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1. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes / par M. Fossé, officier Régiment d'Infanterie du Roi ; dédié a M. Le Duc du Chatelet.

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Creator:
Fossé, Charles-Louis-François, 1734–1812
Date:
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
[12], 116, 60, [2] p., 11 leaves of plates (10 folded) : col. ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings on the spot, by Samuel Ireland ...

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Two letters on the origin, antiquity, and history of Norman Tiles, stained with armorial bearings.

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Creator:
Henniker-Major, John, Baron, 1752–1821
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
114 p., [3] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. An accurate and impartial narrative of the war / by an officer of the guards ... ; comprising the campaigns of 1793, 1794, and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia, in 1795 ; introducing also the original poetical epistles from head-quarters; with copious notes throughout.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / by Samuel Ireland ; author of the Histories and picturesque scenery of the Rivers Thames, Medway, and Avon, and graphic illustrations of Hogarth.

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Journal of a party of pleasure to Paris, in the month of August, 1802 : by which any person intending to take such a journey may form an accurate idea of the expence that would attend it, and the amusement he would probably receive : together with thirteen views from nature, illustrative of French scenery : aquatinted by J. Hill, from drawings by the author.

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Creator:
Paul, John Dean, Sir, 1775–1852
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
viii, 102 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The stranger in France, or, A tour from Devonshire to Paris.

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
viii, 261 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A sporting tour through various parts of France in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting and other field-amusements, as practised in that country : with general observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture, husbandry and commerce : strictures on the customs and manners of the French people, with a view of the comparative advantages of sporting in France and England : in a series of letters to the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington : to which is prefixed, an account of French wolf-hunting / by Colonel Thornton, of Thornville-Royal, Yorkshire ; illustrated with upwards of eighty correct and picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr Bryant, and other eminent artists ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2–1823
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., music ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Letters from France : written in the years 1803 & 1804 : including a particular account of Verdun, and the situation of the British captives in that city / by James Forbes.

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Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The ancient and modern history of Nice : comprehending an account of the foundation of Marseilles : to which are prefixed descriptive observations on the nature, produce, and climate of the territory of the former city, and its adjoining towns : with an introduction, containing hints of advice to invalids, who, with the hope of arresting the progress of the disease, seek the renovating influuence of the salubrious climes / by I. B. Davis ...

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Creator:
Davis, John Bunnell, 1780–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 348 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Letters of Madame de Sévigné to her daughter and her friends : in nine volumes.

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Creator:
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626–1696
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill., ports. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies : from 1799 to 1815.

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Date:
1814-1815
Physical Description:
viii, [122] p., [51] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Journal of a party of pleasure to Paris, in the month of August, 1802 : by which any person intending to take such a journey may form an accurate idea of the expence that would attend it and the amusement he would probably receive : together with thirteen views from nature, illustrative of French scenery / aquatinted by J. Hill, from drawings by the author.

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Creator:
Paul, John Dean, Sir, 1775–1852
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
viii, 112 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The triumphs of Europe, in the campaigns of the years 1812, 1813, 1814 : commemorated by a series of twelve views of Moscow, the Kremlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfort on the Maine, Amsterdam, The Hague, Hamburgh, &c. &c. &c. : from original drawings in the collection of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia : and from other authentic sources : to which is prefixed, A concise history of those important events.

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Date:
1814
Physical Description:
27, [17] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The triumphs of Europe, in the campaigns of the years 1812, 1813, 1814 : commemorated by a series of twelve views of Moscow, the Kremlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfort on the Maine, Amsterdam, The Hague, Hamburgh, &c. &c. &c. : from original drawings in the collection of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia : and from other authentic sources : to which is prefixed, A concise history of those important events.

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Date:
1814-1815
Physical Description:
2 volumes (27, [20], 30-76, [12] pages, [26] leaves of plates ) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Travels in Europe and Africa / by Colonel Keatinge ; author of, A history of the conquest of Mexico, from the Spanish, Eidometria, or Optic Mensuration, etc. Comprising a journey through France, Spain, and Portugal , to Morocco : with a particular account of that empire : also a second tour through France in 1814, in which a comparison is drawn between the present and former state of that country and its inhabitants : illustrated by numerous plates of scenery, antiquities, and costume, from drawings made by the author.

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Creator:
Keatinge, Maurice, -1835
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. French characteristic costumes / etched by R.B. Peake.

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Creator:
Peake, Richard Brinsley, 1792–1847
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
[18] leaves, [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A cruise, or, Three months on the continent / by a naval officer ; embellished with coloured plates.

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Date:
1818
Physical Description:
iv, 125 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A visit to the monastery of La Trappe, in 1817 : with notes taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjoy, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the environs of Paris / by W.D. Felllowes.

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Creator:
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xii, 188 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Costume caractéristique de France / d'après des desseins faits par un artiste dernièrement revenu du continent ; avec des descriptions appropriées.

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Date:
1819
Physical Description:
viii, [4], 37, [1] pages, [19] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Historic, military, and naval anecdotes : of personal valour, bravery, and particular incidents which occured to the armies of Great Britain and her allies, in the last long-contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo : under the patronage of, and dedicated with permission to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief.

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Creator:
Orme, Edward, 1775–1848
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[4], 94, [4] p., [40] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38-49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Letters written during a tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France, in 1818 : including local and historical descriptions : with remarks on the manners and character of the people / by Mrs. Charles Stothard ; with numerous engravings, after drawings by Charles Stothard...

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Creator:
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790–1883
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 322 p. , [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Letters from Switzerland and France : written during a residence of between two and three years in different parts of those countries.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
104 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Picturesque tour of the Seine, from Paris to the sea : with particulars historical and descriptive / by M. Sauvan ; illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings by A. Pugin and J. Gendall ; and accompanied by a map.

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Creator:
Sauvan, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar
Date:
MDCCCXXI [1821]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, 177 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany / by the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S. S.A.

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Journal of sentimental travels in the southern province of France, shortly before the revolution : embellished with seventeen coloured engravings from designs by T. Rowlandson ...

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
ii, 291, [4] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Sketches illustrative of the manners and costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy / by R. Bridgens.

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Creator:
Bridgens, Richard
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[4], iv, [2] p., [45] leaves, [49] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Life in Paris : comprising the rambles, sprees, and amours of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian celebrity and his bang up companions Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton : with the whimsical adventures of the Halibut family : including sketches of a variety of other eccentric characters in the French metropolis / by David Carey ; embellished with twenty-one coloured plates, representing scenes from Real Life, designed and engraved by Mr. George Cruikshank ; enriched also with twenty-two engravings on wood, drawn by the same artist and executed by Mr. White.

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Creator:
Carey, David, 1782–1824
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xxiv, 489 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A visit to the monastery of La Trappe, in 1817 : with notes taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the environs of Paris / by W.D. Fellowes ... ; illustrated with numerous coloured engravings, from drawings made on the spot.

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Creator:
Fellowes, W. D. (William Dorset)
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xii, 188 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Tour of Paris.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[42] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Memoirs of the public and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte / with copious historical illustrations, and original anecdotes, from the ms. of Count Labédoyère, interspersed with extracts from M.V. Arnault, Counts Rapp, Montholon, Las Cases, Gourgaud, Segur, &c. Preceded by an, analysis of the French revolution.

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Creator:
La Bédoyère, Charles Angélique François Huchet, comte de, 1786–1815
Date:
[1835?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts