Associated Places: Great Britain / Language: English / Work Type: engraving and wood engraving / Classification: Books

1. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Creator:: Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: 18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Cocking and its votaries.

Creator:: Taylor, S. A
Date:: 1885]
Physical Description:: 36, i-iv p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. 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 ...

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

6. 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.

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

7. Scott and Sebright / by the Druid.

Creator:: Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [3], vii, [1], 426 pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. George Cruikshank's table-book / edited by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

Date:: MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:: 12 pt. (viii, 284 p., [12] leaves of plates) ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. 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.

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

10. A famous fox-hunter : reminiscences of the late T.A. Smith, Esq., or, The pursuits of an English country gentleman / by Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.

Creator:: Eardley-Wilmot, John E. (John Eardley), Sir, 1810–1892
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: vii, [5], 212 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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

12. 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:: 1833-1838
Physical Description:: 4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use / by a Lady ; designed for domestic use.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 55, [9] p., XXVII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The geographical guide : a poetical nautical trip round the island of Great-Britain : with entertaining and illustrative notes, in prose, descriptive of its principal ports, havens, rivers, creeks, and inlets, cities, towns, forts, and mountains ... and a particular description of the general appearance of the country, as viewed from the sea.

Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [4], 69, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Histories of noble British families : with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each : illustrated by their armorial bearings, portraits, monuments, seals, etc.

Creator:: Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860
Date:: 1842-1846
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic ; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions.

Creator:: Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:: 1815-1818
Physical Description:: 7 v. : pl. ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The official illustrated guide to the South-Eastern Railway and its branches : including the North Kent and Greenwich lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with two hundred engravings and map.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1858]
Physical Description:: [16], 324 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The art of fencing, or, The use of the small sword / translated from the French of the late celebrated Monsieur L'Abbat, master of that art at the Academy of Toulouse, by Andrew Mahon, professor of the small sword.

Creator:: Labat, maître d'armes
Date:: MDCCXXXV [1735]
Physical Description:: [2], x, 133, [3] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports, from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, R.A., E. Landseer, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., Charles Hancock, J.F. Lewis, W. Barraud, &c. / edited by Nimrod ; with literary contributions by Thomas Hood ... John Hamilton Reynolds ... &c.

Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: [8], viii, 144 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with portrait of author and illustrations.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: xviii, [2], 277, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

Creator:: Martin, William, 1801–1867
Date:: [between 1837 and 1845]
Physical Description:: [4], 268 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line) : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with numerous engravings and maps.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1865]
Physical Description:: xxxii, 436 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

Creator:: Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

Creator:: Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:: [1862]
Physical Description:: xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

Creator:: Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: [2], iv, [4], 398, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Osborne's guide to the grand junction of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester railway : with the geography of the country : through which the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester : illustrated with numerous wood engravings and maps.

Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: iv, 347, 38 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

Creator:: Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 110, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The gentleman and farmer's guide for increase and improvement of cattle : viz. lambs, sheep, hogs; calves, cows, oxen. Also the best manner of breeding, and breaking horses, both for sport and burden: with an account of their respective distempers, and the most approved medicines for the cure of them. Also some observations on the many benefits of the woollen manufactures of Great-Britain, and the great advantages arising from hides, tallow, &c. Illustrated with copper plates / by R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.

Creator:: Bradley, Richard, 1688–1732
Date:: 1732
Physical Description:: [4], iv, [10], 352 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The new picture of London : being a complete guide & hand-book to all that can amuse, interest, and instruct in this vast metropolis : and a useful and entertaining companion to the exhibitions and public buildings, sights and amusements, for the stranger, resident, and visitor.

Date:: [1841]
Physical Description:: xii, 276 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with illustrations by Henry Alken, and a portrait by D. Maclise, R.A.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
Physical Description:: [2], xx, 301, [1] pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A memoir of Edward Calvert, artist / by his third son ; illustrated with reproductions from his own paintings and sketches.

Creator:: Calvert, Samuel
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: xix, [1], 236 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Illustrations of the field movements of cavalry : in a series of copper plate engravings : with an introductory chapter, illustrated by engravings upon wood : intended for the use of yeomanry and volunteer cavalry : and also of noblemen and gentlemen, who, contemplating service in this force, or from whatever other motive, may wish to acquire a knowledge of cavalry tactics / by Captain John Bamford.

Creator:: Bamford, John, Captain
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: xvi, 18, [2] p., 13 leaves of plates : ill. ; 53 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Memoirs of the ancient earls of Warren and Surrey : and their descendants to the present time / by the Rev. John Watson, M.A. F.A.S. late fellow of the Brasen-Nose College in Oxford, and rector of Stockport in Cheshire.

Creator:: Watson, John, 1725–1783
Date:: MDCCLXXXII [1782, that is 1785]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. 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 ...

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

35. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

Creator:: Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [1], 6-72 pages, [1] leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Patronage of British art : an historical sketch : comprising an account of the rise and progress of art and artists in London, from the beginning of the reign of George the Second : together with a history of the Society for the management and distribution of the artists' fund, from its establishment in 1810, to its incorporation in 1827 : illustrated with notes, historical, biographical, and explanatory / by John Pye ...

Patronage of British art : an historical sketch : comprising an account of the rise and progress of art and artists in London, from the beginning of the reign of George the Second : together with a history of the Society for the management and distribution of the artists' fund, from its establishment in 1810, to its incorporation in 1827 : illustrated with notes, historical, biographical, and explanatory / by John Pye ...

Creator:: Pye, John, 1782–1874
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. 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.

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

38. The Sampler, or, A system of teaching plain needlework in schools / by a Lady.

Creator:: Finch, Elizabeth, -1879
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 103, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. 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.

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

40. 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

41. The suburban gardener and villa companion : comprising the choice of a suburban or villa residence, or of a situation on which to form one : the arrangement and furnishing of the house and the laying out, planting, and general management of the garden and grounds : the whole adapted for grounds from one perch to fifty acres and upwards in extent : and intended for the instruction of those who know little of gardening and rural affairs : and more particularly for the use of ladies / by J. C. Loudon ... ; illustrated by numerous engravings.

Creator:: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: xvi, 752 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The history and delineation of the horse, in all his varieties : comprehending the appropriate uses, management, and progressive improvement of each : with a particular investigation of the character of the race-horse, and the business of the turf : illustrated by anecdotes and biographical notices of distinguished sportsmen : the engravings from original paintings : with instructions for breeding, breaking, training, and the general management of the horse, both in a state of health and of disease / by John Lawrence, author of "A philosophical and practical treatise on horses," &c. &c.

Creator:: Lawrence, John, 1753–1839
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: iv, [1], 6-288, [4] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church / by the Rev. John Lingard.

Creator:: Lingard, John, 1771–1851
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Dr. Goldsmith's Abridged history of England : from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II / continued from that period to the bombardment of Copenhagen by an able writer ; and brought down to the present time by an attentive observer of public events.

Creator:: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [4], 444 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., ports ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

2. Cocking and its votaries.

3. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

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

5. 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 ...

7. Scott and Sebright / by the Druid.

8. George Cruikshank's table-book / edited by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

9. 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.

10. A famous fox-hunter : reminiscences of the late T.A. Smith, Esq., or, The pursuits of an English country gentleman / by Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.

12. 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 ...

15. Histories of noble British families : with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each : illustrated by their armorial bearings, portraits, monuments, seals, etc.

16. The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic ; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions.

17. The official illustrated guide to the South-Eastern Railway and its branches : including the North Kent and Greenwich lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with two hundred engravings and map.

18. The art of fencing, or, The use of the small sword / translated from the French of the late celebrated Monsieur L'Abbat, master of that art at the Academy of Toulouse, by Andrew Mahon, professor of the small sword.

20. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with portrait of author and illustrations.

21. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

22. The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line) : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with numerous engravings and maps.

25. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

26. Osborne's guide to the grand junction of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester railway : with the geography of the country : through which the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester : illustrated with numerous wood engravings and maps.

27. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

29. The new picture of London : being a complete guide & hand-book to all that can amuse, interest, and instruct in this vast metropolis : and a useful and entertaining companion to the exhibitions and public buildings, sights and amusements, for the stranger, resident, and visitor.

30. The chace, the turf, and the road / by Nimrod ; with illustrations by Henry Alken, and a portrait by D. Maclise, R.A.

31. A memoir of Edward Calvert, artist / by his third son ; illustrated with reproductions from his own paintings and sketches.

33. Memoirs of the ancient earls of Warren and Surrey : and their descendants to the present time / by the Rev. John Watson, M.A. F.A.S. late fellow of the Brasen-Nose College in Oxford, and rector of Stockport in Cheshire.

34. 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 ...

35. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

38. The Sampler, or, A system of teaching plain needlework in schools / by a Lady.

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

43. The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church / by the Rev. John Lingard.

44. Dr. Goldsmith's Abridged history of England : from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II / continued from that period to the bombardment of Copenhagen by an able writer ; and brought down to the present time by an attentive observer of public events.