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1. The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...

The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...
Date:
[ca. 1832]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 176 (i. e. 182), [4] p. fold. front (map) plates, fold. plan. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.
Creator:
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[132] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator:
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839
Date:
MDCCCVII [1807]
Physical Description:
[6], xxii, 74, [2] pages, [73] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster : its antiquities and monuments.

The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster : its antiquities and monuments.
Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Poems / by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate.

Poems / by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate.
Creator:
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
[2], xiii, [3], 375, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

7. Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.

Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.
Creator:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777–1842
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Illustrations of Japan : consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan : a description of the feasts and ceremonies observed throughout the year at their court : and of the ceremonies customary at marriages and funerals : to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, and explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. / by M. Titsingh ; formerly chief agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki ; translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl ; with colored plates ; faithfully copied from Japanese original designs.

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Creator:
Titsingh, Isaac, 1744–1812
Date:
MDCCXXII [1822]
Physical Description:
xvi, 325, [3] pages, [13] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV-MDCCCXXXVIII [1834-1838]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The history and antiquities of Brentford, Ealing, & Chiswick : interpersed with biographical notices of illustrious and eminent persons who have been born, or have resided there during the three preceding centries / by Thomas Faulkner.

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
xvi, 504 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Old England's worthies: a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies, with illustrative woodcuts, and twelve splendid illuminated engravings.

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Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 272 p. col. front., col. plates, ports. 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The art of drawing in its various branches : exemplified in a course of twenty eight progressive lessons ... : without the aid of a master ... / by Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1825
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xiii, 121, 7, 3 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Picturesque scenery in the Holy Land and Syria : delineated during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800 / by F.B. Spilsbury ...

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Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 42, [2] pages, [1], 1, II-X, XII, XII, XIV, XIV, 18, [1], XVII, 20, XVI leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth ... / by William Roscoe.

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Creator:
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts : also, a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole ; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ; ... in three volumes.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825 / Captain the Right Hon. Lord Byron, commander.

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Date:
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical Description:
x, [2], 260 pages, [15] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The art of engraving : with the various modes of operation : ... illustrated with ten specimens of the different styles of engraving / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
vii, 109 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1813-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1833-1838
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A brief account of the coronation of His Majesty, George IV, July 19, 1821.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], 32 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The biographical mirrour : comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings.

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Creator:
Waldron, F. G. (Francis Godolphin), 1744–1818
Date:
1795-[1814]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A spring day, or, Contemplations on several occurrences which naturally strike the eye in that delightful season / by James Fisher.

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Creator:
Fisher, James, 1759–
Date:
MDCCCIII [1803]
Physical Description:
338, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific oceans ; in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country ; illustrated with maps / by Alexander Mackenzie, Esq.

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Creator:
Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764–1820
Date:
MDCCCI [1801]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, [2], cxxxii, 412, [2] pages, [4] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : portrait, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Poems / by Eliza Cook ; selected and edited by the author ; illustrated by John Gilbert, J. Wolf, H. Weir, J.D. Watson, etc. etc. ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

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Creator:
Cook, Eliza, 1818–1889
Date:
MDCCCLXI [1861]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 407, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

27. A spring day, or, Contemplations on several occurrances which naturally strike the eye in that delightful season / by James Fisher.

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Creator:
Fisher, James, 1759–
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 11-207 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The history and antiquities of Suffolk : Thingoe hundred / by John Gage.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xxvii, 538 p. : geneal. tables., ill., ports., maps, plans, facsims. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin. 1853.

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Date:
1853
Physical Description:
viii, 64 p. front., ill., plates. 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Views in India, China, and on the shores of the Red Sea : drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, &c. / from original sketches by Commander Robert Elliott ; with descriptions by Emma Roberts.

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Creator:
Elliot, Robert James, -1849
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, pub. in Chambers's educational course.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
xii, 212 p. plates (part. col.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy, left by the late George Steevens ... : with a series of engravings from original designs by Henry Fuseli ... : and a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most emminent commentaries : a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare by Alexander Chalmers : in 10 volumes.

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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

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Creator:
Eller, Irvin
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
viii, 410 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

34. A journal from the year 1811 till the year 1815 : including a voyage to and residence in India, with a tour to the north-western parts of the British possessions in that country, under the Bengal government / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The gallery of British artists : illustrated by upwards of one hundred steel engravings : from their most popular works, as exhibited at the National Gallery, Royal Academy ... / with biographical sketches and critical remarks by John Sherer ...

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Creator:
Sherer, John
Date:
[1879-1880]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland : with critical and descriptive observations on the whole of his works hitherto before the public / by J. Hassell ...

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), 1767–1825
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], 204 p, [8] leaves of plates : ill., port.; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
vi, 381 p. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster. By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W. R. Whatton ...

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Creator:
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
4 v. fronts., ill. (part col.) plates, ports., maps (part col., part fold., part double) plans, facsim., geneal. tables. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The art of drawing in its various branches : exemplified in a course of twenty-eight progressive lessons ... / by Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1825
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
xiii, [3], 121, [12] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A short excursion in France, 1814 : embellished with plates of the Venus di Medici and the Apollo di Belvidere.

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Creator:
Ircastrensis
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
85, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe in the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit : Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim : embellished with a series of engravings, illustrative of his heroic achievements / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon, Esq.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[3], 66 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Narrative of Don Juan van Halen's imprisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his escape in 1817 and 1818 : to which are added, his journey to Russia, his campaign with the army of the Caucasus, and his return to Spain in 1821 / edited from the original Spanish manuscript by the author of "Don Esteban" and "Sandoval".

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Creator:
Halen, Juan Van, 1790–1864
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The elements of drawing, for the use of students : illustrated by fifty-one engravings, plain and coloured, containing several hundred examples from the works of the greatest masters / by George Hamilton, drawing-master.

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Creator:
Hamilton, George, writer on art
Date:
1812
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:
1810-1819
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The history, antiquities, and topography of the county of Sussex. By Thomas Walker Horsfield ...

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Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas Walker, -1837
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v., front., plates, port., folded maps, plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. George Cruikshank's omnibus : illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood ... / edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [2], 300 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

47. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours : being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, published in Chambers's educational course / by John Clark.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
212 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Encyclopedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval. By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke ...

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Creator:
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (v. 1: port.) illus., plates, plan. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Finden's gallery of the graces : a series of portrait illustrations of British poets / from paintings designed expressly for this work by the most eminent British artists.

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Creator:
Finden, William, 1787–1852
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
vi, [72] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Memoirs of Count Grammont / by Anthony Hamilton ; to which are prefixed, a biographical sketch of Count Hamilton, and a translation of the epistle to Count Grammont ; illustrated with sixty-four portraits, engraved by Edward Scriven, &c.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, approximately 1646–1720
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 volumes : portraits ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. South Yorkshire. The history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter ...

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Creator:
Hunter, Joseph, 1783–1861
Date:
1828-31
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (port.) illus., 15 pl., 2 maps, plan, geneal. tables. 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Sporting anecdotes, original and selected : including numerous characteristic portraits of persons in every walk of life, who have acquired notoriety from their achievements on the turf, at the table, and in the diversions of the field : with sketches of various animals of the chase : to which is added, an account of noted pedestrians, trotting-matches, cricketers, &c. : the whole forming a complete delineation of the sporting world / by Pierce Egan.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
iv, [4], 592 pages, [6] leaves of plates, [1] folded : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Annals of horsemanship : containing accounts of accidental experiments, and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful : communicated by various correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq., author of The academy for grown horsemen ; together with most instructive remarks thereon, and answers thereto, by that accomplished genius ; and now first published, by the editor of The academy for grown horsemen ; illustrated with cuts by the most eminent artists.

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Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
xvii, [1], 81, [1] pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The young artist's assistant in the art of drawing in water colours : exemplified in a course of twenty-nine progressive lessons, on animals,miniature, fruit ... : calculated to afford those who are unaquainted with the art the means of acquiring a competent knowledge, without the aid of a master : being the only work of the kind in which the Principles of Effect are explained in a clear ... and familiar style / by Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1825
Date:
[ca. 1829]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Rudiments of drawing the human figure : from Cipriani, Guido, Poussin, Rubens / drawn & engraved by T. Cheesman.

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Creator:
Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
[11] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 x 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Journal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China; : comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton. Interspersed wih observations upon the face of the country, the polity, moral character, and manners of the Chinese nation. The whole illustrated by maps and drawings / by Henry Ellis. Third commissioner of the embassy.

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Creator:
Ellis, Henry, Sir, 1777–1869
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 526, [2] p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Proceedings connected with the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, 1838-1844 : and on the opening of the exchange by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 28 October, 1844 : being the substance of a report from a sub-committee to the Joint Committee for Gresham Affairs.

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Creator:
Gresham Committee (London, England)
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
83 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The Art journal illustrated catalogue. The industry of all nations, 1851.

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Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
24 parts in 16. plates, ill. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The carpenter and joiner's companion : in the geometrical construction of working drawings required by Journeymen in the progress of building : comprehending a complete system of lives / by M.A. Nicholson ; improved from the original principles of ... P. Nicholson ...

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Creator:
Nicholson, Michael Angelo, ca. 1796–1842
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
viii, 264 p., [127] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., port.;c23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794 / translated from the German of P.S. Pallas, counsellor of state to His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, Knight, &c. ; in two volumes ; with many coloured vignettes, plates and maps.

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Creator:
Pallas, Peter Simon, 1741–1811
Date:
MDCCCII-MDCCCIII [1802-1803]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A selection of twelve heads from the Last judgment of Michael Angelo.

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Creator:
Duppa, Richard, 1770–1831
Date:
MDCCCI [1801]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 9, [1] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 66 x 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The history of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives; and an account of the English colony, from its foundation to the present time. By George Barrington ...

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Creator:
Barrington, George, 1755–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[4] p.l., 544, [4] p. col. front., 15 col. pl. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Field and fern, or, Scottish flocks & herds (South) / by H.H. Dixon ; author of The R.A.S. of England prize essay on shorthorns, 1865.

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Creator:
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
[2], 409, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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Creator:
Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:
1819-1820
Physical Description:
4 volumes : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.

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Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
20 p., [12] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes / exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et La Goelette le Casuarina, pendent les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 : publié par dećret impérial, sous le ministère de M. de Champagny et rédigé par M. F. Péron ; Naturalise de l'Expédition, Correspondant de l'Insitut de France ; de la Société de l'École de médecine de Paris, des Société́́́́ philomatique et médicale de la même ville.

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Creator:
Péron, François, 1775–1810
Date:
1807-1816
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. A manual of modern farriery : embracing the cure of diseases incidental to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and dogs : with instructions in racing, hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing, and field-sports generally, together with a summary of the game-laws / by Thomas Brown, M.P.S. ; member of the Royal Agricultural Society, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Brown, Thomas, M. P. S.
Date:
[1846?]
Physical Description:
viii, 920, viii p., [1], XVIII, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The history of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives; and an account of the English colony, from its foundation, to the present time. By George Barrington ... Enriched with beautiful coloured prints.

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Creator:
Barrington, George, 1755–1804
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
[23] p. l., [7], 505 p. illus., col. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ...

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Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[iii]-vi, [iii]-iv, 92 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., plans, port., facsim. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill., port., plans ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / by Charles Bell.

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Creator:
Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774–1842
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
ix, 186 pages, 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Penelope
Date:
[ca. 1818]
Physical Description:
3 p., [20] leaves, [41] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The poetical works of Thomas Campbell / with notes by the Rev. W.A. Hill, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford ; illustrated by twenty vignettes from designs by Turner.

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Creator:
Campbell, Thomas, 1777–1844
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 403, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949

74. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and observations on the countries which it visited / by Clarke Abel, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and member of the Geological Society, Chief Medical Officer and naturalist to the Embassy ; illustrated by maps and other engravings.

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Creator:
Abel, Clarke, 1780–1826
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 420 pages, [23] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Orme's graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe and the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of merit : member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the order of St. Joachim : containing fifteen engravings, and intended as an accompaniment to the three celebrated whole-sheet plates of His Lordship's splendid victories, viz. the battles of St. Vincent's, the Nile, and Trafalgar, which are explained by references and keys / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 66, viii, [11] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / by Edward Daniel Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
1810-1823
Physical Description:
6 v., fronts. (v. 1 port.) illus., plates, maps (part fold.) fold. plans, fold. facsim. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Groups of fruit : accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist : designed as a companion to the treatises on flowers and birds / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.

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Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[16] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

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Creator:
Lodge, Edmund, 1756–1839
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
12 v. in 6 : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

79. The history of the county palatine of Chester. / By J. H. Hanshall.

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Creator:
Hanshall, J. H
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 663 p., [30] plates (some folding) : ill., map, plans, portraits ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

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Creator:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
2 v., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some colored), ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

81. Boxiana, or, Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism ... / by P. Egan.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1823-1829
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Old England's worthies : a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies / by Lord Brougham, and other distinguished authors.

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Date:
[1862?]
Physical Description:
5 p. ., vii-viii, lxxxiv, 272 p. front., ill., plates (part. col.) 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The life and works of Thomas Bewick : being an account of his career and achievements in art, with a notice of the works of John Bewick / by David Croal Thomson.

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Creator:
Thomson, David Croal, 1855–1930
Date:
1882
Physical Description:
xiv, 276 p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands - with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants. By William Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, William, 1794–1872
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (incl. port.) ill., plates, maps (part fold.) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Thoughts on hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend. By Peter Beckford, esq. ...

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Creator:
Beckford, Peter, 1740–1811
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
xii, 321 p., [1] p. front., illus. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. The memoirs and travels of Sir John Reresby, bart. : the former containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II : the latter (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation.

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Creator:
Reresby, John, Sir, 1634–1689
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xii, 160, 159-160, [161]-414, [32] p., [39] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Newfoundland in 1842 : a sequel to "The Canadas in 1841" / by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle ... ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir, 1791–1847
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Rejected addresses, or, The new Theatrum poetarum.

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Creator:
Smith, James, 1775–1839
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
xxxi, 170 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

89. A journal of a voyage to, and residence in, the island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805 : and of subsequent events in England from 1805 to 1811 / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling : illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq., riding master, master of the horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

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Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
xxiv, 36 pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The world's metropolis, or Mighty London, Illustrated by a series of views beautifully engraved on steel. Of its palaces, public buildings, monuments & streets, from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd, Esqr. To which is added a comprehensive history from the earliest period to the present day.

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Date:
1855]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 236, [4] p. front. (port.) plates (part col., part double) port. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The history of Audley End : to which are appended notices of the town and parish of Saffron Walden in the county of Essex / by Richard, Lord Braybrook.

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Creator:
Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783–1858
Date:
MDCCCXXXVI [1836]
Physical Description:
xiv, 331 (i.e. 333), [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

94. The drawing room album : an ornamental and variegated repository for contributions in literature, music, and drawing : with specimens of each in ornamental borders, on tinted papers ...

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[132] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Architectural illustrations and description of the cathedral church at Durham / by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
viii, 54, [4], 75 leaves of plates. ill., plans. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople : between the years 1810 and 1816 : with a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian gulf : together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley ... / by James Morier ; .. with two maps and engravings from the designs of the author.

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Creator:
Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 435 p, [19] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Art de peindre a l'aquarelle : enseigne en vingt-huit lecons / traduit de l'anglais de Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1825
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
55 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Views of mighty London ... First [-Second] series ...

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Date:
[ca. 1854]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. col. fronts., col. plates, col. ports. 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

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Creator:
Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[1], 7 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Rural tales : ballads and songs / by Robert Bloomfield ...

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Creator:
Bloomfield, Robert, 1766–1823
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 119 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts