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1. An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...

An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...
Creator:
Mudford, William, 1782–1848
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], xviii, [2], 368 p., [32] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Memoirs of Harriot, duchess of St. Albans / by Mrs. Cornwell Baron-Wilson ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Baron-Wilson, Cornwell, Mrs., 1797–1846
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the court of Ava in the year 1827 / by John Crawfurd ... late envoy ; with an appendix containing a description of fossil remains by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift.

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Creator:
Crawfurd, John, 1783–1868
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 516, 89, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Nollekens and his times : comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake / by John Thomas Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Sicily and its inhabitants : observations made during a residence in that country, in the years 1809 and 1810 / by W.H. Thompson.

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Creator:
Thompson, W. H
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[8], 234 p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Anecdotes of the aristocracy : and episodes in ancestral story / by J. Bernard Burke.

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Creator:
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Rambles in Egypt and Candia : with details of the military power and resources of those countries, and observations on the government, policy, and commercial system of Mohammed Ali / by C. Rochfort Scott ...

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Creator:
Scott, C. Rochfort (Charles Rochfort), -1872
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary &c. : including a steam voyage down the Danube from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea in 1836 / by Edmund Spencer.

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Creator:
Spencer, Edmund
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The crescent and the cross, or, Romance and realities of eastern travel / by Eliot Warburton.

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Creator:
Warburton, Eliot, 1810–1852
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa : from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British consul : comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction : also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks.

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Creator:
Tully, Miss
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
xiii, [2], 370 p., [6] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Travels in Chaldæa : including a journey from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillah, and Babylon, performed on foot in 1827, with observations on the sites and remains of Babel, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon / by Robert Mignan.

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Creator:
Mignan, Robert, -1852
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xvi, 333, [1] p. front., illus., plates. 2 fold. maps. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Williams, D. E
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
2 v. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

13. Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and the Crimea, in 1829 : with sketches of the Imperial Fleet and Army, personal adventures, and characteristic anecdotes / by Captain James Edward Alexander.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Travels in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi, by Edmond Temple...

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Creator:
Temple, Edmond
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. front., illus., plates, map. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Journal of a residence and travels in Colombia during the years 1823 and 1824 / by Capt. Charles Stuart Cochrane ...

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Creator:
Cochrane, Charles Stuart
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Narrative of Don Juan van Halen's imprisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his escape in 1817 and 1818 : to which are added, his journey to Russia, his campaign with the army of the Caucasus, and his return to Spain in 1821 / edited from the original Spanish manuscript by the author of "Don Esteban" and "Sandoval".

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Creator:
Halen, Juan Van, 1790–1864
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. St. Petersburgh : a journal of travels to and from that capital : through Flanders, the Rhenish provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France / by A.B. Granville..

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Creator:
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783–1872
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Adventures in Borneo : a tale of shipwreck.

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Date:
1849
Physical Description:
260 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The spas of England, and principal sea-bathing places / By A. B. Granville. ...

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Creator:
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783–1872
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
3 v., leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Travels in the western Caucasus, including a tour through Imeritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Galicia, Silesia, and Moravia, in 1836. By Edmund Spencer ...

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Creator:
Spencer, Edmund
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Three years in Constantinople, or, Domestic manners of the Turks in 1844 / by Charles White.

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Creator:
White, Charles, 1793–1861
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A summer in Brittany / by T. Adolphus Trollope ... ; edited by Frances Trollope.

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Creator:
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810–1892
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The life and writings of Henry Fuseli ... : the former written, and the latter edited / by John Knowles ...

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Creator:
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Recollections of travels in the East : forming a continuation of the Letters from the East / by John Carne.

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Creator:
Carne, John, 1789–1844
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xii, 348 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Letters from the south / by Thomas Campbell.

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Creator:
Campbell, Thomas, 1777–1844
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada : with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of the south of Spain / by Captain C. Rochfort Scott.

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Creator:
Scott, C. Rochfort (Charles Rochfort), -1872
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Narrative of a residence in Algiers : comprising a geographical and historical account of the regency, biographical sketches of the dey and his ministers, anecdotes of the late war, observations on the relations of the Barbary States with the Christian Powers, and the necessity and importance of their complete subjugation / by Signor Pananti ; with notes and illustrations by Edward Blaquiere ...

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Creator:
Pananti, Filippo, 1766–1837
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xxx, 467 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Nollekens and his times : comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake / by John Thomas Smith ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Travels and adventures in Southern Africa / by George Thompson ... ; comprising a view of the present state of the Cape colony ; with observations on the progress and prospects of the British emigrants.

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Creator:
Thompson, George, 1796–1889
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A sentimental journey through Margate and Hastings / by Dr. Comparative, junr.

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Creator:
Comparative, Dr
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
viii, 214 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia : with a narrative of a residence in China / by Peter Dobell ...

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Creator:
Dobell, Peter, 1772–1852
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Letters from Nova Scotia : comprising sketches of a young country / by Captain W. Moorsom, 52D Light Infantry.

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Creator:
Moorsom, W. S. (William Scarth), 1804–1863
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
viii, 371 p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817 / by Prince Maximilian, of Wied-Neuwied ; illustrated with plates.

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Creator:
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782–1867
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
x, 335, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Travels in the interior of Mexico, in 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828 / by Lieut. R. W. H. Hardy, R. N.

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Creator:
Hardy, R. W. H. (Robert William Hale), d. 1871
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xiii, [1], 540, [4] p., [8] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Mexico in 1827 / by H. G. Ward, Esq. ; His Majesty's chargé d'affaires in that country during the years 1825, 1826, and part of 1827.

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Creator:
Ward, H. G. (Henry George), 1797–1860
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa : from the original correspondence in the family of the late Richard Tully, Esq., the British consul : comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family, and other persons of distinction : also, an account of the domestic manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks : illustrated with a map and several coloured plates.

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Creator:
Tully, Miss
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
xiii, [3], 376 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, & Scotland, extinct, dormant, & in abeyance / by John Burke and John Bernard Burke.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
795 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Travels through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt, performed during the years 1825-1828 : including particulars of the last illness and death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the Russian conspiracy in 1825 / by the late James Webster.

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Creator:
Webster, James, 1802–1828
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : comprising original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. / By James Northcote ...

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
2 v., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., facsimile, ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the countries adjoining the mountain-course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, north of the Panjab : with map engraved by direction of the Hon. East India Company, and other illustrations / by G.T. Vigne.

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Creator:
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas, 1801–1863
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Narrative of a journey across the Balcan, by the two passes of Selimno and Pravado : also of a visit to Azani, and other newly discovered ruins in Asia Minor in the years 1829-30 / by Major, the Honorable George Keppel.

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Creator:
Albemarle, George Thomas Keppel, Earl of, 1799–1891
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Narrative of the expedition to China : from the commencement of the war to its termination in 1842 : with sketches of the manners and customs of the singular and hitherto almost unknown country / by Commander J. Elliot Bingham ....

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Creator:
Bingham, J. Elliot (John Elliot)
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. 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

44. Journal of a voyage to Peru : a passage across the cordillera of the Andes, in the winter of 1827, performed on foot in the snow; and a journey across the pampas / by Lieut. Chas. Brand, R. N.

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Creator:
Brand, Charles
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
xvii, [2], 346 p., [2], [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Narrative of a visit to the courts of Russia and Sweden, in the years 1830 and 1831 / by Capt. C. Colville Frankland.

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Creator:
Frankland, Charles Colville, 1797–1876
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Hochelaga, or, England in the new world / edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq., author of "The Crescent and the Cross" ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Warburton, George, 1816–1857
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A biographical dictionary of the living authors of Great Britain and Ireland : comprising literary memoirs and anecdotes of their lives : and a chronological register of their publications, with the number of editions printed : including notices of some foreign writers whose works have been occasionally published in England : illustrated by a variety of communications from persons of the first eminence in the world of letters.

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Date:
1816
Physical Description:
viii, 449, [1] pages ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : comprising original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. / By James Northcote ...

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
2 v., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., facsimile, ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Personal narrative of travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia, in the year 1824. By Major, the Hon. George Keppel, F. S. A.

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Creator:
Albemarle, George Thomas Keppel, Earl of, 1799–1891
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. col. fronts., ill., col. plates, fold. map. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A. / by William Hazlitt.

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
[2], 328 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971