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1. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].
Creator:
Howle, J. (Tailor)
Date:
[approximately 1820-1830]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. J. Clarke : boot & shoe maker : 110 High Holborn, London.

J. Clarke : boot & shoe maker : 110 High Holborn, London.
Creator:
Clarke, J., active 1820
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth.

Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth.
Creator:
Gibson, Joseph (Merchant)
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham : manufacturer of steel mills, for grinding malt beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, indian corn, coffee, pepper, rice, cocoa, almonds, cochineal, indigo, & seeds of all sorts.

Zachariah Parkes, Digbeth, Birmingham : manufacturer of steel mills, for grinding malt beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, indian corn, coffee, pepper, rice, cocoa, almonds, cochineal, indigo, & seeds of all sorts.
Creator:
Parkes, Zachariah
Date:
[between 1820 and 1840?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 14 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Sketches for college rooms / from the portfolio of a gentleman of the University of Cambridge.

Sketches for college rooms / from the portfolio of a gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
Creator:
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751–1835
Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.

W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.
Creator:
W. & T. Gregson (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1820]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 40 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester.

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester.
Creator:
Grave, Joseph (Tailor)
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820].

[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820].
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
1 ticket : illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. John Hearne commonplace book.

John Hearne commonplace book.
Creator:
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
Date:
1820-1849
Physical Description:
1 v. ([28], 292 p., with blanks) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Taxes assessed to William Moody, of Ampthill.

Taxes assessed to William Moody, of Ampthill.
Date:
Michaelmas, 1820 and 1823
Physical Description:
2 sheets ; 16 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Sketches representing the native tribes, animals, and scenery of southern Africa / from drawings made by the late Mr. Samuel Daniell, engraved by William Daniell.

Sketches representing the native tribes, animals, and scenery of southern Africa / from drawings made by the late Mr. Samuel Daniell, engraved by William Daniell.
Creator:
Daniell, Samuel, 1775–1811
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[6] p., 48 leaves, [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. W. Burt scrapbook : manuscript.

W. Burt scrapbook : manuscript.
Date:
1820s?-1867 (bulk 1820s)
Physical Description:
1 volume (80 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 44 x 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The printer's address to the Queen, and Her Majesty's answer.

No cover image available
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Costume of the lower orders of London : painted and engraved from nature / by T.L. Busby.

No cover image available
Creator:
Busby, Thomas Lord
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
iv, [24] p., [24] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc., in the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne, and chapelries of Gosforth & Cramlington, Northumberland; to which is prefixed, a historical account of the Church of St. Nicholas ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Richardson, Moses Aaron, 1793–1871
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. ill., plates, coats of arms. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Recipes for art and restoration.

No cover image available
Date:
circa 1820
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion : containing a compendious view of the game laws : a description of the various kinds of dogs : and the best mode of breeding, rearing, and training them : with an account of the diseases to which they are liable, and the best methods of cure : to which are added, directions for grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, hare, and wild duck shooting : particular instructions for the young sportsman : and much miscellaneous information on the choice of guns, gunpowder, shot, &c. &c. / by B. Thomas.

No cover image available
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, 304 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook.

No cover image available
Creator:
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Date:
1820s
Physical Description:
1 volume (39 drawings) ; 13 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The punishments of China / illustrated by twenty-two engravings : with explanations in English and French.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mason, George Henry
Date:
1804 [i.e. 1820]
Physical Description:
[54] p., 22 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

No cover image available
Creator:
Member of the Save-all Club
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 240 [i.e. 196], [2] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. [A cat playing with a ball of string].

No cover image available
Creator:
Dobbs, Henry
Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustration ; 5 x 8 cm, on card 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. H. Molyneux (wholesale & retail) : linen & woollen draper, silk mercer & hoster.

No cover image available
Creator:
H. Molyneux (Firm)
Date:
[between 1820-1825]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Paris et ses modes : nouvel almanach / redigé par le caprice.

No cover image available
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
179 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Marine sketches / drawn on stone by S. Prout.

No cover image available
Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[24] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

No cover image available
Creator:
Powell, Joseph, 1780–1834
Date:
1820-1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : all illustrations ; 23 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

No cover image available
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The black book; or Corruption unmasked! Being an account of places, pensions, and sinecures, the revenues of the clergy and landed aristocracy: the salaries and emoluments in courts of justice and the police department: the expenditure of the civil list ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Wade, John, 1788–1875
Date:
1820-1823
Physical Description:
2 v. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Naval victories : a series of engravings representing the naval engagements of Great Britain / from original drawings made by officers who were in the actions represented ; engraved by J. Sutherland.

No cover image available
Creator:
Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785–approximately 1825
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [58] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
67 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. [Paper quillwork picture of a flower vase] [realia]

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 paper quillwork picture ; 17 x 20 x 1 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A visit to the Tower : being an account of several birds and beasts.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
15, [1] p. : ill. ; 96 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Waterloo Bridge dissected into 151 pieces.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (151 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 18 x 35 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Hoyle's games improved : consisting of practical treatises on whist, quadrille, piquet ..., with an essay on game cocks and the rules, etc.: at horse races wherein are comprised calculations for betting upon equal or advantageous terms / revised and corrected by Charles Jones, Esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hoyle, Edmond, 1672–1769
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
502 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Description statistique, historique et politique des États-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale : depuis l'époque des premiers établissemens jusqu'à nos jours / par D.B. Warden ... ; edition traduite sur celle d'Angleterre ; ornée d'une carte nouvelle et génerale des États-Unis, par m. Tardieu ; d'un plan du district de Columbia, et d'une vue du capitole ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Warden, David Bailie, 1772–1845
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
5 v. : map, plan ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

No cover image available
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv p., [54] leaves of plates, [8] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Lithographic antitheses : illustrative of London in 1820.

No cover image available
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
[13] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Letters written during a tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France, in 1818 : including local and historical descriptions : with remarks on the manners and character of the people / by Mrs. Charles Stothard ; with numerous engravings, after drawings by Charles Stothard...

No cover image available
Creator:
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790–1883
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv, 322 p. , [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts