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1. A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbe's book, entitled Leviathan. By Edward Earl of Clarendon.

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Creator:
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
Date:
1676
Physical Description:
5 p. ., 322 p. illus. 21 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.

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Creator:
Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
Date:
1770
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 128, [16] p., III folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A defence of reveal'd religion against the exceptions of a late writer, in his book, intituled, Christianity as old as creation, &c. By John Conybeare ...

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Creator:
Conybeare, John, 1692–1755
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
[8], 467, [5] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the Gallery of Paintings, as newly arranged; an alphabetical list of the names of the painters, and their respective schools; A picturesque tour of the gardens and park; a general delineation of the tapestry, furniture, private gardens ... To which are also added, an itinerary; an account of the Roman villa, near Northleigh ... with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening ...

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
[1848?]
Physical Description:
xii, 139 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., plan ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the painting, tapestry, and furniture : a picturesque tour of the gardens and park : a general delineation of the China gallery, private gardens, &c. : to which are also added : an itinerary : an account of the roman villa, near Northleigh, &c. &c. : with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 139 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A few ways through the window : notes on the exhibition of books, related prints and sculpture, Cafe MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (Oxfordshire) / Ken Campbell.

A few ways through the window : notes on the exhibition of books, related prints and sculpture, Cafe MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (Oxfordshire) / Ken Campbell.
Creator:
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Date:
1990
Physical Description:
12 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Tony Zwicker

7. A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighborhood of Oxford.

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Creator:
Oxford Architectural & Historical Society
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
xi, vii, 398 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A hand-book for visitors to Oxford : illustrated by cxxviii wood cuts by Jewitt, and xxix steel plates by Le Keux.

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Creator:
Parker, John Henry, 1806–1884
Physical Description:
xvii, 247, [30] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A handbook of pictorial art / by the Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt ... ; with a chapter on perspective by A. Macdonald ...

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Creator:
Tyrwhitt, R. St. John (Richard St. John), 1827–1895
Date:
1875
Physical Description:
x, [6], 384 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A knife romance / [Ken Campbell].

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Creator:
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Date:
1988]
Physical Description:
[60] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A letter to Dr. Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire : particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871 / by Francis Wise ...

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Creator:
Wise, Francis, 1695–1767
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
58 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A narrative of the minutes of evidence respecting the claim to the Berkeley peerage, as taken before the committee of privileges in 1811. Together with the entire evidence of the persons principally concerned. To which are added, facsimiles of the banns, and register of the marriage : extracted from the parish books of Berkeley. To the whole is prefixed a sketch of the proceedings of the committee on the Earl of Berkeley's pedigree in the year 1799.

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Creator:
Fitzhardinge, William Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Earl of, 1786–1857
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
xiii, 276, p. 2 facsim. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A new description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the paintings, tapestry, and furniture : a picturesque tour of the gardens and park : and a general description of the china gallery, &c. : with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
MDCCCXIV [1814]
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 150 pages, [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

14. A new pocket companion for Oxford: or, Guide through the university. Containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges ... To which are added descriptions of the buildings, tapestry, paintings, sculpture, temples, gardens, &c. at Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow ...

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Date:
1789
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 152 p. plates, fold. plan. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A paper on monuments / by John Parker.

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Creator:
Armstrong, John, 1813–1856
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
24 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts