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401. Mechanick exercises, or, the doctrine of handy-works ... / by Joseph Moxon.

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Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Physical Description:
[4], 234, [8] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

402. William Smellie notebook on weaving.

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Creator:
Smellie, William
Date:
1693-ca. 1767
Physical Description:
1 volume : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

403. Great Britain's coasting-pilot ... : describing all the harbours, rivers, bays, roads, rocks, sands, buoys, beacons, sea-marks, depths of water, latitude, bearings and distances from place to place, the setting and flowing of tydes, with directions for the knowing of any place; and how to harbour a ship in the same with safety ... / by Captain Greenvile Collins, Hydrographer in Ordinary to the King and Queens most excellent Majesties.

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Creator:
Collins, Greenvile, active 1669–1698
Date:
1693
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, illustrations ; 55 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

404. Geography anatomized, or, A compleat geographical grammar : being a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography ... : to which is subjoin'd the present state of the European plantations in the East and West Indies, with a reasonable proposal for the propagation of the blessed gospel in all pagan countries ... : illustrated with diverse maps / by Pat. Gordon ...

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Creator:
Gordon, Patrick, active 1700
Date:
1693
Physical Description:
[16], 208 p., [36] leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

405. Atlas Anglicanus et Cambria, or, A book of mapps of all the countyes in the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales / collected by John Seller, Hydrographer to the King.

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Creator:
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
Date:
[1694?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([115] leaves) : 57 hand-colored maps ; 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

406. An account of what workmen hath bin imployed about the building at Greate Bathampton since February the 4, 1694/5.

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Creator:
Berrington, John, -1743
Date:
1694-1721
Physical Description:
1 volume (150 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

407. Commission appointing Joseph Taylor as Second Lieutenant to the Gloucester.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Admiralty
Date:
1694 April 27
Physical Description:
1 item ([1] p.) ; 28 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

408. A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.

A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.
Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[ca. 1695]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 51 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

409. A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695.

A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695.
Date:
1695
Physical Description:
1 v. ([22] p.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

410. De arte graphica. The art of painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy. With remarks. Translated into English, together with an original preface containing a parallel betwixt painting and poetry. By Mr. Dryden. As also A short account of the most eminent painters, both ancient and modern, continu'd down to the present times ... By another hand.

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Creator:
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
Date:
1695
Physical Description:
2 p.., lxxiv, 355, [1] p. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

411. Cambridge Shire / Sutton Nicholls sculp.

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Date:
[1695?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 41 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

412. England [cartographic material] / by Robt. Morden.

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Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[1695?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 36 x 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William H. Mandel, Yale BFA 1953, and Robert L. Russell, Yale MA 1954

413. A new voyage to Italy : with a description of the chief town, churches, tombs, libraries, palaces, statues and antiquaries of that country : together with useful instructions for those who shall travel thither / by Maximilien Misson ... ; done into English and adorn'd with figures ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Misson, Maximilien, 1650?-1722
Date:
1695
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

414. Parochial antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks. By White Kennett ...

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Creator:
Kennett, White, 1660–1728
Date:
1695
Physical Description:
8 p.., 703, [146] p. IX plates (8 fold.) 26 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

415. Westmorland [cartographic material] / Robt. Morden.

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Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[1695]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 34 x 41 cm, on sheet 40 x 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

416. Art's masterpiece. Or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. Containing, I. The arr [!] of limning and painting in oil, &c. ... By C. K.

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Date:
1697
Physical Description:
4 p. ., 160 p. incl. front. 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

417. Travels thro' Germany, Bohemia, Swisserland, Bohemia, Holland, and other parts of Europe : describing the most considerable citys and the palaces of princes : together with historical relations and critical observations upon ancient medals and inscriptions / by Charles Patin ... ; made English and illustrated with copper cuts and a map.

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Creator:
Patin, Charles, 1633–1693
Date:
1696
Physical Description:
[2], [1], (334) p., 336 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

418. The experienc'd fowler: or, The gentleman, citizen, and country-man's pleasant and profitable recreation : Containing, I. The true art of taking water and land fowl, with divers kinds of nets, lime-twigs lime-bushes, and how to make the best bird-lime. II. Directions for bat-fowling, lowbelling, tramelling, and driving fowl, how to find their haunts, and take them with springes, snares, &c. III. An exact method for using the fowling-piece at a true level, to shoot at the water, ground, bush, or flying. IV. How to make shot, proportion the charge, and know good powder; with the proper use of the stalking-horse, bush, hedge, and how to manage them. V. Of singing birds, their diseases and cure. VI. How to distinguish all sorts of poulterers ware, whether old or young, fresh or stale, full of eggs or not. Also to well order, and speedily fat tame and wild fowl. VII. To which is added directions for destroying all manner of vermine / By J.S. Gent.

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Creator:
Smith, John, active 1684–1704
Date:
1697
Physical Description:
[8], 159, [1] p. : ill. ; 12 cm. (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

419. A survey and description of the principal harbours : with their accommodation and conveniences for erecting, moaring, securing and refitting the Navy Royal of England via the rivers of Thames and Medway, containing Chatham and Sheerness Dockyards on the latter, and Woolwich and Deptford on the former : also the port of Portsmouth and Southampton water, with the dockyard on the former, Plymouth sound with the coast of Devonshire to Torbay, with the late erected new dockyard at Hamoze & the Navy Office near Tower-Hill, London : illustrated by general planns and proper views or prospects of each place to which the particular buildings thereof are confin'd : together with an account of the improvements which have been made at each yard since the Revolution, 1688, giving a numericall account of the several kinds of buildings with their quantity and value which by an estimate rate they may be accounted worth to the nation : also an account of the nature and usefullness of the late erected New Docks at Portsmouth and the yard at Plymouth.

A survey and description of the principal harbours : with their accommodation and conveniences for erecting, moaring, securing and refitting the Navy Royal of England via the rivers of Thames and Medway, containing Chatham and Sheerness Dockyards on the latter, and Woolwich and Deptford on the former : also the port of Portsmouth and Southampton water, with the dockyard on the former, Plymouth sound with the coast of Devonshire to Torbay, with the late erected new dockyard at Hamoze & the Navy Office near Tower-Hill, London : illustrated by general planns and proper views or prospects of each place to which the particular buildings thereof are confin'd : together with an account of the improvements which have been made at each yard since the Revolution, 1688, giving a numericall account of the several kinds of buildings with their quantity and value which by an estimate rate they may be accounted worth to the nation : also an account of the nature and usefullness of the late erected New Docks at Portsmouth and the yard at Plymouth.
Creator:
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
Date:
1698
Physical Description:
1 volume (157 leaves) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

420. The anatomy of humane bodies, with figures drawn after the life ... and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates, illustrated with large explications, containing many new anatomical discoveries, and chirurgical observations: to which is added an introduction explaining the animal oeconomy, with a copious index. By William Cowper.

The anatomy of humane bodies, with figures drawn after the life ... and curiously engraven in one hundred and fourteen copper plates, illustrated with large explications, containing many new anatomical discoveries, and chirurgical observations: to which is added an introduction explaining the animal oeconomy, with a copious index. By William Cowper.
Creator:
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
Date:
1698
Physical Description:
[142] p. 114 col. plates (part fold.) col. port. 63 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

421. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

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Date:
[1698]
Physical Description:
[3], 21 [i.e. 40] p. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

422. Perspective practical. Or, a plain and easie method of true and lively representing all things to the eye at a distance, by the exact rules of art... By a religious person of the Society of Jesus, a Parisian. Faithfully translated out of French, and illustrated with 150 copper cuts. Set forth in English by Robert Pricke ...

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Creator:
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
Date:
1698
Physical Description:
8 p. ., 150, [6] p. 150 engraved plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

423. 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.

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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

424. A survey of the ports on the south west coast of England : from Dover to the Lands-end / by Edmd. Dummer & Capt. Tho. Wiltshaw, Esqrs., Comrs. of His Mties. Navy ; together with Capt. James Conaway and Capt. William Cruft, Masters of Trinity House at Deptford ; delineated in July & Augst. 1698.

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Creator:
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
Date:
[1698]
Physical Description:
1 atlas (78 pages) : manuscript, 17 maps, pen and ink and watercolor ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

425. This new map of [the] Earth and water according to Wrights alias Mercator's projection, drawn according to [the] more exact celestial observations and the more accurate discoveries of an a approued author, Robt. Morden, is sold at [the] Atlas in Cornhill, London, 1699 ; H. Moll sculpsit.

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Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[1699]
Physical Description:
1 map on 13 sheets ; 130 x 238 cm, on sheets 53 x 72 cm + 1 index map (28 x 51 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

426. 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.

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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

427. The genealogy of the lairds of Ednem and Duntreth , from the year 1063 to the year 1699.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXIV [1834]
Physical Description:
15 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

428. The history of painting, sculpture, architecture, graving: and of those who have excelled in them: in three books. Containing their rise, progress, decay, and revival; with an account of the most considerable productions of the best artists in all ages: and how to distinguish the true and regular performances, from those that are otherwise. By P. Monier.

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Creator:
Monier, Pierre, 1639–1703
Date:
1699
Physical Description:
[15] p.l., 192, [12] p. front. 20 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

429. Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material, 1699-1981 (bulk 1811-1899).

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Creator:
Carr family
Date:
1699-1981
Physical Description:
10 linear ft.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

430. The history of the bucaniers of America : from their first original down to this time, written in several languages, and now collected into one volume. Containing I. The exploits and adventures of Le Grand, Lolonois, Roche Brasiliano, Bat the Portuguese, Sir Henry Morgan, &c. Written in Dutch by Jo. Esquemeling one of the bucaniers, and thence translated into Spanish. II. The dangerous voyage and bold attempts of Capt. Barth. Sharp, Watlin, Sawkins, Coxon, and others, in the South Sea. Written by Basil Ringrose, Gent. who was a companion therein, and examin'd with the original journal. III. A journal of a voyage into the South Sea by the freebooters of America from 1684, to 1689. Written in French by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan: never before in English. IV. A relation of a voyage of the Sieur de Montaubon, Capt. of the freebooters in Guinea in the year 1695, &c. The whole newly translated into English, and illustrated with 25 copper plates.

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Creator:
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Date:
1699
Physical Description:
[4], 180, 180, [16]; 204 p., [16] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps, ports.) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

431. William's return.

William's return.
Date:
[18th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) : illustration ; 22 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

432. A plan of the house & gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick : embellished with views of that magnificent structure and of the several temples & other ornaments, with references to their respective situations in the plan / by J. Rocque.

A plan of the house & gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick : embellished with views of that magnificent structure and of the several temples & other ornaments, with references to their respective situations in the plan / by J. Rocque.
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
1 map : ill. ; 42 x 66 cm., on sheet 66 x 84 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

433. English lotteries, 1569-1826.

English lotteries, 1569-1826.
Date:
mostly 18th-19th c
Physical Description:
1 albums (139 items) ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

434. B. Seeley, bookseller and stationer in Buckingham : sells Bibles and common prayer books in all sizes and in all kinds of binding, modern books in divinity, history, travels, poetry, &c. ...

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Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

435. To the right honourable John, Earl of Rothes, &ca. these plates exhibiting the funeral solemnities observed at the internment of his grace John Duke of Rothes Lord High Chancelor of Scotland 23 of August 1681, are respectfully inscribed by his lordship's most obedient, & devoted humble servant, Thomas Sommers.

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Date:
between 1700 and 1773]
Physical Description:
4 plates. 48 x 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

436. Collection of British portraits.

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Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
circa 1700-1817
Physical Description:
approximately 550 prints in 3 volumes ; 54 x 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

437. The gentleman's guide.

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Creator:
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
1 atlas (4 leaves) : hand col. maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

438. The plan of Dunkirk and its fortification as it was in the year MDCCXIV.

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Date:
17--]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 49 x 31 cm., on sheet 55 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

439. To the honourable Archibald Douglas esqr. of Douglas ... these plates exhibiting the solemnities, and ceremonies used at the sitting down, & rising of the Scots Parliament, before the union with England, are most humbly enscribed, by his most obedient & devoted humble servt. Thomas Sommers.

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Date:
17--]
Physical Description:
3 plates 48 x 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

440. Album of English bookplates.

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Date:
approximately 1700-1950?
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

441. Divers different designs of figures proper for carvers, painters, &c. : but particularly adapted for youth to draw after.

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Date:
[17--?]
Physical Description:
[3] leaves : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

442. An historical account of Mr. Brome's three years travels over England, Scotland and Wales. : Giving a true and exact description of the chiefest cities, towns, and corporations; together with the antiquities of divers other places ...

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Creator:
Brome, James, -1719
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
[12], 51, [1], 55-287, [9] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

443. [Miss Reynolds' common place book] [microform]

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Creator:
Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged)
Collection:
Reference Library

444. Campania fœlix, or, A discourse of the benefits and improvements of husbandry : containing directions for all manner of tillage, pasturage, and plantation : as also for the making of cyder and perry : with some considerations upon I. Justices of the peace, and inferior officers. II. On inns and alehouses. III. On servants and labourers. IV. On the poor : to which are added, two essays: I. Of a country-house. II. Of the fuel of London / by Tim. Nourse ...

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Creator:
Nourse, Timothy, d. 1699
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
6, 354 (i.e. 366) p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

445. Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : applied to the art of bricklayers-work / by Joseph Moxon.

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Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
64 [i.e. 46] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

446. Campania foelix / Timothy Nourse.

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Creator:
Nourse, Timothy, d. 1699
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
354 [i.e. 366] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

447. Theodore & Honoria : a translation from Boccaccio / by John Dryden ; illustrated by Carol Walklin.

Theodore & Honoria : a translation from Boccaccio / by John Dryden ; illustrated by Carol Walklin.
Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
Date:
1985
Physical Description:
[23] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

448. Album of designs for fancy goods.

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Date:
18th century
Physical Description:
1 volume (352 pages) : etching, engraving ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

449. Art's masterpiece: or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil, &c. ... II. The art of making glass ofcrystal, of all sorts and colours, and to prepare the materials ...

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Date:
[170-?]
Physical Description:
166, [2] p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

450. A new map containing the towns, gentlemens houses, villages, and other remarks round London : as from London toe Windsor, Ware, Chelmsford, the Hope, Tunbridge, Guildford, &c.

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Creator:
Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:
[ca. 1700]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 26 x 28 cm., on sheet 30 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

451. Report on the proper methods of measuring and drawing antient buildings. Drawn up, in pursuance of the directions of the Society of Antiquaries of London, by Sir H.C. Englefield ... and J. Windham ...

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Creator:
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
Date:
17--?]
Physical Description:
8 p. ill. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

452. The artist's assistant, in the study and practice of mechanical sciences. Calculated for the improvement of genius. Illustrated with copper-plates.

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Date:
[17--?]
Physical Description:
288, iv p. ill. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

453. Index villaris, or, An exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, ... the bishopricks, deanries [sic], churches, chapels, hospitals : with the rectories and vicarages in England and Wales, ... the private seats of the king, nobility and gentry, the number of Parliament men sent by cities or burroughs, the inns of court, colleges, inns of chancery, or other societies ... : hereto is added a perfect catalogue of the nobility of England and Wales, to the present time, Feb. 20 1700, with their respective seats and the counties wherein they are situate.

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Creator:
Adams, Mr. (John), -1738
Date:
1700
Physical Description:
[8], 420 [i.e. 416] p. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

454. A new drawing book of heads : from the cartoons at Hampton Court ...

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Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
6 leaves : all ill. ; 23 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

455. Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, vernishing, japaning, gilding, &c. In two volumes ...

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Creator:
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Date:
1701
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (port.) plates. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

456. L'Aminta, di Torquato Tasso : favola boschereccia = Tasso's Aminta : a pastoral comedy : in Italian and English.

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Creator:
Tasso, Torquato, 1544–1595
Date:
[1701?]
Physical Description:
[12], 135, [1] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

457. 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

458. The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641 : with the precedent passages, and actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and conclusion thereof by the king's blessed restoration and return upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660 / written by ... Edward, Earl of Clarendon ...

The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641 : with the precedent passages, and actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and conclusion thereof by the king's blessed restoration and return upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660 / written by ... Edward, Earl of Clarendon ...
Creator:
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
Date:
1702-1704
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

459. Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : applied to the arts of smithing, joinery, carpentry, turning, bricklayery : to which is added Mechanick dyalling : shewing how to draw a true sun-dyal on any given plane ... / by Joseph Moxon, ...

Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : applied to the arts of smithing, joinery, carpentry, turning, bricklayery : to which is added Mechanick dyalling : shewing how to draw a true sun-dyal on any given plane ... / by Joseph Moxon, ...
Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
[viii], 287, [305]-352 p., [26] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

460. Arts improvement: or, Choice experiments and observations in building, husbandry, gardening, mechanicks, chimistry, painting, japaning, varnishing ... And in other arts and sciences profitable and pleasant. Extracted from the most celebrated authors in several languages; manuscripts, experiments communicated by several ingenious gentlemen, and the author's own experience. By T.S.

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Creator:
Neve, Richard
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
24 p.., 96, 8, 97-240 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

461. The city and countrey [sic] purchaser, and builder's dictionary, or, The compleat builder's guide ... / by T.N., philomath.

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Creator:
Neve, Richard
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
[32], 288 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

462. The art of painting after the Italian manner. With practical observations on the principal colours. And directions how to know a picture.

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Creator:
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
141 p. 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

463. The English pilot : part III, describing the sea-coasts, capes, head-lands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers, and ports : together with the soundings, sands, rocks and dangers in the whole Mediterranian Sea : likewise the courses and distances from one place to another, the setting of the tides and currents, the ebbing and flowing of the sea, the prospects of the lands, &c. : collected from the practice and experience of divers able navigators both of our own and other nations.

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Date:
MDCCIII [1703]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], 92 pages, [37] leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps ; 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

464. A docquet of fees, to be taken by the Secretary of Antigua for the time being ...

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Creator:
Mathew, William, -1752
Date:
1703-1735
Physical Description:
4 sheets ; 60 x 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

465. Misery is vertues whetstone, Reliquiæ Gethinianæ, or, Some remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin, lately deceased : being a collection of choice discourses, pleasant apothegmes, and witty sentences : written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. : published by her nearest rellations to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads ...

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Creator:
Gethin, Grace, Lady, 1676–1697
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
[6], 3-7, [5], 90, [8], 28 [i.e. 24] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

466. The art of painting after the Italian manner. With practical observations on the principal colours. And directions how to know a picture. Also a description of the celebrated pieces of paintings, of the most eminent masters, ancient and modern; with reflections upon the several foreign-schools of painting. By John Elsum ...

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Creator:
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
4 p.., 142, [10] p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

467. The history of the bucaniers of America : from the first original down to this time : written in several languages : and now collected into one volume ... : the whole newly translated into English, and illustrated with 25 copper-plates.

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Creator:
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 1 : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

468. The tent of Darius explained, or, The queen of Persia at the feet of Alexander / translated from the French of Mr. Felibien by Colonel Parsons ; with a print of the tent engraved by Mr. Gribelin.

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Creator:
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
[14], 51 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

469. A description of the celebrated pieces of paintings; of the most eminent masters ancient and modern, with reflections upon the several foreign-schools of painting. By John Elsum esq;

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Creator:
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
133, [1] p., 1 leaf. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

470. A new and rare inventions of water-works ... : as also, a description of Capt. Savory's engine for raising of vast quantities of water by fire.

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Creator:
Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
47, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates (fold.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

471. The gentleman's dictionary : in three parts : viz. I. The art of riding the great horse: containing the terms and phrases us'd in the manage, and the diseases and accidents of horses : II. The military art; explaining the terms and phrases us'd in field or garison; the terms relating to artillery; the works and motions of attack and defence; and the post and duty of all the officers of the army: illustrated with historical instances, taken from the actions of our armies : III. The art of navigation; explaining the terms of naval affairs; as building, rigging, working, and fighting of ships; the post and duty of sea-officers, &c. : with historical examples taken from the actions of our fleet : each part done alphabetically, from the sixteenth edition of the original French, published by the Sieur Guillet, and dedicated to the Dauphin ; with large additions, alterations and improvements, adapted to the customs and actions of the English; and above forty curious cuts, that were not in the original.

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Creator:
Guillet de Saint-Georges, Georges, 1625–1705
Date:
1705
Physical Description:
[384] pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

472. The history and present state of Virginia : in four parts : I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time -- II. The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement -- III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. -- IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land / by a native and inhabitant of the place.

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Creator:
Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673–1722
Date:
MDCCV [1705]
Physical Description:
[12], 104, 40, 64, 83, [1], 16, [4] pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

473. The young sportman's instructor in angling, fowling, hawking ... / by G.M.

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Creator:
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:
[1705?]
Physical Description:
1 p.l., 140 p. : front. ; 7 x 5 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

474. The art of painting in oyl. Wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working of oyl colours. The whole treatise being so full ... that all persons ... may be able by these directions, to paint in oyl-colours all manner of timberwork ... In which is also laid down, all the several circumstances required in painting of sun-dials, printed pictures, shash-windows, etc. in oily-colours.

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Creator:
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680
Date:
1705
Physical Description:
4 p., 108 p. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

475. Nekrokēdeia, or, The art of embalming : wherein is shown the right of burial, the funeral ceremonies, and the several ways of preserving dead bodies in most nations of the world. With an account of the particular opinions, experiments and inventions of modern physicians, surgeons, chymists and anatomists. Also some new matter propos'd concerning a better method of embalming than hath hitherto been discover'd. And a pharmacopœia Galeno-Chymica, Anatomia sicca sive incruenta, &. In three parts. The whole work adorn'd with variety of sculptures / by Thomas Greenhill, Surgeon.

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Creator:
Greenhill, Thomas, 1681–1740?
Date:
[1705]
Physical Description:
[10], viii, v, [9], 367, [13] p., [13] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

476. The young sportman's instructor : in angling, fowling, hawking, hunting, ordering singing birds, hawks, poultry, coneys, hares and dogs, and how to cure them / by G.M.

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Creator:
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:
[1705?]
Physical Description:
[4], 140 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration ; 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

477. The art of painting, and the lives of painters: containing, a compleat treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints ... Done from the French of Monsieur de Piles. To which is added, An essay towards an English-school, with the lives and characters of above 100 painters.

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Creator:
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Date:
1706
Physical Description:
480 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

478. The retir'd gard'ner / François Gentil ; (translated by George London & Henry Wise).

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Creator:
Gentil, François
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
2 v. (786 p., [1] folded leaf of plates) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

479. The Compleat horseman, or, Perfect farrier.

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Creator:
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617–1680
Date:
1706
Physical Description:
16, 376, 16 p.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

480. A new voyage to the North : containing, a full account of Norway, the Laplands, both Danish, Swedish and Muscovite, of Borandia, Siberia, Samojedia, Zembla and Iseland : with the description of the religion and customs of these several nations : to which is added a particular relation of the court of the czar, of the religion and customs of the Muscovites : and a short history of Muscovy : as it was taken by a French gentleman who resided there many years / written by Monsieur * * *, employed by the company of merchants, trading to the North from Copenhagen ; now done into English.

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Creator:
La Martinière, Pierre Martin de, 1634–1690
Date:
1706
Physical Description:
[14], 258 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

481. 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 : and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.

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Creator:
Church of England
Date:
MDCCVI [1706]
Physical Description:
[372], 18, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

482. A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.
Creator:
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
Date:
1707-1725
Physical Description:
2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

483. An act for the better preservation of the game.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament
Date:
1707
Physical Description:
[2], 151-154 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

484. Rules and examples of perspective, proper for painters and architects, etc. : in English and Latin ... / by ... Andrea Pozzo ; engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates on ye best paper, by John Sturt ; done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich.

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Creator:
Pozzo, Andrea, 1642–1709
Date:
[1707]
Physical Description:
[124] p., [105] leaves of plates: ill., diagrs. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

485. Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus, or, The severall habits of English women : from the nobilitie. to the contry woman, as they are in these times, 1640.

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Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Date:
[not before 1707]
Physical Description:
[1], 26 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

486. To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled / the humble petition of Joshua Price, glass painter.

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Creator:
Price, Joshua
Date:
[1707?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

487. Britannia illustrata / Knyff & Kip ; edited by John Harris and Gervase Jackson-Stops.

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Creator:
Kip, Johannes, 1653–1722
Date:
c1984
Physical Description:
200 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

488. Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense : an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London : containing an account of the bishops of that sea, from the first foundation thereof : also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the conquest : and lastly, of the several parish-churches ... within the limits of that diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents : and also the endowments of several vicarages, and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same : continu'd to the year of Our Lord, MDCC : in an alphabetical order / by Ric. Newcourt ...

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Creator:
Newcourt, Richard, d. 1716
Date:
1708-1710
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

489. A treatise of the five orders of columns in architecture, viz., Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite ... To which is annex'd, a discourse concerning pilasters: and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture. Engraven on six folio plates of the several orders, adorn'd with twenty-four borders, as many initial letters, and a like number of tail-pieces, by John Sturt. Written in French by Claude Perrault ... Made English by John James.

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Creator:
Perrault, Claude, 1613–1688
Date:
1708
Physical Description:
7 p. l., xxi, [1], 131 p. illus., VI (i. e. 7) pl. 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

490. Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836.

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Creator:
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Date:
1708-1875,
Physical Description:
2.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

491. A new view of London, or, An ample account of that city, in ... eight sections : being a more particular description thereof than has hitherto been known to be published of any city in the world ...

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Creator:
Hatton, Edward, b. 1664?
Date:
1708
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map, plan ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

492. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems / by Caesar Ripa, wherein are express'd, various images of virtues, vices, passions, arts, humours, elements and celestial bodies, as design'd by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and modern Italians ; useful for orators, poets, painters, sculptors, and all lovers of ingenuity ; illustrated with three hundred twenty-six humane figures, with their explanations ; newly design'd, and engraven on copper, by I. Fuller, painter, and other masters ; by the care and at the charge of P. Tempest.

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems / by Caesar Ripa, wherein are express'd, various images of virtues, vices, passions, arts, humours, elements and celestial bodies, as design'd by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and modern Italians ; useful for orators, poets, painters, sculptors, and all lovers of ingenuity ; illustrated with three hundred twenty-six humane figures, with their explanations ; newly design'd, and engraven on copper, by I. Fuller, painter, and other masters ; by the care and at the charge of P. Tempest.
Creator:
Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645
Date:
MDCCIX [1709]
Physical Description:
[4], 81 leaves, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (326 emblems on 81 plates) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

493. The history of the London clubs, or, The citizens' pastime .../ by the author of the London spy.

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Creator:
Ward, Edward, 1667–1731
Date:
1896]
Physical Description:
31 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

494. Instructions to Vander Bank : a sequel to the Advice to the poets : a poem, occasion'd by the glorious success of Her Majesty's arms, under command of the Duke of Marlborough, the last year in Flanders.

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Creator:
Blackmore, Richard, Sir, 1654–1729
Date:
1709
Physical Description:
12 p. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

495. The gentleman's recreations : in three parts : the first part contains a short and easie introduction to all the liberal arts and sciences, &c. : the second treats of horsemanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, agriculture, &c. : done from the most authentick authors, especially several lately printed at Paris, as may be seen in the preface; with great enlargements, made by those well experienced in the respective recreations. : the third is a complete body of all our forest, chace, and game-laws, as they are at this time. : the whole illustrated with near an hundred copper-cuts relating to the several subjects, particularly all sorts of nets, engines, traps, &c. are added for the taking of wild beasts, fowl, fish, &c. not hitherto publish'd by any.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1709-1710
Physical Description:
3 v. in 1 : ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

496. The life of Ælfred the Great / by Sir John Spelman Kt. ; from the original manuscript in the Bodleian Library ; with considerable additions, and several historial remarks by the publisher Thomas Hearne, M.A..

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Creator:
Spelman, John, Sir, 1594–1643
Date:
MDCCIX [1709]
Physical Description:
[6], 238, [10] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

497. The royal pastime of cock-fighting, or, The Art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the game : published purely for the good, and benefit of all such as take delight in that royal, and warlike sport: to which is prefixed, a short treatise, wherein cocking is proved not only ancient and honourable, but also useful, and profitable / by R. H., a lover of the sport, and a friend to such as delight in military discipline.

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Creator:
Howlett, Robert
Date:
1709
Physical Description:
[30], 92 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

498. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of crystal ...

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Date:
[171-?]
Physical Description:
144 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

499. Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations : containing the elements of designing and painting : illustrated with above fifty figures in copper / written originally in French by Bernard Lamy, Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of Her Majesties Ordnance.

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Creator:
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Date:
MDCCX [1710]
Physical Description:
[16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

500. The peerage of England : or, An historical and genealogical account of the present nobility : containing the descent, original creations, and most remarkable actions of them and their respective ancestors : also, the chief titles of honour, and preferment they now enjoy ... To which is prefix'd An introduction to the present royal family of Great Britain ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1710
Physical Description:
[10], 408, 158 p., [2] leaves of plates : portraits, coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts