Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: Great Britain -- Description and travel.

1. Monastic and baronial remains : with other interesting fragments of antiquity in England, Wales, and Scotland ... / by G.J.[!] Parkyns ...

Creator:: Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A voyage round Great Britain : undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall / by Richard Ayton ; with a series of views, illustrative of the character and prominent features of the coast, drawn and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A.

A voyage round Great Britain : undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall / by Richard Ayton ; with a series of views, illustrative of the character and prominent features of the coast, drawn and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A.

Creator:: Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:: 1814-1825
Physical Description:: 8 v. in 6 : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.

The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.

Date:: 1801-1815
Physical Description:: 18 v. in 25 : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain / illustrated by views taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett ; with descriptions by William Beattie, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and others ; with descriptions, historical and topographical.

The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain / illustrated by views taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett ; with descriptions by William Beattie, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and others ; with descriptions, historical and topographical.

Creator:: Finden, William, 1787–1852
Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The British tourist : a new game.

Date:: [1830s?]
Physical Description:: 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 50 x 63 cm, folded to 22 x 13 cm, in slipcase 22 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

6. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Ancient streets and homesteads of England / by Alfred Rimmer ; and an introduction by the Very Rev. J.S. Howson ... ; with one hundred and fifty illustrations from drawings by the author ; engraved by J.D. Cooper.

Creator:: Rimmer, Alfred, 1829–1893
Date:: 1879
Physical Description:: xxii, 350 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. New picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious,medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis : presenting a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement, to which is subjoined, a description of the environs.

Creator:: Leigh, Samuel
Physical Description:: viii, 496 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The west of England and the exhibition, 1851. By Herbert Byng Hall ... With illustrations.

Creator:: Hall, Herbert Byng, 1805?-1883
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1. col. fronts., ill., plates. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Observations on several parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-lands of Scotland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776 ... By William Gilpin ...

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 2 v. 40 plates (incl. diagr., 5 plans) 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. L'Angleterre, ou, Description historique et topographique du royaume uni de la Grande-Bretagne : contenant les comtés de la principauté de Galles, des reyaumes d'Écosse, d'Irlande et d'Angleterre, les îles Orcades, Shetland, etc. / par M. G.-B. Depping ; ornée de 75 cartes et vues.

Creator:: Depping, G.-B. (Georges-Bernard), 1784–1853
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 6 v. : ill., maps ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Froggett's survey of the country thirty miles round London, 1836 [cartographic material].

Creator:: Froggett, John, active 1808–1821
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col., mounted on linen ; 113 x 137 cm, sheets 56 x 68 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Red cross, or, Young America in England and Wales : a story of travel and adventure / by Oliver Optic.

Creator:: Optic, Oliver, 1822–1897
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: [4], 336, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

14. Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham : being an accurate description of all that is worth the notice of the visitor to the town : either in its public buildings, manufactories, or religious edifices : with the public walks and rides in the vicinity, etc.

Creator:: Cornish, J. (James)
Date:: 1846
Physical Description:: vi, 114 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated: historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... ; assisted by William Burnett.

Creator:: Dugdale, Thomas
Date:: [185-?]
Physical Description:: 11 v. (l586) p., [232] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Leigh's new picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious, medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis : presenting a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement, to which is subjoined, a description of the environs.

Creator:: Leigh, Samuel
Date:: 1825-5
Physical Description:: vii, 520, 35 p., [40] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A descriptive sketch of Dover : comprising the castle, heights, harbour & town : also an account of the stages from Dover to London : with a brief description of the remarkable objects on the road.

Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 114 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. London : illustrated by twenty bird's-eye views of the principal streets : also a map showing its chief suburbs and environs : and by a street-map of central London by Herbert Fry.

Creator:: Fry, Herbert, 1830–1885
Date:: 1889
Physical Description:: xviii, 286, viii, [22] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Frances Freeling by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: viii, 64, [1], [ix]-xvi, 527, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Journal of a tour through north and south Wales, the Isle of Man, &c. ...

Creator:: Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [8], 389, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Excursions from Bath. By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

Creator:: Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 346 p., 1 leaf. ill. (maps) 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Froggett's Survey of the country thirty miles round London.

Creator:: Froggett, John, active 1808–1821
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 113 x 137 cm., folded to 23 x 15 cm., in case 24 x 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen : in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / by J. P. Neale. 2d series....

Creator:: Neale, John Preston, 1780–1847
Date:: 1824-1829
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated.: historical, entertaining & commercial. /Alphabetically arranged by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett ...

Creator:: Dugdale, Thomas
Date:: 185-?]
Physical Description:: 3 v. (1586) p., [312] leaves of plates (some folded): ill., maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The history and antiquities of the parish of Stoke Newington in the county of Middlesex : containing an account of the prebendal manor, the church, charities, schools, meeting houses &c. : with appendices : illustrated with maps, portraits, and other engravings : selected from authentic sources / by William Robinson.

Creator:: Robinson, William, 1777–1848
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: xvi, 296 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Views in London : consisting of the most remarkable buildings : with an historical description of each.

Date:: [1820?]
Physical Description:: 26, 11 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. For pen and pencil jottings / with marginal illustrations by Humphrey J. Dingley.

Creator:: Dingley, Humphrey J.
Date:: [1888?]
Physical Description:: [96] pages : illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Wallis's pocket itinerary : being a new and accurate guide to all the principal direct and cross roads throughout England, Wales, & Scotland : ... the whole presenting to the travellor every information ... : illustrated with accurate maps of the roads of England and Scotland.

Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: iv, [5]-14, [2]-432, [55] p., [2] folded leaves of plates, : maps ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The roads of Great Britain / by William Faden ...

Creator:: Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 75 x 61 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Beauties of antiquity, or, Remnants of feudal splendor and monastic times / by J. Hassell ; engraved in aquatinta.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1807 [i.e. 1810]
Physical Description:: 104 p., [52] leaves of plates : ill. , 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Introduction to the Original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, intituled The beauties of England and Wales : comprising observations on the history and antiquities of the Britons ... : together with remarks on the progress of ... architecture in succeeding ages / by J. Norris Brewer.

Creator:: Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: xl, 676 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Pigot & Co.'s metropolitan guide & book of reference : to every street, court, lane, passage, alley and public building : in the cities of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and their respective suburbs.

Creator:: J. Pigot & Co
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 154 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Three hundred and twenty picturesque views in Great Britain : land and water scenery, castles, towns, villages, seats, ruins, villas, churches, bridges, public buildings, and all objects of note and interest / the whole drawn & engraved by G.W. Bonner ; with descriptive illustrations by Charles Mackenzie.

Creator:: Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796–1836
Date:: [1835?]
Physical Description:: [22] p., 36 leaves of plates : ill. 23 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland : in a series of letters, addressed to a large number of intelligent and respectable friends / by Mr. Dibdin.

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814
Date:: [1801-1802]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The family topographer : being a compendious account of the ancient and present state of the counties of England / by Samuel Tymms ...

Creator:: Tymms, Samuel, 1808–1871
Date:: 1832-43
Physical Description:: 7 v. : maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Journal of a tour round the southern coasts of England ...

Creator:: Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [8], 229, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Picturesque views of the English cities / from drawings by G.F. Robson ; edited by J. Britton, F.S.A. etc. ; containing thirty-two engravings by Adlard, Barrenger, Barber, Higham, Le Keux, Jeavons, Varrall, Tombleson, Radaway, Taylor, Woolnoth, etc. ...

Creator:: Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: [33] leaves of plates, [2] pages : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The juvenile tourist: or, excursions through various parts of the island of Great-Britain; : including the west of England, midland counties, and the whole county of Kent; ... In a series of letters to a pupil. ... / By John Evans, ...

Creator:: Evans, John, 1767–1827
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [3]-xi, [1], 475, [7] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., port., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The exhibition and grand London sights.

Date:: [1856]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The particular description of England. 1588. : With views of some of the chief towns and armorial bearings of nobles and bishops. / By William Smith ... Edited, from the original Ms. in the British Museum, with an introduction by Henry B. Wheatley ... and Edmund W. Ashbee ...

Creator:: Smith, William, 1550?-1618
Date:: MDCCCLXXIX [1879]
Physical Description:: ix, [3], 72 p., [29] leaves of plates (some folded) : col. coats of arms, col. maps, col. plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

Creator:: S. W., active 1801–1820?
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: 2, 196 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Picturesque rides and walks, with excursions by water, thirty miles round the British metropolis; illustrated in a series of engravings, coloured after nature; with an historical and topographical description of the country within the compass of that circle. By J. Hassell ...

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1817-18
Physical Description:: 2 v. 120 col. plates (incl. front.) 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. London exhibited in 1851 : elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture : its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization : its social, literary, and scientific institutions : and its numerous galleries of fine art : with 205 illustrations, executed by Mr. Robert Branston, Mr. O. Jewitt, Mr. J.R. Jobbins, and others : including a newly-constructed map, engraved by Mr. Wilson Lowry.

Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: 910, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A guide to all the watering and sea-bathing places : with a description of the lakes, a sketch of a tour in Wales, and itineraries illustrated with maps and views .../ by the editor of The picture of London.

Creator:: Feltham, John
Date:: [1803]
Physical Description:: iv, 450 p., [52] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Souvenir album of Silloth : 28 views.

Date:: [188-?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet : chiefly ill. ; 16 x 135 cm, folded to 16 x 11 cm, in covers 16 x 12 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A tour through the whole island of Great Britain; divided into journeys. : Interspersed with useful observations; particularly calculated for the use of those who are desirous of travelling over England and Scotland. / By the Rev. C. Cruttwell, ...

Creator:: Cruttwell, Clement, 1743–1808
Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 6 v., [2] colored and folding leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The watering places of Great Britain and fashionable directory : illustrated with views.

Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: [2], 216, 48 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. 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.

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: iv, [1], [v]-xvi, 60, 673 p., [9] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Confessions of an Oxonian : in three volumes : embellished with thirty-six coloured plates.

Creator:: Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: 3 v. ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise, and progress of the metropolis to the present time : embellished with numerous engravings of public buildings, ground plans of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, with its chapel, aisles, etc. : descriptions of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Kew Gardens, Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, etc. : to which is annexed a superior coloured map of London : with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

Creator:: Cruchley, G. F
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: vii, [xix]-xxiv, 324, [12] p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Harwood's Landscape annual.

Date:: [1841]
Physical Description:: [38] leaves : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The imperial guide : with picturesque plans of the great post roads, containing miniatures likenesses, engraved from real sketches of the cities, towns, villages, seas, islands, mountains, public edifices, and private buildings ... / by J. Baker.

Creator:: Baker, James, topographer
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: iv, 66, [36] p. : ill. maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Journal of a tour through Wales, the lakes in Lancashire, Westmoreland & Cumberland, Edinburgh, and manufacturing towns in England in the year 1808.

Date:: 1808 August 10-September 26
Physical Description:: 1 volume (178 pages) : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity : illustrated by maps, plans, and views.

Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: xv, 391, 16 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Excursions in the counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, in the years 1802, 1803, and 1805; illustrated by descriptive sketches of the most interesting places and buildings; particularly the cathedrals of Canterbury, Gloucester, Hereford, and Bristol. With delineations of character in different ranks of life. By J.P. Malcolm ...

Creator:: Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: 3 p. ., 245 p. 21 pl. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Journal of a tour to the western counties of England : performed in the summer of 1807 / by the author of a tour in Ireland.

Creator:: Twiss, Richard, 1747–1821
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities : illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others : and a new complete map, engraved by Lowry.

Creator:: Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 910 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Interesting and remarkable places : with historical and topographical descriptions / by C. Mackenzie ... ; illustrated with two hundred and fifty engravings.

Creator:: Mackenzie, Charles
Date:: [1847]
Physical Description:: 296 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Journal of a tour to the northern parts of Great Britain ...

Creator:: Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: [4], 300 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The new British traveller; or, Modern panorama of England and Wales; : exhibiting ... an ... account, historical, topographical, and statistical, of this ... portion of the British empire ... interspersed with biographical particulars of eminent and remarkable persons. / By James Dugdale ...

Creator:: Dugdale, James
Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: 4 v., [94] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Britannia depicta : a series of one hundred and thirty views of the most interesting and picturesque objects in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, & Derbyshire / engraved by John Landsheer, Wm. Byrne, S. Middiman, Geo. Cooke, John Scott, John Pye, and J. Neagle, from drawings made by J. Farington, R.A., Thos. Hearne, F.S.A., W. Turner, R.A., and others ; with brief descriptions by Samuel Lysons, F.R.S., F.S.A.

Creator:: Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 6 pt. in 1 v. : ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Home and country scenes on each side of the London and Birmingham and Grand junction railways. With steel plates, and numerous wood engravings.

Creator:: Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871
Date:: n.d.]
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 104 p., 1 leaf, 136 p. front., ill., plates. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1828 & 1829; : with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distinguished public characters. In a series of letters. / By a German prince.

Creator:: Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von, 1785–1871
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: 4 v., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Cary's New itinerary, or, An accurate delineation of the great roads, both direct and cross throughout England and Wales, with many of the principal roads in Scotland / from an actual admeasurement by John Cary ; made by command of His Majesty's postmaster general for official purposes under the direction and inspection of Thomas Hasker ...

Creator:: Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [52] p., 124 columns, [90] p., 912 columns, 913-991, [1] p., [7] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The British metropolis in 1851 : a classified guide to London, so arranged as to show, in separate chapters, every object in London interesting to special tastes and occupations.

Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: xx, 299, 16, [14] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise and progress of the metropolis to the present period : with a full description of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Woolwich, Greenwich, Chelsea, and other places in the environ, useful to the visitor : the whole embellished with fifty-nine engravings of public buildings : a route for viewing the whole in seven days : to which is annexed a new and superior map, with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

Creator:: Cruchley, G. F
Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: xii, 294, 14, [1] p. : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Old England: a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities ...

Creator:: Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 2 v. illus., col. plates. 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: 208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Cary's Traveller's companion, or, A delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales : shewing the immediate route to every market and borough town throughout the kingdom, laid down from the best authorities on a new set of county maps : to which is added an alphabetical list of all the market towns with the days on which they are held.

Creator:: Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([3], [43] leaves (one folded), [16] p.) : 43 maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. 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 ...

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

72. An excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the summer of 1803. In a series of letters to a lady. Including sketches of the principal towns and villages in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Hereford, Salop, Derby, Stafford, Warwick, and Worcester .. By the Rev. Edmund Butcher ...

Creator:: Butcher, Edmund, 1757–1822
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (v. 1) 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A journey from London to the Isle of Wight. / By Thomas Pennant ...

Creator:: Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 2 v., 49 leaves of plates (some double, folding, and colored): ill., maps, ports.; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The tourist's grammar, or, Rules relating to the scenery and antiquities incident to travellers : compiled from the first authorities and including an epitome of Gilpin's principles of the picturesque / by the Rev. T.D. Fosbroke ...

Creator:: Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: cvi, 230 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Leigh's guide to Wales & Monmouthshire : containing observations on the mode of travelling, plans of various tours, sketches of the manners and customs, notices of historical events, a description of every remarkable plance, and a minute account of the the Wye : illustrated with a map of Wales, and views of the Menai and Conway bridges.

Creator:: Leigh, Samuel
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: xii, 364 p., [2] leaves of plates : 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Guide du voyageur à Londres et dans ses environs : précédé d'un itinéraire topographique des diverses routes de Paris à Londres : et comprenant, 1 ̊une notice détaillée de Londres ... 2 ̊l'indication complète des hôtels, messageries, voitures de cette capitale, 3 ̊toutes les lignes de chemins de fer ... / par Lake ; revu et corrigé par Richard.

Creator:: Lake, J. W
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 563 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., col. maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: xvi, 672 p., [9] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. A tour through the northern counties of England, and the borders of Scotland. / By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

Creator:: Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: 2 v., [2] leaves of plates (some folded): ill., maps; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A sporting tour through the northern parts of England, and great part of the highlands of Scotland; including remarks on English and Scottish landscape, and general observations on the state of society and manners. Embelished with sixteen engravings, by Messrs. Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, etc. from paintings made on purpose, by Mr. Garrard. By Colonel T. Thornton...

Creator:: Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2–1823
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 14 p.l., 312 p., 2 l. : front., plates ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Francis Freeling ... ; by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: [4], xxviii p., cxxviii, 840 columns, 841-916 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated : historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / By Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett ...

Creator:: Dugdale, Thomas
Date:: [ca. 1854]
Physical Description:: 8 v. (1586) p., [232] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The panorama of London, or, Visitor's guide / by T. Allen ; with numerous engravings.

Creator:: Allen, Thomas, 1803–1833
Date:: 1828]
Physical Description:: 318 p., [32] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., map ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Sketchbooks.

Creator:: Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Date:: 1866-1900
Physical Description:: 5 sketchbooks ; 18 x 26 cm, and smaller
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Home sketches and foreign recollections / by Lady Chatterton ...

Creator:: Chatterton, Georgiana, Lady, 1806–1876
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 3 v : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Routledge's guide to London and its suburbs : comprising description of all its points of interest : with original illustrations, a map, and index.

Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: xvi, 202 p., [17] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain.

Creator:: Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Date:: 1789-1826
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([4], 19, [1], 83 p., with blanks) ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Observations on the western parts of England :, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight / by William Gilpin.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xvi, 359, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on several parts of North Wales; relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, in two tours, the former made in the year 1769. The latter in the year 1773. By William Gilpin ...

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: x p., 1 leaf, 208 p. 20 col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The historic lands of England / by J. Bernard Burke.

Creator:: Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:: 1848-49
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Voyage en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811; avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ces habitans; par Ls Simond ...

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts., illus., plates, plans, tables. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Remarks touching geography especially that of the British Isles, comprising strictures on the hierarchy of Great Britain / by Mela Britannicus ...

Creator:: Kelsall, Charles
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [2], 145 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. A geological map of England & Wales / by G.B. Greenough ... ; drawn by T. Webster ; engraved by S. Neele & Son.

Creator:: Greenough, George Bellas, 1778–1855
Date:: November 1st, 1819 [that is, 1820]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 4 sheets : hand-colored, mounted on linen ; 192 x 162 cm, sheets 96 x 81 cm, folded to 32 x 27 cm, in portfolio 36 x 28 cm + 1 book ([2], 17, [1] pages ; 33 cm)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. A walk through some of the western counties of England / by the Revd. Richard Warner ...

Creator:: Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: [iii]-vi, 222 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England during the reign of King Charles the Second (1669). Translated from the Italian manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence. To which is prefixed, a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a portrait of His Highness, and thirty-nine views of the metropolis, cities, towns, and noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, as delineated at that period by artists in the suite of Cosmo.

Creator:: Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637–1712
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: 2 p.l., 506 p., 2 leaves. front. (port.) 39 plates (1 fold.) 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828, and 1829. : With remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distinguished public characters. In a series of letters. / By a German prince.

Creator:: Pückler-Muskau, Hermann, Fürst von, 1785–1871
Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: xvi, 499 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Magna Britannia : being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain / by ... Daniel Lysons ... and Samuel Lysons ...

Creator:: Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:: 1806-1822
Physical Description:: 6 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Cary's Traveller's companion, or, A delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales : Shewing the immediate route to every market and borough town throughout the kingdom, laid down from the best authorities on a new set of county maps : to which is added an alphabetical list of all the market towns with the days on which they are held.

Creator:: Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([3], [43] leaves (one folded), [16] p.) ; 43 maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Hand-book of London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

Creator:: Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: liv, 602 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity / by William Camden ; translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

Creator:: Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Excursions of pleasure and sports on the Thames, illustrated in a series of engravings in aqua-tinta, coloured after nature, accompanied by a descriptive and historical account of every town, village, mansion, and the adjacent country on the banks of that river; the places and periods for enjoying the sports of angling, shooting, sailing, &c. Also a particular account of all places of amusement in its vicinity, and the list of inns and taverns for the accommodation of company. By J. Hassell ...

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 191, iii p. 24 col. pl. (incl. front.) 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Monastic and baronial remains : with other interesting fragments of antiquity in England, Wales, and Scotland ... / by G.J.[!] Parkyns ...

2. A voyage round Great Britain : undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall / by Richard Ayton ; with a series of views, illustrative of the character and prominent features of the coast, drawn and engraved by William Daniell, A.R.A.

3. The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.

4. The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain / illustrated by views taken on the spot by W.H. Bartlett ; with descriptions by William Beattie, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and others ; with descriptions, historical and topographical.

5. The British tourist : a new game.

6. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

7. Ancient streets and homesteads of England / by Alfred Rimmer ; and an introduction by the Very Rev. J.S. Howson ... ; with one hundred and fifty illustrations from drawings by the author ; engraved by J.D. Cooper.

9. The west of England and the exhibition, 1851. By Herbert Byng Hall ... With illustrations.

10. Observations on several parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-lands of Scotland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776 ... By William Gilpin ...

11. L'Angleterre, ou, Description historique et topographique du royaume uni de la Grande-Bretagne : contenant les comtés de la principauté de Galles, des reyaumes d'Écosse, d'Irlande et d'Angleterre, les îles Orcades, Shetland, etc. / par M. G.-B. Depping ; ornée de 75 cartes et vues.

12. Froggett's survey of the country thirty miles round London, 1836 [cartographic material].

13. Red cross, or, Young America in England and Wales : a story of travel and adventure / by Oliver Optic.

14. Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham : being an accurate description of all that is worth the notice of the visitor to the town : either in its public buildings, manufactories, or religious edifices : with the public walks and rides in the vicinity, etc.

15. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated: historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... ; assisted by William Burnett.

17. A descriptive sketch of Dover : comprising the castle, heights, harbour & town : also an account of the stages from Dover to London : with a brief description of the remarkable objects on the road.

18. London : illustrated by twenty bird's-eye views of the principal streets : also a map showing its chief suburbs and environs : and by a street-map of central London by Herbert Fry.

19. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Frances Freeling by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

20. Journal of a tour through north and south Wales, the Isle of Man, &c. ...

21. Excursions from Bath. By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

22. Froggett's Survey of the country thirty miles round London.

23. Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen : in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / by J. P. Neale. 2d series....

24. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated.: historical, entertaining & commercial. /Alphabetically arranged by Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett ...

26. Views in London : consisting of the most remarkable buildings : with an historical description of each.

27. For pen and pencil jottings / with marginal illustrations by Humphrey J. Dingley.

28. Wallis's pocket itinerary : being a new and accurate guide to all the principal direct and cross roads throughout England, Wales, & Scotland : ... the whole presenting to the travellor every information ... : illustrated with accurate maps of the roads of England and Scotland.

29. The roads of Great Britain / by William Faden ...

30. Beauties of antiquity, or, Remnants of feudal splendor and monastic times / by J. Hassell ; engraved in aquatinta.

32. Pigot & Co.'s metropolitan guide & book of reference : to every street, court, lane, passage, alley and public building : in the cities of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and their respective suburbs.

34. Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland : in a series of letters, addressed to a large number of intelligent and respectable friends / by Mr. Dibdin.

35. The family topographer : being a compendious account of the ancient and present state of the counties of England / by Samuel Tymms ...

36. Journal of a tour round the southern coasts of England ...

37. Picturesque views of the English cities / from drawings by G.F. Robson ; edited by J. Britton, F.S.A. etc. ; containing thirty-two engravings by Adlard, Barrenger, Barber, Higham, Le Keux, Jeavons, Varrall, Tombleson, Radaway, Taylor, Woolnoth, etc. ...

38. The juvenile tourist: or, excursions through various parts of the island of Great-Britain; : including the west of England, midland counties, and the whole county of Kent; ... In a series of letters to a pupil. ... / By John Evans, ...

39. The exhibition and grand London sights.

40. The particular description of England. 1588. : With views of some of the chief towns and armorial bearings of nobles and bishops. / By William Smith ... Edited, from the original Ms. in the British Museum, with an introduction by Henry B. Wheatley ... and Edmund W. Ashbee ...

41. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

42. Picturesque rides and walks, with excursions by water, thirty miles round the British metropolis; illustrated in a series of engravings, coloured after nature; with an historical and topographical description of the country within the compass of that circle. By J. Hassell ...

44. A guide to all the watering and sea-bathing places : with a description of the lakes, a sketch of a tour in Wales, and itineraries illustrated with maps and views .../ by the editor of The picture of London.

45. Souvenir album of Silloth : 28 views.

46. A tour through the whole island of Great Britain; divided into journeys. : Interspersed with useful observations; particularly calculated for the use of those who are desirous of travelling over England and Scotland. / By the Rev. C. Cruttwell, ...

47. The watering places of Great Britain and fashionable directory : illustrated with views.

48. 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.

49. Confessions of an Oxonian : in three volumes : embellished with thirty-six coloured plates.

51. Harwood's Landscape annual.

52. The imperial guide : with picturesque plans of the great post roads, containing miniatures likenesses, engraved from real sketches of the cities, towns, villages, seas, islands, mountains, public edifices, and private buildings ... / by J. Baker.

53. Journal of a tour through Wales, the lakes in Lancashire, Westmoreland & Cumberland, Edinburgh, and manufacturing towns in England in the year 1808.

54. London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity : illustrated by maps, plans, and views.

56. Journal of a tour to the western counties of England : performed in the summer of 1807 / by the author of a tour in Ireland.

58. Interesting and remarkable places : with historical and topographical descriptions / by C. Mackenzie ... ; illustrated with two hundred and fifty engravings.

59. Journal of a tour to the northern parts of Great Britain ...

60. The new British traveller; or, Modern panorama of England and Wales; : exhibiting ... an ... account, historical, topographical, and statistical, of this ... portion of the British empire ... interspersed with biographical particulars of eminent and remarkable persons. / By James Dugdale ...

62. Home and country scenes on each side of the London and Birmingham and Grand junction railways. With steel plates, and numerous wood engravings.

63. Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1828 & 1829; : with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distinguished public characters. In a series of letters. / By a German prince.

65. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

66. The British metropolis in 1851 : a classified guide to London, so arranged as to show, in separate chapters, every object in London interesting to special tastes and occupations.

68. Old England: a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities ...

69. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

71. 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 ...

73. A journey from London to the Isle of Wight. / By Thomas Pennant ...

74. The tourist's grammar, or, Rules relating to the scenery and antiquities incident to travellers : compiled from the first authorities and including an epitome of Gilpin's principles of the picturesque / by the Rev. T.D. Fosbroke ...

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

78. A tour through the northern counties of England, and the borders of Scotland. / By the Revd. Richard Warner ...

80. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Francis Freeling ... ; by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

81. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated : historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / By Thomas Dugdale ... Assisted by William Burnett ...

82. The panorama of London, or, Visitor's guide / by T. Allen ; with numerous engravings.

83. Sketchbooks.

84. Home sketches and foreign recollections / by Lady Chatterton ...

85. Routledge's guide to London and its suburbs : comprising description of all its points of interest : with original illustrations, a map, and index.

86. Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain.

87. Observations on the western parts of England :, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight / by William Gilpin.

88. Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on several parts of North Wales; relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, in two tours, the former made in the year 1769. The latter in the year 1773. By William Gilpin ...

89. The historic lands of England / by J. Bernard Burke.

90. Voyage en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811; avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ces habitans; par Ls Simond ...

91. Remarks touching geography especially that of the British Isles, comprising strictures on the hierarchy of Great Britain / by Mela Britannicus ...