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201. Observations upon the Windward coast of Africa : the religion, character, customs &c., of the natives : with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe : and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country : made in the years 1805 and 1806 / by Joseph Corry ; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade.

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Creator:
Corry, Joseph
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xiv, [2],163 p., [9] leaves of plates ([7] folding) : ill., map, 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

202. Views of Oxford / by T. Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1748–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
31 leaves : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

203. A history of Madeira : with a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
v, [3], 118 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

204. Turf celebrities I have known / by William Day ; author of "The Racehorse in training," "Reminiscences of the turn," "The horse, how to breed and rear him," etc., etc.

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Creator:
Day, William, 1823–1908
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
[8], 290, [2], 18 pages ([1] leaf of plates) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

205. Catalogue of the extensive, genuine, and highly valuable collection of pictures / late the property of the Hon. John Clerk of Eldin ; ... also the superb and entire collection of engravings, painters' etchings, and original drawings by the greatest masters : and a splendid and rare assemblage of ancient china, bronzes, terra-cottas, casts from the antique, coins, &c. &c. : which will be unreservedly sold by auction by Messrs Thomas Winstanley & Sons (of Liverpool), at No. 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, on ... the 14th day of March 1833, and thirteen following days ...

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Creator:
Eldin, John Clerk, Lord, 1757–1832
Date:
[1833]
Physical Description:
[6], 2, 32, [2], 33-103, 11 pages, [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 6 illustrations (engravings) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

206. Five years' residence in the West Indies / by Charles William Day, Esq., author of "Hints on Etiquette" ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Day, Charles William
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

207. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex : including the rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city and diocese of Chichester / by James Dallaway ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1815-1832
Physical Description:
2 volumes in 3 : illustrations, maps, plans ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

208. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

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Creator:
Trench, F. W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1775–1859
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[4], iv, iv, 176 p., 17 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

209. Lepidoptera of the British Isles.

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Creator:
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Date:
circa 1810
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

210. Practical hints on decorative printing : with illustrations engraved on wood, and printed in colours at the type press / By William Savage.

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Creator:
Savage, William, 1770–1843
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
6 p.l., [iii]-vi, [2], 118 p., 5 leaves. col. front., 51 plates (part. col.) on 47 leaves. 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

211. The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties : comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each : with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf : illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen : the engravings from original paintings : with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / by John Lawrence, author of "A philosophical and practical treatise on horses," &c. &c.

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Creator:
Lawrence, John, 1753–1839
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-288, [4] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

212. Country rambles in England, or, Journal of a naturalist / with notes and additions by the author of "Rural hours"

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Creator:
Knapp, J. L. (John Leonard), 1767–1845
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
x, [1], 12-336, [2] pages, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

213. The fine arts of the English school : illustrated by a series of engravings, from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists : with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays, by various authors / edited, and partly written by John Britton, F.S.A.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[128] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

214. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

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Creator:
Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[1], 7 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

215. The habit and the horse : a treatise on female equitation / by Mrs. J. Stirling Clarke ; with illustrations, lithographed by Messrs. Day & Son, from photographs by Herbert Watkins.

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Creator:
Clarke, J. Stirling, Mrs.
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 216 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

216. A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk : accompanied with an historical index / the whole drawn and etched by Henry Davy ...

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Creator:
Davy, Henry, active 1829
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[4], 12 pages, [70] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

217. Memoirs of Count Grammont / by Count A. Hamilton ; translated from the French, with notes and illustrations. In three volumes.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

218. A catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq. M.P. : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the proprietor, and accompanied with historical and biographical notices / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

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Creator:
Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[8], 32, [2] pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

219. The itinerary of Greece : with a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country : compiled in the years 1801-06 / by W. Gell Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A.

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Creator:
Gell, William, Sir, 1777–1836
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[6], 171, [9] p., 28 leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

220. The history and antiquities of Birkenhead Priory : illustrated by views, plans, and elevations : together with views of the churches formerly connected with the priory / by William I. Mason, architect, and A.W. Hunt, B.A.

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Creator:
Mason, William Ithell
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

221. Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey / by John Rutter, Shaftesbury.

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Creator:
Rutter, John, 1796–1851
Date:
MDCCCXXII [1823]
Physical Description:
xxvi, 127, [1] pages, 13, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

222. An essay on rural architecture : illustrated with original and oeconomical designs : being an attempt, also, to refute, by analogy, the principles of Mr. James Malton's essay "British cottage architecture," supported by several designs : to which are added rural retreats and villas, in the Gothic, castle, Roman and Grecian styles of architecture : with ideas for park-entrances, a mausoleum, and a design for the naval pillar, to immortalize British naval heroism : the whole comprising thirty plates, in aquatinta / designed by Richard Elsam, architect.

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Creator:
Elsam, Richard, Esq
Date:
MDCCCIII [1803]
Physical Description:
[12], ii, 52 p., 33 [i.e. 31] leaves of plates [2 folded] : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

223. An historical and descriptive guide to York cathedral and its antiquities / by Geo. Ayliffe Poole, M.A., Vicar of Welford, and J.W. Hugall, Esq., architect ; with a history and description of the Minster Organ.

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Creator:
Poole, Geo. Ayliffe (George Ayliffe), 1809–1883
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
[2], xiii, [1], 213, [1] p., [37] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts