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1. To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity : and are desirous of inspecting the striking parts of the creation : there is to be seen, at the [blank] the beautiful zebra, or wild ass ... : it was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1762, by Sir Thomas Adams.

To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity : and are desirous of inspecting the striking parts of the creation : there is to be seen, at the [blank] the beautiful zebra, or wild ass ... : it was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1762, by Sir Thomas Adams.
Date:
[1773]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph Reed, Yale BA 1954, and Kit Reed

2. For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester : the Commissioners do give notice, that for coaches, chaises, and other travelling carriages, the following are the tolls payable at the said gates, viz.

For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester : the Commissioners do give notice, that for coaches, chaises, and other travelling carriages, the following are the tolls payable at the said gates, viz.
Date:
May 1792
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 34 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. William's return.

William's return.
Date:
[18th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) : illustration ; 22 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.
Creator:
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket : engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Invitation to dine with Tallow Chandlers].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1790?]
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Valerie Jackson-Harris.

6. Edward Ryland : copper plate printer in the Old Bailey near Ludgate Hill, London.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ryland, Edwd. (Edward), active approximately 1762–1775
Date:
[ca. 1760]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 27 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. At a special committee of the Light-Horse Volunteers, held the 25th of October 1798.

No cover image available
Creator:
Great Britain. Army. London and Westminster Light House Volunteers
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Sir, there is a scheme set on foot for erecting a publick academy for the improvement of the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture ...

No cover image available
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
[2] sheets ([2] p.) ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A List of the horses, &c. enter'd to run at Doncaster : on Wednesday the 18th day of June, 1740 : six years old for twenty guineas, stakes five guineas.

No cover image available
Date:
[1740]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts