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1. The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, : on Salisbury plain, restored, / by Inigo Jones ... To which are added, the Chorea Gigantum, or, Stone-Heng restored to the Danes, By Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webb's Vindication of Stone-Heng restored, In answer to Dr. Charleton's reflections; with observations upon the orders and rules of architecture in use among the antient Romans. Before the whole are prefixed, certain memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones ...

The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, : on Salisbury plain, restored, / by Inigo Jones ... To which are added, the Chorea Gigantum, or, Stone-Heng restored to the Danes, By Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webb's Vindication of Stone-Heng restored, In answer to Dr. Charleton's reflections; with observations upon the orders and rules of architecture in use among the antient Romans. Before the whole are prefixed, certain memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones ...
Creator:
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
Date:
MDCCXXV [1725]
Physical Description:
[12], 72, [10], 48 p., [6], 228, [13] p., [12] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., ports. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A set of thirty six new and correct maps of Scotland divided into its shires, &c. : a work long wanted, and very useful for all gentlemen that travel to any part of that kingdom / all, except two, composed and done by Herman Moll, geographer ...

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Creator:
Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:
[1725]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([4] pages, [36] leaves of plates) ; 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Statutes of the most honourable Order of the Bath.

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Creator:
Order of the Bath
Date:
1725, reprinted 1812
Physical Description:
viii, 77 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Views of the several parts of the palace, or castle of Versailles : as likewise of all the fountains, basins, groves, parterras, and other the most beautifull parts of the gardens : wherein are represented whatever are remarkable, as, statues, groups of figures, water-falls, &c. : drawn on the spot, by order, and with ye approbation of the French king : engraved in the year 1725.

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Date:
[1725?]
Physical Description:
[30] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The pilgrim's progress, from the world, to that which is to come : the third part : delivered under the similitude of a dream : shewing the several difficulties and dangers he met with and the many victories he obtain'd over the world, the flesh, and the devil : together with his happy arrival at the celestial city, and the glory and joy he found to his eternal comfort : to which is added, the life and death of John Bunyan, author of the first and second part : compleating the whole progress.

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Date:
[1725?]
Physical Description:
[10], 138, 31, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 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 art of sound building, demonstrated in geometrical problems : shewing geometrical lines for all kinds of arches, niches, groins, and twisted rails, both regular and irregular : with several other draughts of buildings and staircases : all curiously engraven on copper plates : wherein are laid down (suited to every Capacity) easy practical methods for carpenters, joiners, masons, or bricklayers, to work by / by William Halfpenny, architect and carpenter.

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Creator:
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:
MDCCXXV [1725]
Physical Description:
[12], 56, [2] p., 19, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Prospects, of palaces and other publick buildings in France, Italy, Spain, &c. very neatly engraved.

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Date:
[ca. 1725?]
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Essay on the theory of painting / by Mr. Richardson.

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Creator:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Date:
1725
Physical Description:
viii, 279 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The Leeds Mercury.

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Physical Description:
volumes ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mechanical practice, under early precepts, and infallible rules : together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible, not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting / by J.C. le Blon.

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Creator:
Le Blon, J. C., 1667–1741
Date:
[1725]
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [2], 6-27, [1], 7, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The Odyssey of Homer.

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Creator:
Homer
Date:
1725-1726
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts