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Date 1821

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1. An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.

An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.
Creator:
Parmenter, S., active 1821
Date:
[1821?]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting.

Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting.
Creator:
Hancock, John, 1804-1839
Date:
circa 1821-1836
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 27 small sheets of drawings
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A picturesque tour of the English lakes : containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire with accounts of antient and modern manners and customs, and elucidations of the history and antiquities of that part of the country, &c., &c. : illustrated with forty-eight coloured views / drawn by Messrs. T.H. Fielding and J. Walton during a two years' residence among the lakes.

A picturesque tour of the English lakes : containing a description of the most romantic scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire with accounts of antient and modern manners and customs, and elucidations of the history and antiquities of that part of the country, &c., &c. : illustrated with forty-eight coloured views / drawn by Messrs. T.H. Fielding and J. Walton during a two years' residence among the lakes.
Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781-1851
Date:
MDCCCXXI [1821]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 288 p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver.

Album of the work of William Walter Burch, engraver on gold and silver.
Creator:
Burch, William Walter, approximately 1796-1873
Date:
1821-1871
Physical Description:
1 volume (226 pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; with descriptions in English and French.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[4], 2, 2, [100] p., [51] leaves of plates col. ill.; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Designs for vases and foliage, composed from the antique / by Robert Adam ... ; engraved by Pastorini.

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Creator:
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[13] leaves : all ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Chronology of the sovereigns of England.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2, 17 discs : engravings ; prints 42 mm in diameter, in bronze caze 48 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The figures of a supplement to the British birds.

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Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. 38 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The seats of the nobility and gentry in England and Scotland : being a collection of the most interesting and picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists, with descriptions of each view.

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Creator:
Watts, William, 1752-1851
Date:
[between 1821 and 1830]
Physical Description:
[170] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The Coronation. A correct description of the forms and ceremonies to be observed at the ensuing coronation; together with a concise account of the procession, and other interesting proceedings that took place in the former magnificent festival; from which, and upon the same scale, the present preparations are formed ...

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Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
24 p. 3 fold. col. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Sketches of rural life]

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Creator:
Dighton, Denis, 1792-1827
Physical Description:
15 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of pictures by British artists, in the possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart.: with etchings from the whole collection. Including the pictures in his gallery at Tabley House, Cheshire; executed by permission of the proprietor; and accompanied with historical and biographical notices. / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

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Creator:
De Tabley, John Fleming Leicester, Baron, 1762-1827
Date:
April 2, 1821
Physical Description:
[8], 31, [3] pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

13. Letter on the importance of steam navigation to the British navy : addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount : to which is added, A description of an American steam-frigate / by an officer of the Royal Navy.

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Creator:
Officer of the Royal Navy
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
27, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. Specimens of riding near London / drawn from life by Henry Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[3] pt. : all ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Takings, or, The life of a collegian : a poem / illustrated by twenty-six etchings from designs by R. Dagley, author of "Select gems from the antique," "A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting," &c. &c.

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Creator:
Gaspey, Thomas, 1788-1871
Date:
MDCCCXXI [1821]
Physical Description:
xxxix, [9], 184 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. L'Angleterre, ou, Costumes, moeurs et usages des Anglais / par J.B.B. Eyriès.

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Creator:
Eyriès, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoît), 1767-1846
Date:
[not before 1821]
Physical Description:
71 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The British imperial calendar for the year of Our Lord 1821 : being the first after bissextile or leap year, and the 2nd year of the reign of His present Majesty (till the 29th January,) : containing a general register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its colonies : also lists of both Houses of Parliament, the Peerage, the Privy Council, all the official departments of the state, and branches of public service ; the army and navy ; the church ; the law ; national, scientific, or commercial companies and institutions ; with many additional articles of public utility / by John Debrett ...

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Creator:
Debrett, John, -1822
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
xiv, 390 [i.e. 398], viii, 112 pages ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; with descriptions in English and French.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], 2, 2, [100] p., [51] leaves of plates. col. ill.; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A treatise on landscape painting : in oil, in a series of easy examples rendered familiar to every capacity by an explanation of the method of mixing the colours to the various tints used for landscapes / by J. Bulkley.

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Creator:
Bulkley, J
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xviii, 57 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. British family antiquity : illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit of the nobility of the United Kingdom : accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts : in four volumes / by William Playfair.

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Creator:
Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Walker's geographical pastime. Exhibiting a complete voyage round the world. In two hemispheres with tetotum, pillars & counters, for playing this highly interesting game.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
1 game ; 52 x 96 cm. fold. to 17 x 12 cm. & 2 booklets.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England during the reign of King Charles the Second (1669). Translated from the Italian manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence. To which is prefixed, a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a portrait of His Highness, and thirty-nine views of the metropolis, cities, towns, and noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, as delineated at that period by artists in the suite of Cosmo.

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Creator:
Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 p.l., 506 p., 2 leaves. front. (port.) 39 plates (1 fold.) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The old English 'squire : "a jovial gay fox hunter, bold, frank and free" : a poem in ten cantos / by John Careless, Esq. ; illustrated with plates by one of the family.

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Creator:
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
viii, 136 pages, [24] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Impressions of a series of animals, birds, &c. illustratives of British field sports : from a set of silver buttons / drawn by A. Cooper ... and engraved by Mr. John Scott.

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Creator:
Cooper, Abraham, 1787-1868
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Description of the vase presented to Captain Parry : in pursuance of the resolutions of a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bath, held on the 28th day of February, 1821.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 sheets : ill. ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Inventory of a flower garden kept by the Birley family of Lancashire.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
1 v. (ca. 80 p., with many blanks) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Regal heraldry : the armorial insignia of the kings and queens of England, from coeval authorities / by Thomas Willement, heraldic artist to His Majesty King George the Fourth.

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Creator:
Willement, Thomas, 1786-1871
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, [2], 116 pages, XXXVI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts