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1. [Billhead of A. Garstin & Co., London, for purchases made by Messrs Odell, 1st, September, 1917].

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Creator:
A. Garstin & Co. (London, England)
Date:
1917
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Billhead of A. Garstin & Co., London, for purchases made by Messrs Odell, 8th, September, 1917].

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Creator:
A. Garstin & Co. (London, England)
Date:
1917
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].
Creator:
Urch, Henry
Date:
May, 1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Trade card for The London Hotel].

[Trade card for The London Hotel].
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 13 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

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Creator:
Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 4-194 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels

6. A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published.

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Creator:
Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756, i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:
[18], 92, [2], 93-116, [2], 117-120, [2], 121-748, [4] pages, [115] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A glance at the Temple Church.

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Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A new copy-book of the small Italian hand : published for the use of publick and private schools as well as for the use of families / by John Langton, writing master ...

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Creator:
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
Date:
[1727?]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

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Date:
1801
Physical Description:
xvii, [2], 26-184 pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
[4], vi, [1], 8-137, [1] pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. : to which is added A supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana / by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S., S.A., librarian to His Lordship.

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

12. Anacreon / done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683 ; newly embellished with copperplate engravings by Stephen Gooden.

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Date:
1923
Physical Description:
[93] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Bengough & Son : trunk, portmanteau & plate chest manufacturers.

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Creator:
Bengough & Son
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 8 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. C. Barr & Co. : brass & zinc plate engravers : 36, Chandos Street, Strand.

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Creator:
C. Barr & Co
Date:
[approximately 186-?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of specimens of pottery and porcelain, formed by that well-known connoisseur, C.W. Reynolds, Esq. ; comprising more than one thousand specimens of Italian, Spanish, German, Turkish, Persian, French, Danish, Dutch, Chinese, and English porcelain and faience, including many fine pieces of great beauty and rarity, and a great quantity of silver toys : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, May 29, 1871 and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
54 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

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Date:
1861
Physical Description:
vii, 293 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Catalogue of the very choice collection of old Sevres, Chelsea, Dresden, and Oriental porcelain, service of plate, pictures and drawings, objects of art & vertu, and cellar of choice old wines, of Henry Loftus Wigram, Esq., late of 15 A, Grosvenor Square, deceased / which (by order of the executors and legatees) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, March 2, 1870, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
30, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.

Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.
Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 147, [13] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, plan ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.
Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zurich, and Minister of the Gospel ; illustrated by engravings, accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals, executed by or under the inspection of, Thomas Hollloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea warehouses.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea warehouses.
Creator:
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm, folded to 23 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Isaac Ball : fancy stationer, bookseller, printers, &c. : near the gate, Clapton.

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Creator:
Ball, Isaac, active 1845
Date:
[approximately 1845?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. John Lloyd, tobacco & snuff manufacturer : 30, High Street, Birmingham & 77, Snow Hill, London.

John Lloyd, tobacco & snuff manufacturer : 30, High Street, Birmingham & 77, Snow Hill, London.
Creator:
Lloyd, John, active 1843
Date:
[ca. 1843]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Mademoiselle de Maupin / a romance by Théophile Gautier ; translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers ; engravings by John Buckland Wright.

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Creator:
Gautier, Théophile, 1811–1872
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
[4], 7-284, [2] pages, ([12] leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Owen, engraver : 40, Goswell Street, opposite Wilderness Row.

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Creator:
Owen, active 1838–1851
Date:
[approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 6 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Pertelote, a sequel to Chanticleer : being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, October 1936-1943, April / foreword & notes by the partners ; illustrations from the books.

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Date:
1943
Physical Description:
51, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Pythian odes / Pindar ; translated by H.T. Wade-Gery & C.M. Bowra.

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Creator:
Pindar
Date:
1928
Physical Description:
xlv, 165, [2] pages ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Royal Exchange : report to the Court of Common Council from the Royal-Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee : presented 23d January, 1845.

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Creator:
Royal Exchange (London, England). Joint Committee for Gresham Affairs
Date:
[1845]
Physical Description:
4, 223, [1] p., [4], 4 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Rudiments of landscape drawing : in a series of easy examples / by W.H. Pyne.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[2], 22 p., 13, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey / De motu cordis 1628; De circulatione sanguinis 1649 : the first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

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Creator:
Harvey, William, 1578–1657
Date:
[1928]
Physical Description:
xvi, 202, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, and oddities / by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, the brothers Mayhew ; with many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists.

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Date:
[1878?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 18-20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

32. The garden of caresses / translated from the Arabic by Franz Toussaint ; now rendered into English by Christopher Sandford.

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Date:
1934
Physical Description:
91, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The Golden Cockerel Greek anthology : a selection of the poems / edited, with translations into English verse and an introduction, by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; line engravings on zinc by Lettice Sandford.

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Date:
1937
Physical Description:
81, [1] pages : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The Golden Cockerel Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám / translated by Edward FitzGerald ; the first edition reprinted, together with FitzGerald's monk-Latin version now printed for the first time ; translations of the Latin & of the Persian originals and a critical essay by Sir E. Denison Ross ; introduction by Charles Ganz ; line engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

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Creator:
Omar Khayyam
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
[2], 5-99, [3] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The Holy Bible : reprinted according to the Authorized version 1611.

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Date:
1924-27
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The Latin portrait : an anthology / made by G. Rostrevor Hamilton.

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Creator:
Hamilton, G. Rostrevor (George Rostrevor), 1888–1967
Date:
1929
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 367, [1] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The Linwood gallery of pictures in needle-work : with a biographical sketch of the painters.

The Linwood gallery of pictures in needle-work : with a biographical sketch of the painters.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
vi, [1], 8-71, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The mistress : with other select poems of Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667 / edited by John Sparrow.

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Creator:
Cowley, Abraham, 1618–1667
Date:
MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:
xx, 213, [3] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The order and ceremonies used for and at the solemn interment of the most high, mighty and most noble prince George Duke of Albemarle ... 1670 / collected by Francis Sandford ... and published by His Ma[jes]ties especiall command.

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Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1670]
Physical Description:
[8] p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 32 x 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The saga of Llywarch the Old / a reconstruction by Glyn Jones ; with the verse interludes translated by T.J. Morgan, D.Litt. ; and an introduction by Sir Ifor Williams, D.Litt., F.B.A.

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Creator:
Jones, Glyn, 1905–1995
Date:
1955
Physical Description:
[4], 7-38 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The seasons / by James Thomson : with five pictures by Jacquier and an introduction by John Beresford.

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Creator:
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
xx, [2], 198, [2] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The temple : sacred poems & private ejaculations / by George Herbert.

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Creator:
Herbert, George, 1593–1633
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
x, 213, [1] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.
Creator:
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649
Date:
MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Physical Description:
196, [4] pages : maps ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The week-end book.

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Date:
1929
Physical Description:
xii, 516 pages : color illustrations, music ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Ulick and Soracha / by George Moore.

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Creator:
Moore, George, 1852–1933
Date:
MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:
[6], 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
[between 1723 and 1727]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts