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1. Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham.

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham.
Creator:
Witton, Philip Henry
Date:
1791 [i.e. 1792]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The botanic garden : a poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing The economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes.

The botanic garden : a poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing The economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes.
Creator:
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
2 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

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Creator:
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:
1780
Physical Description:
[2], xv, [1], 132, [10] p., [25] folded leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Creator:
Hewetson, William B
Date:
[1812?]
Physical Description:
46 parts (545 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A plan for the conduct of female education : in boarding schools / by Erasmus Darwin ...

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Creator:
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-128 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Fables / by the late Mr. Gay ...

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Creator:
Gay, John, 1685–1732
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[8], 232 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A biographical peerage of the Empire of Great Britain : in which are memoirs and characters of the most celebrated persons of each family.

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Creator:
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762–1837
Date:
1808-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The history and present state of discoveries relating to vision, light, and colours / by Joseph Priestley.

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Creator:
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
2 v. (4, v, [1], xvi, 812, [12] p. [25] leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The Rhine, or, A journey from Utrecht to Francfort: chiefly by the borders of the Rhine, and the passage down the river, from Mentz to Bonn : described in a series of letters ... 1791 and 1792 ... By T. Cogan, M.D. Embellished with twenty-four views in aqua tinta, and a map ...

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Creator:
Cogan, T. (Thomas), 1736–1818
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
2 v. plates (incl. music), fold. map. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Poems / by William Cowper ...

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Creator:
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The beauties of Cambria : consisting of sixty views in North and South Wales : each view accompanied by a page of letter-press / by H. Hughes.

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Creator:
Hughes, Hugh, 1790–1863
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[120] p. : ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Life in the country, or, Eccentricities and oddities exhibiting real and original scenes of rural life / by an old sportsman.

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Creator:
Old sportsman
Date:
[1825?]
Physical Description:
48 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Fables / by the late Mr. Gay ...

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Creator:
Gay, John, 1685–1732
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The stranger in France, or, A tour from Devonshire to Paris.

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
viii, 261 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits, : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants, and the best proficients in Sunday schools.

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Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], vii, [1], 291, [1] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Biographiana / by the compiler of Anecdotes of distinguished persons.

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Creator:
Seward, William, 1747–1799
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
2 v. (Med: 2 v. in 1) : ill., port., music ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A view of the present state of Derbyshire : with an account of its most remarkable antiquities, illustrated by an accurate map and plates .../ by James Pilkington.

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Creator:
Pilkington, James
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

No cover image available
Creator:
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:
1770
Physical Description:
[2], xv, [1], 132, [8] p., [25] folded leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Lectures on painting : delivered at the Royal Academy, March, 1801 / by Henry Fuseli ... ; with additional observations and notes.

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Creator:
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
Date:
1801-1820
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The history of the town of Taunton, in the county of Somerset : embellished with plates / by Joshua Toulmin ...

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Creator:
Toulmin, Joshua, 1740–1815
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
[16], 192 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plan, map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The origin and progress of letters : an essay, in two parts. The first shewing when, and by whom letters were invented; the formation of the alphabets of various nations; their manner of writing, on what materials, and with what instruments men have written in different ages to the present time. Wherein is considered the great utility of this art with regard to mankind. The second part consists of a compendious account of the most celebrated English penmen, with the titles and characters of the books they have published both from the rolling and letterpress. Interspersed with many interesting particulars by way of notes throughout the first part; and the second is a new species of biography never before attempted in English. The whole collected from undoubted authorities / by W. Massey, master of a boarding school for many years at Wandsworth in Surry.

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Creator:
Massey, W. (William), 1691–1764?
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
iv, 160, [12], 175, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts