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1. Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...

Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...
Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
xii, 159, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c. : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin ...

Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c. : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin ...
Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

6. A walk through Wales, in August 1797 / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath.

A walk through Wales, in August 1797 / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath.
Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763-1857
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
viii, 236 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.

A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.
Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
4 p., 12 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham.

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham = Vues des ruines des principaux batiments qui ont souffert dans les emeutes de Birmingham.
Creator:
Witton, Philip Henry
Date:
1791 [i.e. 1792]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires : costumes des législateurs, et des autres fonctionnaires publics.

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires : costumes des législateurs, et des autres fonctionnaires publics.
Creator:
Garneray, Jean-François, 1755-1837
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Oriental scenery.

Oriental scenery.
Creator:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840
Date:
1795-1807 [that is, 1808]
Physical Description:
(plate volumes): 6 volumes : illustrations, plans ; 80 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Choix de vues de l'Inde : dessinées sur les lieux, pendant les années 1780, 1781, 1782, et 1783 / et exécutées en aqua tinta, par W. Hodges ... = Select views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, and executed in aqua tinta by William Hodges, R.A.

Choix de vues de l'Inde : dessinées sur les lieux, pendant les années 1780, 1781, 1782, et 1783 / et exécutées en aqua tinta, par W. Hodges ... = Select views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, and executed in aqua tinta by William Hodges, R.A.
Creator:
Hodges, William, 1744-1797
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
[44] leaves, [49] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution / The whole drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Thomas Gooch, Esq.; with an essay tending to excite a benevolent conduct towards the brute creation, by the late Dr. Hawksworth. To which is now added the song of the race horse, &c.

The life and death of a race-horse : Exemplified in his various stages of existence, till his dissolution. I. When a foal with his dam. II. When a colt breaking. III. After running a race and winning a considerable sweepstakes. IV. As a hunter going out to the chace. V. As a post-chaise horse on the road. VI. His dissolution / The whole drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Thomas Gooch, Esq.; with an essay tending to excite a benevolent conduct towards the brute creation, by the late Dr. Hawksworth. To which is now added the song of the race horse, &c.
Creator:
Gooch, Thomas, 1750-1802
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
4 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...
Creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Monastic remains and ancient castles in England and Wales / drawn on the spot by James Moore ... ; finished and etched by J. Schnebbelie ... ; aquatinted by G.J.[!] Parkyns ...

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Creator:
Moore, James, 1762-1799
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
1 pt. ([6], 12 p., [6] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. New designs in architecture : consisting of plans, elevations, and sections for various buildings, comprised in XLIV folio plates / designed and engraved by George Richardson = Nouveaux desseins d'architecture, ou, Plans, elévations, et coupes de divers bâtimens : compris en XLIV planches in folio / dessinées et gravées par George Richardson architecte.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
[2], 40 pages, [2], XLIV leaves of plates : illustrations ; 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760 : with observations upon the state of the colonies / by the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D., Archdeacon of Leicester and Vicat of Greenwich.

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Creator:
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732-1812
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 209, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Lewina the maid of Snowdon. A tale. By George Cumberland. With etchings by the author.

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Creator:
Cumberland, George, 1754-1848
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 32 p., 1 leaf. plate. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Views taken on and near the river Rhine, at Aix La chapelle, and on the river Maese / engraved in aqua tinta by Rev. J. Gardnor and Richard Gardnor, jr.

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Creator:
Gardnor, John, 1729-1808
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
156 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Characaturas / by Leonardo da Vinci ; from drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland museum .

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Creator:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : chiefly ill. (ports.) ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Designs in perspective for villas in the ancient castle and Grecian styles / by Robert Morison ; part the first.

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Creator:
Morison, Robert
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[8] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Six sketches in aquatinta / by Mr. Cartwright.

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Creator:
Cartwright, Mr.
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A description of the lake of Killarney : illustrated with twelve prints of its most interesting views / drawn and engraved in aquatinta, by Jonathan Fisher ; being an appendix to his "Scenery of Ireland.".

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Creator:
Fisher, Jonathan, -1809
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[2], 14 pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. New designs of vases and tripods decorated in the antique taste / by Geo. Richardson, archt. and son ; on XXV plates.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?
Date:
Septr. 5th, 1793
Physical Description:
[25] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. [The Pychely Hunt].

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Creator:
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835
Date:
[1790-1791]
Physical Description:
8 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Orme's Pocket sketch book : containing studies from nature : to consist of landscape, figures, animals, &c. &c. : to be continued in numbers : price 2s. 6d. each in black and 5s. in colours : 12 numbers will form one pocket volume.

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Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
v. : all ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A tour to the Isle of Wight : illustrated with eighty views / drawn and engraved in aqua tinta by Charles Tomkins ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Tomkins, Charles, 1757-1823
Date:
London :
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Heads of a second set of lectures, on the polite arts / by Francis Fitzgerald.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756-1823
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
228 p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A poem on the landscapes of Great-Britain, dedicated to James Irvine, esq. at Rome, by George Cumberland. Written in the year 1780 ...With etchings by the author.

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Creator:
Cumberland, George, 1754-1848
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
2 p.., 36 p. plate. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Prospectus and specimen of an history of marine architecture : drawn from the best authorities, and chronologically deduced from the earliest period to the present time ; illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates : exhibiting at least a thousand figures : accurately engraved by the most eminent artists : in three volumes Royal Quarto / by John Charnock, Esq.

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Creator:
Charnock, John, 1756-1807
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[2], 20, 2 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1782
Physical Description:
99 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Delices de la Grande Bretagne / engraved and published by William Birch, enamel painter, Hampstead-Heath.

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Creator:
Birch, William, 1760-1794?
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
[8] pages, x, [36] leaves, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A vindication of Homer and of the ancient poets and historians, who have recorded the siege and fall of Troy : in answer to two late publications of Mr. Bryant : with a map and plates / by J.B.S. Morritt.

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Creator:
Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
[2], 124 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The artist's repository and drawing magazine : exhibiting the principles of the polite arts in their various branches.

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Date:
[1788?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Two letters on the origin, antiquity, and history of Norman Tiles, stained with armorial bearings.

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Creator:
Henniker-Major, John, Baron, 1752-1821
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
114 p., [3] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende, by the way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, &c. : with topographical and historical descriptions : to which are added, some philosophical observations on the various appearances in mineralogy, &c. found in those countries / by Albanis Beaumont ; author of the Rhaetian Alps, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755-1812
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
[6], 127 pages, [3] pages, [24] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Leonora / translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher, by W. R. Spencer, Esq ; with designs by Lady Diana Beauclerc.

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Creator:
Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747-1794
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[8], 35, [1] p. [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Six views of Margate and its environs.

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Creator:
Pickett, William, 1792-1820
Date:
1797]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / by Samuel Ireland ; author of the Histories and picturesque scenery of the Rivers Thames, Medway, and Avon, and graphic illustrations of Hogarth.

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France : made in the autumn of 1789 / illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings on the spot, by Samuel Ireland ...

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Memoirs of the ancient earls of Warren and Surrey : and their descendants to the present time / by the Rev. John Watson, M.A. F.A.S. late fellow of the Brasen-Nose College in Oxford, and rector of Stockport in Cheshire.

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Creator:
Watson, John, 1725-1783
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782, that is 1785]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. [Flower groups].

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Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Collections for the history of Hampshire, and the bishopric Winchester : including the isles of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sarke / by D.Y. ; with the original Domesday of the county, and an accurate English translation, preface, and introduction, containing an account of this curious record ; to which is added, a glossary explanatory of the obsolete words ; by Richard Warner.

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Date:
1795
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill., ports., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The fables of John Dryden : ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.

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Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[4], xviii, 241, [1] p. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A picturesque guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the river Avon, and the adjacent country / illustrated with a set of views, taken in the summer of 1792 by Mess. Ibbetson, Laporte, and J. Hassell, and engraved in aquatinta.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759-1817
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[4], 266, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ills. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Constantinople ancient and modern : with excursions to the shores and islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad / by James Dallaway, M.B. F.S.A. late chaplain and physician of the British Embassy to the Porte.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[2], xi, [1], 415, [9] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes / par M. Fossé, officier Régiment d'Infanterie du Roi ; dédié a M. Le Duc du Chatelet.

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Creator:
Fossé, Charles-Louis-François, 1734-1812
Date:
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
[12], 116, 60, [2] p., 11 leaves of plates (10 folded) : col. ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Picturesque views on the upper, or Warwickshire Avon : from its sources at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland.

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
xviii, 284, [1] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A series of adventures in the course of a voyage up the Red-Sea, on the coasts of Arabia and Egypt : and of a route through the desarts [sic] of Thebais, hitherto unknown to the European traveller, in the year M.DCC.LXXVII : in letters to a lady / by Eyles Irwin ... ; illustrated with maps and cuts ...

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Creator:
Irwin, Eyles, 1751?-1817
Date:
1780
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 400 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The history of Monmouthshire / By David Williams ; illustrated and ornamented by views of its principal landscapes, ruins, and residences, by John Gardnor, Vicar of Battersea ; engraved by Mr. Gardnor and Mr. Hill.

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Creator:
Williams, David, 1738-1816
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
[14], xi, [1], 360, 199, [7] p., XXXVI, [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill., map, genealogical tables ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

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Creator:
Robertson, David, active 1794
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[12], 235, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A tour through parts of Wales : sonnets, odes, and other poems, with engravings from drawings taken on the spot, by J. Smith / by W. Sotheby, Esq.

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Creator:
Sotheby, William, 1757-1833
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[8], 120 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Eight views of Reading Abbey / drawn and engraved by C. Tomkins.

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Creator:
Tomkins, Charles, 1757-1823
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
[4], 17, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Picturesque views on the River Thames : from its source in Gloucestershire to the Nore : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland.

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. (xvi, 209, viii, 258 p., [29, 27] leaves of plates) : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio / translated from the original Latin, by W. Newton, architect.

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Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Elements of the veterinary art : containing an essay on the proportions of the celebrated eclipse : six lectures on farriery, or the art of horse-shoeing, and on the diseases of the foot : an essay on the grease, which obtained the prize given by the Royal Society of Medicine : an essay on the glanders : and observations on the gripes : the whole illustrated with nine anatomical, geometrical, and mechanical engravings / by Charles Vial de Sainbel, late equerry to the King and Professor to the Veterinary College ; to which is prefixed, a short account of his life.

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Creator:
Vial de Sainbel, Charles, 1753-1793
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
29, [1], 83, [1], 2, [3], vi-xii, [5], ii-iii, [2], 6-202, [2]; 127, [1] pages, [2], III, 2, III-IV leaves of plates (4 folded) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Scenery of Ireland : illustrated in a series of prints of select views, castles and abbies / drawn and engraved in aquatinta by Jonathan Fisher ; volume the first containing sixty prints with a letter press description to each.

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Creator:
Fisher, Jonathan, -1809
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
[1], page iv, [112], 6 pages, LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700-1770
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Travels in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons : in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. / from William Coxe, M.A. F.R.S. F.A.S. Rector of Bemerton; and domestic chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.

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Creator:
Coxe, William, 1747-1828
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The seasons / by James Thomson ; adorned with a set of engravings, from original paintings ; together with an original life of the author, and a critical essay on the seasons. By Robert Heron.

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Creator:
Thomson, James, 1700-1748
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
6, lii, 250, 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views, (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) : illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, in three books ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain : particularly the High-lands of Scotland ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. A new collection of chimney pieces ornamented, in the style of the Etruscan, Greek, and Roman architecture : containing thirty six designs, suitable to the most elegant range of apartments : with descriptions of the plates in English and French / composed, etched and engraved in aquatinta by George Richardson = Nouveau recueil de cheminées ornées dans le stile de l'architecture etrusque, grecque, & romaine : contenant trente six desseins : sortables aux appartements les plus elegants : avec les descriptions des planches en anglois & en françois / composés & gravés en aquatinta par George Richardson, architecte.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?
Date:
MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 pages, XXXVI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The history and antiquities of the city and suburbs of Worcester ... / by Valentine Green.

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Creator:
Green, Valentine, 1739-1813
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. A collection of Welsh tours, or, A display of the beauties of Wales selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours : with occasional remarks : to which is added a tour of the River Wye.

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Creator:
Torbuck, John, -1707
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xix, 456 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France : with topographical and historical descriptions / by the author of The Rhaetian Alps &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755-1812
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[2], 56 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. [13 plates illustrating rustic figures]

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Date:
1798]
Physical Description:
13 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol : with historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it : illustrated by perspective views of the most select and picturesque scenery : to which is added a correct map of the country three miles on each side of the road, planned from a scale of one inch to a mile / by Archibald Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, Archibald, ca. 1745-1813
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815
Date:
[1794]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. An accurate and impartial narrative of the war / by an officer of the guards ... ; comprising the campaigns of 1793, 1794, and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia, in 1795 ; introducing also the original poetical epistles from head-quarters; with copious notes throughout.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. [Rural views].

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Creator:
Bluck, John (Printmaker)
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A picturesque guide through Wales and the Marches : interspersed with the most interesting subjects of antiquity in the principality / by James Baker.

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Creator:
Baker, James, topographer
Date:
1794-1795
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A tour through the Isle of Man : to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history / by David Robertson, Esq.

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Creator:
Robertson, David, active 1794
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[12], 233, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[6], 20, [4], 21, [1] p., XL leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Rural architecture, or, Designs from the simple cottage to the decorated villa / including some of which have been executed by the author, John Plaw.

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Creator:
Plaw, John, 1744 or 5-1820
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
8, viii, [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. The Hastings guide, or, A description of that ancient town and port, and its environs including an account of the churches, antiquities, ruins, fortifications, castles, gentlemen's seats, walk and rides, trade, fairs, markets, fisheries, &c. : also, the times of going out and coming in of the coaches, posts, waggons, hoys, &c. with a table of the distances from Hastings to the places adjacent : to which is added some account of the Cinque Ports, and a minute detail of the famous battle of Hastings / by an inhabitant.

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Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[4], 130, [4] p., [4] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : executed from drawings made upon the spot in the year 1791 ...

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Creator:
Merigot, James
Date:
1797[-1799]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Conversations and amusing tales : offered to the publick for the youth of Great Britain ...

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Creator:
English, Harriet
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
[2], [v]-xi, [2], 385, [7] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Introduction to drawing ships.

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Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
8 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Observations on the western parts of England : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, A few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
xvi, 359, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West coast of America : to which are prefixed, an introductory narrative of a voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka : observations on the probable existence of a North West Passage : and some account of the trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain / by John Meares, Esq.

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Creator:
Meares, John, 1756?-1809
Date:
MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
viii, [12], xcv, [1], 372, [108] pages, ([28] leaves of plates, [4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. A second walk through Wales / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath, in August and September 1798.

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Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763-1857
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
viii, 365 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. General view of the agriculture in Berkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement. By William Pearce. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement.

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Creator:
Pearce, William
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
74 p. 3 plates 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Etchings of views and antiquities in the county of Gloucestershire : hitherto imperfectly or never engraved.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
[26] p., [106] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Picturesque and architectural views for cottages, farm houses, and country villas / engraved and designed by Charles Middleton.

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Creator:
Middleton, Charles, 1756-approximately 1818
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[2], 16 pages, XX, [1] leaves of plates (some double) : illustrations, plans ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Picturesque views on the river Medway : from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood / by Samuel Ireland, author of "A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France", and of "Picturesque views on the river Thames.".

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Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
[5], p. viii, [1], viii-xii, 206, [2] p., [29] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1772, on several parts of England : particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Twelve stories from the life of Christ / engraved by Thomas Piroli ; from the designs of William Young Ottley.

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Creator:
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836
Date:
Febr. 1796
Physical Description:
[1], 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The principles of drawing ornaments made easy : by proper examples of leaves for mouldings, capitals, scrolls, husks, foliage, etc. : engraved in imitation of drawings on sixteen plates : with instructions for learning without a master : particularly useful to carvers, cabinet-makers, stucco-workers, painters, smiths, and every one concerned in ornamental decorations / by an artist.

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Creator:
Artist, pseud., fl. 1780
Date:
1780
Physical Description:
[4] p., [16] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Six views near Margate : viz. Daundelyon, the parade, the cliffs, Reculver, Westbrook, Newgate.

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Creator:
Sanders, John, 1750-1825
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
6 leaves : illustrations ; 43 x 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Select views of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire / from drawings made by P. Holland, engraved by C. Rosenberg.

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Creator:
Holland, Peter, 1757-1812
Date:
[1792?]
Physical Description:
[22] leaves, [21] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Three essays : On picturesque beauty, On picturesque travel, and On sketching landscape : to which is added a poem, On landscape painting / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
[4], iii, [1], viii, 88, v, [3], 44 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Sketches in architecture : containing plans and elevations of cottages, villas, and other useful buildings, with characteristic scenery / by John Soane ... ; to which are added, Six designs for improving and embellishing of grounds, with sections and explanations, by an amateur ; the whole engraved on fifty-four plates.

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753-1837
Date:
MDCCXCVIII [1798]
Physical Description:
[6], iv, iv, 20 pages, XLI, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. [Plates from William Coxe's Travels in Switzerland]

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Creator:
Coxe, William, 1747-1828
Date:
[1794]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves ([1] folded) : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A tour through the south of England, Wales, and part of Ireland, made during the summer of 1791.

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
xxx, [2], 403, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : engravings ; 22 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Select views of the lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland & Lancashire / from drawings made by P. Holland, engraved by C. Rosenberg.

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Creator:
Holland, Peter, 1757-1812
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
[22] leaves, [21] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Picturesque and architectural views for cottages, farm houses, and country villas / engraved and designed by Charles Middleton, architect.

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Creator:
Middleton, Charles, 1756-approximately 1818
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
[2], 16 pages, XX, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Remarks on a tour to north and south Wales, in the year 1797 : with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt, etc. ; aquatinted by I. Hill.

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Creator:
Wigstead, Henry
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
vii, [3], 69 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The gentle shepherd : a pastoral comedy / by Allan Ramsay.

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Creator:
Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758
Date:
M.DCC.LXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[2], x, [2], 111, [2], 17, 18 p., 13 leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
1799]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, [92] p., 77, [8], [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts