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1. Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester : varying from 12 to 40 feet in height : built A.D. 61 : a public promenade of nearly 2 miles round the city.

Date:: [approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:: 1 print : lithograph ; 9 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Creator:: Baldwin, Thomas
Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: [3], viii, [1], 360 [i.e. 361], [1] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

Date:: [169-?]
Physical Description:: [65] leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 16 x 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Marriage contract of Eleanor Ley and John Bennett.

Date:: 1758 April 27
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : parchment ; 71 x 86 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn

5. Evans & Gresty's Select views in the ancient city of Chester and its vicinity : containing upwards of 40 views.

Date:: 185-?]
Physical Description:: [11] leaves : all ill. ; 25 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; collected from public records, private manuscripts, and other authentic sources. With an account of parochial and other charities, never before published; and a chronological register of important events to the year 1815. Illustrated with five etchings, by G. Cuitt.

Creator:: Pigott, John Margaret Becker
Date:: 1815 [i. e. 1816]
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., iii, 334, ii p. front., plates. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The Chester guide : giving an account of its antiquities, buildings, customs, churches, government, trade, &c. : together with a list of the earls of Chester, embellished with views of the cathedral, old East-Gate and Bridge-Gate, Outer Castle-Gate, and the Barrs : to which is added a directory.

Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: [6], 96 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A walk round the walls and city of Chester. By John Broster.

Creator:: Broster, John, -1853
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., ii, 118 p. ill. 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Antiquities of Chester : by J.S. Prout.

Creator:: Prout, J. S. (John Skinner), 1806–1876
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: 2 p., [19] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The stranger's companion in Chester : including a description of Eaton Hall.

Date:: [1833?]
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Old buildings in the city of Chester, drawn and etched by G. Cuitt.

Creator:: Cuitt, George, 1779–1854
Date:: 1810]
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 8 plates 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The Chester guide, or, A walk round the walls and through the city : containing a description of the castle, cathedral, churches, and public buildings : with sketches of its ancient and ecclesiastical history, and an account of Eaton, the seat of the Marquis of Westminster.

Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: iii, 152 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Panorama of the city of Chester : containing its curiosities, antiquities, and ancient & present state, a visit to Eaton Hall, and a notice of the market towns in the county, intended as a pocket directory to the inquisitive traveller and curious tourist .../ by Joseph Hemingway ...

Creator:: Hemingway, Joseph
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: iv, 227, [1], iv p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The history of the county palatine of Chester. / By J. H. Hanshall.

Creator:: Hanshall, J. H
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 663 p., [30] plates (some folding) : ill., map, plans, portraits ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Views in Bangor and its neighborhood.

Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., plates. 14 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Picturesque views in Chester : in which are introduced the principal rows and streets and the most remarkable old buildings in that ancient city / lithographed by Day and Haghe.

Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [2], [12] leaves : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A ballad / by Reginald Heber ...

Creator:: Heber, Reginald, 1783–1826
Date:: [1830?]
Physical Description:: [10] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Memoirs of the late Captain Hugh Crow, of Liverpool; comprising a narrative of his life, together with descriptive sketches of the western coast of Africa; particularly of Bonny; the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the productions of the soil, and the trade of the country. To which are added, anecdotes and observations, illustrative of the negro character. Compiled chiefly from his own manuscripts: with authentic additions fromvoyagers and approved authors.

Creator:: Crow, Hugh, 1765–1829
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: xxxiii, 316 p. front. (port.) plates, fold. map. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities; and a concise political history ... By Joseph Hemingway ...

Creator:: Hemingway, Joseph
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 2 v. fold. front., ill., 23 plates, 3 plans. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. [Chester]

Creator:: Batenham, George, d. 1833
Date:: [1818?]
Physical Description:: [11] leaves : all ill. ; 17 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Gresty's Illustrated Chester : consisting of eight large chromo lithographic views from photographs, &c. : with a plan of the city, descriptive letterpress, a useful business directory, & a brief sketch of Eaton Hall ...

Creator:: Gresty, John
Date:: [1864?]
Physical Description:: [38] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 28 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The Chester guide and handbook to Eaton Hall : the history and antiquities of Chester described : a ramble through the city and round the walls to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall / inscribed to tourists and excursionists by the author.

Date:: [186-?]
Physical Description:: 92 p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The rare old city of Chester : the sole official guide.

Creator:: Chester (England). Corporation
Date:: [1932 or 1933]
Physical Description:: 124 p., [2] fold. leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 12 x 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. Chester : a historical and topographical account of the city, written by Bertram C.A. Windle; illustrated by Edmund H. New.

Creator:: Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir, 1858–1929
Date:: 1903
Physical Description:: 16 + 284 + [1] p. : incl. ill., 1 pl. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. The rare old city of Chester : famous throughout the world for its Roman remains, remarkable walls, unique rows, ancient cathedral, mediaeval houses, beautiful river and other attractions for visitors.

Creator:: Chester (England). Corporation
Date:: [194-?]
Physical Description:: 80 p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

26. The handbook to Chester : Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castle, and vicinity.

Date:: [1932?]
Physical Description:: 48 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

27. A history of the ancient city of Chester from the earliest times. (With plans and many illustrations.) By George Lee Fenwick.

Creator:: Fenwick, George Lee
Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 578 p. front., illus., 10 pl., 4 port. on 1 pl., plans, 2 diagr. 33 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. Picturesque Chester : the city in art / Peter Boughton.

Creator:: Boughton, P. J
Date:: 1997
Physical Description:: 128 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. The vicitors' Chester guide and handbook to Eaton Hall and Hawarden Castle : containing upwards of seventy illustrations and pictorial plan of the city of Chester / by Alfred Rimmer.

Creator:: Rimmer, Alfred, 1829–1893
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: vi, 212, [63] p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : ill., fold. map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. The stranger's handbook to Chester and its environs; containing a short sketch of its history and antiquities, a descriptive walk round the walls, and a visit to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall. By Thomas Hughes. With thirty-four new illustrations, by George Measom.

Creator:: Hughes, Thomas, civil engineer
Date:: [1870?]
Physical Description:: [iii]-vii, 166 p. front., illus. 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. Roman amphitheatre, Chester : Department of the Environment.

Date:: c1977
Physical Description:: 9 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. Chesters Roman fort, Northumberland / Eric Birley.

Creator:: Birley, Eric
Date:: 1976, c1960
Physical Description:: 36 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill.,3 plans ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. The history of the church and parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, together with an account of the new church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls, by the late J.P. Earwaker ... ed. by Rupert H. Morris ...

Creator:: Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), 1847–1895
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: vi, [2], 303 p. front., illus., 9 pl., plan. 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. Chester, painted by E. Harrison Compton, described by Francis R.G. Duckworth.

Creator:: Duckworth, F. R. G. (Francis Robinson Gladstone), b. 1881
Date:: 1910
Physical Description:: xi, 182, [1] p. 20 col pl. (incl. front.) map (partly fold.) 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Ancient Roman walls, city of Chester : varying from 12 to 40 feet in height : built A.D. 61 : a public promenade of nearly 2 miles round the city.

3. A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

4. Marriage contract of Eleanor Ley and John Bennett.

5. Evans & Gresty's Select views in the ancient city of Chester and its vicinity : containing upwards of 40 views.

7. The Chester guide : giving an account of its antiquities, buildings, customs, churches, government, trade, &c. : together with a list of the earls of Chester, embellished with views of the cathedral, old East-Gate and Bridge-Gate, Outer Castle-Gate, and the Barrs : to which is added a directory.

8. A walk round the walls and city of Chester. By John Broster.

9. Antiquities of Chester : by J.S. Prout.

10. The stranger's companion in Chester : including a description of Eaton Hall.

11. Old buildings in the city of Chester, drawn and etched by G. Cuitt.

12. The Chester guide, or, A walk round the walls and through the city : containing a description of the castle, cathedral, churches, and public buildings : with sketches of its ancient and ecclesiastical history, and an account of Eaton, the seat of the Marquis of Westminster.

13. Panorama of the city of Chester : containing its curiosities, antiquities, and ancient & present state, a visit to Eaton Hall, and a notice of the market towns in the county, intended as a pocket directory to the inquisitive traveller and curious tourist .../ by Joseph Hemingway ...

14. The history of the county palatine of Chester. / By J. H. Hanshall.

15. Views in Bangor and its neighborhood.

16. Picturesque views in Chester : in which are introduced the principal rows and streets and the most remarkable old buildings in that ancient city / lithographed by Day and Haghe.

17. A ballad / by Reginald Heber ...

19. History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities; and a concise political history ... By Joseph Hemingway ...

20. [Chester]

21. Gresty's Illustrated Chester : consisting of eight large chromo lithographic views from photographs, &c. : with a plan of the city, descriptive letterpress, a useful business directory, & a brief sketch of Eaton Hall ...

22. The Chester guide and handbook to Eaton Hall : the history and antiquities of Chester described : a ramble through the city and round the walls to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall / inscribed to tourists and excursionists by the author.

23. The rare old city of Chester : the sole official guide.

24. Chester : a historical and topographical account of the city, written by Bertram C.A. Windle; illustrated by Edmund H. New.

25. The rare old city of Chester : famous throughout the world for its Roman remains, remarkable walls, unique rows, ancient cathedral, mediaeval houses, beautiful river and other attractions for visitors.

26. The handbook to Chester : Eaton Hall, Hawarden Castle, and vicinity.

27. A history of the ancient city of Chester from the earliest times. (With plans and many illustrations.) By George Lee Fenwick.

28. Picturesque Chester : the city in art / Peter Boughton.

29. The vicitors' Chester guide and handbook to Eaton Hall and Hawarden Castle : containing upwards of seventy illustrations and pictorial plan of the city of Chester / by Alfred Rimmer.

30. The stranger's handbook to Chester and its environs; containing a short sketch of its history and antiquities, a descriptive walk round the walls, and a visit to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall. By Thomas Hughes. With thirty-four new illustrations, by George Measom.

31. Roman amphitheatre, Chester : Department of the Environment.

32. Chesters Roman fort, Northumberland / Eric Birley.

33. The history of the church and parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, together with an account of the new church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls, by the late J.P. Earwaker ... ed. by Rupert H. Morris ...

34. Chester, painted by E. Harrison Compton, described by Francis R.G. Duckworth.