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1. To George Dance Esquire R.A., architect to the city of London, &c., these six views of the metropolis of the British Empire are respectfully dedicated / by William Daniell.

To George Dance Esquire R.A., architect to the city of London, &c., these six views of the metropolis of the British Empire are respectfully dedicated / by William Daniell.
Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
January 1st, 1805
Physical Description:
7 prints in 1 portfolio : soft ground etching and aquatint ; platemarks 48 x 72 cm, on sheets 53 x 78 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks.

Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks.
Date:
1805-1822
Physical Description:
1 volume (65 leaves, rectos only) ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...

Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 27 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals, as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants : the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings ... / the whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic] ...

Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals, as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants : the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings ... / the whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic] ...
Creator:
Williamson, Thomas
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [2], 150 p., 41 leaves of plates : ill. ; 47 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., port., map, 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York.

The history and antiquities of the deanery of Craven, in the county of York.
Creator:
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1759–1821
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xii, 437, [i.e. 439], 16 p., [56] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, ports. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot : to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the Army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars / by R.H. Colebrook, Lieutenant in the service of the Honourable East-India Company, who attended the Army in the capacity of surveyor.

Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot : to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the Army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars / by R.H. Colebrook, Lieutenant in the service of the Honourable East-India Company, who attended the Army in the capacity of surveyor.
Creator:
Colebrook, Robert H.
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Views of Reading Abbey : with those of the churches originally connected with it, in the county of Berks : together with some monuments of antiquity, remaining in those churches : containing thirty-three engravings, with descriptive letter-press.

Views of Reading Abbey : with those of the churches originally connected with it, in the county of Berks : together with some monuments of antiquity, remaining in those churches : containing thirty-three engravings, with descriptive letter-press.
Creator:
Tomkins, Charles, 1757–1823
Date:
1805-1810
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Farr, fringe lace & worsted manufacturer : 254, High Holborn : worsted & lamb's wool in shades for needle work : combd wool in any colour.

Farr, fringe lace & worsted manufacturer : 254, High Holborn : worsted & lamb's wool in shades for needle work : combd wool in any colour.
Creator:
Walkinshaw, A.
Date:
[1805?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 10 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.

Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.
Creator:
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
viii, 571 p., [23] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., plan : 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Signal manual from the French ship Neptune.

Signal manual from the French ship Neptune.
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 v. (44 pages) : ill. ; 18 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.

The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.
Creator:
Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[10] pages, [48] leaves, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The art of drawing in perspective, from mathematical principles ... The whole illustrated by upwards of fifty engravings. By George Douglass.

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Creator:
Douglass, George
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xiv p., 1 leaf, 87 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of the superlative collection of cabinet pictures and miniatures, beautiful Roman missals, most superbly illuminated, a few bronzes, carvings in ivory, specimens of stained glass from the earliest periods of the art, drawings, books of prints and port folios, a beautiful impression Macklin's Bible and a small library of books : the property of, and selected with equal taste and judgment by, the late John Edward Breen, Esq., deceased, of Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street : which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Co. on Tuesday the 28th of May, 1805, and four following days, at twelve o'clock, at the Great Room, No. 25, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, near Bond Street, by order of the executors and trustees : among the pictures are a cabinet jewel of a Virgin and Child by Raphael : a Head of the Virgin by Carlo Dolci, from Lord Godophin's collection : the Virgin Child, St John and Angel by L. D'Vinci ... the Adoration of the Magi by N. Poussin : a portrait by Denner ... : the Marriage of St. Catharine by Titian : the Birth of Adonis by Albano ... : cabinet landscape by Claude : a ditto by Wynants, and many others, in the most perfect preservation, by the following esteemed Masters : Correggio, P. Cortona, Solimena, Sal Rosa, Carracci, Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Van Huysum, Phillippo Laura, Teniers, Claude, Paul Brill, Poelemburgh, Ostade, Wouvermans, Vanderwerff, T. Mieris, G. Douw, Pynaker, Breughel, &c. : in the collection of miniatures are the works of Petitot, Zinck, Cooper, Oliver, Hoskins, Hilliard, Holbein, Rosalba, &c.

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Creator:
Skinner, Dyke & Skinner (London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Short, but concise account of Elisabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] pages) : illustrations ; 40 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The man of feeling.

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Creator:
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
vi, [7]-158 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Explanation of the view of Gibraltar and Bay, taken from the battery, called the Devil's Tongue : in the upper circle, is a view of Edinburgh.

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Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 42 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly of the cabinet class, in the highest preservation : including many fine specimens of Carracci, Guido, Poussin, Rubens, J. Steen, V. de Velde : particularly Christ carrying his Cross, J. De Marbeuge : The Assumption of the Virgin ... Vandyck : The Dutch Surgeon, Teniers : The Reposo and Companion, C. Maratti : Portrait of a Lady, Rembrandt : and a capital pair of portraits by Vanderhelst and William Vanderveldt : also, some fine cabinets, old china, bronzes, marbles, ivory carvings, &c. : the exclusive property of a Gentleman of refined taste, and collected by him at considerable expence : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 21, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Part the first of the general survey of England and Wales containing the whole of Essex and a portion of the adjoining counties. Done by the surveyors of His Majesty's Ordnance, under the direction of Lt. Coll. Mudge of the Royal Artillery, F.R.S.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date:
1805]
Physical Description:
map 123 x 183 cm. on 4 sheets 63 x 93 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of a capital, well chosen collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : also, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed, late the property of a gentleman, deceased, brought from his seat, in the county of Bucks. : comprising many fine works of the following esteemed masters, viz. : Raphael, Dominichino, Wouvermans, Waterloo, Tintoretto, Valasquez, Teniers, Mieris, Bassan, Murillo, Backhuysen, Watteau, Caracci, Rubens, Ostade, J. Steen, Guido, Rembrandt, Both, Zuccherelli. : particularly a Village Festival, A. Ostade : a Grand Landscape, H. Caracci : the small study for the renowned picture at the Louvre, by L. Spado : a landscape, Both : The Windmills, Rembrandt : a sea piece, Backhuysen, from the Duc de Praslin's collection : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 1st, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the production of the great artists of the British School, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery : formed under the spirited directions, and with the unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our Great Bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprises many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West : and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tesham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the Grand Alto Relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the late saloons of the nobility and Gentry, or the Halls of Incorporate Bodies, or for Exhibitions in distant parts of the kingdom : the whole will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Friday, May 17, 1805, and two following days, (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock, by order of the proprietor, without reserve.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A catalogue of that magnificent and truly valuable collection of pictures, the productions of the great artists of the British school, known as the collection of the Shakspeare Gallery, formed under the spirited directions, and with unbounded expence, by those distinguished promoters of the fine arts, the Messrs. Boydell's : these justly-admired pictures, in which the poetry of our great bard has furnished occasion for a proud display of national talent, comprise many of the happiest efforts of such deceased artists as the immortal Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wright of Derby, Hodges, Romney, Hamilton, Wheatley, Kirk, Ramberg, and others, the rarity as well as the excellence of whose works, must insure them a distinguished place in the collection of the connoisseur : among the spirited performances of living genius, are the King Lear, by Mr. West, and various by Barry, Northcote, Opie, Tresham, Fuseli, Hoppner, Smirke, Stothard, Peters, Rigaud, Westall, Boydell, A. Kauffman : and that admirable set of cabinet pictures, the Seven ages by Mr. Smirke : basso relievos, by the Hon. Mrs. Damer : and the grand alto relievo, the Apotheosis of Shakspeare, by the late Thomas Banks, Esq. R.A. : many of the above pictures are of the cabinet size, and the remainder will be found worthy objects for the large saloons of the nobility and gentry, or the halls of incorporate bodies, or for exhibition in distant parts of the Kingdom.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Hints on architecture.

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Creator:
Sayers, F. (Frank), 1763–1817
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
p. 59-84 : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Rhymes on art; or, The remonstrance of a painter: in two parts. With notes, and a preface, including strictures in the state of the arts, criticism, patronage, and public taste. By Martin Archer Shee ...

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Creator:
Shee, Martin Archer, 1769–1850
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xxv, 106 p. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Studies of cows from life : forming the first rudiments of sketching cattle from nature / H. M. Milbourne, in. et fec.

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Creator:
Milbourne, Henry, 1781–ca. 1826
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm. x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Journal of a tour round the southern coasts of England ...

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Creator:
Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[8], 229, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A catalogue of the valuable collection of copper-plates with impressions : late the property of Mr. Robert Grave, deceased : principally consisting of English portraits, among which are several very scarce, many after Sir Joshua : portraits of comedians : the Cambridge Founders by Faber, retouched by Parker : plates to plot's Staffordshire, and various others : by Bartolozzi, Dickinson, James and Thomas Watson, John Smith, Valentine Green, Fisher, Vertue, Blcoteling, Gaywood, Worlidge, R. White, etc. : together with sundry duplicate impressions, without plates : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, corner of Villiers' Street, Strand, on Monday, July 1st, 1805, at five o'clock : to be viewed at Saturday, the 29th of June, and morning of sale.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The Iliad of Homer / translated by A. Pope ; adorned with plates.

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Creator:
Homer
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A catalogue of a genuine, superb and truly valuable assemblage of vases, marbles, and other objects of virtù : the property of, and collected by a Man of Fashion, during a recent visit to Rome and Naples : comprising a numerous collection of singularly-fine Etruscan Vases, of the early Sicilian and Compana Classes : besides many rare and novel specimens of the smaller Greek pottery : slabs of the most rare and precious Antique Marbles : part of the shaft of a column of the beautiful Egyptian Granite : a few bustos of exquisite modern sculpture, particularly a colossal bust from the Antinous and a noble copy, in marble, from the celebrated vase in the Villa Borghese, 3 feet 9 inches high : a fine plaster cast, moulded expressly for the proprietor from the Apollo of the Belvidere : and a few elegant Alabaster Vases of Beautiful Florentine Sculpture : also, two fine antique gems : a capital set of the Nine Muses, in Mable, antique : and original models in terra cotta, by the celebrated Roubiliac, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 29th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of drawing, by the most celebrated modern Masters : including the works of Girton, Gainsborough, Pocock, Anderson, La Porte, Dayes, Rooker, Cozens, Oben, &c. : likewise, thirty-six most beautiful, exquisitely-finished copies, in water colors, from paintings in Herculaneum, a unique set, lately bought from the Continent : also, a complete set of the large Shakspeare proof prints, framed and glazed, which composed the 57th prize in the Shakspeare Lottery : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth. : In four volumes. / By William Roscoe.

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Creator:
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The history and antiquities of Glastonbury / collected from various authors ; to which is added an account of the mineral waters and of the Glastonbury Thorn.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
vi, [7]-48 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Architectural sketches for cottages, rural dwellings, and villas, in the Grecian, Gothic, and fancy styles, with plans : suitable to persons of genteel life and moderate fortune : preceded by some observations on scenery and character proper for picturesque buildings / by R. Lugar ...

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Creator:
Lugar, Robert
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], 27, [1], [4] p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Rural sports.

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A form of prayer and thanksgiving : to be used in all churches and chapels throughout those parts of the United Kingdom ..., on Thursday, the fifth day of December 1805 ... for a general thanksgiving ... for the ... important victory obtained by His Majesty's ships of war, under the command of the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, over the combined fleets of France and Spain.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
12 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The plays of William Shakespeare : accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy, left by the late George Steevens ... : with a series of engravings from original designs by Henry Fuseli ... : and a selection of explanatory and historical notes from the most emminent commentaries : a history of the stage, a life of Shakespeare by Alexander Chalmers : in 10 volumes.

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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Egyptian monuments.

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Creator:
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century
Date:
1805-1807]
Physical Description:
21 plates (part col.; 1 fold.) 45 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland ...

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Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1805-34
Physical Description:
32 v. : col. plates, maps, charts ; 35 x 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Hints to young practitioners, in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

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Creator:
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Physical Description:
[6], 67, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Process of sketching a landscape.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 34 x 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Costume of the various orders in the University of Cambridge / drawn by R. Harraden.

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Creator:
Harraden, Richard, 1756–1838
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
22 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28-32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Suggestions towards forming a plan for the encouragement, improve-ment, and benefit, of the arts and manufactures in this country on a commercial basis : in two letters addressed to Robert Udney ... dated December 22 and 23, 1801 / by Josiah Boydell.

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Creator:
Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
iv, 20 p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A northern summer, or, Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany, in the year 1804 / by John Carr ...

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xi, 480 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Poems, suggested chiefly by scenes in Asia-Minor, Syria, and Greece : with prefaces, extracted from the author's journal : embellished with two views of the source of the scamander, and the aqueduct, over the Simois / by the late J.D. Carlyle.

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Creator:
Carlyle, Joseph Dacre, 1759–1804
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xvi, [1], 149 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Descriptive excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the year 1804, and the four preceding summers. By E. Donovan ...

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Creator:
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768–1837
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. col. fronts., plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Views in North Britain, illustrative of the works of Robert Burns. Accompanied with descriptions, and a sketch of the poet's life. By James Storer and John Greig ...

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 p. l., 61, [1] p. illus., 19 pl. (incl. front.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [1], 6-115, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. To Captain Carmichael Smyth of the Corps of Royal Engineers who obligingly furnished many of the materials this chart of the Cape of Good Hope is inscribed / by his obedient and most humble servant A. Arrowsmith.

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Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 123 x 142 cm. on sheets 61 x 71 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Views of Robin Hood's house.

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Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Fair nature : postcard painting album.

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Date:
[1805?]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A history of the county of Brecknock ... / by Theophilus Jones ...

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Creator:
Jones, Theophilus, 1758–1812
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
3 v. in 2 : ill., plans, maps, port., coats of arms, geneal. tables ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A catalogue of a magnificent, truly superb, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : selected with very superior taste, and at an unbounded expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets in Europe, the property of Robert Heathcote, Esq. : among the numerous chef d'oeuvres of the great and most admired Masters in this splendid collection are two celebrated pictures by Claude, which formerly graced the cabinet of the Duc de Choiseuil : the Magdalen, Dominichino, from the Udney Collection : a magnificent portrait of Lorenzo di Medici : a production of the united efforts of Mich. Angelo and Seb. Del Piombo : the Virgin and Child, L. Da Vinci : various beautiful landscapes, by S. Rosa, G. & N. Poussin, Cuyp, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Teniers, Potter, &c. &c. &c. : sea pieces by Vandevelde & Backhuysen : choice gems by G. Dow, Mieris, Metzu, Jan Stein, Turburgh, &c : flower and fruit pieces, by Van Huysem and R. Ruysch : a fine statue of the Apollo Sauroctonos : which will be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Friday, April 5th, 1805, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. A history of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

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Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. ill. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A catalogue of a genuine, select and highly-valuable collection of capital and high-finished cabinet pictures, chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools : the exclusive property of a Gentleman of refine Taste : and purchased by him a a most liberal expence, during a visit to the Continent : comprising exquisite Bijoux of the first class, by the following great and celebrated Masters in the most perfect preservation, viz : Titian, N. Poussin, G. Poussin, Rubens, Teniers, Rembrandt, A. V. Ostade, Berchem, Wouvermans, C. du Jardin, W. V. de Velde, A. V. de Velde, Mieris, Boh, Van Huysum, Backbuysen : V. Toll, Polemberg : particularly the Creation of Eve by L. Caracci, a capital picture of the Master, a chef d'oeuvre : the Village Fete, an inimitable picture, replete with humour, by Jan Steen : a Calm, by W. V. De Velde : an Interior, by Van Toll : Christ and the Woman at the Well, by Rembrandt : the Flight into Egypt, a charming and perfect specimen of Albano : and two capital and high-finished pictures by Fran: and W. Mieris : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 4th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Rob. Calder : on board His Majesty's ship The Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday, December 22, 1805.

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Creator:
Calder, Robert, 1744 or 5–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
46 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Journal of a tour through north and south Wales, the Isle of Man, &c. ...

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Creator:
Rutland, John Henry Manners, Duke of, 1778–1857
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[8], 389, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman, deceased : brought from his seat in the country : comprising the works of P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Giorgione, Bassan, Caracci, Dominichino, Albano, Guercino, C. Maratti, Rubens, Vandyck, De Vox, Teniers, Vanderneer, Zucherelli, Wilson : also, two capital landscapes, by that esteemed Master, Casanova : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 26, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings: including entrance gates and lodges. By Joseph Gandy ...

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Creator:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.l., [iii]-x, 28 p. XLIII plates (incl. plans) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The juvenile tourist: or, excursions through various parts of the island of Great-Britain; : including the west of England, midland counties, and the whole county of Kent; ... In a series of letters to a pupil. ... / By John Evans, ...

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Creator:
Evans, John, 1767–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[3]-xi, [1], 475, [7] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., port., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A brief history of ancient and modern India : from the earliest periods of antiquity to the termination of the late Mahratta war. / by Francis William Blagdon, Esquire.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[MDCCCV [1805]
Physical Description:
[10], 22, [8] pages, [65] leaves of plates : color illustrations (engravings) ; 58 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. A graphic and descriptive tour of the University of Oxford, &c.

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Creator:
Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The Odyssey of Homer, engraved from the compositions of Iohn Flaxman ...

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Creator:
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 34 plates 28 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The geographical guide : a poetical nautical trip round the island of Great-Britain : with entertaining and illustrative notes, in prose, descriptive of its principal ports, havens, rivers, creeks, and inlets, cities, towns, forts, and mountains ... and a particular description of the general appearance of the country, as viewed from the sea.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], 69, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Morland-Gallery, Macklin's Great Room, Fleet Street : a descriptive catalogue : with remarks on the leading beauties of the principal pictures.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
28 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The beauties of Scotland : containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures of the population, cities, towns, villages, &c. of each county : embellished with engravings ...

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Creator:
Forsyth, Robert, 1766–1846
Date:
1805-1808
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. An analysis of horsemanship : teaching the whole art of riding, in the manege, military, hunting, racing, and travelling system : together with the method of breaking horses, for every purpose to which those noble animals are adapted / by John Adams, ridingmaster ; in three volumes.

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Creator:
Adams, John (Riding master)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Dialogue between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson.

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Creator:
Knowles, Mary, 1733–1807
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. A series of views, interior and exterior of the collegiate chapel of St. George at Windsor : with illustrative plates explanatory of its architecture and ornaments, and accompanied by a concise account, historical and descriptive.

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Creator:
Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
10 pages, [3], 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 60-68 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. A catalogue of the wholesale stock of copper-plates and dupicate impressions of Mr. John Manson : including Mrs. Pinkerton's Scotch portraits, with many thousand impressions : Cardonnel's Antiquities of Scotland : one hundred plates, with ditto : plates to PIne's Virgil, with four hundred copies : sundry portraits of artists, actors, and unpublished plates, by Mrs. Cosway : duplicate impressions of Bunbury's Shakespeare, by Bartolozzi : a few lots of French printing paper, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, corner of Villiers' Street, Strand, on Tuesday, July 2d, 1805, at five o'clock : to be viewed on Saturday, and till the time of sale, when catalogues may be had.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. An excursion from Sidmouth to Chester, in the summer of 1803. In a series of letters to a lady. Including sketches of the principal towns and villages in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Hereford, Salop, Derby, Stafford, Warwick, and Worcester .. By the Rev. Edmund Butcher ...

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Creator:
Butcher, Edmund, 1757–1822
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (v. 1) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Fox hunt at the kill.

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Creator:
David Wilson & Sons
Date:
between 1805 and 1815
Physical Description:
1 jug : black and white relief-molded stoneware ; 16 cm high x 15 cm in diameter (20 cm including handle)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.

73. Jones family archive.

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Creator:
Jones family
Date:
1805-1945
Physical Description:
6 boxes
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. An Itinerary from London to Constantinople, in sixty days : (Taken in the suite of His Excellency, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Porte,) in the year 1794.

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Date:
1805?]
Physical Description:
72 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Six views in Derbyshire : viz. four in Dove Dale and two in Matlock / from original drawings taken on the spot, by T. Hofland and T. Barber, and engraved by J. Bluck.

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Creator:
Hofland, T. C. (Thomas Christopher), 1777–1843
Date:
MDCCCV [1805]
Physical Description:
[2] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 x 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. History of the city and cathedral of Lichfield. Chiefly compiled from ancient authors, &c. by John Jackson. Jun

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Creator:
Jackson, John, active 1795–1810
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xvi, 276 p. fold. front., 2 plates (1 fold.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Poems, humorous and sentimental : consisting of Cumberland pastorals, translations and imitations from the classics, epistles, fables, songs, and epigrams / by the Rev. Josiah Relph ; with memoirs of the author ; embellished with picturesque engravings on wood by Bewick ...

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Creator:
Relph, Josiah, 1712–1743
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xxiv, 147 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of pictures : the property of a Gentleman, Dec., brought from the country : comprising the works of the following masters : A. Durer, Tintoretto, Bassan, Lanfranco, S. Rosa, Valasquez, Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Van Uden, Le Duc, Berkheyde, Hondikoeter, Vonck, Artois : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Instructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history, as animals, birds, reptiles, shells, corals plants, &c : together with a treatise on the management of insects in their several states / selected from the best authorities by E. Donovan., F.L.S. author of the Natural histories of British birds, fishes, insects, &c.

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Creator:
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768–1837
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], 86 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Neues und fassliches Lehrbuch zum Zeichnen und Mahlen nach richtigen Grundfässen. Nebst einer neuen Methode, Kinder zeichnen und mahlen lehren, von der Frau von Genlis. Mit 27 schwarzen und colorirten Kupfertafeln.

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Creator:
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746–1830
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
56 p. plates (part col.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The beauties of Wiltshire, displayed in statistical, historical, and descriptive sketches: interspersed with anecdotes of the arts ...

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1801-1825
Physical Description:
3 v., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. A catalogue of an extensive and magnificent collection of stained glass : consisting of The Seven Cartoons, after Raphael, closely studied, and coloured from the originals, and are the fruits of three years close application : the celebrated picture of The Misers, in the Royal Palace, at Windsor : and a great variety of subjects, from the most renowned ancient and modern, historical, portrait and landscape painters : the property and performance of those celebrated artists, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, of Highgate : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, in the Strand, on Tuesday[Thurs], June [20], 1805, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, previous to the sale : descriptive catalogues may be had (Price Sixpence) of Mr. Richardson.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [3] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly the property of a Gentleman, deceased, and brought from his family seat in Ireland : among which are a surprising chef d'oeuvre by L. Backhuysen : the Three Marys at the tomb, by S. Rosa, in their original state : Virgin, Child and Saints, Schidone : and others by P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Schidone, Lanfranco, Marieski, Carlo Marrati, S. Rosa, S. Bourdon, Vouet, Glauber, Borgognone, Rubens, Jordaens, Wouvermans, Metzu, Steenwick, Huchtenburgh, &c. &c. &c. : and the admired original picture of Falstaff in the Buck-Basket, by Hamilton : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 14, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A walk through Southampton. By Sir Henry C. Englefield ...

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Creator:
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.., iv, [5], 147, [1] p. ill., 10 plates (part fold.) plan. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. A catalogue of a capital, genuine and highly valuable collection of Italian pictures of the very distinguished class, recently consigned from Italy : comprising the following distinguished chef d'œuvres, selected and purchased at a most liberal expence, from among the treasures of the Barbernini Palace, viz. : the daughter of Herodias with the head of St. John the Baptist, Leo. da Vinci, a dignified and grateful composition, in the finest style of that sublime painter, and mentioned by Vasari : in the highest preservation-- Christ bound, Titian an exquisite picture of the Master : A Magdalen in the Desert, Guido, a beautiful picture, particularly noticed by the Count Malvaste, in his Lives of the Painters, capital : a Female at her Toilet, Giogione : a portrait, V. Dyck : and others, by the following great Masers : Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Baroccio, Guercion, Guido, S. De Pesaro, G. Cagnacci, C. Dolce, Morone, V. Dyck, Claude, Both, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 30th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Nattes's practical geometry, or, Introduction to perspective ... / translated from the French of Leclerc; with additions and alterations ... with forty vignettes ... by W.H. Pyne ; the problems engraved by T. King.

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Creator:
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
x, 98 p., [44] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. An essay on light and shade, on colours, and on composition in general; by M. Gartside ...

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Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.., 43, [4] p. 11 plates (part col.) 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Les monumens religieux, ou, Description critique et détaillée des monumens religieux, tableaux et statues des grands maîtres; gravures sur pierres et sur métaux, ouvrages d'orfévreria, églises de toutes les sectes de la religion chrétienne, tombeaux, monastères, cimetières, grottoes, hermitages remarquables, etc., qui se trouvent maintenant en Europe et dans les autres parties du monde. Ouvrage fait pour les jeunes artistes, pour les voyageurs, et pour servir à l'education de la jeunesse. Par Madame de Genlis.

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Creator:
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746–1830
Date:
an XIII, 1805
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 268 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A tour in America in 1798,1799, and 1800 : exhibiting sketches of society and manners, and a particular account of the America system of agriculture, with its recent improvements / by Richard Parkinson ; late of Orange Hill, near Baltimore ; (author of the "Experienced Farmer," &c.)

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Creator:
Parkinson, Richard, 1748–1815
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. [Engravings of the principal mosaic pavements which have been discovered in the course of the last and present centuries, in various parts of Great Britain : also, engravings of several subjects in stained glass, in the windows of the cathedrals of York, Lincoln, &c. &c. : the whole executed on twenty-seven plates, and each impression accurately coloured, after the original subject of the respective plates / by William Fowler, of Winterton, in the county of Lincoln].

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Creator:
Fowler, William, 1761–1832
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, [27] leaves of plates : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical table ; 67 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Spiele und Belustigungen der Russen aus den niedern Volks-Klassen / dargestellt in Gemälden von J.G.H. Geissler ... und beschrieben von J. Richter ; mit 12 Kupfern.

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Creator:
Richter, J. (Johann Gustaf)
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. A catalogue of a choice collection of capital paintings, by the most eminent Masters of the Old School : consisting of the works of Sir P. Lely, Sir J. Thornhill, Holbein, Guido, Vandyke, Calabreese, L. Da Vinci, Reubens, Teniers. Albert Durer, Baptiste, Titian, Guercino, Zucherro, Van Huysum, Polembergh, Comabue, P. Veronese, Dominichino, Scalkens, Van Eick, Vander Meulen, Claude, Schedoni, Schutz, Carlo Maat, Floris, Ibbettson, Moland, Bassan, Pether, Fyte, Morellio &c. : a pleasing variety of elegant coloured prints, in gilt frames, and a few loose prints : the genuine property of a Gentleman : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Collier, at his auction room, no, 32, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 1st day of June, 1805, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Collier, Mr. active 1805
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Agricultural books printed for John Harding ... This day is published ... Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings; : including entrance-gates and lodges. By Joseph Gandy ...

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Creator:
Harding, John, OFM
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 23 cm. (in case 26 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A selection of views in the county of Lincoln : comprising the principal towns and churches, the remains of castles and religious houses and seats of the nobility and gentry with topographical & historical accounts of each view.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[124] p., [55] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A cabinet of quadrupeds / consisting of highly-finished engravings by James Tookey ; from drawings by Julius Ibbetson ; with historical and scientific descriptions by John Church, fellow of the Medical Society of London.

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Creator:
Church, John
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A brief history of ancient and modern India, from the earliest periods of antiquity to the termination of the late Mahratta war. By Francis William Blagdon ...

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
3 preliminary leaves, 22 pages, 2 leaves, 8 columns, 3 leaves color plates 43 x 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. The cabinet of the arts; being a new and universal drawing book, forming a complete system of drawing, painting ... etching, engraving, perspective, projection, & surveying ... containing the whole theory and practice of the fine arts in general ... Illustrated with upward of 60 elegant engravings. To which is added an Appendix ... By T. Hodson & I. Dougall ...

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Creator:
Hodson, Thomas, of the Middle Temple
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
4 p.., 367 p. 66 [i.e. 67] plates (incl. engr. t.-p.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. An act to vest the Townleian Collection of ancient sculpture in the trustees of the British Museum, for the use of the publick (12th July 1805.)

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Creator:
Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc., 1760–1820 (George III)
Date:
1805]
Physical Description:
p. [1505]-1510. 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. A description of the island of St. Helena; : containing observations on its singular structure and formation; and an account of its climate, natural history, and inhabitants.

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Date:
1805
Physical Description:
xxiv, 239 p., [1], 2 leaves of folded plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Picturesque views of the Diamond Rock, taken on the spot, and dedicated to Sir Samuel Hood K. B., Commodore and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels employed in the Windward and Leeward Charibbee Islands, &c. &c. &c. By his most obliged and most humble servant, John Eckstein.

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Creator:
Eckstein, John
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
16 plates (incl. t. p., part col.) ports. 37 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts