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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Period 19th century

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Subject Terms Engraving -- Specimens -- 1808.

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1. Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.

Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.
Creator:
Denon, Vivant, 1747–1825
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. plates, double map, plans. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels through the Balearic and Pithiusian Islands : performed between the years 1801 and 1805 / by A. G. de St. Sauveur ... ; translated from the French, and embellished with engravings.

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Creator:
Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, André
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
vi, [5]-156 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Essays on Gothic architecture / by the Rev. T. Warton, Rev. J. Bentham, Captain Grose, and the Rev. J. Milner ; (with a letter to the publisher) ; illustrated by twelve plates of ornaments, &c. selected from ancient buildings ; calculated to exhibit the various styles of different periods ; to which is added, a list of the cathedrals of England,with their dimensions.

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Creator:
Warton, Thomas, 1728–1790
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[ii], [1], *iv-*vi, [1], iv-xxiv,176 p., 12 leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Brass and ironmongery trade catalogue]

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Date:
1808?]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. 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 domesticated animals : as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upwards of twenty years in Bengal / the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.

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Creator:
Williamson, Thomas, Captain
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An essay on national and sepulchral monuments / by William Wood, of Cork Street, London.

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Creator:
Wood, William, 1769–1810
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[4], 22, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales, and part of the roads of Scotland ... / the whole greatly augmented and improved by the assistance of Frances Freeling by Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 64, [1], [ix]-xvi, 527, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Designs for villas and other rural buildings / by Edmund Aikin, architect ; engraved on thirty-one plates, with plans and explanations ; together with an introductory essay, containing remarks on the prevailing defects of modern architecture and on investigation of the style best adapted for the dwellings of the present times.

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Creator:
Aikin, Edmund, 1780–1820
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
23, [1] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A new picture of the Isle of Wight, : illustrated with thirty-six plates, of the most beautiful and interesting views throughout the island, in imitation of the original sketches, / drawn and engraved by William Cooke. To which is prefixed, an introductory account of the island, and a voyage round its coast.

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Creator:
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
xiv, 171, [4] p., [36] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The fall of Needwood.

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Creator:
Mundy, Francis Noel Clarke, 1738 or 1739–1815
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
46 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The trap : a moral, philosophical, and satirical work : delineating the snares in which kings, princes, and their subjects have been caught, since the days of Adam : including reflections on the present causes of conjugal infidelity : dedicated to the ladies : in two volumes / by Thomas Gilliland, author of The Dramatic Synopsis; Dramatic Mirror; Diamond Cut Diamond; Diamond New Pointed, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Gilliland, Thomas
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Historical account of Charter-house : compiled from the works of Hearne and Bearcroft, Harleian, Cottonian, and private mss. and from other authentic sources / by a Carthusian.

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Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[6], iv, [4], 298, 84 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. An essay on a new theory of colours, and on composition in general; illustrated by coloured blots shewing the application of the theory to composition of flowers, landscapes, figures, &c. In three parts, by M. Gartside, part I.

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Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
62 p. 9 col. plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Bisset's Magnificent guide, or, Grand copperplate directory, for the town of Birmingham. : comprising the addresses of the most eminent public companies, bankes, merchants, tradesmen, and manufacturers, in the "toy-shop of Europe" : alphabetically arranged in elegant and emblematic engravings, containing upwards of fifty superb plates, with views of the principal buildings, &c. : exclusive of a view of the Royal Mint and Soho manufactory / by J. Bisset.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 7 p., [41] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The Russian dominions in Europe : drawn from the latest maps printed by the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg ... / by Jasper Nantiat.

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Creator:
Nantiat, Jasper
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 110 x 95 cm., folded to 24 x 14 cm., in case 25 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts