Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: Great Britain

Britton, John, 1771-1857

The architectural antiquities of Great Britain

1807-1826

[Sketchbook of London actors and opera singers in character]

[1903]

Menu, airmen's mess

1942

Queen Fire Insurance company of Liverpool and London

[approximately 1878?]

May Christmas bring you many joys, many gift & many toys

[1882]

Trafalgar

[early 20th century]

Spooner's transformations

1838 [-39]

Neale, J. P. (John Preston), 1780-1847

Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and gentlemen, in England ..

[1829-31]

Webb, John, 1611-1672

John Webb account book

1630s

Paper doll

approximately 1830?

Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888

Dick Turpin's last ride on his bonnie Black Bess

[approximately 1880]

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Brooks who departed this life January 2th, 1918

1918

The British tourist

[1830s?]

Model of HMS Victory

2018

To her I love

mid-19th century

Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895

Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children

1870

Cockburn, Julie

[Beetles book]

[2002]

Land tax bill for William Bourn, April 5th, 1798

1798

Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]

1805-1834 [i.e. 1834-1835?]

Cremer & Co. (Firm : London, England)

Advantages of the Cremerian Boot

1851

Royal Exchange Assurance (Firm)

[Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance

[approximately 1900?]

Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792-1844

Eidodendron

1827

Anchor Line (Firm)

Programme of events, Sunday, February 9th, 1930

1930

W. Burt scrapbook

1820s?-1867 (bulk 1820s)

Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852

The ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain

[1842]

Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002

Album of pressed plant, flower, and seaweed specimens

1856-1863

Watson, Nicholas, active 1793

[Bill of receipt by Nicholas Watson, on behalf of his mother Ann Watson, for the purchase of coffee and sugar by Mrs. De Sausmarez, 1793]

1793

Bonnell, Mandy

Lichen

[2012]

Hill, Thomas Wright, 1763-1851

T.W. Hill's boarding school & day school, Gough St

[between 1803 and 1819]

Dickinson, A. E. C., active 1892

Bill for expenses at Grove House School, Highgate

June 14, 1892

An account of the charges for catching the red deer out of the woods of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Salsbury at Hatfield, from Novre. the 9th, 1734, to February the 2nd 1734/5

1735

Bush, Tracey

Field poppy

2006

Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses

[approximately 1850]

Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a woman and a sister?"

circa 1835

In affectionate remembrance of John Stringer, the beloved husband of Sarah Ann Stringer

1888

Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in each quarter of the world

1st Novr. 1818

Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829

Scenes in England

1822

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening

1805

With love and good wishes for a happy New Year

[1880?]

In loving remembrance of William Albert Hadley, aged 18 years

1873

The new game of the multiplication table

[between 1830 and 1832]

P. J. Lara (Firm)

P. J. Lara

[approximately 1860-1880]

Dixon, S. (Carver)

[Billhead of S. Dixon, carver and gilder, looking glass and picture frame manufacturer, recording purchase made by Lady Hartland on May 25th, 1835]

1835

Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828

Woodcuts of British fishes

1878

May each returning birthday find you very much improved

[approximately 1860]

Cobweb three-dimensional watercolor

Stephens, James Francis, 1792-1853

Haustellata lepidoptera diurna

circa 1839

William Stevenson Owen, judge

between 1884 and 1909

[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]

1856

Cussons, Richard T.

Billhead of Richard T. Cussons, bookseller and stationer, Hull, for purchases by Mrs. Maister, Wood Hall

1845

Mansfield Stone Quarries

Visiting card for Mansfield Stone Quarries for a visit by Mr. W. Williams on Feb. 18th, 1870

1870

Thou art my life, my love my heart. Thou art the world. And if thy will show .... I'll do it or die for thee

mid-19th century

Le souvenir, or, Pocket remembrancer for MDCCXCIX

[1798]

Collection of eight prize awards given in dog shows

1924-1925

St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear

mid-19th century

St. Helens (Clifton, Bristol)

Bill for school expenses for Miss Mason at St. Helens School, Clifton, Bristol

1884

To the Queen's private apartments

1843]

Letters of administration of William Morgan

1781

Many happy returns of the day

[approximately 1880]

Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852

The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture

1841

R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799

Reeves & Sons (London, England)

Box of pigments and implements for painting on china

ca. 1880

Dexter, Thomas E.

Animal and vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures, illustrative of the imports and exports of Great Britain & her colonies, and explanatory of Dexter's cabinet of objects

1857

Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863

Myriorama

[1824]

Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)

Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler

[approximately 1870?]

Rook, Anne

Virtual orchard

2009

Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951

Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of Elizabeth Anne, Dowager Lady Dormer

1883

Lily, George, active 1528-1559

Britannia insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente

MDLVI [1556]

London & North Western Railway

[1897?]

Crosse & Blackwell

[1876?]

E. & S.R. Richards

Billheads recording clothing purchased by Robert W. Stevenson from E. & S.R. Richards, clothiers, London

1891

Memento mori ring

1689

Dearest name the happy time, that I in truth may call you mine

mid-19th century

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745

Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation

1742

Rotherham, Bryan, 1876-

Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine

1897

Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, December 20, 1947

1947

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched

1808