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1. Gronlandia antiqva : seu Veteris Gronlandiæ descriptio : ubi cœli marisqve natura, terræ, locorum & villarum situs, animalium terrestrium aqvatiliumqve varia genera, gentis origo & incrementa, status politicus & ecclesiasticus, gesta memorabilia & vicissitudines, ex antiqvis memoriis, præcipue Islandicis / qva fieri potuit industria collecta exponuntur authore Thormodo Torfæo ...

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Creator:
Þormóður Torfason, 1636–1719
Date:
1715
Physical Description:
64, 369 [i.e. 269], [19] p., 5 folded leaves of plates : maps ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A survey of the cathedral-church of Landaff : containing an account of all the inscriptions on the monuments and grave-stones, the history of the Bishops, and other dignitaries belonging to the same, their several preferments, times of decease, burial and epitaphs : with a large appendix of records and other curious matters, relating to Landaff Church and Bishoprick : to which is subjoined an exact list of all the churches and chapels in this diocese ... : and illustrated with a draught of the iconography and upright of Landaff Cathedral / by Browne Willis ...

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Creator:
Willis, Browne, 1682–1760
Date:
1718
Physical Description:
228, [2], 10 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The history and antiquities of the most ancient town and borough of Colchester, in the county of Essex : in three books : collected chiefly from manuscripts : with an appendix of records and original papers : adorned and illustrated with sculptures / by Philip Morant ...

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1748
Physical Description:
iv, 100 [i. e. 104], 54 [i. e. 58], 53, [9] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The young builder's rudiments, or, The principles of geometry, mechanicks, mensuration and perspective, geometrically demonstrated : together with the five orders of columns in architecture, according to the proportions of the celebrated Palladio : calculated for the use of workmen, gentlemen and others, who delight in designing, drawing, painting, engraving, and gardening, &c. / by B. Langley ; adorn'd with about thirty large copper plates, curiously engrav'd by J. Vandergucht and B. Cole.

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Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:
1730
Physical Description:
[8], 130, [2] p., [29] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm. (4o.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk, containing a description of the towns, villages, and hamlets, with the foundations of monasteries ... and other religious buildings ... Collected out of leiger-books, registers ... and other authentic memorials, by Francis Blomefield ...

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Creator:
Blomefield, Francis, 1705–1752
Date:
1739-1775
Physical Description:
5 v. illus., port., maps, plans, facsim., fold. geneal. tab. 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Traité des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle / par M. F*** ...

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Creator:
Frézier, Amédée François, 1682–1773
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
lii, [2], 496 p. : front., XIII fold. pl. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts