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1. [Deer stalking].

Date:: [ca. 1810]
Physical Description:: [10] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 39 x 52 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany / by the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S. S.A.

Creator:: Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue and description of King Charles the First's capital collection of pictures, limnings, statures, bronzes, medals and other curiosities : now first published from an original manuscript in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford / the whole transcribed and prepared for the Press, and a great part of it printed, by the late ingenious Mr. Vertue, and now finished form his papers.

Creator:: Van der Doort, Abraham, -1640–
Date:: MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 202 p. ; 26 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A catalogue of English heads: or, An account of about two thousand prints, describing what is peculiar on each : as the name, title, or office of the person : the habit, posture, age, or time when it was done : the name of the painter, graver, scraper, &c. ... / by Joseph Ames ...

Creator:: Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:: 1748
Physical Description:: [4], 182, [2] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of pictures, consisting of portraits, landscapes, sea-pieces, architecture, flowers, fruits, animals, Histories, of the late Richard Mead, M. D. : sold by Auction on March 20, 21, and 22, M.DCC.LIV.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: Printed in the year M.DCC.LV. [1755]
Physical Description:: xv, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of the extensive, valuable, and highly interesting collection of prints, the property of Thomas Lloyd, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. George Jones ... 1st July, 1825 ...

Creator:: Lloyd, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: 1825]
Physical Description:: 72 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of the genuine and elegant library of the late Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer, collected by Lieutenant General James Dormer, / which will be sold by auction (by order of the administrator) by Samuel Baker, at his house in York-Street, Covent -Garden : to begin on Monday, February the 20th, 1764, and to continue the nineteen following evenings, beginning each evening exactly at six o'clock.

Creator:: Baker, Samuel, approximately 1711–1778
Date:: [1764]
Physical Description:: 2 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774, publisher
Date:: [1755]
Physical Description:: 15 pages, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, (bound and unbound) of the late Doctor Mead : consising of the works of the most eminent masters : and particularly of a matchless collection, containing 95 drawings of exotics, insects, fruit and flowers in water colours, on vellum, by Melian, in 2 vol. by Ehret, all colour'd from nature, and finished to the greatest perfection : which, (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday the 13th of January 1755, and the thirteen following evenings.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: [1755]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of the highly valuable collection of prints : the property of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart ... : part the first consisting of a series of British portraits, from the heptarchy to the end of the reign of William III : comprising a capital assemblage of extremely rare and curious prints : including several unique beautiful equestrian and historical engravings, by Delaram, Elstracke, Rogers, the Pass Family, &c. : the principal works of W. Hollar : a matchless display of the productions of that celebrated artist W. Faithorne, many of them brilliant proofs, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his rooms, No. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, 29th of March, 1824, and eleven following days, Sunday excepted, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 5 volumes in 1 : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of the magnificent, rare, and valuable library, (of 20,000 volumes) : illustrated in many instances, with two and three sets of proof and other plates : generally of the most choice editions : selected with great care, and the utmost liberality, during the last forty years : also, of the books of prints, galleries of art, curious missals and manuscripts, the Persian and Chinese drawings, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at the Abbey, on Tuesday, the 9th of September, 1823, and nine following days : on Friday, the 3d of October, & four following days : and on Thursday, 23d October, 1823, & four following days, (Sundays and Mondays excepted) : at half-past twelve each day precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: [12],113, [4], [121]-175, [3], 291-342, [6], 231-278, [1], 176-222, [2], 343-391, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq. M.P. : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the proprietor, and accompanied with historical and biographical notices / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

Creator:: Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [8], 32, [2] pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

13. 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 ...

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

14. A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.

Creator:: Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
Date:: 1770
Physical Description:: [4], xii, 128, [16] p., III folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A collection of one hundred and fifty select views in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / drawn by Paul Sandby, Esq. R.A. = Receuil de cent et cinquante vues choisies en Angleterre, le Pays de Galles, Ecosse, et Irelande / dessiné par Paul Sandby, Ecuyer, R.A.

Creator:: Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:: 1782-1783
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

Creator:: Trench, F. W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1775–1859
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: [4], iv, iv, 176 p., 17 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

Creator:: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [2] leaves, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A collection of voyages : in four volumes. Containing I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages around the world ... II. The voyages of Lionel Wafer ... III. A voyage round the world ... By W. Funnell ... IV. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe. V. Capt. Sharp's journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South-seas. VI. Capt. Wood's voyage through the Streights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Robert's adventures and sufferings amongst the corsairs of the Levant: his description of the Archipelago islands, &c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes and plants ...

Creator:: Dampier, William, 1652–1715
Date:: MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : illustrations, maps, tables ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries : illustrated by eighteen plates of horses.

Date:: . Hookham,
Physical Description:: v, [1],155, [1] pages, 18 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A compleat body of architecture : wherein the five orders are exactly described in many elegant examples, with scales annexed, giving their true aliquot parts : embellished with a great variety of ornaments adapted thereto : augmented by several new designs, never before published, drawn by the greatest masters and engraved at an unspared expence, on one hundred and two folio copper plates ... / compiled, drawn, and engraved, by Matthias Darly, professor of ornament.

Creator:: Darly, Matthias
Date:: January 12, 1773
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, CII [i.e., 101] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. 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.

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

22. A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

Creator:: Rogers, Robert, 1731–1795
Date:: MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 264 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II ... / by Samuel Rush Meyrick.

Creator:: Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House : illustrated with twenty-five engravings of some of the capital statues, bustos and relievos : in this work are introduced the anecdotes and remarks of Thomas, Earl of Pembroke, who collected these antiques, now first published from His Lordship's mss. / by James Kennedy.

Creator:: Kennedy, James, active 1759
Date:: MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:: [10], xxxviii, 116, [2] pages, 25 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

25. A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies / compiled from authentic memoirs, revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish settlements ; and illustrated with thirty-two maps and plans, chiefly from original drawings taken from the Spaniards in the last war, and engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty.

Creator:: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: [4], xxiv, 106, [2] pages, 32 folded leaves of plates : maps, plans ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A general treatise of architecture : in five books ... / by John Aheron, architect.

Creator:: Aheron, John
Date:: MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:: vi, 110, 8, [20] pages, [82] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A history of caricature, by Bohun Lynch.

Creator:: Lynch, Bohun, 1884–1928
Date:: 1926
Physical Description:: xiv p., 1 l., 126 p., 21 leaves of plates : ill. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. A history of Lichfield Cathedral : from its foundation to the present time : with a description of its architecture and monuments : with photographic illustrations / by J.B. Stone, F.G.S., member of the Society of Arts, etc.

Creator:: Stone, John Benjamin, Sir, 1838–1914
Date:: MDCCCLXX [1870]
Physical Description:: [10], 120 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A history of Madeira : with a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island.

Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: v, [3], 118 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A history of the Holtes of Aston, baronets : with a description of the family mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire / by Alfred Davidson ; with illustrations from drawings by Allen E. Everitt.

Creator:: Davidson, Alfred, of Aston
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 76 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

31. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : col. ill., port., plans ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A history of the University of Oxford : its colleges, halls, public buildings : in two volumes.

Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:: 1814 [i.e. 1813-1815]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex : including the rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city and diocese of Chichester / by James Dallaway ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:: 1815-1832
Physical Description:: 2 volumes in 3 : illustrations, maps, plans ; 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. A history or description, general and circumstantial, of Burghley House, the seat of the Right Honorable the earl of Exeter.

Creator:: Horn, John, active 1791–1817
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 205, [3] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

35. A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland / by the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson.

Creator:: Sampson, George Vaughan
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 359 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride : designed for the use of the army / by Henry Earl of Pembroke.

Creator:: Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734–1794
Date:: MDCCLXII [1762]
Physical Description:: [8], 128 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A nevv book of architecture : wherein is represented fourty figures of gates and arches triumphant, composed of different inventions according to the five orders of columnes, viz. the Tuscane, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite / by Alexander Francine ... ; with a description of each figure ; set forth by Robert Pricke, for the use and benefit of all ingenious workmen that are concerned in eminent building.

Creator:: Francine, Alexandre, -1648
Date:: 1669
Physical Description:: [4] pages, XXXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Date:: 1698
Physical Description:: [22], 243, [1], [32], 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A new treatise on the diseases of horses : wherein what is necessary to the knowledge of a horse, the cure of his diseases, and other matters relating to that subject, are fully discussed, in a plain and easy manner for many years practice and experience : with the cheapest and most efficacious remedies / by William Gibson, surgeon, in Duke-Sreet, Grosvenor-Square ; illustrated with thirty-two copper-plates.

Creator:: Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750
Date:: MDCCLI [1751]
Physical Description:: [12], 464, [12] pages, XXXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A picturesque tour of Italy : from drawings made in 1816-1817 / by James Hakewill, archt.

Creator:: Hakewill, James, 1778–1843
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [98] pages, [63] leaves of plates : illlustrations ; 39 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings on the spot, by Samuel Ireland ...

Creator:: Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:: [1790]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

Creator:: Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:: [1859]
Physical Description:: [5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. A review of the Landscape : a didactic poem : also of An essay on the picturesque : together with practical remarks on rural ornament / by the author of "Planting and Ornamental Gardening; a Practical Treatise."

Creator:: Marshall, Mr. (William), 1745–1818
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 275, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A selection of twelve heads from the Last judgment of Michael Angelo.

Creator:: Duppa, Richard, 1770–1831
Date:: MDCCCI [1801]
Physical Description:: [2], ii, 9, [1] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 66 x 50 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk : accompanied with an historical index / the whole drawn and etched by Henry Davy ...

Creator:: Davy, Henry, active 1829
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: [4], 12 pages, [70] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A series of groups, illustrating the physiognomy, manners, and character of the people of France and Germany / by George Lewis.

Creator:: Lewis, George Robert, 1782–1871
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: [8], 15, [3] p., 52 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A short treatise of hunting / compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, knight, 1591 ; presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne.

Creator:: Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
Date:: 1897
Physical Description:: [8], iv, [32] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. 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.

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

49. A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest : wherin is declared not onely those lawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of forrestes: and what a forrest is in his owne proper nature, and wherein the same doth differ from a chase, a park, or a warren, with all such thinges as are incident or belonging thereunto, with their seuerall proper tearmes of art, as more at large doth appeare in the table in the beginning of this booke. Also a treatise of the purallee, declaring what purallee is, how the same first began, what a purallee man may doe, how he may hunt and vse his owne purallee, how far he may pursue and follow after his chase, together with the lymits and boundes, as well of the forrest, as the puralley. Collected and gathered together, as well out of the common lawes and statutes of this land, as also out of sundry learned auncient aucthors, and out of the Assises and Iters of Pickring and Lancaster / by Iohn Manwood.

Creator:: Manwood, John, -1610
Date:: 1598
Physical Description:: [8], 167, [7] leaves ; 20 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A treatise on the proper condition for all horses / by Harry Hieover.

Creator:: Hieover, Harry, 1796–1859
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: xiv, [2], 204, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A voyage of discovery : made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage / by John Ross, K.S. Captain Royal Navy.

Creator:: Ross, John, Sir, 1777–1856
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [4], xxxix, [1], 252, cxliv p., [29] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world : in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed, undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver.

Creator:: Vancouver, George, 1757–1798
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 31 x 24 cm (4to) + 1 atlas ([16] leaves of plates (6 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 46 cm (folio))
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A voyage to Hudson's-Bay : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a north west passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay, with the countries adjacent.

Creator:: Ellis, Henry, 1721–1806
Date:: MDCCXLVII [1748]
Physical Description:: xxviii, 336 [i.e. 344] pages, [9] leaves of plates, (4 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France : containing the geographical description and natural history of Canada and Louisiana : with the customs, manners, trade and religion of the iInhabitants : a description of the lakes and rivers, with their navigation and manner of passing the Great Cataracts / by Father Charlevoix ; also, a description and natural history of the islands in the West Indies belonging to the different powers of Europe ; illustrated with a number of curious prints and maps not in any other edition ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
Date:: MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae / by Admiral W.H. Smyth.

Creator:: Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Date:: MDCCCLXIV [1864]
Physical Description:: [4], viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

56. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions, for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling / illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. ; Riding Master, Master of the Horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1st Jany. 1825
Physical Description:: xxvii, [2], 30-75, [4], lxxx-xcix, [2], 102-201, [1] pages, [27] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

Creator:: Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [6], 20, [4], 21, [1] p., XL leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 59 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. An account of the empire of Marocco, and the district of Suse : compiled from miscellaneous observations made during a long residence in, and various journies through, these countries : to which is added, an accurate and interesting account of Timbuctoo, the great emporium of Central Africa / by James Grey Jackson, Esq. ; illustrated with engravings.

Creator:: Jackson, James Grey
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: xvi, 287, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. With the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.

Creator:: Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
Date:: MDCXCIX [1699]
Physical Description:: [8], 248, 40 p., [2] double plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. An account of the grand musical festival, held in September, 1823, in the cathedral church of York : for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the general infirmaries at Leeds, Hull, and Sheffield : to which is prefixed, a sketch of the rise and progress of musical festivals in Great Britain : with biographical and historical notes / by John Crosse, F.S.A., F.R.S.L., M.G.S. ...

Creator:: Crosse, John, 1786–1833
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 436, xxvi, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. An account of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent : with Their Imperial and Royal Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of Prussia, to the Corporation of London, in June 1814.

Date:: [1814]
Physical Description:: 101, 59 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. An authentic history of the celebrated horse American Eclipse : containing an account of his pedigree and performances, with some general information on the subject of the turf, and the means adopted at various times to improve the breed of horses : embellished with a correct likeness of this famous horse, engraved on wood, in the best style by Dr. A. Anderson.

Creator:: Conrad, Ephraim, 1769?-1834
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 6, [3], 8-37, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. An essay on hunting / by a country squire.

Creator:: Gosden, Thomas, 1780–1843
Date:: MDCCXXXIII [1733]
Physical Description:: 92 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. An essay on rural architecture : illustrated with original and oeconomical designs : being an attempt, also, to refute, by analogy, the principles of Mr. James Malton's essay "British cottage architecture," supported by several designs : to which are added rural retreats and villas, in the Gothic, castle, Roman and Grecian styles of architecture : with ideas for park-entrances, a mausoleum, and a design for the naval pillar, to immortalize British naval heroism : the whole comprising thirty plates, in aquatinta / designed by Richard Elsam, architect.

Creator:: Elsam, Richard, Esq
Date:: MDCCCIII [1803]
Physical Description:: [12], ii, 52 p., 33 [i.e. 31] leaves of plates [2 folded] : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. An essay upon prints : containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters : illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces : to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 4, [2], 249, [13] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. An historical account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire, the seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq. : with a catalogue of his celebrated collection of pictures dedicated to the patrons of the British Institution, and embracing a concise historical essay on the fine arts : with a brief account of the different schools, and a review of the progressive state of the arts in England : also biographical sketches of the artists, whose works constitute this collection / by John Britton ; embellished with a view and plan of the house.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: [4], 108 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

67. An historical account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich : MDCCLXXXIX.

Creator:: Cooke, John, 1738–1823
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: viii, 120, 125-132, *129-*132, 133-142, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex : which are not described in the Environs of London / by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, M.A. F.R.S & F.S.A.

Creator:: Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:: MDCCC [1800]
Physical Description:: [2], viii, [2], 316, [2] p., [17] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. An historical and descriptive guide to York cathedral and its antiquities / by Geo. Ayliffe Poole, M.A., Vicar of Welford, and J.W. Hugall, Esq., architect ; with a history and description of the Minster Organ.

Creator:: Poole, Geo. Ayliffe (George Ayliffe), 1809–1883
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: [2], xiii, [1], 213, [1] p., [37] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. An historical and topographical account of the town of Woburn, its abbey, and vicinity : containing also a concise genealogy of the house of Russell, and memoirs of the late Francis Duke of Bedford.

Creator:: Dodd, Stephen, active 1818
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 140 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

71. An historical and topographical sketch of Knole, in Kent : with a brief genealogy of the Sackville family : embellished with engravings / by John Bridgman.

Creator:: Bridgman, John
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [5], p. viii, 164 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

72. An historical survey of the ecclesiastical antiquities of France : with a view to illustrate the rise and progress of Gothic architecture in Europe / by the late Rev. G.D. Whittington, of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Creator:: Whittington, G. D. (George Downing)
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: [2], xv, [3], 188 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. An historical tour in Monmouthshire : illustrated with views by Sir R.C. Hoare, Bart., a new map of the county, and other engravings / by William Coxe, A.M. F.R.S. F.A.S., Rector of Bemerton and Stourton.

Creator:: Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([12], v, [3], 433 [i.e. 435], [9] p., [92] leaves of plates) : ill., genealogical tables, maps, plans, ports. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. An historical tour through Monmouthshire / by William Coxe, A.M. ; illustrated with views by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.

Creator:: Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([8], v, [3], 31, [1], 433 [i.e. 435], [7] p.) ; 56 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour : with hints on light and shadow, on a method of study, etc., to be practically illustrated, when possible, by a series of lessons out of doors / by George Stubbs, of Alexander Square, Brompton ; with seventeen plates in tinted and chromo-lithography.

Creator:: Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:: [between 1862 and 1868]
Physical Description:: 12 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Ancient masonry, both in the theory and practice : demonstrating the useful rules of arithmetick, geometry, and architecture, in the proportions and orders of the most eminent masters of all nations : viz. Vitruvius, Bramante, Julio Romano, Michael Angelo, Carlo Cesare Osio, Andrea Palladio, Vincent Scamozzi, M.J. Barozzio of Vignola, Sebastian Serlio, Daniel Barbaro, L.B. Alberti, P. Cataneo, P. de Lorme, Viola, J. Bullant, Julian Mau-Clerc, J. Berain, Sebastian le Clerc, Claude Perault, Inigo Jones, Sir Christoph. Wren, &c. &c. &c. : and also of the Cariatides, Persians, French, Spanish, and English : together with their most valuable designs for temples, triumphal arches, portico's, colonades, piazza's, arcades, frontispieces, gates and doors, windows, niches, entablatures, pediments, capitals, festoons, trophies, ballusters, balconies, ballustrades, cieling-pieces, chimney-pieces, floors, pavements, arches, groins, stair-cases, roofs, obelisques, ornaments, &c. : the whole interspersed with critical remarks and observations on each master : illustrated by above three thousand examples, engraved on four hundred and ninety four large folio copper plates : with a dictionarial index, explaining the term of art used herein / by B. Langley.

Creator:: Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:: MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Physical Description:: [4], xi, [21], 24, 29-434 pages, CCCCLXXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Andrea Palladio's architecture, in four books : containing a dissertation on the five orders & ye most necessary observations relating to all kinds of building. As also the different constructions of public and private houses, high-ways., bridges, market-places, xystes, & temples, wth. their plans, sections, & elevations. The whole containing 226 folio copper-plates / carefully revis'd and redelineated by Edwd. Hoppus Surveyor to ye corporation of the London Assurance and embellish'd wth. a large variety of chimney pieces collected from the works of Inigo Jones & others.

Creator:: Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:: MDCCXXVI [1736]
Physical Description:: [6], vi, [7]-250, [12] p., [206] leaves of plates ([12] folded) : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Antiquités nationales, ou, Recueil de monuments : pour servir à l'histoire générale et particulière de l'empire françois, tels que tombeaux, inscriptions, statues, vitraux, fresque, etc. ; tirés des abbayes, monastères, châteaux, et autres lieux devenus domaines nationaux / par Aubin-Louis MIllin.

Creator:: Millin, A. L. (Aubin Louis), 1759–1818
Date:: 1790-1797
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Architectura martialis, das ist, Ausführliches Bedeucken, über das, zu dem geschütz und Waffen gehärige Gebäu ... allen Martialisten, besondes den Zeügwartten und Bächsenmeistern zu Wolgefallen beschrieben und mit 12 hierzau dienlichen Kupfferstücken aussgefertiget / durch Josephum Furttenbach.

Creator:: Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Date:: Anno MDCXXX [1630]
Physical Description:: [14], 93, [5], 22, [48] p., [12] double-leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Architecture of the middle ages / drawn from nature and on stone by Joseph Nash.

Creator:: Nash, Joseph, 1809–1878
Date:: May, 1838
Physical Description:: [28] leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Art de la verrerie / de Neri, Merret et Kunckel ; auquel on a ajouté le Sol sine veste d'Orschall ; l'Helioscopium videndi sine veste solem chymicum; le Sol non sine veste ; le chapitre XI. du Flora saturnizans de Henckel, sur la vitrification des végétaux ; un Mémoire sur la manière de faire le saffre ; le Secret des vraies porcelaines de la Chine & de Saxe ; ouvrages ou l'on trouvera la maniere de fair le verre & le crystal, d'y porter des couleurs, d'imiter les pierres prétieuses, de préparer & colorer les emaux, de faire la potasse, de peindre sue le verre, de préparer des vernis, de composer des couvertes pour les fayances & poteries, d'extraire la couleur pourpre de l'or, de contrefaire les rubis, de fair le saffre, de faire & peindre les porcelaines, &c. ; traduits de l'allemand, par M. D * * *.

Creator:: Neri, Antonio, 1576–1614
Date:: MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:: [4], lv, [1], 629, [3] p., 16 leaves of plates (14 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Barthomley : in letters from a former rector to his eldest son / by the Rev. Edward Hinchliffe ...

Creator:: Hinchliffe, Edward, 1801?-1878
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: viii, 370, [16] p., [8] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Bibliographie instructive: ou, Traite de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers ... Par Guillaume-François De Bure, le jeune ...

Creator:: Bure, Guillaume-François de, 1731–1782
Date:: 1763-1768
Physical Description:: 7 v. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. : qui prostabunt venales sub hasta apud Samuelem Baker, in vico dicto York Street, Covent Garden, Londini, die Lunae 18vo. Novembris, M. DCC. LIV. iterumque die lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M. DCC. LV.

Creator:: Baker, Samuel, approximately 1711–1778
Date:: [1754]
Physical Description:: [4], 116, [2], 117-242 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli : per cognomina authorum dispositus.

Creator:: Smith, Joseph, 1674–1770
Date:: MDCCLV [1755]
Physical Description:: [8], xliii, [1], DXIX [i.e. DXVII], [1], CCCXLVIII [i.e. CCCLII], [4] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Bibliothecae Americanae primordia : an attempt towards laying the foundation of an American library, in several books, papers, and writings, humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the perpetual use and benefit of their members, their missionaries, friends, correspondents, and others concern'd in the good design of planting and promoting Christianity within Her Majesties colonies and plantations in the West-Indies / by a member of the said Society.

Creator:: Kennett, White, 1660–1728
Date:: 1713 [i.e. 1714]
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], xvi, 3-132,125-275, [225] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Biographia britannica, or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times : collected from the best authorities, both printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary ...

Date:: 1747-1766
Physical Description:: 6 v. ; 42 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth; and a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; with occasional remarks.

Creator:: Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:: 1781
Physical Description:: 157 [i.e. 159] p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. 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.

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.

90. Blooded horses of colonial days : classic horse matches in America before the Revolution / by Francis Barnum Culver.

Creator:: Culver, Francis Barnum, 1868–
Date:: MCMXXII [1922]
Physical Description:: [11], 14-96, [15], 100-156, [8] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., facsims. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Book of nonsense.

Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ([74] leaves) : illustrations ; 15 x 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Bucaniers of America, or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies, by the bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French : wherein are contained more especially, the unparallel'd exploits of Sir Henry Morgan, our English Jamaican hero, who sack'd Puerto Velo, burnt Panama &c. / written originally in Dutch, by John Esquemeling, one of the Bucaniers, who was present at those tragedies ; and then translated into Spanish by Alonso de Bonne-maison, Doctor of Physick and practitioner at Amsterdam ; now faithfully rendered into English.

Creator:: Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Date:: 1684-1685
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illlustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Burke's descriptive guide, or, The visitors' companion to Niagara Falls : its strange and wonderful localities / by an old resident.

Creator:: Burke, Andrew, active 19th century
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: [4], 106 pages, [5] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. California : its past history, its present position, its future prospects : containing a history of the country from its colonization by the Spaniards to the present time : a sketch of its geographical and physical features: and a minute and authentic account of the discovery of the gold region, and the subsequent important proceedings : including a history of the rise, progress, and present condition of the Mormon settlements : with an appendix, containing the official reports made to the government of the United States.

Creator:: Fleming, G. A., active 1850
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: viii, 270 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Cambria depicta : a tour through north Wales : illustrated with picturesque views / by a native artist.

Creator:: Pugh, Edward, 1763–1813
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: xv, 476 p., [71] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K. T. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square ...

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1882]
Physical Description:: 234 pages, 78 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

97. Catalogue of the extensive, genuine, and highly valuable collection of pictures / late the property of the Hon. John Clerk of Eldin ; ... also the superb and entire collection of engravings, painters' etchings, and original drawings by the greatest masters : and a splendid and rare assemblage of ancient china, bronzes, terra-cottas, casts from the antique, coins, &c. &c. : which will be unreservedly sold by auction by Messrs Thomas Winstanley & Sons (of Liverpool), at No. 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, on ... the 14th day of March 1833, and thirteen following days ...

Creator:: Eldin, John Clerk, Lord, 1757–1832
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: [6], 2, 32, [2], 33-103, 11 pages, [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 6 illustrations (engravings) ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Catalogue of the works of art in the possession of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, at the time of his decease : together with two letters from Sir Balthazar Gerbier, and a facsimile of an original unpublished letter from himself.

Creator:: Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577–1640
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 22 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : facsim. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection generale de pierres gravées antiques et modernes, tant en creux que camées, tirées des cabinets les plus celébres de l'Europe : moulées en pâtes de couleurs a l'imitation des pierres, emaux blancs, et soufres, par Jacques Tassie, sculpteur / mis en ordre et le texte rédigé par R.E. Raspe ; orné de planches gravées ; au quel on a ajouté un discours preliminaire sur les differents usages de cette collection, sur l'origine de l'art de graver les pierres dures, et le progrès de l'invention des pâtes.

Creator:: Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
Date:: MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.

Creator:: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Date:: 1732
Physical Description:: 3 v. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. [Deer stalking].

2. A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany / by the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S. S.A.

4. A catalogue of English heads: or, An account of about two thousand prints, describing what is peculiar on each : as the name, title, or office of the person : the habit, posture, age, or time when it was done : the name of the painter, graver, scraper, &c. ... / by Joseph Ames ...

5. A catalogue of pictures, consisting of portraits, landscapes, sea-pieces, architecture, flowers, fruits, animals, Histories, of the late Richard Mead, M. D. : sold by Auction on March 20, 21, and 22, M.DCC.LIV.

6. A catalogue of the extensive, valuable, and highly interesting collection of prints, the property of Thomas Lloyd, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. George Jones ... 1st July, 1825 ...

13. 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 ...

14. A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.

15. A collection of one hundred and fifty select views in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland / drawn by Paul Sandby, Esq. R.A. = Receuil de cent et cinquante vues choisies en Angleterre, le Pays de Galles, Ecosse, et Irelande / dessiné par Paul Sandby, Ecuyer, R.A.

16. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

17. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

19. A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries : illustrated by eighteen plates of horses.

23. A critical inquiry into antient armour : as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II ... / by Samuel Rush Meyrick.

26. A general treatise of architecture : in five books ... / by John Aheron, architect.

27. A history of caricature, by Bohun Lynch.

28. A history of Lichfield Cathedral : from its foundation to the present time : with a description of its architecture and monuments : with photographic illustrations / by J.B. Stone, F.G.S., member of the Society of Arts, etc.

29. A history of Madeira : with a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island.

30. A history of the Holtes of Aston, baronets : with a description of the family mansion, Aston Hall, Warwickshire / by Alfred Davidson ; with illustrations from drawings by Allen E. Everitt.

31. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

32. A history of the University of Oxford : its colleges, halls, public buildings : in two volumes.

33. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex : including the rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city and diocese of Chichester / by James Dallaway ; in two volumes.

34. A history or description, general and circumstantial, of Burghley House, the seat of the Right Honorable the earl of Exeter.

35. A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland / by the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson.

36. A method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride : designed for the use of the army / by Henry Earl of Pembroke.

40. A picturesque tour of Italy : from drawings made in 1816-1817 / by James Hakewill, archt.

41. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings on the spot, by Samuel Ireland ...

42. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

43. A review of the Landscape : a didactic poem : also of An essay on the picturesque : together with practical remarks on rural ornament / by the author of "Planting and Ornamental Gardening; a Practical Treatise."

44. A selection of twelve heads from the Last judgment of Michael Angelo.

45. A series of etchings illustrative of the architectural antiquities of Suffolk : accompanied with an historical index / the whole drawn and etched by Henry Davy ...

46. A series of groups, illustrating the physiognomy, manners, and character of the people of France and Germany / by George Lewis.

47. A short treatise of hunting / compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, knight, 1591 ; presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne.

50. A treatise on the proper condition for all horses / by Harry Hieover.

51. A voyage of discovery : made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage / by John Ross, K.S. Captain Royal Navy.

55. Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae / by Admiral W.H. Smyth.

57. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

61. An account of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent : with Their Imperial and Royal Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the King of Prussia, to the Corporation of London, in June 1814.

63. An essay on hunting / by a country squire.

65. An essay upon prints : containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters : illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces : to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints.

67. An historical account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich : MDCCLXXXIX.

68. An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex : which are not described in the Environs of London / by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, M.A. F.R.S & F.S.A.

69. An historical and descriptive guide to York cathedral and its antiquities / by Geo. Ayliffe Poole, M.A., Vicar of Welford, and J.W. Hugall, Esq., architect ; with a history and description of the Minster Organ.

70. An historical and topographical account of the town of Woburn, its abbey, and vicinity : containing also a concise genealogy of the house of Russell, and memoirs of the late Francis Duke of Bedford.

71. An historical and topographical sketch of Knole, in Kent : with a brief genealogy of the Sackville family : embellished with engravings / by John Bridgman.

72. An historical survey of the ecclesiastical antiquities of France : with a view to illustrate the rise and progress of Gothic architecture in Europe / by the late Rev. G.D. Whittington, of St. John's College, Cambridge.

73. An historical tour in Monmouthshire : illustrated with views by Sir R.C. Hoare, Bart., a new map of the county, and other engravings / by William Coxe, A.M. F.R.S. F.A.S., Rector of Bemerton and Stourton.

74. An historical tour through Monmouthshire / by William Coxe, A.M. ; illustrated with views by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.

80. Architecture of the middle ages / drawn from nature and on stone by Joseph Nash.

82. Barthomley : in letters from a former rector to his eldest son / by the Rev. Edward Hinchliffe ...

83. Bibliographie instructive: ou, Traite de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers ... Par Guillaume-François De Bure, le jeune ...

84. Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. : qui prostabunt venales sub hasta apud Samuelem Baker, in vico dicto York Street, Covent Garden, Londini, die Lunae 18vo. Novembris, M. DCC. LIV. iterumque die lunae, 7mo. Aprilis, M. DCC. LV.

85. Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli : per cognomina authorum dispositus.

88. Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth; and a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; with occasional remarks.

89. 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.

90. Blooded horses of colonial days : classic horse matches in America before the Revolution / by Francis Barnum Culver.

91. Book of nonsense.

93. Burke's descriptive guide, or, The visitors' companion to Niagara Falls : its strange and wonderful localities / by an old resident.

95. Cambria depicta : a tour through north Wales : illustrated with picturesque views / by a native artist.

96. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K. T. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square ...

98. Catalogue of the works of art in the possession of Sir Peter Paul Rubens, at the time of his decease : together with two letters from Sir Balthazar Gerbier, and a facsimile of an original unpublished letter from himself.

100. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.