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Subject Terms Engraving -- Specimens -- 1758.

1. Louthiana, or, An introduction to the antiquities of Ireland : in upwards of ninety views and plans : representing, with proper explanation, the principal ruins, curiosities, and antient dwellings, in the County of Louth : divided into three books / taken upon the spot by Thomas Wright, author of The physical and mathematical elements of astronomy, &c. ; engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.

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Creator:: Wright, Thomas, 1711–1786
Date:: MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:: 3 pt. in 1 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The natural history of Cornwall : the air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides ; of stones, semimetals, metals, tin, and manner of mining ; the constitution of the stannaries ; iron, copper, silver, lead, and gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, rare birds, fishes, shells, reptiles, and quadrupeds : of the inhabitants, their manners, customs, plays or interludes, exercises, and festivals ; the Cornish language, trade, tenures, and arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the county, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from original drawing taken on the spot / by William Borlase, A.M. F.R.S. Rector of Ludgvan, and author of the Antiquities of Cornwall.

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Creator:: Borlase, William, 1695–1772
Date:: MDCCLVII [1758]
Physical Description:: xix, 326 p., XXIX leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Ornamental architecture in the Gothic, Chinese, and modern taste : being above fifty intire [sic] new designs of plans, sections, elevations,&c. (many of which may be executed with roots of trees) for gardens, parks,forests, woods, canals, &c. ... : the whole neatly engrav'd on fifty four copper-plates from the designs of Charles Over, architect.

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Creator:: Over, Charles
Date:: 1758
Physical Description:: 8 p., [54] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. De la manière de graver a l'eau forte et au burin : et de la gravûre en manière noire : avec la façon de construire les presses modernes, & d'imprimer en taille-douce / par Abraham Bosse.

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Creator:: Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Date:: 1758
Physical Description:: [4], xxxii, 205 p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts