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1. A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1778 / by the President.

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Date:
M DCC LXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
[4], 38, [2] p. ; 31 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & 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:
January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
Physical Description:
[172] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Collection of drawings of arms.

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Creator:
Longmate, Barak, 1738-1793
Date:
[ca. 1779?]
Physical Description:
2 vols.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial assembled for the trial of the Honourable Admiral Augustus Keppel : on a charge exhibited against him by Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, as taken by George Jackson, Esq; Judge-Advocate of His Majesty's Fleet. Published by order of the Right Honourble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. : With an appendix containing all the letters and papers that have any relation to the trial.

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Creator:
Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
[4], 182 p. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A new description of the pictures, statues, bustos, basso relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's house at Wilton : in the antiques of this collection are contained the whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest part of the Earl of Arundal's, besides several particular pieces purchased at different times.

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Creator:
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656-1733
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
[4], 149 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An election ball : in poetical letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife, at Glocester / by the author of The new Bath guide.

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Creator:
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A poetical epistle to an eminent painter ... By William Hayley, Esq.

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Creator:
Hayley, William, 1745-1820
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
3 p.., [3]-84 p., 1 leaf. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An account of the model in relievo, : of the great and magnificent city and suburbs of Paris, / By Monsieur Le Quoy, ...

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Creator:
Le Quoy, R
Date:
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
vii, [8]-28 p.; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A description of the freedom box, voted by the City of London to the Hon. Augustus Keppel, admiral of the Blue : to which is prefixed a succinct account of his public services.

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Creator:
Charron, Wm. (William)
Date:
[1779]
Physical Description:
vi, 22 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Owen's new book of roads, or, A description of the roads of Great Britain : being a companion to Owen's complete book of fairs ...

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Creator:
Owen, W. (William), -1793
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
[36], 228 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury: from its first foundation to the present time. Containing, a recital of occurrences and remarkable events, for above twelve hundred years. With an appendix, containing several particulars relative to castles, monasteries, &c. in Shropshire. By T. Phillips ...

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Creator:
Phillips, Thomas, d. 1815
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
244 p., 1 leaf. front., 13 plates. 1 fold. table. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Observations on Reading Abbey, by Sir Henry Englefield ... Read May 13, 1779.

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Creator:
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822
Date:
1779?]
Physical Description:
6 p. fold. plate. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Prefaces biographical and critical to the Works of the English poets / by Samuel Johnson ...

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Date:
1779-1781
Physical Description:
10 v. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Six landscapes from original paintings.

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Date:
1779
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm. in folder 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that kingdom ... : collected from records, old wills, authentic manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities, which are cited / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
8 volumes : coats of arms ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. [Cost of artificial slate in roofing compared with that of plain tiles and that of slate].

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Creator:
Searles, Michael, fl. 1779-1781
Date:
1779?]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Bowles's polite recreation in drawing : containing picturesque portraits of fashionable faces that frequent the genteel watering places : including fifty-two well known heads and the animals they resemble.

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Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
Date:
[1779]
Physical Description:
[1], [26] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776 : in which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot / by Henry Swinburne, Esq.

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Creator:
Swinburne, Henry, 1743-1803
Date:
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
vii, [15], ix-xv, [1], 427 p., [20] leaves of plates ([6] folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... / originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson ... and brought down to the present time by gentlemen of eminence in the literary world.

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Creator:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
4 v. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Fables / by the late Mr. Gay ...

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Creator:
Gay, John, 1685-1732
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-252 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Desiderata curiosa, or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history : consisting of choice tracts, memoirs, letters, wills, epitaphs, &c., transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest from divers antient ms. copies, or the ms. collections of sundry famous antiquaries and other eminent persons, both of the last and present age : the whole, as near as possible, digested into an order of time, and illustrated with ample notes, contents, additional discourses, and a complete index / by Francis Peck ...

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Creator:
Peck, Francis, 1692-1743
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Samson Agonistes.

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Creator:
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
Date:
[between 1779 and 1797]
Physical Description:
1 drawing : graphite on wove paper ; 28 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles R. Caldwell

23. The works of the English poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical / by Samuel Johnson.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Date:
1779-1781
Physical Description:
68 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The lives of the English poets : and a criticism on their works / by Samuel Johnson.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Date:
MDCCLXXIX-MDCCLXXXI [1779-81]
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara R. and Richard C. Glowacki, Yale BA 1954

25. Perspective views of the market towns within the county of Worcester / drawn & engraved by Thos. Sanders, engraver & drawing master.

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Creator:
Sanders, Thomas, engraver
Date:
[1779-1781]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves, [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts