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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Salmon, William, 1644–1713
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
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Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
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Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
2
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690–1771
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Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767
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Barry, James, 1741–1806
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Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
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Harris, James, 1709–1780
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Harris, John, 1667?-1719
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Imison, John, d. 1788
1
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
1
Milizia, Francesco, 1725–1798
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Neve, Richard
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Theophilus
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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1585
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1971
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
27
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Books
26
Articles & Chapters
1
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unknown
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Period
18th century
18
17th century
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20th century
4
16th century
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19th century
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Work Type
engraving
3
armorial binding
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etching
2
wood engraving
2
drawing book
1
handbooks and manual
1
Subject Terms
Art -- Early works to 1800.
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Painting -- Early works to 1800.
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Portrait painting.
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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
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Science -- Early works to 1800.
3
Art -- Dictionaries.
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Art -- History.
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Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
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Chemistry, Technical -- Early works to 1800.
2
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Engraving -- Early works to 1800.
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Glass -- Early works to 1800.
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Nourse, J. -- Publisher.
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Painting -- Technique.
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Palmistry.
2
Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
2
Science -- Dictionaries.
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Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding.
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Waldo, Timothy, Sir -- Bookplate.
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Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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18th century
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England
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Gainsborough (Lincolnshire)
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Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
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English
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Italian
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French
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German
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Latin
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
Idea del tempio della pittura
[1590]
2
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1685
3
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767
The practice of painting and perspective made easy
1756
4
The school of arts improv'd, or, Companion for the ingenious ...
1780
5
Imison, John, d. 1788
School of arts
1787
6
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1678
7
Neve, Richard
Arts improvement: or, Choice experiments and observations in building,
1703
8
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae, sive, De veris & genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, secretis atque requisitis aliis ...
anno MDLXXXIII [1683]
9
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of design
1777
10
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1701
11
Milizia, Francesco, 1725–1798
Dell' arte di vedere nelle belle arti del disegno
1798
12
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice;
1673
13
The new handmaid to arts, sciences, agriculture, &c
1789
14
Barry, James, 1741–1806
An inquiry into the real and imaginary obstructions to the acquisition of the arts in England
1775
15
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
L'academia Todesca della architectura, scultura & pittura, oder, Teutsche Academie der edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste
Anno Christi MDCLXXV [1675]
16
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaids to the arts
17
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690–1771
Essai sur la peinture, la sculpture, et l'architecture ..
1751
18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy,
1793
19
A supplement to Dr. Harris's Dictionary of arts and sciences
1744
20
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
Trattato dell'arte della pittvra, scoltvra, et architettvra,
1585
21
Dossie, Robert, d. 1777
The handmaid to the arts
1764
22
Harris, James, 1709–1780
Three treatises
1744
23
Harris, John, 1667?-1719
Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences
1710-1716
24
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Seven discourses, 1778
1971
25
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
The art of painting after the Italian manner
1703
26
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
27
Theophilus
On divers arts;
[1963]