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1. A catalogue of the superlative collection of cabinet pictures and miniatures, beautiful Roman missals, most superbly illuminated, a few bronzes, carvings in ivory, specimens of stained glass from the earliest periods of the art, drawings, books of prints and port folios, a beautiful impression Macklin's Bible and a small library of books : the property of, and selected with equal taste and judgment by, the late John Edward Breen, Esq., deceased, of Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street : which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Co. on Tuesday the 28th of May, 1805, and four following days, at twelve o'clock, at the Great Room, No. 25, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, near Bond Street, by order of the executors and trustees : among the pictures are a cabinet jewel of a Virgin and Child by Raphael : a Head of the Virgin by Carlo Dolci, from Lord Godophin's collection : the Virgin Child, St John and Angel by L. D'Vinci ... the Adoration of the Magi by N. Poussin : a portrait by Denner ... : the Marriage of St. Catharine by Titian : the Birth of Adonis by Albano ... : cabinet landscape by Claude : a ditto by Wynants, and many others, in the most perfect preservation, by the following esteemed Masters : Correggio, P. Cortona, Solimena, Sal Rosa, Carracci, Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Van Huysum, Phillippo Laura, Teniers, Claude, Paul Brill, Poelemburgh, Ostade, Wouvermans, Vanderwerff, T. Mieris, G. Douw, Pynaker, Breughel, &c. : in the collection of miniatures are the works of Petitot, Zinck, Cooper, Oliver, Hoskins, Hilliard, Holbein, Rosalba, &c.

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Creator:
Skinner, Dyke & Skinner (London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of a genuine, select and highly-valuable collection of capital and high-finished cabinet pictures, chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools : the exclusive property of a Gentleman of refine Taste : and purchased by him a a most liberal expence, during a visit to the Continent : comprising exquisite Bijoux of the first class, by the following great and celebrated Masters in the most perfect preservation, viz : Titian, N. Poussin, G. Poussin, Rubens, Teniers, Rembrandt, A. V. Ostade, Berchem, Wouvermans, C. du Jardin, W. V. de Velde, A. V. de Velde, Mieris, Boh, Van Huysum, Backbuysen : V. Toll, Polemberg : particularly the Creation of Eve by L. Caracci, a capital picture of the Master, a chef d'oeuvre : the Village Fete, an inimitable picture, replete with humour, by Jan Steen : a Calm, by W. V. De Velde : an Interior, by Van Toll : Christ and the Woman at the Well, by Rembrandt : the Flight into Egypt, a charming and perfect specimen of Albano : and two capital and high-finished pictures by Fran: and W. Mieris : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 4th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Rob. Calder : on board His Majesty's ship The Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday, December 22, 1805.

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Creator:
Calder, Robert, 1744 or 5–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
46 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the production of the great artists of the British School, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery : formed under the spirited directions, and with the unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our Great Bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprises many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West : and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tesham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the Grand Alto Relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the late saloons of the nobility and Gentry, or the Halls of Incorporate Bodies, or for Exhibitions in distant parts of the kingdom : the whole will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Friday, May 17, 1805, and two following days, (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock, by order of the proprietor, without reserve.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the productions of the great artists of the British school, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery, formed under the spirited directions, and with unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our great bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprise many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West, and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tresham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures, the Seven ages by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the grand alto relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the large saloons of the nobility and gentry, or the halls of incorporate bodies, or for exhibition in distant parts of the Kingdom.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly the property of a Gentleman, deceased, and brought from his family seat in Ireland : among which are a surprising chef d'oeuvre by L. Backhuysen : the Three Marys at the tomb, by S. Rosa, in their original state : Virgin, Child and Saints, Schidone : and others by P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Schidone, Lanfranco, Marieski, Carlo Marrati, S. Rosa, S. Bourdon, Vouet, Glauber, Borgognone, Rubens, Jordaens, Wouvermans, Metzu, Steenwick, Huchtenburgh, &c. &c. &c. : and the admired original picture of Falstaff in the Buck-Basket, by Hamilton : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 14, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of a magnificent, truly superb, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : selected with very superior taste, and at an unbounded expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets in Europe, the property of Robert Heathcote, Esq. : among the numerous chef d'oeuvres of the great and most admired Masters in this splendid collection are two celebrated pictures by Claude, which formerly graced the cabinet of the Duc de Choiseuil : the Magdalen, Dominichino, from the Udney Collection : a magnificent portrait of Lorenzo di Medici : a production of the united efforts of Mich. Angelo and Seb. Del Piombo : the Virgin and Child, L. Da Vinci : various beautiful landscapes, by S. Rosa, G. & N. Poussin, Cuyp, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Teniers, Potter, &c. &c. &c. : sea pieces by Vandevelde & Backhuysen : choice gems by G. Dow, Mieris, Metzu, Jan Stein, Turburgh, &c : flower and fruit pieces, by Van Huysem and R. Ruysch : a fine statue of the Apollo Sauroctonos : which will be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Friday, April 5th, 1805, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of the valuable collection of copper-plates with impressions : late the property of Mr. Robert Grave, deceased : principally consisting of English portraits, among which are several very scarce, many after Sir Joshua : portraits of comedians : the Cambridge Founders by Faber, retouched by Parker : plates to plot's Staffordshire, and various others : by Bartolozzi, Dickinson, James and Thomas Watson, John Smith, Valentine Green, Fisher, Vertue, Blcoteling, Gaywood, Worlidge, R. White, etc. : together with sundry duplicate impressions, without plates : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, corner of Villiers' Street, Strand, on Monday, July 1st, 1805, at five o'clock : to be viewed at Saturday, the 29th of June, and morning of sale.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly of the cabinet class, in the highest preservation : including many fine specimens of Carracci, Guido, Poussin, Rubens, J. Steen, V. de Velde : particularly Christ carrying his Cross, J. De Marbeuge : The Assumption of the Virgin ... Vandyck : The Dutch Surgeon, Teniers : The Reposo and Companion, C. Maratti : Portrait of a Lady, Rembrandt : and a capital pair of portraits by Vanderhelst and William Vanderveldt : also, some fine cabinets, old china, bronzes, marbles, ivory carvings, &c. : the exclusive property of a Gentleman of refined taste, and collected by him at considerable expence : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 21, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A graphic and descriptive tour of the University of Oxford, &c.

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Creator:
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman, deceased : brought from his seat in the country : comprising the works of P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Giorgione, Bassan, Caracci, Dominichino, Albano, Guercino, C. Maratti, Rubens, Vandyck, De Vox, Teniers, Vanderneer, Zucherelli, Wilson : also, two capital landscapes, by that esteemed Master, Casanova : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 26, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [1], 6-115, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of a genuine, superb and truly valuable assemblage of vases, marbles, and other objects of virtù : the property of, and collected by a Man of Fashion, during a recent visit to Rome and Naples : comprising a numerous collection of singularly-fine Etruscan Vases, of the early Sicilian and Compana Classes : besides many rare and novel specimens of the smaller Greek pottery : slabs of the most rare and precious Antique Marbles : part of the shaft of a column of the beautiful Egyptian Granite : a few bustos of exquisite modern sculpture, particularly a colossal bust from the Antinous and a noble copy, in marble, from the celebrated vase in the Villa Borghese, 3 feet 9 inches high : a fine plaster cast, moulded expressly for the proprietor from the Apollo of the Belvidere : and a few elegant Alabaster Vases of Beautiful Florentine Sculpture : also, two fine antique gems : a capital set of the Nine Muses, in Mable, antique : and original models in terra cotta, by the celebrated Roubiliac, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 29th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of drawing, by the most celebrated modern Masters : including the works of Girton, Gainsborough, Pocock, Anderson, La Porte, Dayes, Rooker, Cozens, Oben, &c. : likewise, thirty-six most beautiful, exquisitely-finished copies, in water colors, from paintings in Herculaneum, a unique set, lately bought from the Continent : also, a complete set of the large Shakspeare proof prints, framed and glazed, which composed the 57th prize in the Shakspeare Lottery : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A catalogue of a capital, well chosen collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : also, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed, late the property of a gentleman, deceased, brought from his seat, in the county of Bucks. : comprising many fine works of the following esteemed masters, viz. : Raphael, Dominichino, Wouvermans, Waterloo, Tintoretto, Valasquez, Teniers, Mieris, Bassan, Murillo, Backhuysen, Watteau, Caracci, Rubens, Ostade, J. Steen, Guido, Rembrandt, Both, Zuccherelli. : particularly a Village Festival, A. Ostade : a Grand Landscape, H. Caracci : the small study for the renowned picture at the Louvre, by L. Spado : a landscape, Both : The Windmills, Rembrandt : a sea piece, Backhuysen, from the Duc de Praslin's collection : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 1st, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of pictures : the property of a Gentleman, Dec., brought from the country : comprising the works of the following masters : A. Durer, Tintoretto, Bassan, Lanfranco, S. Rosa, Valasquez, Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Van Uden, Le Duc, Berkheyde, Hondikoeter, Vonck, Artois : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A series of views, interior and exterior of the collegiate chapel of St. George at Windsor : with illustrative plates explanatory of its architecture and ornaments, and accompanied by a concise account, historical and descriptive.

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Creator:
Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 pages, [3], 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 60-68 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : comprising many fine works of the celebrated Masters : also, several remarkably fine pictures, painted by the late ingenious Guy Head Dec. during his residence in Italy, from whom they were purchased at a liberal expence by a Gentleman of Taste and brought from his mansion in the county of Norfolk : among them will be found some fine specimens of the following esteemed Masters, viz. : Titian, Tintoretto, Spagnoletto, Lanfranco, Guercino, Caravaggio, L. Giordano, C. Marratti, C. Cignani, B. Lutti, G. Poussin, Rubens, Vandyck, Snydersm Teniers, Van Uden : the above assemblage will be found highly interesting to the loves of the fine arts, as comprising many admirable and faithful copies from chef d'oeuvres of the Great Italian and other Masters, which have since suffered irreparable injury during the late revolutions on the continent : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 1st, 1805 and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A catalogue of the wholesale stock of copper-plates and dupicate impressions of Mr. John Manson : including Mrs. Pinkerton's Scotch portraits, with many thousand impressions : Cardonnel's Antiquities of Scotland : one hundred plates, with ditto : plates to PIne's Virgil, with four hundred copies : sundry portraits of artists, actors, and unpublished plates, by Mrs. Cosway : duplicate impressions of Bunbury's Shakespeare, by Bartolozzi : a few lots of French printing paper, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, corner of Villiers' Street, Strand, on Tuesday, July 2d, 1805, at five o'clock : to be viewed on Saturday, and till the time of sale, when catalogues may be had.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A catalogue of a most valuable and highly curious collection of rare and curious birds, native of Cayenne : being an actual consignment to the French National Museum, including various presents to M. Talleyand and others, taken by a ship of war, on their passage to Europe : the whole in perfect preservation, and forming an interesting assemblage, well deserving the attention of the curious in ornitholoy : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April the 6th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of a choice collection of capital paintings, by the most eminent Masters of the Old School : consisting of the works of Sir P. Lely, Sir J. Thornhill, Holbein, Guido, Vandyke, Calabreese, L. Da Vinci, Reubens, Teniers. Albert Durer, Baptiste, Titian, Guercino, Zucherro, Van Huysum, Polembergh, Comabue, P. Veronese, Dominichino, Scalkens, Van Eick, Vander Meulen, Claude, Schedoni, Schutz, Carlo Maat, Floris, Ibbettson, Moland, Bassan, Pether, Fyte, Morellio &c. : a pleasing variety of elegant coloured prints, in gilt frames, and a few loose prints : the genuine property of a Gentleman : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Collier, at his auction room, no, 32, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 1st day of June, 1805, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Collier, Mr. active 1805
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a capital, genuine and highly valuable collection of Italian pictures of the very distinguished class, recently consigned from Italy : comprising the following distinguished chef d'œuvres, selected and purchased at a most liberal expence, from among the treasures of the Barbernini Palace, viz. : the daughter of Herodias with the head of St. John the Baptist, Leo. da Vinci, a dignified and grateful composition, in the finest style of that sublime painter, and mentioned by Vasari : in the highest preservation-- Christ bound, Titian an exquisite picture of the Master : A Magdalen in the Desert, Guido, a beautiful picture, particularly noticed by the Count Malvaste, in his Lives of the Painters, capital : a Female at her Toilet, Giogione : a portrait, V. Dyck : and others, by the following great Masers : Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Baroccio, Guercion, Guido, S. De Pesaro, G. Cagnacci, C. Dolce, Morone, V. Dyck, Claude, Both, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 30th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A catalogue of an extensive and magnificent collection of stained glass : consisting of The Seven Cartoons, after Raphael, closely studied, and coloured from the originals, and are the fruits of three years close application : the celebrated picture of The Misers, in the Royal Palace, at Windsor : and a great variety of subjects, from the most renowned ancient and modern, historical, portrait and landscape painters : the property and performance of those celebrated artists, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, of Highgate : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, in the Strand, on Tuesday[Thurs], June [20], 1805, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, previous to the sale : descriptive catalogues may be had (Price Sixpence) of Mr. Richardson.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [3] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The rural architect; consisting of various designs for country buildings, accompanied with ground plans, estimates, and descriptions. By Joseph Gandy ...

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Creator:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.., 27, [1] p. XLII plates. 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Jas. Newman : 24 Soho-Square : every requisite for drawing & painting.

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Creator:
James Newman (Firm)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : color aquatint ; sheet 20 x15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The first edition of the one inch Ordnance Survey : a reprint covering England and Wales in 97 sheets / edited by J.B. Harley.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date:
1969-1971
Physical Description:
97 folded sheets within covers ; 75 x 101 cm. folded to 19 x 11 cm., in covers 20 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

27. The rural architect: consisting of various designs for country buildings, accompanied with ground plans, estimates and descriptions. London, J. Harding, 1805.

The rural architect: consisting of various designs for country buildings, accompanied with ground plans, estimates and descriptions. London, J. Harding, 1805.
Creator:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
Date:
1971
Physical Description:
[3], 28 p., 42 leaves; illus., plans. 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

28. Designs for cottages, cottage farms and other rural buildings, including entrance gates and lodges. London, Harding, 1805.

Designs for cottages, cottage farms and other rural buildings, including entrance gates and lodges. London, Harding, 1805.
Creator:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
Date:
1971
Physical Description:
[1], x, 28, [26] p., 17 l. illus., plans. 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library