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1. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons : by Thomas Archer.

Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons : by Thomas Archer.
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
1 handbill ; 11 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...
Creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Sorrows : sacred to the memory of Penelope.

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Creator:
Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743–1824
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
89 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. An accurate and impartial narrative of the war / by an officer of the guards ... ; comprising the campaigns of 1793, 1794, and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia, in 1795 ; introducing also the original poetical epistles from head-quarters; with copious notes throughout.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of the genuine, capital, and valuable collection of pictures, by the most esteemed masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Schools : selected by that eminent artist and esteemed connoisseur Benjamin van der Gucht, Esq. deceased : this celebrated collection contains some of the most rare and capital pictures ever offered to the public : comprising the following most remarkable viz. : A Venus disarming Cupid by Corregio, brought to England by Sir William Hamilton : two, a most capital Landscape, and a Sea Port, by Claude : A landscape, a Chef D'oeuvre, by Cuyp : A Ditto by Rubens : and one Ditto, very capital, by Berghem : Le Retour de Chasse, an elegant Cabinet Picture, by Wouvermans : the Judgment of Paris by Vander Werf : A Conversation by Teniers : The Madona and Infant Christ by C. Dolce : The Transfiguration by Julio Romano : several fine portraits by Vandyck, F. Hals, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction (by order of the administratrix) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, March 11th, 1796, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had at the room in Pall Mall, at one shilling each.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. General inventory of Colonel Aston's furniture, plate, linen, china &c. September the 1, 1796 / Wm. Hadlow.

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Creator:
Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
Date:
1796-1802
Physical Description:
1 v. ([4], 99 p., with blanks) : 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts