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1. The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...
Date:
1765-1766
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.
Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Date:
1670. (fol.)
Physical Description:
[6], 66 p., LX [i.e. 42] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.
Creator:
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:
MDCLXIV [1664]
Physical Description:
[24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. 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

6. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.
Creator:
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:
1752
Physical Description:
16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The characters of the passions / done after the originalls of Monsr. Le Brun.

The characters of the passions / done after the originalls of Monsr. Le Brun.
Creator:
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
[1], 19 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.

Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[6], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [3] pages, [2], 31 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.
Creator:
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
xii, 361, [1] p. front. (port.) illus., XLI pl. (part fold.) 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.
Creator:
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:
MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.
Date:
[169-?]
Physical Description:
[65] leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 16 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant : illustrated with nearly sixty well-executed copper plate engravings of the human figure.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
77, [3] pages, [50] leaves of plates (in various foliations) : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1813-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresborough, with Harrogate, and its medicinal waters. Including an account of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood: the curious remains of antiquity; elegant buildings; ornamented grounds; & other singular productions of nature and art ... By E. Hargrove.

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Creator:
Hargrove, Ely, 1742–1818
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
4, 382 p. front., ill., plates, plan, col. fold. map. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The history and antiquities of Suffolk : Thingoe hundred / by John Gage.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xxvii, 538 p. : geneal. tables., ill., ports., maps, plans, facsims. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings, in fresco : discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the chapel of the Trinity, belonging to the Gild of the Holy Cross, at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire / from drawings made at the time of their discovery by Thomas Fisher ... ; also, a plan of the Chapel, facsimiles of various grants and indulgences to the gild ; with representations of one hundred and fifty public and private seals appended to them, facsimile extracts from the register of the gild ...

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Creator:
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
[6], 8 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., plan, facsims. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The history and antiquities of Filey, in the covnty of York. By John Cole.

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Creator:
Cole, John, 1792–1848
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
2 p. ., vi, 160 p. front., illus., 3 pl. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The practice of perspective / from the original Italian of Lorenzo Sirigatti : with the figures engraved by Isaac Ware, Esq.

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Creator:
Sirigatti, Lorenzo
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
Physical Description:
[2], 5-8 pages, 43 [i.e. 50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. 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.

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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

25. A collection of Gloucestershire antiquities / by Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 38, [4] p., 110 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 58 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The history and antiquities of the cathedral church of Canterbury, and the once-adjoining monastery: containing, an account of its first establishment, building, reedifications, repairs, endowments, benefactions, chapels, altars, shrines, reliques, chauntries, obiits, ornaments, books, jewels, plate, vestments; before the dissolution of the monastery: and the manner of its dissolution. A survey of the present church and cloysters, monuments, and inscriptions, with other things remarkable: which, with the several prospects of the church, are engraved by the best hands. The lives of the archbishops, priors, &c. of Christ-church: with an account of learned men there flourishing in their several times. An appendix of ancient charters and writings relating to the church and monastery. A catalogue of the church-wealth in prior Estrey's time. An ancient Saxon obituary and a large one continu'd thence downward. By the Reverend Mr. J. Dart.

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Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
2 p. l., ix, 204, lvi p. illus., plates (part. fold.), coats of arms, plan. 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. 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

28. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster : containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities / written at first in the year MDXCVIII ... since ... augmented by the author, and afterwards by A.M., H.D., and others ; now lastly corrected ... and ... brought down from ... 1633 ... to the present time by John Strype ... ; to which is prefixed the life of the author, writ by the editor ... added an appendix ... concerning the state of the city of London ...

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
MDCCXX [1720]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., maps, plans ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum : discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius : with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients : and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples / by Mr. Bellicard ; enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by the author.

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Creator:
Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726–1786
Date:
1753 [1754?]
Physical Description:
vii, 236 p., [42] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. An accurate description and history of the metropolitan and cathedral churches of Canterbury and York : from their first foundation to the present year : illustrated with one hundred and seventeen copper-plates, consisting of different views, plans, monuments, antiquities, arms, &c.

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Date:
1755
Physical Description:
[4], 144, [4] p., [91] leaves of plates : ill., plans, map, coats of arms ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The art of engraving : with the various modes of operation : ... illustrated with ten specimens of the different styles of engraving / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
vii, 109 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Britannia's triumph in the year MDCCLXII : being a series of capital prints representing the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army employed in the attack and conquest of the Havannah, under the brave Admiral Pocock, Lord Albemarle, &c. &c. ... / these drawings were made by Lieutenant Philip Ousbridge, an officer on the spot ...

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Creator:
Orsbridge, Philip, -1767
Date:
MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
4, [4] pages, 11, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A history of Hartlepool / by Sir Cuthbert Sharp ...

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Creator:
Sharp, Cuthbert, Sir, 1781–1849
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
vi, 180, [iii]-xxvi p., [3], [1], [23] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plates, plans, geneal. tables ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. An exact survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, with the country near ten miles round : begun in 1741, finished in 1745, and published in 1746, according to act of Parliament / by John Rocque ... ; engrav'd by Richard Parr and printed by W. Pratt ... = Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii nec non municipii Sudovercencis, regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria circumjacentium : delineatio ichnographica anno 1741 incohata 1745 absoluta / a Johanne Rocque ... = Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Weatminster, et bourg de Southwark et de leurs environs : levée très exactement sur les lieux, en 1741, achevée en 1745, et publieé selon un acte de Parlement en 1746 / par Jean Rocque.

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[1747]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [32] leaves) : maps ; 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Academia tertia anglicana, or, The antiquarian annals of Stanford in Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton shires : containing the history of the university, monasteries, gilds, churches, chapels, hospitals & schools there : with memoirs of the lords, magistrates, founders, benefactors, clergy, & other antient inhabitants ... : in XIV books / compiled by Francis Peck ...

Academia tertia anglicana, or, The antiquarian annals of Stanford in Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton shires : containing the history of the university, monasteries, gilds, churches, chapels, hospitals & schools there : with memoirs of the lords, magistrates, founders, benefactors, clergy, & other antient inhabitants ... : in XIV books / compiled by Francis Peck ...
Creator:
Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Date:
1727
Physical Description:
xvi, [615] p., [33] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., plan ;
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange, and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings, after the most celebrated heads in the cartoons at the Queen's palace : to which are now added, the outlines of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing : and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages, [102] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Portfolio, second edition, with additions, of fragments, relative to the history and atiquities of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster ... / by Matthew Gregson ... in three parts with addition, stitched, and two large pedigrees, portraits, prints, a large sheet map of the county, and upwards of 1600 engraved coats of arms and quarterings of Lancashire families and their alliances.

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Creator:
Gregson, Matthew, 1749–1824
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
4, [vii]-viii, [v]-vii, [3], vii-x, 302 (i.e.324), cviii p. : ill. (some fold.) ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Short stories, in words of two syllables / by the author of Short stories, in one syllable, Godmothers' tales, Cup of sweets.

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Creator:
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
62, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The history, antiquities, and topography of the county of Sussex. By Thomas Walker Horsfield ...

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Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas Walker, -1837
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v., front., plates, port., folded maps, plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Carthage and her remains : being an account of the excavations and researches on the site of the Phoenician metropolis in Africa, and other adjacent places / conducted under the auspices of Her Majesty's government by Dr. N. Davis ...

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Creator:
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812–1882
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
504, [2] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A collection of landskips, and figures, &c. : on twenty-nine copper-plates / designed, etched, and engraved by Paul Sandby, and M. Chatlain.

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Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:
January 12, 1773
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [29] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Hudibras : in three parts / written in the time of the late wars ; corrected and amended, with additions, to which is added annotations, with an exact index to the whole ; adorn'd with a new set of cuts, design'd and engrav'd by Mr. Hogarth.

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Creator:
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
424 (i.e. 420) p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
vi, 381 p. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The history of Wisbech, and the Fens. / By Neil Walker, and Thomas Craddock ...

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Creator:
Walker, Neil
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
viii, 564 p., [18] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., charts, map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste, including a great variety of chairs, sofas, beds, and couches ... and other ornaments : to which is prefixed a short explanation of the five orders of architecture, with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large, and the dimensions of each design specified : the whole comprehended in two hundred copper-plates, neatly engraved : calculated to improve and refine the present taste, and suited to the fancy and circumstances of persons in all degrees of life / by Thomas Chippendale, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London.

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Creator:
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
Date:
MDCCLXII [1762]
Physical Description:
[4], 20 pages, CC leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 48 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

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

47. Conference of Monsieur Le Brun : cheif [sic] painter to the French King, Chancellor and Director of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture ; upon expression, general and particular; translated from the French, and adorned with 43 copper-plates.

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Creator:
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Date:
1701
Physical Description:
[16], 17, [1], 47, [1] pages, 43 : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Versailles illustrated, or Divers views of the several parts of the royal palace of Versailles : as likewise of all the fountains, groves, parterras, ye labyrinth & other ye most beautiful parts of the gardens, wherein are represented whatever is remarkable, whether statues, groups of figures, water falls, pleasure houses &c. : drawn on the spot by the order & with the approbation of the French king.

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Date:
1726
Physical Description:
[29] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster. By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W. R. Whatton ...

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Creator:
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
4 v. fronts., ill. (part col.) plates, ports., maps (part col., part fold., part double) plans, facsim., geneal. tables. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Plans, elevations, and sections of buildings : executed in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwicksire, Hertfordshire, et caetera / by John Soane, architect ; member of the Royal Academies of Parma and Florence.

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[6], 11, [35] pages, 47 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Letters from a young painter abroad to his friends in England : adorned with copper plates.

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Creator:
Russel, James, ca. 1720–1763
Date:
1750
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Encyclopedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval. By the Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke ...

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Creator:
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (v. 1: port.) illus., plates, plan. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Proposal for county naval free-schools : to be built on waste lands, giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service : teaching them also to cultivate the earth, that in due time tey may furnish their own food : & to spin, knit, weave, make shoes, etc. with a view to provide their own raiment, while good regulations and discipline, diffuse a moral & religious oeconomy through the land.

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Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712–1786
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [1], x-xxii, [2], 2, 90, [4], 91-120, [2], 121-141, [1], 48, [4], v, [3], 67, [1] pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The history and description of the town and borough of Ipswich : including the villages and country seats in its vicinity, more particularly those situated on the banks of the Orwell.

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Creator:
Clarke, G. R
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
[9], 504 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22-29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings : which were discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the Chapel of the Trinity at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire : also views and sections illustrative of the architecture of the Chapel / drawn anno domini 1804.

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Creator:
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Date:
1807 [i.e. 1812?]
Physical Description:
8 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. plan, facsims. ; 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. South Yorkshire. The history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter ...

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Creator:
Hunter, Joseph, 1783–1861
Date:
1828-31
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (port.) illus., 15 pl., 2 maps, plan, geneal. tables. 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. An accidence, or gamut, of painting in oil / by Julius Caesar Ibbetson.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759–1817
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
xii, [ix]-xiii, 18 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The antiquities of Herculaneum / translated from the Italian; by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice ... ; containing pictures.

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Creator:
Reale Accademia Ercolanese di Archeologia
Date:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], lxxiii, [1], 236, [2] p., [50] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., map ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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

61. An history of the original parish of Whalley : and honor of Clitheroe in the counties of Lancaster and York : to which is subjoined an account of the parish of Cartmell / by Thomas Dunham Whitaker ...

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Creator:
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1759–1821
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
viii, 568 p., [57] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map, plan, geneal. tables ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The palace of architecture : a romance of art and history / by George Wightwick, Architect.

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Creator:
Wightwick, George, 1802–1872
Date:
MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:
xx, 219 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The theory and practice of painting in oil and water colours for landscape and portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles,varnishes, etc., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc. : and a manual of lithography : illustrated with plain and coloured plates / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
[i-v], vi-xii, [1], 2-236 p., [12], [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The British monarchy, or, A new chorographical description of all the dominions subject to the King of Great Britain : comprehending the British Isles, the American colonies, the electoral states, the African and Indian settlemts. : and enlarging more particularly on the respective counties of England and Wales ... / the whole illustrated with suitable maps and tables ... and engraved by George Bickham.

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Creator:
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
188, [45] leaves (one folded) : ill., maps ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / by Edward Daniel Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
1810-1823
Physical Description:
6 v., fronts. (v. 1 port.) illus., plates, maps (part fold.) fold. plans, fold. facsim. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury : from its first foundation to the present time : comprising a recital of occurrences and remarkable events for above twelve hundred years : with an appendix containing several particulars relative to castles, monasteries, &c. in Shropshire / by Thomas Phillips.

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Creator:
Phillips, Thomas, d. 1815
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Transatlantic sketches : comprising visits to the most interesting scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies : with notes on Negro slavery and Canadian emigration / by Capt. J.E. Alexander, 42D Royal Highlanders, F.R.G.S. M.R.A.S. etc. ; author of Travels in Ava, Persia, etc.

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Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham / by George Lipscomb.

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Creator:
Lipscomb, George, 1773–1846
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. An historical survey of the County of Cornwall: to which is added a complete heraldry of the same; with numerous engravings. / By C. S. Gilbert.

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Creator:
Gilbert, Charles Sandoe, 1760–1831
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms, map, portraits ; [57] leaves of plates (some folded), [20] p. of plates : 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The cabinet of the arts : a series of engravings by English artists : from original designs by Stothard, Harding, Van Assen, Cosway, Mather Brown, Burney, Corbould, Porter, Paul Sanby [i.e. Sandby], Catton ...

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Date:
1799
Physical Description:
[119] leaves : all ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Oliver Twist.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
xxviii, 418, [2] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Martin Chuzzlewit.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
xxiv, [2], 844, [2] pages, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. 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.

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

74. An history of the original parish of Whalley : and honor of Clitheroe, in the counties of Lancaster and York / by Thomas Dunham Whitaker ...

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Creator:
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1759–1821
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[4], v [i.e. vii], 483, [7] p., [28] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map, geneal. tables ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Beauties of continental architecture : in a series of views of ancient cathedrals and other remarkable public buildings, in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy / engraved by the late John Coney, from his own drawings, taken on the spot ; with descriptive and historical illustrations.

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Creator:
Coney, John, 1786–1833
Date:
[circa 1835]
Physical Description:
[60] pages, [29] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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

77. The world displayed, or, A curious collection of voyages and travels : selected from the writers of all nations : in which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted : illustrated and embellished with variety of maps and prints by the best hands.

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Date:
1760-1761
Physical Description:
20 v. : ill., col. maps, plans ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Views of Oxford / by T. Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1748–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
1 leaf, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Magna Britannia : being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain / by ... Daniel Lysons ... and Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1806-1822
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Maiesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Naples = Antiquités etrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en Cour de Naples.

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Creator:
Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719–1805
Date:
MDCCLXVI-MDCCLVII [1766-1767]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded) ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan

81. Cathedral antiquities.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1816-1836
Physical Description:
13 v. ill., plates, plans. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. A panorama of Falmouth, containing a history of the origin, progress, and present state of the port; particulars of the packet and other establishments; directions to the public offices, taverns, lodging houses, &c. &c. descriptions of the walks, rides, aquatic excursions, and every other object of interest in its vicinity; with a map and other engravings. Being a complete guide to the harbour, town, and surrounding country.

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Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
88, [8] p. front., plates (part fold. and col.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Pen and pencil sketches of a holiday scamper in Spain / by A. C. Andros.

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Creator:
Andros, A. C
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
x, 163 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Exemplars of Tudor architecture, adapted to modern habitations : with illustrative details, selected from ancient edifices; and observations on the furniture of the Tudor period / by T. F. Hunt ...

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Creator:
Hunt, Thomas Frederick, 1791–1831
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
viii, 200 p., XXXVII leaves of plates (incl. plans) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The Grecian orders of architectvre : delineated and explained from the antiquities of Athens : also the parallels of the orders of Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola : to which are added remarks concerning pvblick abd private edifices, with designs.

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Creator:
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
[20], 78 pages, 18, 10 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, plans ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Architectural illustrations, history and description of Carlisle cathedral, by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
vi, 92 p. illus., XLV pl. (1 col.) incl. front., plan, 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Designs for public and private buildings / by John Soane, Knt. ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCCXXXII [1832]
Physical Description:
[9], viii-xiv, [4], 61, [1] pages, LVI [i.e. 78] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Antiquities historical, architectural, chorographical, and itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the adjacent counties : comprising the histories of Southwell (the Ad Pontem) and of Newark (the Sidnacester, of the Romans) interspersed with biographical sketches, and profusely embellished with engravings : in four parts / by William Dickinson.

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Creator:
Dickinson, William, 1756–1822
Date:
1801-1819
Physical Description:
4 pts. in 2 v. : port., plans, geneal. tables ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The history of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, from its foundation untill these times : extracted out of originall charters, records, leiger books, and other manuscripts : beautified with sundry prospects of the church, figures of tombes, and monuments / by William Dugdale ...

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Creator:
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686
Date:
1658
Physical Description:
[6], 136, 157-299, [5] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The history and antiquities of the most ancient town and borough of Colchester, in the county of Essex : in three books : collected chiefly from manuscripts : with an appendix of records and original papers : adorned and illustrated with sculptures / by Philip Morant ...

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1748
Physical Description:
iv, 100 [i. e. 104], 54 [i. e. 58], 53, [9] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, plans ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities, : beautified with maps, prospects, and portraictures / by Robert Thoroton ...

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Creator:
Thoroton, Robert, 1623–1678
Date:
1677
Physical Description:
[16], 507, [28], 8, [8] p., [23] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., coats of arms, map ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches.

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Creator:
Church of England. Book of common prayer. 1717
Date:
[1717]
Physical Description:
xxii, 166 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. A survey of the cathedral-church of Worcester : with an account of the bishops thereof, from the foundation of the see, to the year 1600. Also an appendix of many original papers and records, never before printed. / by William Thomas ...

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Creator:
Thomas, William, 1670–1738
Date:
1737
Physical Description:
[1], vi, 124, 222, 8, 210 p., ill. [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plan ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The painters voyage of Italy : in which all the most famous paintings of the most eminent masters are particularised, as they are preserved in the several cities of Italy : chiefly related to their altar-pieces, and such other paintings as are ornamental in their churches : and also many choice pictures, kept as jewels, in the palaces of particular persons : whereunto is added that excellent collection of Signior Septale, in his closet at Milan ... / written originally in Italian by Giacomo Barri ...; Englished by W.L. ...

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Creator:
Barri, Giacomo, approximately 1630–approximately 1690
Date:
1679
Physical Description:
[16], 159 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports., map ; 18 cm. (8v)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or, A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century in the library of George John, Earl Spencer, K.G. &c. &c. &c. / by the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin., F.R.S. S.S. Librarian to His Lordship.

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Creator:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758–1834
Date:
1814-23
Physical Description:
7 volumes : illlustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Collections for the history of Worcestershire ...

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Creator:
Nash, T. (Treadway Russell), 1725–1811
Date:
1781-1782
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., map, plans, facsims., geneal. tables ; 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. 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

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

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

99. Descriptive guide of Leamington Priors : containing a brief account of that celebrated and fashionable spa : with general rules for drinking the waters, and the use of the baths : (as recommended by the most eminent physicians,) : comprising also various interesting county sketches, including a particular account of Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, Stonley-Abbey, Off-Church, Guy's Cliff, Birmingham, Coventry, Ragley Park, and Stratford-on-Avon, &c. : illustrated with elegant vignettes and a perspective view of the castle and borough of Warwick : likewise with views of the Royal Pump Room and New Baths, of the Assembly Rooms, the theatre, and other superb embellishments / by J. Bisset, (Late of Birmingham,) proprietor of the historic picture gallery, of the Public Reading Room, and the Museum of Natural History at Leamington ; with a map of ten miles round the spa.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 114, [12] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map : 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings after the most celebrated heads in the cartons at Hampton-Court : to which are now added, the outline of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing, and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[2], 13, [2], 14-24 pages, XI, [1], 45 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts