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1. A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...

A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...
Creator:
Cook, James, 1728–1779
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm. and atlas. 57 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent ... / written and compiled from authentic records and other genuine information by a society of gentlemen ; the whole revised, corrected, and improved by William Thornton ; assisted by George Smith ... the Rev. Alex. Townsend ... and other gentlemen.

The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent ... / written and compiled from authentic records and other genuine information by a society of gentlemen ; the whole revised, corrected, and improved by William Thornton ; assisted by George Smith ... the Rev. Alex. Townsend ... and other gentlemen.
Creator:
Thornton, William
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
532, [4] p. : ports. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Catalog for Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory]

[Catalog for Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory]
Creator:
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory
Date:
[1784?]
Physical Description:
[36] leaves : ill. 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards : preserved by tradition, and authentic manuscripts, from remote antiquity : never before published : to the tunes are added variations for the harp, harpsichord, violin, or flute : with a choice collecton of the pennillion, epigrammatic stanzas, or, native pastoral sonnets of Wales, with English translations : likewise a history of the bards from the earliest period to the present time : and an account of their music, poetry, and musical instruments, with a delineation of the latter / dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, by Edward Jones, of Henblas, Llandderfel, Merionethihire.

Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards : preserved by tradition, and authentic manuscripts, from remote antiquity : never before published : to the tunes are added variations for the harp, harpsichord, violin, or flute : with a choice collecton of the pennillion, epigrammatic stanzas, or, native pastoral sonnets of Wales, with English translations : likewise a history of the bards from the earliest period to the present time : and an account of their music, poetry, and musical instruments, with a delineation of the latter / dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, by Edward Jones, of Henblas, Llandderfel, Merionethihire.
Creator:
Jones, Edward, 1752–1824
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
[8], 78 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries. Illustrated with charts and engravings. By William Coxe ...

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Creator:
Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:
1784-1790
Physical Description:
3 v., [26] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., genealogical tables, maps, plans, ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a most capital, valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : also, some high finished drawings by the most celebrated modern masters, the whole selected with great taste, being the genuine property of a man of fashion : amongst which are the works of the following masters : Titian, P. Veronese, A. Carracci, Guido, Canneletto, Poussin, Rubens, Van Dyck, Teniers, Brughel, Rembrandt, Berghem, Cup, C. du Jardin, Both, Mucheron, Le Duc, Barret, Cipriani, Marlow, P. Sandby, Angelica, Wilson, Bartolozzi, &c. : likewise a remarkably fine landscape, by Wynants, the figures by Adrian Vandevelde : a group of cattle in a landscape, by Loutherbourg, presumed one of the best performances of that master : and several others truly worthy the attention of the curious : which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie and Ansell, at their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall, on Friday, January 23d, 1784, and the following day : to be publickly viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding, and to the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale : upon their supposed approaching nuptials.

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1784 [i.e. 1788]
Physical Description:
16 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Three chronological tables, exhibiting a state of the Society of Antiquaries of London : from its first rise in 1572, 14 Eliz. to its revival in the beginning of this century : from thence to its incorporation in 1751, 25 Geo. II : and from that time to its present flourishing condition in 1784, 24 Geo. III : under the various heads explained in the tables / by John Fenn ...

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Creator:
Fenn, John, 1739–1794
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
36 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Le avventure di Saffo.

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Creator:
Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814
Date:
1784
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain duties on certificates issued with respect to the killing of game.

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Creator:
Great Britain
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
[2], 671-683, [1] p. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A copy of the poll for knights of the shire for the county of Bedford : which began at the town of Bedford on Wednesday the 7th April, 1784, and ended on Monday the 19th : William Goldsmith, Esquire, Sheriff.

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Creator:
Bedfordshire (England)
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
73, [1] leaves, 28 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Twenty-one plans, with explanations of different actions in the West Indies, during the late war / by an officer of the Royal Navy, who was present.

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Creator:
Matthews, John, lieutenant in the Royal Navy
Date:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
24 pages, [21] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of Hogarth's original works / to be had of Mrs. Hogarth, at her house, at the Golden Head, Leicester Fields, London. 1784.

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Creator:
Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Piante elevazioni profili e spaccati degli edifici della villa suburbana di Giulio III : Pontefico Massimo fuori la Porta Flaminia / misurati e delineati da Giovanni Stern, architetto romano.

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Creator:
Stern, Giovanni, 1734–1794 or 1795
Date:
MDCCLXXXIIII [1784]
Physical Description:
115 [i.e. 55], [1] pages, XXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 79 x 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Moral and literary dissertations, on the following subjects: 1. On truth and faithfulnss. 2. On habit and association. 3. On inconsistency of expectation in literary pursuits. 4. On a taste for the general beauties of nature. 5. On a taste for the fine arts. 6. On the alliance of natural history, and philosophy, with poetry. To which are added a tribute to the memory of Charles de Polier ... and an appendix. By Thomas Percival ...

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Creator:
Percival, Thomas, 1740–1804
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
15, [5], 3-332, [8] p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Select views in Great Britain / engrav'd by S. Middiman ; from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions.

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Creator:
Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750–1831
Date:
[1784-1792]
Physical Description:
[112] p., 49 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The history and antiquities of Hawsted, in the county of Suffolk. By the Rev. Sir John Cullum, ...

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Creator:
Cullum, John, Sir, 1733–1785
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
vii, 247 p. plates, port., geneal. tables (part fold.) 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, : interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries. / By William Coxe ...

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Creator:
Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
3 v., plates : ill., geneal. tables ; 22 cm. (8 vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The new English valentine writer, or The high road to love; for both sexes. Containing a complete set of valentines, proper for almost every trade in town or country, with their answers ... Written by Mr. Turner, of the county of Norfolk. Mr. Williams ... Mr. Oakman ... Miss Rose ... Miss Lovejoy ... Miss Gray ...

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Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
84 p. front. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. To determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... Vols. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F. R. S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, L. L. D. and F. R. S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...

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Creator:
Cook, James, 1728–1779
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm. and atlas. 57 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. To determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F. R. S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, L. L. D. and F. R. S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...

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Creator:
Cook, James, 1728–1779
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm. & atlas 57 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. L'art de voyager dans les airs, ou, Les ballons : contenant les moyens de faire des globes aérostatiques suivant la méthode de MM. de Montgolfier, & suivant les procédés de MM. Charles & Robert. Avec un précis historique des plus belles expériences qui ont été faites d'après cette célebre découverte.

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Date:
1784
Physical Description:
[4], 142, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ... By Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
viii, xxiv p., 272 col., 273-280 p. front. (double map) 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Shave's Suffolk memorandum-book, or, Complete pocket ledger : peculiarly adapted to the use of the gentlemen of the country : being the bissextile or leap year, the thirty-third of the new stile used in Great-Britain, and the twenty-fourth of the reign of George III.

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Date:
MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
[112], 32, [16] p., [2] leaves of plates : map ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex. : with an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
[2], [iv], 96 p., [27] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A new book of horses and carriages / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A collection of fifty prints from antique gems : In the collections of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable C. F. Greville, and T. M. Slade, esquire. Engraved by Mr. John Spilsbury.

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Creator:
Spilsbury, John, 1730?-1795?
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
[4] p., 50 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A List of the horses, &c. enter'd to run at Doncaster : on Wednesday the 18th day of June, 1740 : six years old for twenty guineas, stakes five guineas.

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Date:
[1740]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A practical treatise on farriery : deduced from the experience of above forty years, in the services, of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, bart., the present Earl Grosvenor, and, the present Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, bart. / by William Griffiths, Groom, at Wynnstay.

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Creator:
Griffiths, William, groom
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
[4], iii, [1], 184, [14] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A supplement to the fifth edition of Collins's Peerage of England : containing a general account of the marriages, births, promotions, deaths, &c. ... in each family, from that publication, in the year 1779, to the present time : also, genealogical and historical accounts of those families which have been advanced to the English peerage ... since that period ... faithfully collected from authentic pedigrees in possession of the families or registered in the House of Lords records ... and other authorities which are cited / by B. Longmate ...

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Creator:
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 435, [9] p., [34] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A descriptive catalogue of Coade's artificial stone manufactory at King's Arms Stairs, Narrow-wall Lambeth : opposite White-Hall Stairs. With prices affixed. Consisting of, I. Statues. II. Busts. III. Vases. VI. [i.e. IV] Pedestals. V. Capitals. VI. Frizes. VII. Fascias. VIII. Pannel and tablets. IX. Medallions. X. Pateras for elevations from 30 to 40 feet. XI. Ditto from 20 to 30 feet. XII. Pateras for elevations from 10 to 20 feet. XIII. Ditto of 10 feet and under. XIV. Coats of Arm. XV. Imposts. XVI. Key-stones. XVII. Architraves. XVIII. Rustics. XIX. Pinnacles. XX. Balusters. XXI. Balls and feet. XXII. Chimney tops. XXIII. Piers. XXIV. Consoles. XXV. Sepulchral ornaments. XXVI. Chimney-pieces. XXVII. Pieces of furniture and various ornaments. XXVIII. Ornaments to fix on stone or wood. XXIX. Wood chimney-pieces with stone ornaments. With an appendix.

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Creator:
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory
Date:
MDCCLXXIV [1784]
Physical Description:
[2],10, 15-31, [1] p. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. An essay on the elegant ornamental cameos of the Barbarini vase.

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Creator:
Marsh, Charles
Date:
1784.]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Carington Bowles's New and enlarged catalogue of useful and accurate maps, charts, and plans : curious and entertaining engraved and mezzotint prints, single or in sets, writing books ...

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Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1784]
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library