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1. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Journal of the late campaign in Egypt : including descriptions of that country, and of Gibralter, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri : with an appendix, containing official papers and documents / by Thomas Walsh, Captain in His Majesty's ninety-third regiment of foot, aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Eyre Coots, K. B. and K.c. M. P. &c. ; illustrated by numerous engravings of antiquities, views, costumes, plans, positions, &c.

Journal of the late campaign in Egypt : including descriptions of that country, and of Gibralter, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri : with an appendix, containing official papers and documents / by Thomas Walsh, Captain in His Majesty's ninety-third regiment of foot, aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Eyre Coots, K. B. and K.c. M. P. &c. ; illustrated by numerous engravings of antiquities, views, costumes, plans, positions, &c.
Creator:
Walsh, Thomas, fl. 1801
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
viii, [20], 261, [7], *145, [1] p., 49 [i.e.41] leaves of plates ([9] folded) : ill., maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.

Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.
Creator:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777–1842
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect.

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Creator:
Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
Date:
[not before 1819]
Physical Description:
25 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Illustrations of Japan : consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan : a description of the feasts and ceremonies observed throughout the year at their court : and of the ceremonies customary at marriages and funerals : to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, and explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. / by M. Titsingh ; formerly chief agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki ; translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl ; with colored plates ; faithfully copied from Japanese original designs.

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Creator:
Titsingh, Isaac, 1744–1812
Date:
MDCCXXII [1822]
Physical Description:
xvi, 325, [3] pages, [13] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, during the last four years : comprising a series of views of the principal places, battles, etc. connected with those events : together with a history of those momentous transactions, compiled from official and other authentic documents.

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Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], 32, 20 pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Cottage architecture : being a supplement to the first [-second] series of Goodwin's Rural architecture, lately published : this supplement contains designs of peasants' cottages, both plain and ornamental, separate and in groups, gate lodges, small dairy farm houses, &c. with specifications and estimates of each design : the whole planned and carefully revised in aid of the improving state of rural economy / by Francis Goodwin.

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Creator:
Goodwin, Francis, 1784–1835
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Memoir of the conquest of Java : with the subsequent operations of the British forces, in the Oriental archipelago : to which is subjoined a statistical and historical sketch of Java with an account of its dependencies / by Major William Thorn, Late Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the forces serving in Java ; illustrated by plans, charts, views, ec.

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Creator:
Thorn, William
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xxiv, 369, [1] pages, [36] leaves of plates (16 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. 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

10. 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