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1. Vitruvius Scoticus : plans, elevations, and sections of public buildings, noblemen's and gentlemen's houses in Scotland / William Adam ; with an introduction and notes to the plates by James Simpson.

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Creator:
Adam, William, 1689–1748
Date:
2011
Physical Description:
v, 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2. A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the nineteenth century, containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1858-72.

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Creator:
Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816–1889
Date:
1965
Physical Description:
3 v. (3140 p.) 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

3. Seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales / William Angus.

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Creator:
Angus, William, 1752–1821
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
[157] p. : ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

4. A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens, near Pekin / Jean Denis Attiret ; translated by Joseph Spence. Unconnected thoughts on gardening ; A description of the Leasowes / William Shenstone. An essay on design in gardening / George Mason.

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Creator:
Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
ca. 206 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

5. Henry Bankes's Treatise on lithography : reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 editions / with an introd. and notes by Michael Twyman.

Henry Bankes's Treatise on lithography : reprinted from the 1813 and 1816 editions / with an introd. and notes by Michael Twyman.
Creator:
Bankes, H
Date:
1976
Physical Description:
91 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

6. The Morgan horse and register ... / by Joseph Battell.

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Creator:
Battell, Joseph, 1839–1915
Date:
1894-1949
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The early work of Aubrey Beardsley.

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Creator:
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872–1898
Date:
1967
Physical Description:
7 p.l., 18 p., 1 l. incl. front. (port.) 157 (i.e. 155) plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

8. Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters, 1780 / [by] William Beckford.

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Creator:
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
Date:
1977
Physical Description:
[17], 158 p. : ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

9. English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans : a facsimile edition of sigs. a2-f8 of the Boke of St. Albans (1486) / by Rachel Hands.

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Creator:
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
Date:
1975
Physical Description:
lxix, 195 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A concise treatise on the art of angling ... / by Thomas Best.

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Creator:
Best, Thomas
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
[77] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Memoir of Thomas Bewick / written by himself, 1822-1828 : with an introduction by Selwyn Image ... sixty-one illustrations.

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Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
[1924]
Physical Description:
xxxi, 274 p. : port., ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist) / edited by Thomas Landseer.

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Creator:
Bewick, William, 1795–1866
Date:
1978
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

13. Catalogue (with descriptive notes and 23 illustrations) of the loan collection of paintings in oil and water-colours by modern English animal painters [microform]

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Creator:
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
58 p. : ill.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

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Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
c1991
Physical Description:
209 p. : 54, 12 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

15. Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.

Jerusalem : the emanation of the giant Albion / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Morton D. Paley.
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Physical Description:
302 p. : 100, 5 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

16. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

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Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
[8], 70 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

17. The hypochondriack, being the seventy essays by the celebrated biographer, James Boswell, appearing in the London magazine, from November, 1777, to August, 1783, and here first reprinted. Edited by Margery Bailey ...

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1928
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., plates, ports. 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

18. Carington Bowles's New and enlarged catalogue of useful and accurate maps, charts, and plans : curious and entertaining engraved and mezzotint prints, single or in sets, writing books ...

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Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1784]
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

19. A short introduction in the binding of books / Dirk de Bray ; followed by a note on the gilding of the edges by Ambrosius Vermerck ; with an introd. and a paraphrase by K. van der Horst and C. de Wolf ; translated by H. S. Lake.

A short introduction in the binding of books / Dirk de Bray ; followed by a note on the gilding of the edges by Ambrosius Vermerck ; with an introd. and a paraphrase by K. van der Horst and C. de Wolf ; translated by H. S. Lake.
Creator:
Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
Date:
1977
Physical Description:
87 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

20. Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ... by Laurence Binyon ...

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Creator:
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings
Date:
1898-1907
Physical Description:
4 v. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

21. Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views; or, Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. Illustrated by a series of views from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd, with historical, topographical & critical illus. by John Britton.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1969
Physical Description:
vi, 88 p. illus. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

22. Catalogue of an important and highly-interesting sale ... at Broughton Castle .. which will be offered for ... sale by auction by Messrs. Enoch & Redfern ... on Tuesday, the 4th day of July, 1837 ...

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Creator:
Broughton Castle
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
62 p.
Collection:
Reference Library

23. The Essex foxhounds, 1895-1926 and adjacent hunts. : With notes on hunting in Essex / by Brig.-Gen. C.D. Bruce.

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Creator:
Bruce, Clarence Dalrymple, 1862–
Date:
[n.d.]
Physical Description:
xii, 316 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling / by Geoffrey Gambado.

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Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:
1929
Physical Description:
xx, 38 p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. History of the corporation of Birmingham : with a sketch of the earlier government of the town / by John Thackray Bunce.

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Creator:
Bunce, John Thackray, 1828–1899
Date:
1878-1902
Physical Description:
3 v. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

26. A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire. By Sir Bernard Burke.

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Creator:
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:
1969]
Physical Description:
12, 642 p. illus. 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

27. The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. By Sir Bernard Burke ... With a supplement.

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Creator:
Burke, Bernard, 1814–1892
Date:
1969
Physical Description:
cxxx, 1185 p. 18 p. illus. 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

28. 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.

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.
Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1977
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

29. A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland / by John Burke and John Bernard Burke.

A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland / by John Burke and John Bernard Burke.
Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1977
Physical Description:
644 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

30. Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway / T. T. Bury ; with an historical introd. to the railway by George Ottley.

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Creator:
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877
Date:
c1976
Physical Description:
ix, 8 p., [16] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

31. Die Bucher-Ornamentik der Renaissance / historisch-kritisch dargestellt von A.F. Butsch ...

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Creator:
Butsch, A. F. (Albert Fidelis)
Date:
1878-[1921-22]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Vitruvius Britannicus : the classic of eighteenth-century British architecture / Colen Campbell.

Vitruvius Britannicus : the classic of eighteenth-century British architecture / Colen Campbell.
Creator:
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:
2007
Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

33. Wilton garden ; New and rare inventions of waterworks / Isaac de Caus.

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Creator:
Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
26, 34, xxvi, [4] p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

34. Vocabulary in French and English : a facsimile of Caxton's edition, c. 1480 / with introductions by J.C.T. Oates and L.C. Harmer.

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Creator:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Date:
1964
Physical Description:
xxxv, 49 p. : facsims. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Views of Trinidad from drawings / by M.J. Cazabon.

Views of Trinidad from drawings / by M.J. Cazabon.
Creator:
Cazabon, Michel Jean, 1813–1888
Date:
[1984]
Physical Description:
[4] pages, 18 leaves of plates : chiefly facsimiles ; 33 x 49 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

36. The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculpture / translated from the Italian by C.R. Ashbee.

The treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on goldsmithing and sculpture / translated from the Italian by C.R. Ashbee.
Creator:
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500–1571
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
xiv, 164 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

37. A treatise on wood engraving, historical and practical; with upwards of three hundred illustrations engraved on wood by John Jackson. The historical portion by W. A. Chatto.

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Creator:
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
Date:
1969
Physical Description:
xvi, 560, 561*-600*, 561-664 p. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

38. The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer / edited, from numerous manuscripts, by Walter W. Skeat.

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Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date:
1899-1900
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

39. The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director.

The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director.
Creator:
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
Date:
2005
Physical Description:
3 p.l., iii-x, 27 p. CLX (i.e. 161) pl. ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

40. A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world : Whereunto is ioined, the commoditie of sundrie sciences, the benefit that paper bringeth, with many rare matters rehearsed in the same : with a description & commendation of a paper mill, now and of late set vp (neere the towne of Darthford) by an high Germayn called M. Spilman, Ieweller to the Qu. most excellent Maiestie / written by Thomas Chruchyard Gent.

A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world : Whereunto is ioined, the commoditie of sundrie sciences, the benefit that paper bringeth, with many rare matters rehearsed in the same : with a description & commendation of a paper mill, now and of late set vp (neere the towne of Darthford) by an high Germayn called M. Spilman, Ieweller to the Qu. most excellent Maiestie / written by Thomas Chruchyard Gent.
Creator:
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
Date:
1978
Physical Description:
[36] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

41. The rail road book of England: historical, topographical and picturesque; descriptive of the cities, towns, country seats, and other subjects of local interest, with a brief sketch of the lines in Scotland and Wales.

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Creator:
Churton, Edward, d. 1885
Date:
1973-
Physical Description:
v. illus., map. 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

42. Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara.

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Creator:
Cicognara, Leopoldo, conte, 1767–1834
Date:
1960]
Physical Description:
2 v. 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

43. The letters and journals of Lady Mary Coke; [edited by J. A. Home]

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Creator:
Coke, Mary, Lady, 1726–1811
Date:
1970
Physical Description:
4 v. [1857 p., 4 plates] facsim., geneal. table, ports. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

44. Annals of Cambridge / by Charles Henry Cooper.

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Creator:
Cooper, Charles Henry, 1808–1866
Date:
1842-1908
Physical Description:
5 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The making of the book : a sketch of the book-binding art / by Alfred J. Cox ; edited with an introduction by Paul S. Koda.

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Creator:
Cox, Alfred J. (Alfred John), 1835–1909
Date:
1986, c1985
Physical Description:
88 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

46. A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape (1785) / Alexander Cozens ; a cura di Paola Lavezzari.

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Creator:
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Date:
1981
Physical Description:
ccxvii, 33 p., 50 p., 43 p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

47. A new method of landscape / by Alexander Cozens ; with a new introd. by Michael Marqusee.

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Creator:
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Date:
c1977
Physical Description:
xi, 33 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

48. An architectural account of the churches of Shropshire, by the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage ... illustrated with permanent plates, reproduced from photographs by Martin J. Harding ... with ground plans of the most important churches, drawn by W. Arthur Webb ...

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Creator:
Cranage, D. H. S. (David Herbert Somerset), 1866–1957
Date:
1894-1912
Physical Description:
10 pts. illus., CXIX pl., plans. 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

49. The lives of the most eminent British painters and sculptors / by Allan Cunningham.

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Creator:
Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:
1830-1837
Physical Description:
6 v. in 3 : ports. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Anecdotes of the arts in England, or Comparative remarks on architecture, sculpture and painting, chiefly illustrated by specimens at Oxford London.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Physical Description:
xxi, 526 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library