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1. The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.
Creator:
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
Date:
MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:
viii, 176 pages, xxviii leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Rambles in Germany, France, Italy, and Russia in search of sport / by the Hon. Ferdinand St. John.

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Creator:
St. John, Ferdinand
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
vii, 244, [4] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Travels in South and North America / by Alexander Marjoribanks, of Marjoribanks ; author of Travels in New Zealand, Australia, &c.

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Creator:
Marjoribanks, Alexander
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
xiv, 480 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Les petits voyageurs en Californie / par H. De Chavannes de la Giraudière.

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Creator:
Chavannes de la Giraudière, H. de
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
[4], 188 p., [8] leaves of colored plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The poets of the woods : twelve pictures of English song birds.

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Date:
1853
Physical Description:
56, [8] p., [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Designs for coloured ornamental glass windows from the glass works of Chance Brothers & Co. near Birmingham 1853.

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Creator:
Chance Brothers and Co. (Birmingham, England)
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
[6] p., XXXII leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The ladies' companion to the flower-garden : being an alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in gardens & shrubberies : with full directions for their culture / by Mrs. Louden.

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Creator:
Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807–1858
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
viii, 355 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro : with an account of the native tribes, and observations on the climate, geology, and natural history of the Amazon Valley / by Alfred R. Wallace.

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Creator:
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823–1913
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
viii, 541, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The hand book of mediaeval alphabets and devices. By Henry Shaw ...

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Creator:
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
5 p. l., 37 col. pl. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua : with a description of its aboriginal monuments, scenery and people, their languages, institutions, religion, &c., illustrated by numerous maps and coloured illustrations / by E.G. Squier, late chargé-d'affaires of the United States to the Republics of Central America ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821–1888
Date:
MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts