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1. George Cruikshank's omnibus : illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood ... / edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [2], 300 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

2. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:
1810-1819
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1833-1838
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV-MDCCCXXXVIII [1834-1838]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts : also, a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole ; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ; ... in three volumes.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The biographical mirrour : comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings.

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Creator:
Waldron, F. G. (Francis Godolphin), 1744–1818
Date:
1795-[1814]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Old England's worthies: a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies, with illustrative woodcuts, and twelve splendid illuminated engravings.

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Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 272 p. col. front., col. plates, ports. 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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Creator:
Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:
1819-1820
Physical Description:
4 volumes : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Old England's worthies : a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies / by Lord Brougham, and other distinguished authors.

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Date:
[1862?]
Physical Description:
5 p. ., vii-viii, lxxxiv, 272 p. front., ill., plates (part. col.) 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The memoirs and travels of Sir John Reresby, bart. : the former containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II : the latter (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation.

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Creator:
Reresby, John, Sir, 1634–1689
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xii, 160, 159-160, [161]-414, [32] p., [39] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts