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1. Essays, biographical, critical and historical illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer & Idler : and of the various periodical papers, which in imitation of the writings of Steele and Addison, have been published .... / by Nathan Drake.

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Creator:
Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836
Date:
1809-1810
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The "Ladies of Llangollen", as sketched by many hands : with notices of other objects of interest in "that sweetest of vales" / by John Hicklin.

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Creator:
Hicklin, John
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
31 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Mrs. Piozzi : a sketch of her life and passages from her diaries, letters & other writings / edited by L. B. Seeley ... with nine illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zoffany, & others.

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Creator:
Seeley, L. B. (Leonard Benton), 1831–1893
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
x, 336 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Nobody's perfect : a new Whig interpretation of history / Annabel Patterson.

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Creator:
Patterson, Annabel M
Date:
c2002
Physical Description:
viii, 288 p. : ill. ; cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

5. The idea of progress in eighteenth-century Britain / David Spadafora.

The idea of progress in eighteenth-century Britain / David Spadafora.
Creator:
Spadafora, David, 1951–
Date:
c1990
Physical Description:
xv, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

6. Enlightening the British : knowledge, discovery, and the museum in the eighteenth century / edited by R.G.W. Anderson ... [et al.].

Enlightening the British : knowledge, discovery, and the museum in the eighteenth century / edited by R.G.W. Anderson ... [et al.].
Date:
2003
Physical Description:
x, 195 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

7. The birth of Pandora and the division of knowledge / John Barrell.

The birth of Pandora and the division of knowledge / John Barrell.
Creator:
Barrell, John
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
xvii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

8. Flesh in the Age of Reason / Roy Porter ; foreword by Simon Schama.

Flesh in the Age of Reason / Roy Porter ; foreword by Simon Schama.
Creator:
Porter, Roy, 1946–2002
Date:
2004
Physical Description:
xviii, 573 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

9. The architect king : George III and the culture of the Enlightenment / David Watkin.

The architect king : George III and the culture of the Enlightenment / David Watkin.
Creator:
Watkin, David, 1941–2018
Date:
[2004]
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

10. Mrs. Delany & her circle / edited by Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts.

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Date:
2009
Physical Description:
xi, 283 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

11. The Society of Dilettanti : archaeology and identity in the British enlightenment / Jason Kelly.

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Creator:
Kelly, Jason M
Date:
c2009
Physical Description:
xvii, 366 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

12. The house of forgery in eighteenth-century Britain / Paul Baines.

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Creator:
Baines, Paul, 1961–
Date:
c1999
Physical Description:
viii, 195 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

13. Sciences of antiquity : romantic antiquarianism, natural history, and knowledge work / Noah Heringman.

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Creator:
Heringman, Noah
Date:
2013
Physical Description:
xii, 345 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. Enlightenment : Britain and the creation of the modern world / Roy Porter.

Enlightenment : Britain and the creation of the modern world / Roy Porter.
Creator:
Porter, Roy, 1946–2002
Date:
2000
Physical Description:
xxiv, 727 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

15. The diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald / edited by Ben P. Robertson.

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Creator:
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753–1821
Date:
2007
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

16. Johnson's England; an account of the life & manners of his age, edited by A. S. Turberville ...

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Creator:
Turberville, Arthur Stanley, 1888–1945
Date:
1933
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts., illus., plates, ports., maps, plans, facsims. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

17. An Oxford companion to the Romantic Age : British culture, 1776-1832 / general editor, Iain McCalman ; associate editors, Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite ; assistant editors, Kate Fullagar, Patsy Hardy.

An Oxford companion to the Romantic Age : British culture, 1776-1832 / general editor, Iain McCalman ; associate editors, Jon Mee, Gillian Russell, Clara Tuite ; assistant editors, Kate Fullagar, Patsy Hardy.
Date:
1999
Physical Description:
xiii, 780 p. : ill., ports ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

18. Enlightened princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world / edited by Joanna Marschner, David Bindman and Lisa L. Ford.

Enlightened princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world / edited by Joanna Marschner, David Bindman and Lisa L. Ford.
Date:
2017
Physical Description:
xix, 571 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library