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1. [Billhead of S. Dixon, carver and gilder, looking glass and picture frame manufacturer, recording purchase made by Lady Hartland on May 25th, 1835]

[Billhead of S. Dixon, carver and gilder, looking glass and picture frame manufacturer, recording purchase made by Lady Hartland on May 25th, 1835]
Creator:
Dixon, S. (Carver)
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 13 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Billhead of W. B. Fordham & Sons, London, for purchases made by Odell & Co. Ltd, 1917].

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Creator:
W. B. Fordham & Sons Limited (London, England)
Date:
1917
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Candelabra and glass chandelier pattern book].

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Date:
[ca. 1834]
Physical Description:
[23] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Collection of 11 engravings and 5 original drawings].

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Date:
1818?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [9] leaves of plate : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Collection of engraved book illustrations by Thomas Stothard].

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Creator:
Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
Date:
[1780-1825]
Physical Description:
1 v. : ill ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Flower groups].

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Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Selections from a new book of landskips].

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Date:
[1776]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. [The coronation of George the Fourth]

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Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 77 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [Trade catalog for Thomas Goode & Co.].

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Date:
[approximately 1900?]
Physical Description:
16 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.

A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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

12. A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect.

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Creator:
Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
Date:
[not before 1819]
Physical Description:
25 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A collection of ornamental designs after the manner of the antique : composed for the use of architects, ornamental painters, statuaries, carvers, casters in metal, paper makers, carpet, silk, and calico manufacturers, and every trade dependent on the fine arts / by G. Smith ; engraved on forty-three plates.

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Creator:
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty
Date:
[1812]
Physical Description:
[1], [43] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A complete round of cyphers for the use of engravers, painters, sculptors, jewellers, hair workers, enamellers, pattern-drawers, &c. : consisting of six hundred examples for the forming of cyphers of every denomination. / designed and engraved by Garnet Terry.

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Creator:
Terry, Garnet
Date:
[1795]
Physical Description:
26, [1] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England : from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time : illustrated by engravings taken from the most authentic remains of antiquity : to which is prefixed an introduction, containing a general description of the ancient habits in use among mankind, from the earliest period of time to the conclusion of the seventh century / by Joseph Strutt.

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Creator:
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.
Creator:
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...

A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...
Creator:
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
Date:
1643
Physical Description:
[48] leaves (some folded) : maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north, or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance between London and any other shire or great towne, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell, till he come to his journies end.

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Creator:
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
Date:
[1677?]
Physical Description:
48 leaves (some folded) : maps ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. 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.

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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

20. 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

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 genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. 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

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

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

25. A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales : presenting under each article respectively, the population of the towns and parishes, according to the Census of 1831 : and the state of the elective franchise, as fixed by the provisions of the Reform Bill / by James Bell ; illustrated by a series of maps, forming a complete county atlas of England.

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Creator:
Bell, James, 1769–1833
Date:
1835-1836
Physical Description:
8 pts. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A new book of ornament and supporters / by James Hoe.

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Creator:
Hoe, James
Date:
June 2, 1768
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 15 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A new book of shipping : on six plates.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
6 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A practical treatise on planting and the management of woods and coppices / by S.H.

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Creator:
Hayes, Samuel
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
ix, [2], 189 p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions : illustrated by maps of the different counties and islands : a map of England shewing the principal towns, roads, railways, navigable rivers, and canals : and a plan of London and its environs : and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishoprics, universities, colleges, corporate towns, and boroughs : and of the seals of the several municipal corporations / by Samuel Lewis.

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Creator:
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
4 volumes ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A treatise on the care, treatment, and training of the English race horse : in a series of rough notes / by R. Darvill, V.S. 7th Hussars.

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Creator:
Darvill, Richard
Date:
1828-34
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation : exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals and boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen : with a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts : including observations on the great importance of water communications : with thoughts on, and designs for, aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood : illustrated with seventeen plates / by R. Fulton, civil engineer.

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Creator:
Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
xvi, 144 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.
Creator:
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket : engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Alfred Crowquill's guide to the watering places : with illustrations / by Alfred Crowquill.

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Creator:
Crowquill, Alfred
Date:
[between 1830 and 1837]
Physical Description:
[2], 50, [10] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Amery & Pitter : gold and silver lace men to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Gloucester & Cumberland, corner of Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London : manufacture all sorts of gold and silver lace fringes, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Amery & Pitter (London, England)
Date:
[approximately 1810?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 7 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. An account of the painted chamber in the royal palace at Westminster / by John Gage Rokewode, esq. Dir. S.A.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
iv, 37, [1] pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. An architectural dictionary : containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms of art with a full display of their technical meaning and application, as used by architects, builders, and workmen ... / by Peter Nicholson.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
Date:
1812-1819
Physical Description:
2 v. (xlvi, 475, [1], 260; [2], 261-913, [1] p., [281] plates) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.

An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.
Creator:
Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841
Date:
[1817]
Physical Description:
iv, 146 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. An introduction to perspective, practical geometry, drawing, and painting : a new and perfect explanation of the mixture of colours with full and practical directions for miniature, crayons, and oil painting : in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : and an epistolary instruction to pupils : properly adapted for the instruction of females, and equally for all professional students / by Charles Hayter.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
xxvi, 259 p., [23] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. 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

41. 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

42. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Autobiographical recollections / by the late Charles Robert Leslie, R.A. ; edited, with a prefatory essay on Leslie as an artist, and selections from his correspondence, by Tom Taylor ; in two volumes ; with portrait.

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Creator:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Baziliōlogia : a booke of kings : beeing the true and lively effigies of all our English kings from the conquest vntill this present : with their seuerall coats of armes, impresses and devises : and a brief chronologie of their liues and deaths : elegantly grauen in copper.

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Date:
1618
Physical Description:
[1], [99] leaves : all ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole : with a brief description of the place : embellished with a front and east view of Knole.

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Date:
1795
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 164, [4] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

46. Book for a rainy day, or, Recollections of the events of the last sixty-six years / by John Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
306 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

47. Boydell's heads of illustrious and celebrated persons, generally connected with the history of Great Britain in the reigns of James I. Charles I. Charles II. and James II. The portraits painted by Van Dyke, Lely, Kneller, Riley, &c. Engraved by John Smith, &c. And revised by Richard Earlom. With biographical memoirs, by John Watkins, LL.D.

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Creator:
Boydell and Co
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
viii, 94 p. front. (port.) ports. 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Britania, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging : and for the better perfecting of the said work, there is added an alphabetical table of the names, titles, and seats of the nobility and gentry that each county of England and Wales is, or lately was, enobled with : Illustrated with a map of each county of England, besides several general ones : the like never before published.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
MDCLXXII [1673]
Physical Description:
[14], 464 pages, [63] leaves of plates (50 folded) : coats of arms, maps ; 36 cm (fol. in 4s)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. 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.

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

50. Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging : and for the better perfecting of the said work, there is added an alphabetical table of the names, titles, and seats of the nobility and gentry that each county of England and Wales is, or lately was, enobled with : illustrated with a map of each county of England, besides several general ones ...

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
MDCLXXII [1673]
Physical Description:
[14], 464 p., [113] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., 50 maps plan ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts