundation of the monastery, A. D. 673. To the year 1771. Illustrated with copper-plates. By James Bentham ...

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Creator:
Bentham, James, 1708–1794
Date:
1771
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. fold. front., plates (part fold.) plans (part fold.) 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A concise and accurate description of the university, town, and county of Cambridge : containing a particular history of the colleges and public buildings, their founders and benefactors : with an account of the considerable improvements which have lately been made throughout the University : correct lists of the University officers, &c. an invariable rule for the beginnings and endings of the Cambridge terms : and other useful notes relative to the University. To which is added, an exact account of the roads, posts, coaches, diligences, stage-waggons, &c. Illustrated with several neat views of publick buildings, and a very accurate plan of the university and town.

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Date:
[1790?]
Physical Description:
[4], 149, [3] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Isole Britanniche.

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Creator:
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650–1718
Date:
[1706]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3] leaves, [170] leaves of plates, some folded) : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A general table of all cautions, fees, and perquisites : both statutable and customary for exercise and degrees in the University of Cambridge / drawn up by H. Newcome ...

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Creator:
Newcome, H
Date:
1761
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 p.) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain.

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Creator:
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Date:
1789-1826
Physical Description:
1 v. ([4], 19, [1], 83 p., with blanks) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Six views of Cambridge / drawn and published by R. Harraden ...

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Creator:
Harraden, Richard, 1756–1838
Date:
Novr. 5th, 1798
Physical Description:
1 volume (7 prints) : aquatint : volume 55 x 75 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A description of the university, town and county of Cambridge : containing an account of the colleges, churches, and public buildings, and their founders, benefactors, eminent men, libraries, pictures and curiosities, a list of the heads of colleges, professors, university officers ... and other useful tables, a description of the seats, rivers, &c. in the county ... : illustrated with neat views of the public buildings. This edition contains near one third more than any former one with a new plan of the town.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[6], iv, 166, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The account of Pythagoras's School in Cambridge : as in Mr. Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, and other notices.

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Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
[1790?]
Physical Description:
v, [1], 5-58, [4], 59-158 p., [8] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Cantabrigia depicta : a concise and accurate description of the university and town of Cambridge, and its environs : a particular history of the several colleges and buildings, their founders and benefactors ...

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Date:
[1763]
Physical Description:
[4], 117, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., 1 plan ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts