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1. A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect.

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Creator:
Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
Date:
[not before 1819]
Physical Description:
25 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22787413600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. An architectural dictionary : containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms of art with a full display of their technical meaning and application, as used by architects, builders, and workmen ... / by Peter Nicholson.

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Creator:
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
Date:
1812-1819
Physical Description:
2 v. (xlvi, 475, [1], 260; [2], 261-913, [1] p., [281] plates) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22691838550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A voyage to Hudson's Bay during the summer of 1812 : containing a particular account of the icebergs and other phenomena which present themselves in those regions : also, a description of the Esquimeaux and North American Indians : their mannners, customs, dress, language, &c. &c. &c. / by Thomas M'Keevor, M.D. of the Dublin Lying-In Hospital.

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Creator:
MacKeevor, Thomas
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
78 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22847807730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Dr. Goldsmith's Abridged history of England : from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II / continued from that period to the bombardment of Copenhagen by an able writer ; and brought down to the present time by an attentive observer of public events.

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Creator:
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[4], 444 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., ports ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Hudibras / by Samuel Butler ; with Dr. Grey's annotations.

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Creator:
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and observations on the countries which it visited / by Clarke Abel, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and member of the Geological Society, Chief Medical Officer and naturalist to the Embassy ; illustrated by maps and other engravings.

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Creator:
Abel, Clarke, 1780–1826
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 420 pages, [23] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22648649590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Lillipution museum, or, Exhibition of pigmy revels [graphic] : intended to create joy for the juvenile, laughter for the languid, fun for the feeble, sauce for the serious, and mirth for the melancholy : containing wit without indecency, humour without vulgarity, mirth without malice, and satire without personality : adapted also to ornament, or border rooms, paste into folios, or cut out for screens or scrap books, etc. etc.

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Creator:
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Date:
[1819?]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheets end-to-end 10 x 267 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 10 x 4 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22786666350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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Creator:
Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:
1819-1820
Physical Description:
4 volumes : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The sportsman's directory, or, Park and gamekeeper's companion : containing instructions for breeding, feeding, and breaking dogs, hunting, and coursing, shooting, fishing, preserving game, decoys, breeding pheasants, partridges, pigeons, rabbits, &c. &c. : also, a description of all kinds of poaching, how to detect poachers, and to destroy their works : with abstracts of the new game acts, and upwards of fifty valuable recipes / by John Mayer, gamekeeper.

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Creator:
Mayer, John, gamekeeper
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 204, [12] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22919973500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection