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Subject Terms Engraving -- Specimens -- 1776.

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1. 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.

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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

2. The artist's vade-mecum : being the whole art of drawing taught in a new work : elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper plates : containing great variety of examples in every branch of that noble art : as parts of the face, heads, hands, feet, academy, antiques, and groups of figures, beasts, birds, insects, flowers, fruit, shells, ornaments, buildings, landscapes ... / collected from the works of the greatest masters ; to which is prefixed an essay on drawing ; with introductory rules for the use of learners ; in which the first principles of that useful and noble art are explained in such manner that it may be attained in a short time without a master.

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Date:
1776 [i.e. 177-?]
Physical Description:
8 p., [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain ... : the whole executed on a plan entirely new, and far preferable to that of any work of the kind extant / by Daniel Paterson, assistant to the quarter-master-general of His Majesty’s forces.

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:
viii, xxiii, [1] pages, 238 columns, [1] page, [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 18 cm (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A new display of the beauties of England, or, A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial, in different parts of the kingdom.

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Date:
1776
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The art of drawing in perspective : wherein the doctrine of perspective is clearly and concisely treated of, upon geometric principles : and a mechanical method of perspective and designing ... : illustrated with a variety of examples of copper-plate figures.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 31 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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

7. A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice; on the true principles of Dr. Brook Taylor. Made clear, in theory, by various moveable schemes, and diagrams; and reduced to practice ... Containing diagrams, views, and original designs, in architecture, &c. ... All originals; invented, delineated, and, great part, engraved by the author, Thomas Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
2 p. l., viii, [8], 284 p. front., XLVI fold. pl. (incl. diagrs.) 38 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A treatise on building in water : in two parts : Part I. : particularly relative to the repair and re-building of Essex-Bridge, Dublin ... : Part II : concerning an attempt to contrive and introduce quick and cheap methods ... : illustrated with sixty-three copper-plates / by George Semple ...

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Creator:
Semple, George, 1700?-1782?
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
4 p. l., 157 p., [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Britannica curiosa, or, A description of the most remarkable curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain : in the several counties, cities, towns, villages, &c. : the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, public buildings, places of resort and entertainment... : illustrated with copper plates.

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Date:
1776
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Supplemento alla Serie dei trecento elogi e ritratti degli uomini i più illustri in pittura, scultura e architettura : o sia, Abecedario pittorico dall' origine delle belle arti a tutto l' anno MDCCLXXV ...

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Date:
1776
Physical Description:
1 v. in 2 : port. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts