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101. A review of the military operations in North-America : from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 : interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes : necessay to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general : and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York : in a letter to a nobleman.

A review of the military operations in North-America : from the commencement of the French hostilities on the frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756 : interspersed with various observations, characters, and anecdotes : necessay to give light into the conduct of American transactions in general : and more especially into the political management of affairs in New York : in a letter to a nobleman.
Creator:
Livingston, William, 1723–1790
Date:
MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
[4], 144 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

102. A catalogue of a genuine and capital collection of Roman earthen ware in dishes, plates, ewers, &c. : painted by Raphael, Benvenuto Garofolo, Julio Romano, Vasari, Paci, Roso, Perino del Vaga, and others : also, a curious collection of miniatures by Isaac Oliver, Hillier, Hoskins, and others : and likewise several pictures by various Master's : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th of this instant March 1757 : to be viewed on Tuesday the 15th and every day after till the time of sale, which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock :

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Creator:
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:
[1757]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

103. The modern builder's assistant, or, A concise epitome of the whole system of architecture : in which the various branches of that excellent study are establish'd on the most familiar principles and rendered adequate to every capacity : being useful to the proficient, and easy to the learner : divided into three parts ... / the whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects and carpenters, Robert Morris, surveyor, and T. Lightoler, carver.

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Creator:
Halfpenny, William, -1755
Date:
MDCCVLII [i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 52 p., 85 [i.e. 84] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

104. A map of the British and French dominions in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations / by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell ; Tho: Kitchin, sculp.

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Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
Date:
[that is, 1757]
Physical Description:
1 map in 4 sheets : hand colored ; 136 x 192 cm, sheets 71 x 99 cm and 71 x 100 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils / engraved by the best hands, from the originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, architect, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence ; to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &c.

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
[10], 19, [1] pages, XXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

106. [Worcester porcelain mug] [realia].

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Creator:
Hancock, Robert, 1730–1817
Date:
[1757?]
Physical Description:
1 mug : porcelain, decorated with transfer-prints ; 118 mm in height, 90 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952

107. The art of drawing, in perspective ... To which are annexed, the art of painting upon glass, and drawing in crayons ... to which is added, a method of casting amber ...

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Date:
1757
Physical Description:
iv, 92 p. plate. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

108. The London tradesman : being an historical account of all the trades, professions, arts, both liberal and mechanic, now practised in the cities of London and Westminster, calculated for the instruction of youth in their choice of business ... ; to which is added, an appendix, containing many useful particulars relative to the foregoing / by R. Campbell ...

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Creator:
Campbell, R
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
xii, 340 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

109. A plan of the city and the harbour of Rochefort : a place remarkable for its fine docks & surprizing magazines for warlike stores where from this important place are continually sent supplies of all sorts for building men of war to Brest, the l'Orient, St. Malo's, Toulon & several other sea ports in France.

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Creator:
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 map ; 29 x 42 cm., on sheet 57 x 78 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

110. A plan of the city, port, & fortifications of Brest and Recouvrance, with their environs / taken by the King's engineer.

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Creator:
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 map ; 33 x 51 cm., on sheet 57 x 78 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

111. The roads through England delineated, or, Ogilby's survey / revised, improved, and reduced to a size portable for the pocket by John Senex ; being an actual survey of all the principal roads of England and Wales, distinctly laid down on one hundred and one copper plates on which are delineated all the cities, towns, villages, hills, rivers, brooks, churches, capital seats, and every place worthy of note throughout each road ; with the addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr. Ogilby ...

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Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([10], [1], 101 p.) : 102 maps ; 19 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

112. A catalogue of the genuine and valuable collection of Greek, Roman, Saxon, English, and Irish, gold, silver, and brass coins and medals, of the learned and ingenious Mr. James Simon, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquaries Society of London, author of the historical account of Irish coins, late of the city of Dublin, merchant, deceased : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Ford, at his Great Room in the Hay-Market, on Thursday, the 8th of December, 1757, and the following day.

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Creator:
Ford, Mr., active 1741–1757
Date:
[1757]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. The art of preserving health : a poem / by John Armstrong, M.D.

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Creator:
Armstrong, John, 1709–1779
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
99 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

114. Second drawing book of heads / engraved from the original designs of Bernard Picart.

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Creator:
Picart, Bernard, 1673–1733
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

115. Fables / by the late Mr. Gay. In two volumes.

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Creator:
Gay, John, 1685–1732
Date:
MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 ([18], 334 p., [1] leaf of plates) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

116. A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful.

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Creator:
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
viii, [8], 184 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

117. A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published.

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Creator:
Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756, i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:
[18], 92, [2], 93-116, [2], 117-120, [2], 121-748, [4] pages, [115] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

118. Mes rêveries / ouvrage posthume de Maurice comte de Saxe, duc de Curlande et de Sémigalle, maréchal général des armées de Sa Majesté trés-chrétienne ; augmenté d'une histoire abrégée de sa vie, & de différentes pièces qui y ont rapport, par l'abbé Pérau.

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Creator:
Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696–1750
Date:
MDCCLVII [1757]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., plans ; 29 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

119. Rural beauties; or, The natural history of the four following western counties, viz. Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire. With additional remarks. By Theophilus Botanista, M.D.

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Creator:
Botanista, Theophilus
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
2 p.., xxxvi, xxv-xxxiv, 314 p. front., fold. map. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

120. A survey of the city, harbour, bay and environs of Dublin : on the same scale as those of London, Paris & Rome / by John Rocque ... = Plan de la ville, havre, baye, & environs de Dublin : sur la meme echelle de ceux de Londres, Paris & Rome / par Jean Rocque ...

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets ; 96 x 140 cm., sheets 55 x 75 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

121. A catalogue of the entire and genuine library of books of Mr. George Vertue, engraver ... consisting of scarce and valuable editions in history, antiquity, painting, architecture, &c. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Ford, at his great room the upper end of St. James's Haymarket, on Friday and Saturday, the 18th and 19th of this instant March, 1757 ...

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Creator:
Ford, Mr., auctioneer
Date:
1757]
Physical Description:
11 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

122. A journal of eight days journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames : through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c. : with miscellaneous thoughts, moral and religious ; in sixty-four letters addressed to two ladies of the partie : to which is added an essay on tea, considered as pernicious to health, obstructing industry, and impoverishing the nation ..., with thirty-two letters to two ladies ... / by Mr. H*****.

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Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712–1786
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

123. Pictures belonging to King Charles the First, at his several palaces : appraised, and most of them sold by the Council of State.

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Date:
[1757?]
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

124. Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure : avec un Traité pratique des differentes manieres de peindre, dont la théorie est développée dans les articles qui en sont susceptibles : ouvrage utile aux artistes, aux élèves & aux amateurs / par Dom. Antoine-Joseph Pernety.

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Creator:
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1801
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[2], cxxviii, 565 p., 8 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

125. A plan of the city of St. Martins in the island of Ré / drawn by the King's engineer.

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
1 map ; 15 x 27 cm., on sheet 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts