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1. [The coronation of George the Fourth]

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

2. A brief account of the coronation of His Majesty, George IV, July 19, 1821.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], 32 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A disquisition upon Etruscan vases : displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 99, [1] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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

5. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1833-1838
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

7. A journal of a voyage to, and residence in, the island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805 : and of subsequent events in England from 1805 to 1811 / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A manual of modern farriery : embracing the cure of diseases incidental to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and dogs : with instructions in racing, hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing, and field-sports generally, together with a summary of the game-laws / by Thomas Brown, M.P.S. ; member of the Royal Agricultural Society, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Brown, Thomas, M. P. S.
Date:
[1846?]
Physical Description:
viii, 920, viii p., [1], XVIII, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A second journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople : between the years 1810 and 1816 : with a journal of the voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian gulf : together with an account of the proceedings of His Majesty's embassy under His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley ... / by James Morier ; .. with two maps and engravings from the designs of the author.

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Creator:
Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 435 p, [19] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts : also, a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole ; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ; ... in three volumes.

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

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. Architectural illustrations and description of the cathedral church at Durham / by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
viii, 54, [4], 75 leaves of plates. ill., plans. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. 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

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

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

15. Boxiana, or, Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism ... / by P. Egan.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1823-1829
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. 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

17. Field and fern, or, Scottish flocks & herds (South) / by H.H. Dixon ; author of The R.A.S. of England prize essay on shorthorns, 1865.

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Creator:
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
[2], 409, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. 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

19. Illustrations of Japan : consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan : a description of the feasts and ceremonies observed throughout the year at their court : and of the ceremonies customary at marriages and funerals : to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, and explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. / by M. Titsingh ; formerly chief agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki ; translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl ; with colored plates ; faithfully copied from Japanese original designs.

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Creator:
Titsingh, Isaac, 1744–1812
Date:
MDCCXXII [1822]
Physical Description:
xvi, 325, [3] pages, [13] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries : the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years / by Thomas Davies.

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Creator:
Davies, Thomas, 1713–1785
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland : with critical and descriptive observations on the whole of his works hitherto before the public / by J. Hassell ...

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), 1767–1825
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], 204 p, [8] leaves of plates : ill., port.; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and observations on the countries which it visited / by Clarke Abel, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and member of the Geological Society, Chief Medical Officer and naturalist to the Embassy ; illustrated by maps and other engravings.

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Creator:
Abel, Clarke, 1780–1826
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 420 pages, [23] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Narrative of Don Juan van Halen's imprisonment in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and his escape in 1817 and 1818 : to which are added, his journey to Russia, his campaign with the army of the Caucasus, and his return to Spain in 1821 / edited from the original Spanish manuscript by the author of "Don Esteban" and "Sandoval".

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Creator:
Halen, Juan Van, 1790–1864
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Newfoundland in 1842 : a sequel to "The Canadas in 1841" / by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle ... ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir, 1791–1847
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. 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

28. Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands; including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands - with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants. By William Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, William, 1794–1872
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (incl. port.) ill., plates, maps (part fold.) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Penelope
Date:
[ca. 1818]
Physical Description:
3 p., [20] leaves, [41] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator:
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839
Date:
MDCCCVII [1807]
Physical Description:
[6], xxii, 74, [2] pages, [73] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. The carpenter and joiner's companion : in the geometrical construction of working drawings required by Journeymen in the progress of building : comprehending a complete system of lives / by M.A. Nicholson ; improved from the original principles of ... P. Nicholson ...

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Creator:
Nicholson, Michael Angelo, ca. 1796–1842
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
viii, 264 p., [127] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., port.;c23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The drawing room album : an ornamental and variegated repository for contributions in literature, music, and drawing : with specimens of each in ornamental borders, on tinted papers ...

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[132] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The elegant repository and new-print magazine : including engravings from original pictures of the most pleasing subjects, furnished by the art of design.

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Date:
[1791-1792]
Physical Description:
XII parts ([48] p., [37] leaves of plates ) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...

The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...
Date:
[ca. 1832]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 176 (i. e. 182), [4] p. fold. front (map) plates, fold. plan. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. 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

42. 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

43. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

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Creator:
Eller, Irvin
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
viii, 410 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

44. The history of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives; and an account of the English colony, from its foundation, to the present time. By George Barrington ... Enriched with beautiful coloured prints.

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Creator:
Barrington, George, 1755–1804
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
[23] p. l., [7], 505 p. illus., col. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The history of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its dependancies, from the original discovery of the island: with the customs and manners of the natives; and an account of the English colony, from its foundation to the present time. By George Barrington ...

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Creator:
Barrington, George, 1755–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[4] p.l., 544, [4] p. col. front., 15 col. pl. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster : its antiquities and monuments.

The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster : its antiquities and monuments.
Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. 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

48. The memoirs and travels of Sir John Reresby, bart. : the former containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II : the latter (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation.

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Creator:
Reresby, John, Sir, 1634–1689
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xii, 160, 159-160, [161]-414, [32] p., [39] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy, left by the late George Steevens ... : with a series of engravings from original designs by Henry Fuseli ... : and a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most emminent commentaries : a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare by Alexander Chalmers : in 10 volumes.

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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. 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