Period: 18th century - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

17001. New remarks of London or, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, of Southwark, and part of Middlesex and Surrey, within the circumference of the bills of mortality. Containing the situation ... of each church; the value of the rectory ... Likewise, an alphabetical table of all the streets, courts, lanes ... Collected by the Company of Parish-Clerks ...

Creator:: Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
Date:: 1732
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 410 [i.e., 412] p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17002. The artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... Methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners.

Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: 48 p. plates, port. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17003. Briefe über die Kunst an eine Freundinn von Joseph Friedrich, Freyherrn zu Racknitz ...

Creator:: Racknitz, Joseph Friedrich, Freiherr zu, 1744–1818
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: iv, [2] p., 1 leaf, [v]-viii, 56, 76 p. XIII fold. plates. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17004. Lettre à un amateur de la peinture avec des eclaircissemens historiques sur un cabinet et les auteurs des tableaux qui le composent. Ouvrage entremêlé de digressions sur la vie de plusieurs peintres modernes.

Creator:: Janneck, Franz Christoph
Date:: 1755
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 368, [14] p. front. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17005. Notebook on weaving.

Creator:: Smellie, William
Date:: 1693-ca. 1767
Physical Description:: 1 volume : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17006. L'art d'imprimer les tableaux. Traité d'après les écrits, les opérations & les instructions verbales, de J. C. Le Blon.

Creator:: Gautier de Montdorge, Antoine, 1701–1768
Date:: 1756
Physical Description:: xi, vi, [2], [xiii]-xxv, [26]-180, [4] p. 3 fold pl. (1 col.) 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17007. A call to the connoisseurs, or Decisions of sense, with respect to the present state of painting and sculpture, and their several professors in these kingdoms. Together with a review of and examination into their comparative merits and excellencies. Intended to vindicate the genius and abilities, of the artists of our own country, from the malevolence of pretended connoisseurs, or interested dealers ... By T.B. esq;

Creator:: T. B
Date:: 1761
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 44 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17008. A survey of the city of Worcester, containing the ecclesiastical and civil government thereof, as originally founded, and the present administration as since reformed. Comprehending also the most material parts of its history, from its foundation to the present time. Extracted from the best authorities. Together with an account of whatever is most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, curiosity, or use, in this antient city. The whole embellished with sixteen copper-plates of perspective views of the publick buildings, &c. engraved from original drawings, taken on purpose for this work ... By Valentine Green ...

Creator:: Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
Date:: 1764
Physical Description:: 2 p.., vii, [1], 252 p. plates (part fold.) map. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17009. A catalogue of a most superb and distinguished collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : a selection formed with peculiar taste and judgment by John Trumbull, Esq. during his late residence in Paris, from some of the most celebrated cabinets in France : consisting of the undoubted works of the following great masters, in the highest state of preservation : Raphael, Titian, Pordenone, Bassan, Spagnoletto, Guercino, Guido, Salvator Rosa, Murillo, Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Berghem, Wouvermans, Ger. Douw, Ch. V. Werff, Rembrandt, Vernet / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, February 17th, 1797, and following day, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: iv, [1], 6-13, [3] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17010. The elements of heraldry: ... embellished with several fine cuts, and twenty-four copper plates containing above five hundred different examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. ... To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry. / By Mark Anthony Porny ...

Creator:: Porny, Mr
Date:: MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:: xx, 199, [41] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 20 cm (8 vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17011. Warley : a satire addressed to the first artist in Europe ...

Creator:: Huddesford, George, 1749–1809
Date:: 1778
Physical Description:: 2 pts. (25, [4]; 32, [3] p.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17012. The Chester guide : giving an account of its antiquities, buildings, customs, churches, government, trade, &c. : together with a list of the earls of Chester, embellished with views of the cathedral, old East-Gate and Bridge-Gate, Outer Castle-Gate, and the Barrs : to which is added a directory.

Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: [6], 96 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17013. A survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin : with the division of the parishes, reduced from the large plan in four sheets / by Iohn Rocque ... = Plan de la ville et faubourgs de Dublin : avec la divisions des paroisses, redui d'apres celui qui est en 4 feuilles / levé et publiez par Iean Rocque.

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1757
Physical Description:: 1 map : 48 x 70 cm., on sheet 55 x 75 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17014. 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 :

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

17015. Travels in Greece, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti / by Richard Chandler, D.D. Fellow of Magdalen College, and of the Society of Antiquaries.

Creator:: Chandler, Richard, 1738–1810
Date:: MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:: 4, xiv, [2], 304 p., [7] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17016. America.

Creator:: Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676–1751
Date:: [after 1727]
Physical Description:: 1 map : outline color ; 56.7 x 97.3 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17017. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

Creator:: Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17018. The ancient and present state of Glocestershire. By Sir Robert Atkyns, knt.

Creator:: Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1647–1711
Date:: 1768
Physical Description:: 5 p. l., 452, [6] p. 71 pl. (part double, part fold.), coats of arms, double map, double plan. 44 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17019. [Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield].

Date:: [ca. 1780]
Physical Description:: 13 prints (in 1 volume) : engravings ; 24 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17020. Horse accomplishments.

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 12 prints : aquatint ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17021. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, copied by a chemical and mechanical process by the Polygraphic Society, from original pictures of the following esteemed masters, viz. : Teniers, Vandevelde, Ruysdael, Van Oss, Claude, Vernet, Bourgeois, Serres, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Northcote, Opie, Wright, Stubbs, Angelica, Reinegall, Wilson, &c. : which on account of the death of Mr. Goddard, the late acting manager of the affairs of the Society, has determined the other parties interested therein totally to relinquish the concern : the above property will therefore be sold by auction (by order of the executors of Thomas Goddard, Esq.) by Mr. Christie, at the Polygraphic Rooms, Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17022. A catalogue of a most capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the property of the late Thomas Hankey, Esq. dec. (in pursuance of the directions of his will) collected during the course of a number of years, by John Bernard, Esq., universally esteemed for his correct knowledge of the fine arts and superior taste in the line of the virtù : selected from the finest collections, both foreign and domestic, at a most liberal expence, and consisting of the undoubted works of the following great and esteemed masters : L. da Vinci, P. Veronese, J. Bassan, Proccasino, Corregio, Maturino, Parmegiano, H. Carracci, F. Laura, Sal. Rosa, Claude, C. Marratt, Poussin, Bourdon, Borgonione, Zuccarelli, Canaletti, Van Dyck, Teniers, Berghem, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Van de Velde, Jan Steen, &c. / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on the premises, the north side of Bedford Square, on Friday, June 7, 1799, and following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed four days preceding the sale, by tickets, to be had only in Pall Mall : and to prevent improper persons from intruding, no one will be admitted without a ticket : catalogues may be ad at two shillings and sixpence, (to be returned to purchasers), on the premises, and in Pall Mall..

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17023. Bath : a poem ...

Date:: 1748
Physical Description:: 32 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17024. 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.

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

17025. Ancient masonry, both in the theory and practice : demonstrating the useful rules of arithmetick, geometry, and architecture, in the proportions and orders of the most eminent masters of all nations : viz. Vitruvius, Bramante, Julio Romano, Michael Angelo, Carlo Cesare Osio, Andrea Palladio, Vincent Scamozzi, M.J. Barozzio of Vignola, Sebastian Serlio, Daniel Barbaro, L.B. Alberti, P. Cataneo, P. de Lorme, Viola, J. Bullant, Julian Mau-Clerc, J. Berain, Sebastian le Clerc, Claude Perault, Inigo Jones, Sir Christoph. Wren, &c. &c. &c. : and also of the Cariatides, Persians, French, Spanish, and English : together with their most valuable designs for temples, triumphal arches, portico's, colonades, piazza's, arcades, frontispieces, gates and doors, windows, niches, entablatures, pediments, capitals, festoons, trophies, ballusters, balconies, ballustrades, cieling-pieces, chimney-pieces, floors, pavements, arches, groins, stair-cases, roofs, obelisques, ornaments, &c. : the whole interspersed with critical remarks and observations on each master : illustrated by above three thousand examples, engraved on four hundred and ninety four large folio copper plates : with a dictionarial index, explaining the term of art used herein / by B. Langley.

Creator:: Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:: MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Physical Description:: [4], xi, [21], 24, 29-434 pages, CCCCLXXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17026. An account of the life of Mr Richard Savage, son of the Earl Rivers.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1744
Physical Description:: 2 p.l., 180 [i.e. 186] p., [1] l. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17027. Printing plate for Morning / T. Stothard, R.A. pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.

Creator:: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Date:: between 1792 and 1795
Physical Description:: 1 printing plate : copper ; 25 x 39 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.

17028. A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of pictures, miniatures, &c. of Mr. John Oldfield, late of Tufton Street, Westminster, deceased : which by order of the administratrix will by sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their home in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, the 29th of this instant March 1768, and the two following days : the said collection may be viewed on Saturday next the 26th, and every day after till the time of sale (Sunday excepted) which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogue of which may be had gratis, on the days of viewing, at Mr. Langford, aforesaid.

Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Date:: [1768]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17029. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern masters : a capital large bronze figure of Neptune : a marble bust of the great Duke of Marlborough, &c. : the property of a Gentleman, gone to India : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, December 8th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : and catalogues may be then had in Pall Mall, and at the Rainbow Coffee House.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17030. A catalogue of a capital and magnificent collection of stained glass in vitrified colours : the whole forming a choice assemblage on interesting subjects, in sacred, profane, natural history, and landscapes, from the following much-renowned ancient and modern masters : Raphael, Caracci, Corregio, Berghem, Claude, Vandyke, Boucher, Rembrandt, Teniers, Sir J. Reynolds, Barry, Patel, &c. &c. : the property and performances of those ingenious and celebrates artists, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, which will be sold by auction, by Hutchins, Wells, and Fisher, at their rooms, no. 41, King Street, and no. 11, Hart Street, Covent Garden, on Friday, June 16, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,

Creator:: Hutchins, Wells, and Fisher
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17031. Travels through France and Italy. Containing observations on character, customs, religion, government, police, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice. To which is added, A register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city. By T. Smollett ...

Creator:: Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
Date:: 1766
Physical Description:: 2 v. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17032. The history and antiquities of the ancient town of Leicester: attempted by John Throsby ...

Creator:: Throsby, John, 1740–1803
Date:: 1791
Physical Description:: 3 p. ., 423, [1] p. front., 1 ill., 50 plates (partly col.) incl. port., plans, facsim. 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17033. Voyage pittoresque de Paris, : ou Indication de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette ville, en peinture, sculpture & architecture: / Par M. D. ***.

Creator:: Dézallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Nicolas, -1794
Date:: M.DCC.LXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:: [2], xii, [2], 492, [4] p., VIII leaves of plates (some folding) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17034. An historical account of the ancient town of Lowestoft, in the county of Suffolk. To which is added some cursory remarks on the adjoining parishes, and a general account of the island of Lothingland. / By Edmund Gillingwater.

Creator:: Gillingwater, Edmund, 1735 or 6–1813
Date:: 1790
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 485, [7] p. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17035. A catalogue of engraved British portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time. Consisting of the effigies of persons in every walk of human life ... With an appendix, containing the portraits of such foreigners as ... may claim a place in the British series. Methodically disposed in classes, and interspersed with a number of notices biographical and genealogical, never before published. By Henry Bromley [pseud.]

Creator:: Bromley, Henry, b. 1750
Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: xiv, 479, 56, [80] p. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17036. Select views in Great Britain / engrav'd by S. Middiman ; from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions.

Creator:: Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750–1831
Date:: [1784-1792]
Physical Description:: [112] p., 49 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17037. The will of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., deceased.

Creator:: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
Date:: MDCCLIII [1753]
Physical Description:: [2], 48 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17038. A specimen of ancient carpentry : consisting of variety of designs for roofs ... : collected by James Smith : to which are added designs of frontispieces to doors, gateways, piers ... : & other useful decorations never before published by Jones ; the whole illustrated with 66 copper plates nearly engraven.

Creator:: Smith, James, writer on carpentry
Date:: 1736
Physical Description:: [5], [3], [66] leaves of plates in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17039. Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country : a tragedy / written by Henry Brooke, Esq. ; as intended to have been performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

Creator:: Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783
Date:: 1778
Physical Description:: 72 p. : ill., port. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

17040. Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli : per cognomina authorum dispositus.

Creator:: Smith, Joseph, 1674–1770
Date:: MDCCLV [1755]
Physical Description:: [8], xliii, [1], DXIX [i.e. DXVII], [1], CCCXLVIII [i.e. CCCLII], [4] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17041. The post-chaise companion, or, Traveller's directory through Ireland : containing a new and accurate description of the direct and principal crossroads, with particulars of the noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, town, parks, natural curiosities, antiquities, castles, ruins, manufactures, loughs, glens, harbours, &c. &c. : forming an historical & descriptive account of the kingdon : to which is added a dictionary, or alphabetical tables, shewing the distance of all the principal cities, boroughs, market and sea port towns, in Ireland from each other.

Creator:: Wilson, William, active 1769–1801
Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: xii, 530 columns, [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17042. Twelve prints of the most famous high bred running horses, by Shaw and others [graphic].

Date:: published 2d. Jany.,1773
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17043. An Act more effectually to prevent the stealing of deer, and to repeal several former statutes made for the like purpose.

Creator:: Great Britain
Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: [2], 839-854 p. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17044. The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham : also a particular description of the county palatine of Durham, compiled from the best authorities and original manuscripts. To which is added, the succession of the bishops, deans, archdeacons, and prebends: the bishop's courts, and his officers: and the castles and mansion-houses of the nobility and gentry: with other particulars.

Creator:: Davies, John, 1625–1693
Date:: MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: [2], iii, 141, 147, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17045. The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general.

Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: 4 v. front. (port.), plates. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17046. The ode for the opening of the new exhibition room of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain.

Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: 8 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17047. Cantabrigia illustrata : views of the publick schools, librarys, halls, colleges and other publick buildings of the University of Cambridge : with an account of their foundations and endowments &c.

Creator:: Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Date:: [ca. 1720]
Physical Description:: [85] p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17048. Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre la Martinique : avec la reduction de la Guadelupe, et autres Isles Sous Vent, appartenant au roi de France, en 1759 / par Mons. Gardiner, capitaine des Mousquetaires Royaux de S.M., autrefois capitaine des Troupes de Marine à bord le Rippon, vaisseau de S.M. employé à cette expedition.

Creator:: Gardiner, Richard, 1723–1781
Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: [6] pages, 91, [1] pages ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17049. Receuil de peintures antiques trouvees a Roma.

Creator:: Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635–1700
Date:: 1783
Physical Description:: 2 v.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17050. La geometrie pratique, divisée en quatre livres : le premier enseigne les elémens de la géometrie pratique, & donne toutes les notions de chaque terme concernant cette science : le second explique la trigonométrie, ou la mesure des distances par les instrumens géometriques... & aussi par les sinus & les logarithmes : le troisième montre la planimétrie, ou la mesure des superficies (ce que le vulgaire appelle l'arpentage) avec les methodes de transfigurer, d'augmenter, & de diviser toutes sortes de terres, bois, &c. : la quatrième regarde la stereométrie, ou le toisé de toutes sortes de corps de telle capacité & figure qu'ils puisse estre : ouvrage enrichi de cinq cens planches gravées en taille-douce../. / par Allain Manesson Mallet...

Creator:: Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Date:: 1702
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17051. Cantabrigia illustrata : contenant: les vûës de la ville de Cambridge, avec ses edifices, & ses maisons de campagne, comme aussi des autres lieux circonvoisins; representées en tailles-douces très exactes, avec des explications dessous chaque planche.

Creator:: Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Date:: [ca. 1700]
Physical Description:: [4] p., [44] leaves of plates, [1] folded : ill., maps ; 20 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17052. Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836.

Creator:: Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Date:: 1708-1875,
Physical Description:: 2.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17053. [Harvest landscape] / M. Eng. exc. A.V.

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684–1756
Date:: [Germany],
Physical Description:: 1 peep show (6 prints mounted on cardboard) : hand-colored etchings ; sheets 10 x 16, 12 cm deep when spaced
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17054. Geographiske chartor öfver Swerige : med Hans Maje. Konung Gustaf den Fjerde Adolphs allernådigste tillstånd / utgifne af friherre S.G. Hermelin.

Creator:: Hermelin, Samuel Gustaf Benzelstierna, friherre, 1744–1820
Date:: 1797-1807
Physical Description:: 1 atlas (4 v.) : 27 hand col. maps, dissected and mounted on linen ; on sheets 100 x 103 cm or smaller, folded to 22 x 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17055. Notice de quelques bon tableaux de différens maitres : sculptures en marble, dessins & estampes : provenant du Cabinet de M*** : dont le vente se sera le lundi 18 & mardi 19 mai, 1778, de relevée, à l'Hôtel d'Aligre, rue Saint Honoré : les amateurs pourront vois les objets qui la composent le dimanche 17 & le lundi 18, le matin seulement.

Creator:: Florentin, Honoré
Date:: MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17056. The American atlas, or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America : wherein are delineated at large, its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, composed from numerous surveys, several of which were made by order of government / by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. ; engraved on forty-eight copper-plates by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King, and others.

Creator:: Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:: MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2] leaves, [57] leaves of plates (some folded)) : 29 maps ; 54 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17057. Pain's British Palladio: or, The builder's general assistant. Demonstrating in the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground plan to the ornamental finish. Illustrated with several new and useful designs of houses, with their plans, elevations, and sections. Also, clear and ample instructions, annexed to each subject, in letter-press; with a list of prices for materials and labour, and labour only ... The whole correctly engraved on forty-two folio copper-plates, from the original designs of William and James Pain.

Creator:: Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:: 1790
Physical Description:: 4, 16 p. 42 plates (part double) 43 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17058. La nvova architettura civile, e militare / di Alessandro Capra, architetto, e cittadino cremonese ; divisa in due tomi, in questa nuova impressione diligentemente corretta, ed accresciuta.

Creator:: Capra, Alessandro, 17th cent
Date:: MDCCXVII [1717]
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17059. A collection of Welsh tours, or, A display of the beauties of Wales selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours : with occasional remarks : to which is added a tour of the River Wye.

Creator:: Torbuck, John, -1707
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: xix, 456 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17060. A method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride : designed for the use of the army / by Henry Earl of Pembroke.

Creator:: Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, 1734–1794
Date:: MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:: [12], 112 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17061. Valuation of pictures at the Grainge : manuscript.

Creator:: Batt, John Thomas, 1746–1831
Date:: 1786-1787
Physical Description:: 1 item (10 pages) ; 24 x 19 cm. + accompanying material
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17062. [Receipt for drawing and engrossing lycence for Mr Skynnor and Lady].

Creator:: Martin, Phil., active 18th century
Date:: 1757
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 19 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17063. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17064. Letters to a young nobleman ...

Date:: 1762
Physical Description:: 3 p.., 230 p., 1 leaf. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17065. The exhibition, or a second anticipation : being remarks on the principal works to be exhibited next month, at the Royal Academy ; / By Roger Shanhagan, ...

Creator:: Shanhagan, Roger
Date:: [1785]
Physical Description:: [2], 101 p., [2] p. : 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17066. Gronlandia antiqva : seu Veteris Gronlandiæ descriptio : ubi cœli marisqve natura, terræ, locorum & villarum situs, animalium terrestrium aqvatiliumqve varia genera, gentis origo & incrementa, status politicus & ecclesiasticus, gesta memorabilia & vicissitudines, ex antiqvis memoriis, præcipue Islandicis / qva fieri potuit industria collecta exponuntur authore Thormodo Torfæo ...

Creator:: Þormóður Torfason, 1636–1719
Date:: 1715
Physical Description:: 64, 369 [i.e. 269], [19] p., 5 folded leaves of plates : maps ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17067. Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen halbinsel Californien : mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten / geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher land darinn diese letztere Jahr gelbt hat ...

Creator:: Baegert, Jacob, 1717–1772
Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: [16], 358, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17068. Icones aliquot quas olim ex operibus Equitis Antonii van Dyck, et Josephi Nogari : delegit, delineavit atque in aere incisit : nunc vero collectas in unum in lucem editorus Reverendissimon Patri D. Camillo Tacchetti ... / Felix Polanzani, anoalensis humillime ...

Creator:: Polanzani, Francesco, 1700–ca. 1783
Date:: 1745
Physical Description:: [21] leaves : all ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17069. Roma illustrata, or, A description of the most beautiful pieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture, antique and modern, at and near Rome.

Creator:: Raguenet, François, 1660?-1722
Date:: [172-?]
Physical Description:: [20], 195, [1] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17070. Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare : opera postuma.

Creator:: Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683
Date:: MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Physical Description:: [8], 307, [1] pages, [80] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 41 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17071. Collection of drawings of arms.

Creator:: Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Date:: [ca. 1779?]
Physical Description:: 2 vols.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17072. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

Creator:: Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:: 1780
Physical Description:: [2], xv, [1], 132, [10] p., [25] folded leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17073. The workman's golden rule for drawing and working the five orders in architecture : wherein their pedastals, columns, entablatures, imposts, and arches, are taken from the best examples of the ancients, and proportioned by equal parts, in a more concise, accurate, and easy manner, than has been done in any language : for the instruction of apprentices and journeymen, masons and bricklayers ... : and others who desire a just knowledge of the fundamental rule of that noble art / B. Langley.

Creator:: Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:: 1750
Physical Description:: [2], 8 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. ; 11 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17074. An account, Lady Logie at Linhouse to John Boyn, shoemaker in Tarbuckie.

Creator:: Boyn, John
Date:: 1774, February 16-1778, February 19
Physical Description:: 1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17075. Account book.

Creator:: Clayton, William, Sir, 1762–1834
Date:: 1784 January 1-December 31
Physical Description:: 1 v. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17076. Notebook of accounting exercises.

Creator:: Clément, R
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: 1 volume (approximately 175 pages) ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17077. A notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc.

Creator:: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Date:: Printed in the year 1713
Physical Description:: 47, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17078. Examen critique des différentes ecoles de peinture, par M. Jean Bapt. de Boyer marquis d'Argens ...

Creator:: Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d', 1704–1771
Date:: 1768
Physical Description:: xiv, 528 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17079. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of crystal ...

Date:: [171-?]
Physical Description:: 144 p. incl. front. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17080. The poetical works of S. Johnson : with the life of the author.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [6], 83, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 15 cm. (12 mo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17081. Letters concerning the present state of England. Particularly respecting the politics, arts, manners, and literature of the times.

Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., ii, 9-402 p. 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17082. Jeffery's edition of The castle of Otranto, a Gothic story. Translated by William Marshal, gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto ...

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: xvi, 152 p. col. front., col. plates. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17083. Poems written chiefly at the University of Cambridge : together with a Latin oration upon the history and genius of the Roman and canon laws, with a comparison of the laws of England, spoken in the chapel at Trinity-Hall, Cambridge, December 21, 1756 ...

Creator:: Marriott, James, Sir, 1730?-1803
Date:: 1760]
Physical Description:: 2 p.., viii, viii p., 1 leaf, 156 p. front., ill. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17084. Natura, philosophia, & ars in concordia. Or, Nature, philosophy, and art in friendship, an essay. In four parts. I. Demonstrating the necessity and practicability of building all manner of houses proof against fire and vermin ... II. An entire new plan of constructing chimnies ... III. Plain methods pointed out, by which smoky chimnies may be effectually cured. IV. Certain and easy directions to all mechanics in wood, how to finish household furniture, and the wainscotting of rooms, so as no vermin can exist therein ... By W. Cauty, cabinet-maker.

Creator:: Cauty, William, fl. 1757–1780
Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: xvi, 110 p., 1 leaf. fold. plate. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17085. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, &c. belonging to King James the Second : to which is added, A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the closet of the late Queen Caroline, with their exact measures, and also of the principal pictures in the palace at Kensington.

Creator:: Chiffinch, William, 1602?-1688
Date:: MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:: iv, 144, 51, [3] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17086. The antiquities of England and Wales / by Francis Grose ...

Creator:: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:: 1773-1787
Physical Description:: 6 v. : ill., maps, port., plans ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17087. A conference between a painter and an engraver : containing some useful hints and necessary instructions, proper for the young artist / by Tho. Atkinson ...

Creator:: Atkinson, Thomas
Date:: 1736
Physical Description:: [4], xi, [1], 31 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17088. Plates by Woolfe & Gandon for Vitruvius Britannicus.

Creator:: Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:: s.d
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17089. A new treatise on the diseases of horses : wherein what is necessary to the knowledge of a horse, the cure of his diseases, and other matters relating to that subject, are fully discussed, in a plain and easy manner for many years practice and experience : with the cheapest and most efficacious remedies / by William Gibson, surgeon, in Duke-Sreet, Grosvenor-Square ; illustrated with thirty-two copper-plates.

Creator:: Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750
Date:: MDCCLI [1751]
Physical Description:: [12], 464, [12] pages, XXXI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17090. Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands.

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:: 1771
Physical Description:: [4], 75, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17091. Heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain ...

Creator:: Birch, Thomas, 1705–1766
Date:: 1747-1752
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17092. The designs of Inigo Jones : consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings / publish'd by William Kent, with some additional designs.

Creator:: Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Date:: MDCCXXVII [1727]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 46-52 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17093. An abstract of the act of Parliament made in the fourteenth year of the reign of His present Majesty, King George III. intitled, An act for the further and better regulation of buildings and party-walls, and for the more effectually preventing mischief by fire, within the cities of London and Westminster ... Calculated for the use of builders, and workmen in general.

Creator:: Matthews, John, 1748–
Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: viii, 76, [12] p. 3 fold. plates. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17094. Dionysius Longinus On the sublime / translated from the Greek, with notes and observations, and some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by William Smith ...

Creator:: Longinus, 1st cent
Date:: 1739
Physical Description:: [16], xxxiv, 187 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17095. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass or, The young man's time well spent.

Date:: 1731
Physical Description:: 21, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17096. Taylor & Skinner's Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland / George Taylor, Andrew Skinner.

Creator:: Taylor, George (Geographer), active 1778
Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([3], 61 p., 1 folded leaf of plates) : 62 maps ; 22 x 53 cm. folded to 22 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17097. A map of the county of Middlesex : reduced from an actual survey in four sheets / by John Rocque = Carte de la province de Middlesex : reduite d'apres un arpantage en quatre feuilles / par Jean Rocque.

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1757
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 50 x 68 cm., on sheet 55 x 72 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17098. Biographia britannica, or, The lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, to the present times : collected from the best authorities, printed and manuscript, and digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and critical dictionary.

Date:: 1778-1793
Physical Description:: 5 v. ; 41 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17099. The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained, the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring ... and a new ... account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell ...

Creator:: Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767
Date:: 1756
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [iii]-v, 64 p. VI plates. 26 x 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17100. Essays moral and literary. By Vicesimus Knox... In three volumes...

Creator:: Knox, Vicesimus, 1752–1821
Date:: MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Physical Description:: 3 v. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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17002. The artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... Methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners.

17003. Briefe über die Kunst an eine Freundinn von Joseph Friedrich, Freyherrn zu Racknitz ...

17004. Lettre à un amateur de la peinture avec des eclaircissemens historiques sur un cabinet et les auteurs des tableaux qui le composent. Ouvrage entremêlé de digressions sur la vie de plusieurs peintres modernes.

17005. Notebook on weaving.

17006. L'art d'imprimer les tableaux. Traité d'après les écrits, les opérations & les instructions verbales, de J. C. Le Blon.

17010. The elements of heraldry: ... embellished with several fine cuts, and twenty-four copper plates containing above five hundred different examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. ... To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry. / By Mark Anthony Porny ...

17011. Warley : a satire addressed to the first artist in Europe ...

17015. Travels in Greece, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti / by Richard Chandler, D.D. Fellow of Magdalen College, and of the Society of Antiquaries.

17016. America.

17017. Travels through the interior parts of America : in a series of letters / by an officer.

17018. The ancient and present state of Glocestershire. By Sir Robert Atkyns, knt.

17019. [Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield].

17020. Horse accomplishments.

17023. Bath : a poem ...

17026. An account of the life of Mr Richard Savage, son of the Earl Rivers.

17027. Printing plate for Morning / T. Stothard, R.A. pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.

17032. The history and antiquities of the ancient town of Leicester: attempted by John Throsby ...

17033. Voyage pittoresque de Paris, : ou Indication de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette ville, en peinture, sculpture & architecture: / Par M. D. ***.

17034. An historical account of the ancient town of Lowestoft, in the county of Suffolk. To which is added some cursory remarks on the adjoining parishes, and a general account of the island of Lothingland. / By Edmund Gillingwater.

17036. Select views in Great Britain / engrav'd by S. Middiman ; from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions.

17037. The will of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., deceased.

17039. Gustavus Vasa, the deliverer of his country : a tragedy / written by Henry Brooke, Esq. ; as intended to have been performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

17040. Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli : per cognomina authorum dispositus.

17042. Twelve prints of the most famous high bred running horses, by Shaw and others [graphic].

17043. An Act more effectually to prevent the stealing of deer, and to repeal several former statutes made for the like purpose.

17045. The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general.

17046. The ode for the opening of the new exhibition room of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain.

17047. Cantabrigia illustrata : views of the publick schools, librarys, halls, colleges and other publick buildings of the University of Cambridge : with an account of their foundations and endowments &c.

17049. Receuil de peintures antiques trouvees a Roma.

17051. Cantabrigia illustrata : contenant: les vûës de la ville de Cambridge, avec ses edifices, & ses maisons de campagne, comme aussi des autres lieux circonvoisins; representées en tailles-douces très exactes, avec des explications dessous chaque planche.

17052. Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836.

17053. [Harvest landscape] / M. Eng. exc. A.V.

17054. Geographiske chartor öfver Swerige : med Hans Maje. Konung Gustaf den Fjerde Adolphs allernådigste tillstånd / utgifne af friherre S.G. Hermelin.

17058. La nvova architettura civile, e militare / di Alessandro Capra, architetto, e cittadino cremonese ; divisa in due tomi, in questa nuova impressione diligentemente corretta, ed accresciuta.

17059. A collection of Welsh tours, or, A display of the beauties of Wales selected principally from celebrated histories and popular tours : with occasional remarks : to which is added a tour of the River Wye.

17060. A method of breaking horses, and teaching soldiers to ride : designed for the use of the army / by Henry Earl of Pembroke.

17061. Valuation of pictures at the Grainge : manuscript.

17062. [Receipt for drawing and engrossing lycence for Mr Skynnor and Lady].

17064. Letters to a young nobleman ...

17065. The exhibition, or a second anticipation : being remarks on the principal works to be exhibited next month, at the Royal Academy ; / By Roger Shanhagan, ...

17067. Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen halbinsel Californien : mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten / geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher land darinn diese letztere Jahr gelbt hat ...

17068. Icones aliquot quas olim ex operibus Equitis Antonii van Dyck, et Josephi Nogari : delegit, delineavit atque in aere incisit : nunc vero collectas in unum in lucem editorus Reverendissimon Patri D. Camillo Tacchetti ... / Felix Polanzani, anoalensis humillime ...

17069. Roma illustrata, or, A description of the most beautiful pieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture, antique and modern, at and near Rome.

17070. Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare : opera postuma.

17071. Collection of drawings of arms.

17072. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

17074. An account, Lady Logie at Linhouse to John Boyn, shoemaker in Tarbuckie.

17075. Account book.

17076. Notebook of accounting exercises.

17077. A notion of the historical draught or tablature of the judgment of Hercules, according to Prodicus, Lib. II. Xen. de Mem. Soc.

17078. Examen critique des différentes ecoles de peinture, par M. Jean Bapt. de Boyer marquis d'Argens ...

17079. Art's master-piece: or, A companion for the ingenious, of either sex. In two parts. I. The art of limning and painting in oil ... II. The art of making glass of crystal ...

17080. The poetical works of S. Johnson : with the life of the author.

17081. Letters concerning the present state of England. Particularly respecting the politics, arts, manners, and literature of the times.

17082. Jeffery's edition of The castle of Otranto, a Gothic story. Translated by William Marshal, gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto ...

17083. Poems written chiefly at the University of Cambridge : together with a Latin oration upon the history and genius of the Roman and canon laws, with a comparison of the laws of England, spoken in the chapel at Trinity-Hall, Cambridge, December 21, 1756 ...

17085. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, &c. belonging to King James the Second : to which is added, A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the closet of the late Queen Caroline, with their exact measures, and also of the principal pictures in the palace at Kensington.

17086. The antiquities of England and Wales / by Francis Grose ...

17087. A conference between a painter and an engraver : containing some useful hints and necessary instructions, proper for the young artist / by Tho. Atkinson ...

17088. Plates by Woolfe & Gandon for Vitruvius Britannicus.

17090. Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands.

17091. Heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain ...

17092. The designs of Inigo Jones : consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings / publish'd by William Kent, with some additional designs.

17094. Dionysius Longinus On the sublime / translated from the Greek, with notes and observations, and some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by William Smith ...

17095. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass or, The young man's time well spent.

17096. Taylor & Skinner's Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland / George Taylor, Andrew Skinner.

17097. A map of the county of Middlesex : reduced from an actual survey in four sheets / by John Rocque = Carte de la province de Middlesex : reduite d'apres un arpantage en quatre feuilles / par Jean Rocque.

17099. The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained, the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring ... and a new ... account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell ...

17100. Essays moral and literary. By Vicesimus Knox... In three volumes...