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Date 1808

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1. The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...

The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...
Date:
[1808-10]
Physical Description:
3 v. : col. ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.

Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.
Creator:
Denon, Vivant, 1747–1825
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. plates, double map, plans. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...

Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...
Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Date:
1808 [that is, 1811?]
Physical Description:
[4], 44 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 x 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Designs for the pavillon at Brighton : humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales / by H. Repton, Esq. ; with the assistance of his sons, J.A. Repton and G.S. Repton, architects.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[4], x, 41, [1] pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [121] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The Ludlow guide, containing an historical account of the castle and town: With a survey of the various seats, views, &c. in the neighborhood, worthy the attention of the stranger and traveller.

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Creator:
Price, John, 1773–1801
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
100, [4] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill.; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. My pocket book, or, Hints for "a ryghte merrie and conceitede" tour, in quarto, to be called "The stranger in Ireland," in 1805 : with humorous plates / by a Knight Errant ; to which is added a correct report of the trial of Carr (Knight) v. Hood and Sharpe, (booksellers.)

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Creator:
Du Bois, Edward, 1774–1850
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
xxviii, 199, [9], 39, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other domesticated animals : as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes, taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upwards of twenty years in Bengal / the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.

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Creator:
Williamson, Thomas, Captain
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

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Creator:
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:
[1808?]
Physical Description:
67, 16 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Travels in Asia and Africa : including a journey from Scanderoon to Aleppo, and over the desert to Bagdad and Bussora, a voyage from Bussora to Bombay, and along the western coast of India, a voyage from Bombay to Mocha and Suez in the Red Sea, and a journey from Suez to Cairo and Rosetta, in Egypt / by the late Abraham Parsons ...

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Creator:
Parsons, Abraham, d. 1785
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
vi, 346 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Designs for villas and other rural buildings / by Edmund Aikin, architect ; engraved on thirty-one plates, with plans and explanations ; together with an introductory essay, containing remarks on the prevailing defects of modern architecture and on investigation of the style best adapted for the dwellings of the present times.

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Creator:
Aikin, Edmund, 1780–1820
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
23, [1] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Travels from Paris through Switzerland and Italy, in the years 1801 and 1802 : with sketches of the manners and characters of the respective inhabitants / by a native of Pennsylvania.

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Creator:
Sansom, Joseph, 1765 or 6–1826
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. La regratterie de Hambourg : representee en 120 figures colorees / par le Professeur Suhr.

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Creator:
Suhr, Professeur
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[120] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Designs for the pavillon at Brighton : humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales / by H. Repton, Esq. with the assistance of his sons, John Adey Repton, F.S.A., & G.S. Repton, architects.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
[1822?]
Physical Description:
[4], x, 41, [1] pages, [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Three essays : on picturesque beauty : on picturesque travel : and on sketching landscape : with a poem on landscape painting : to these are now added two essays, giving an account of the principles and mode in which the author executed his own drawings / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[iii]-xvi, 183, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A select collection of landscapes for practice in drawing : with an outline to each / by the late Mr. James Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[29] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Loss of the Antelope Packet : in the service of the British East-India Company / Henry Wilson, commander, which struck on breakers off Pelew Island, August 9, 1783, and the consequent introduction of the English to the natives of Pelew ; together with the manners and characters of Abba Thulle, the king, Raa Kook and Arra Kooker, the king's brothers, Prince Le Boo, &c. &c...

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Creator:
Keate, George, 1729–1797
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
[1], [7]-28 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The cutter : in five lectures upon the art and practice of cutting friends, acquaintances, and relations.

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Creator:
Evans, Arthur Benoni, 1781–1854
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[8],104 p., [6] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.

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Creator:
Townshend, Barbara Anne
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[2] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts