Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Image Use: Free to Use

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number

[1802]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature

[1807?]

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views

Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life

March 1st 1807

Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854

Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

MDCCXCVI [1796]

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695

Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent

MDCLXXVI [1676]

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]

Glasgow looking glass

[1825]

Map of North America

not before 1634

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies

1838

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

St. John Ambulance Association

Triangular bandage, printed with illustrations of bandage use

approximately 1920

To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity

[1773]

Driver & Shaw

Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials

1824

Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857

China : its state and prospects

1838

Cox, David, 1783–1859

The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments

1825

Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst

1819

Tregear's Black jokes

1834

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

1744

Map of China and the adjacent countries

1842

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848

1848

Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria

1814

Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani

ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]

Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921

As in a looking glass

1889

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne

1914

Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862

1863

Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,

1795]

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood

[185-?]

Rocque, John, -1762

Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond

1734

Witton, Philip Henry

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =

1791 [i.e. 1792]

London & Sunderland royal mail coach

[ca. 1800]

Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863

Lessons on trees

[1855]

Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

1963

Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

The temple of taste

[1796]

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads

1679

Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa

MDCXXXII [1632]

Celebrated horses of America

1881-1882

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Whereas the game within the manor of Pinkhurst, and in several parts of the parishes of Itchingfield, Slinfold, Billingshurst, and Rudgwick, in the county of Sussex, has of late years, and up to the present time, been greatly destroyed by poachers, unqualified, and unlicenced persons ..

[1797]

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Six months' residence and travels in Mexico

1824

Moore, Joseph

Rangoon views and combined operations in the Birnam Empire

1825-1826

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant

MDCCLVIII [1758]

Payne, John, 1710–1771

Twelve designs of country-houses

1757

Rodler, Hieronymus

Perspectiua

1546

Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841

An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation

[1817]

Ointment pot

between 1650 and 1700

In affectionate remembrance of Moses

1875

Gascoigne, George, -1577

The noble arte of venerie or hunting

[1575]

Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870

Sketches in India

1862

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

[between 1796 and 1809]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the rose family (Rosaceae), Peacock butterflies (Nymphalis io), both closed and open, and butterfly chrysalis, larva caterpillar, daddy longlegs spider (Phalangida) egg case, and snout beetle, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Panorama, Leicester Square

1805

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1820?]

Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington

1731

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

1827

Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615

Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..

[1599?]