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1. Catalogue of the select and elegant library of the late Mrs. Martyn, widow of the Rev. Thomas Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, November the 12th, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
26, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The British imperial calendar for the year of Our Lord 1829 : being the tenth year of the reign of His present Majesty George the Fourth : or General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its colonies : containing lists of both Houses of Parliament, Baronets, Orders of Knighthood, Privy Council, Official Departments of the State, the Navy and Army, the Church, the Law, National scientifice, and commercial institutions, and many other subjects of public utility : carefully corrected at the different offices and institutions.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
60, 471, [1], 76, 113, [1] pages ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Remarks on rifle guns : being the result of fifty years' practice and observation : with specific remarks on fowling pieces, the percussion lock, and fire-arms in general : to which are subjoined descriptions of a new bullet mould and clipper, various improvements in gun and door locks, and spring bolts : a description of fire-arms deposited in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, including all the improvements and inventions for which three silver medals have been awarded by the Society of Arts : together with tables of weights of balls, descriptive plates, &c. / by Ezekiel Baker.

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Creator:
Baker, Ezekiel, 1758–1836
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 251, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), tables ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The journal of a naturalist.

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Creator:
Knapp, J. L. (John Leonard), 1767–1845
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
xii, 403, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Mechanical perspective, or, description and uses of an instrument for sketching from nature, accurately and conveniently, every kind of object : and of a machine for drawing in perspective architectural and other subjects, from measurement, or from ground plans and elevations : in two parts / by Francis Ronalds.

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Creator:
Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788–1873
Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828, i.e. 1829?]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 36, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Portraits of the Spruggins family / arranged by Richard Sucklethumkin Spruggins, Esq.

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Creator:
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
41 leaves, [43] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Catalogue of a select portion of the valuable library of John Crosse, Esq. of Hull, and a portion of the library of the late Richard Payne Knight, Esq. : including Dugdale's monasticon Anglicanum, by Bandinel, Cayley and Ellis ... Dugdale's St Paul's by Ellis ... Ormerod's History of Cheshire ... : also a large collection of music, and some prints : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, December 21, and three following days.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
32 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The Tower menagerie: comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. Illustrated by portraits of each, taken from life, by William Harvey; and engraved on wood by Branston and Wright.

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Creator:
Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797–1836
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xviii, 241, [1] p. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of a valuable and splendid collection of books, prints, books of prints, Persian Mss., Music, &c. : including the library of John Green, Esq. of Dell Lodge, Blackheath, deceased ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hodgson at his Great Room, "The Poet's Gallery," 192. Fleet-Street, near Chancery Lane, (Removed from no. 39), on Friday, December 11th, 1829, and 3 following days (Sunday excepted) at half past 12 o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Hodgson, Edmund
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Catalogue of a few finished original pictures, particularly the First Installation of the Order of the Garter : one of the most elaborate works of the late Benjamin West, Esq. P.R.A. ... / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Geo. Robins ... the 20th and 22d June, 1829.

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Creator:
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
16 p. ; 22 cm. in folder 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Supplement to the London chair-makers and carvers' book of prices for workmanship : as regulated and agreed to by a committee of master chair-manufacturers and journeymen ... engraved on eleven copper-plates.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
x, 120 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill.; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Paterson's roads : being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
82, 715, 44 p., [10] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The turf expositor : containing the origin of horse racing, breeding for the turf, training, trainers, jockeys, cocktails, and the system of cocktail racing illustrated : the turf and its abuses : the science of betting money, so as always to come off a winner, elucidated by a variety of examples : the rules and laws of horse racing; and every other information connected with the operations of the turf / by C.F. Brown.

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Creator:
Brown, C. F.
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], x, [2], 180 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. British preserve / drawn & etched by S. Howitt.

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Creator:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], 70, [2] pages, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Second supplement to the London chair-makers and carvers' book of prices for workmanship : as regulated and agreed to by a committee of master chair-manufacturers and journeymen ... engraved on two copper-plates.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], 19 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Catalogue of the valuable classical and theological library of the late Rev. George Frederic Tavel, formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge : to which is added the very choice and select library of the late Mr. Harris, editor of the Edition of Shakespeare of 21 vol. 1813, and Principal Librarian in the Royal Institution ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington, Street, Strand, on Friday, December the 11th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
40 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Nautical dictionary / drawn & etched by H. Heath.

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Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
6 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Cartularium Saxonicum Malmsburiense in com. Wilts.

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Creator:
Malmesbury Abbey
Date:
18.... [i. e., 1829]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 25, [1] p. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The costume of the British navy : as ordered by His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral in 1828.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[18] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Copy of the evidence, taken before a committee of the House of Commons, on the Newcastle & Carlisle railway bill. Lord Viscount Lowther, chairman. Taken from the short hand notes of Mr. Gurney. To which is added the report of Mr. Leather, on the projected line of railway.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Bill
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 229 p. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The London chair-makers' and carvers' book of prices for workmanship : as regulated and agreed to by a Committee of master chair-manufacturers and journeymen : with the methods of computation adopted in the work : illustrated by reference to a variety of figures, engraved on sixteen copper-plates.

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Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xxiii, 108, 26 p., [13], [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts