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1. The acts of Parliament relating to the building fifty new churches in and about the cities of London and Westminster, and for making provision for the ministers thereof, as also His Majesty's letters patent, appointing commissioners for the purposes aforesaid.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Laws, statutes, etc
Date:
1721
Physical Description:
179, [21] p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A treatise of painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian ... ; to which is prefix'd, the author's life ... from the last edition of the French.

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Creator:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Date:
1721
Physical Description:
[16], 189, [19] p., [36] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A survey of the cathedral church of Bangor, and the edifices belonging to it : containing an account of all the inscriptions on the monuments and gravestones ... : together with a large appendix of records, and other curious matter relating to Bangor Church and bishoprick ... : to which is also subjoined several supplementary additions and records to the like history of St. Asaph Cathedral ... / collected by Browne Willis ... ; illustrated with draughts of the iconography and upright of Bangor Cathedral, and view of Bodowen Chapel.

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Creator:
Willis, Browne, 1682–1760
Date:
1721
Physical Description:
372, [8] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. British curiosities in art and nature : giving an account of rarities both ancient and modern, viz. monuments, monasteries, walls, Roman camps ... kings palaces, gentlemens seats ... learning and learned men, unusual customs of places, with whatever else is worthy observing, either by foreigners or our own countrymen that are inclin'd to go abroad : likewise an account of the posts, markets, & fair-towns : to which is added a very useful scheme, containing a brief account of the state of each county in England at one view, curiously engrav'd, and printed on a sheet, to fold up or put in a frame.

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Date:
1721
Physical Description:
[16], 158 [i.e. 160] p., [1] folded leaf of plates ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The orthodox communicant : by way of meditation on the order for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion, according to the liturgy of the Church of England.

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Creator:
Church of England
Date:
1721
Physical Description:
[2], ix, 82, [3] p. : ill. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A new general atlas, containing a geographical and historical account of all the empires, kingdoms, and other dominions of the world : with the natural history and trade of each country / taken from the best authors, particularly Cluverius, Brietius, Cellarius, Bleau, Baudrand, Hoffman, Moreri, the two Sansons, Luyts, the Atlas Historique, Sir John Chardin, Le Brun, Tournefort, &c. ; to which is prefix'd an introduction to geography ... ; together with a copious alphabetical index ; the maps, which are all engraven or revised by Mr. Senex, are laid down according to the observations communicated to the English Royal Society, the French Royal Academy of Sciences, and those made by the latest travellers ; and the descriptions suited to the course of each map, which has not been observed in any other atlas.

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Creator:
Senex, John, -1740
Date:
MDCC XXI [1721]
Physical Description:
[8], 272, 141-261, [11] pages, [75] leaves of plates : 34 maps, coats of arms ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts