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1. A collection of landscapes / drawn by P. Sandby, Esq. R.A. and engraved by Mr. Rooker, and Mr. Watts, with descriptions.

A collection of landscapes / drawn by P. Sandby, Esq. R.A. and engraved by Mr. Rooker, and Mr. Watts, with descriptions.
Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:
MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Physical Description:
[4], 39, [1] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London.

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London.
Creator:
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Date:
MDCCLXXI [1771]
Physical Description:
[4], 51, [1] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales / by the most eminent British artists : with a description of each seat.

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Date:
[1786-1788]
Physical Description:
[101] leaves, [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politicks, and literature for the year ...

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Date:
[1762?]-1838
Physical Description:
80 v. : ill., maps ; 21-23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities / collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain, by Antonio de Herrera ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.

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Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Date:
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The book of common prayer : and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David : and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.

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Creator:
Church of England
Date:
MDCCVI [1706]
Physical Description:
[372], 18, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The antiquities of Scotland / by Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S.

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Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCI [1789-1791]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New : newly translated out of the original tongues, and with former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches.

No cover image available
Date:
MDCCXVII [1717]
Physical Description:
[1296] pages : illustrations ; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent / by William Roscoe.

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Creator:
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
2 volumes : portrait; illustrations (engravings) ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A voyage round the world by way of the great South Sea : perform'd in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 guns and 100 men, (under His Majesty's commission to cruize on the Spaniards in the late war with the Spanish crown) till she was cast away on the island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720 : and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia, &c. / by Capt. George Shelvocke, Commander of the Speedwell, Recovery, &c. in this expedition.

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Creator:
Shelvocke, George
Date:
MDCCXXVI [1726]
Physical Description:
[8], xxxii, [4], 468 pages, [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Une collection choisie de paysages, ou, Un échantillon de chaqu'un des meilleurs anciens maîtres / gravés par L. Zentner, d'après les desseins faits par lui-même, dans plusieurs cabinets, pendant son séjour en Allemagne, France, Hollande, &c. = A select collection of landscapes, from the best old masters, one of each engraved by L. Zentner, after drawings made by him from original pictures, during his residence in Germany, France, Holland, &c. To which are added portraits of the artists, and short biographical accounts of each.

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Creator:
Zentner, J. L. C., d. 1785
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
[106] leaves : ill. ; 26 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The antiquities of Ireland.

No cover image available
Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
1791-1795
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts