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The curiosities of Paris, in nine letters. Containing The Manner of Travelling from Calais to Paris, and the Description of the Towns. &c. on the Road. Description of Paris, Course of the Seine, Bridges, Fountains, &c. Palaces, Paintings, Gardens, Statues, Cabinets of Curiosities, and an Execution on the Wheel. Hospitals, Churches, Relics, and Processions. Squares, Statues, and Inscriptions. Different Orders of the Religious, Orders of Knighthood, Equipages, and Theatres. Amphitheatres, public Libraries, Colleges, Nunneries, &c. and the Ceremony of taking the Veil. Description of St. Cloud, the Royal Mausoleum of St. Dennis, and Regalia of the Crown. Description and Curiosities at Versailles, Trianon, Marli, Waterworks, and Machine, Gardens, Statues, Procession of the Knights of the St. Esprit, &c. &c. Interspersed with useful Observations, and particularly adapted for the Perusal of Chirurgical Students and the Traveller. By A. R.
A. R.Date: [1760?]- Books
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A compendious history of England, from The Invasion by the Romans, to The present Time. Adorned with a map of Great Britain and Ireland, colour'd; And embellished with Thirty-One Cuts of all the Kings and Queens Who have reign'd since the Conquest: Drawn chiefly From their Statues at the Royal Exchange.
Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A companion to the guide, and a guide to the companion: being a complete supplement to all the accounts of Oxford hitherto published. containing, An accurate Description of several Halls, Libraries, Schools, Public Edifices, Busts, Statues, Antiquities, Hieroglyphics, Seats, Gardens, and other Curiosities, omitted or misrepresented, by Wood, Hearn, Salmon, Prince, Pointer, and other eminent Topographers, Chronologers, Antiquarians, and Historians. The Whole interspersed with Original Anecdotes, and interesting Discoveries, occasionally resulting from the Subject. And embellished with perspective views and Elevations, neatly engraved.
Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790.Date: [1762?]- Books
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A companion to the guide, and a guide to the companion: being a complete supplement to all the accounts of Oxford hitherto published. Containing, an accurate description of several halls, libraries, schools, Public Edifices, Busts, Statues, Antiquities, Hieroglyphics, Seats, Gardens, and other Curiosities, omitted or misrepresented, by Wood, Hearn, Salmon, Prince, Pointer, and other eminent topographers, Chronologers, Antiquarians, and Historians. The Whole interspersed with Original Anecdotes, and interesting Discoveries, occasionally resulting from the Subject. And embellished with perspective Views and Elevations, neatly engraved. The second edition, corrected and enlarged.
Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790.Date: [1762?]- Books
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A catalogue of the entire valuable museum of the late Matthew Duane, F.R. & A.S. Consisting of Greek, Punic, Phoenician, Roman, and other, Coins and Medals, In Gold, Silver, and Copper; A Very large and superb Collection of antient Gems; As also Statues, Busts, Lares, Inscriptions, Vases, Lamps, Fibulas, and other Remains of Antiquity; Together with his Collection of Books relating to Coins and Antiquities. Part I. Containing the Coins and Medals: which, By Order of the Executors, will be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Gerard, At his House, in Litchfield Street, St. Anne's, Soho, On Tuesday, the 3d of May, 1785, and the Four following Days, At Twelve O'Clock precisely. To be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding the Sale. Catalogues to be had at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1785]- Books
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The antiquities of Italy. Being the travels of the learned and reverend Bernard de Montfaucon, from Paris through Italy, in the years 1698. and 1699. Containing I. An Account of several Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Ancient Monuments, Libraries, Statues, Paintings, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Churches, Palaces, and other Curious Structures, most of them unobserv'd by all other Travellers. III. Collections of Rarities, wonderful Subterraneous Passages and Burial-Places, Old Roads, Gates, &c. with the Description of a Noble Monument found under Ground at Rome, in the Year M.DCC.II. Made English from the Paris edition, of the Latin original. Adorn'd with cuts. The second edition, revis'd throughout with large improvements, and Corrections, communicated by the Author to the Editor John Henley, M. A.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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C. Parker's new catalogue, of a fine collection of books, particularly of the history and antiquities, of this and foreign countries; Among others, are Folio. Crozat's Prints, 2 vol. Rossi's Statues Vitruvius Britannicus, 3 vol. Luxembourg Gallery De Lisle's Atlas Prynne's Constitution of Eng. 3 vol. Monasticon, per Dugdale, 3 vol. - Ditto English & Origines Jurid. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Biographia Britannica, 7 vol. Rapin and Tindal's Hist. of Eng. 5 vol. Camden's Britannia, 2 vol. best edit. Rushworth's Collections, 8 vol. Stukeley's Itinerarium Curiosum Maitland's London, 2 vol. Stow's London, 2 vol. Philpot's Kent Morant's Essex, 2 vol. lar. and sm. pap. Atkyns's Gloucestershire, lar. and sm. pap. Morton's Northamptonshire Dugdale's Warwickshire Coker's Dorsetshire Leicester's Cheshire Drake's York Prince's Worthies of Devon Peck's Hist. of Stamford Thorpe's Hist. of Rochester Parkyns's Kings Lynn Dart's Canterbury and York Higden's Polychronicon Fructus Temporum Carew of Elections-Wood's Athaenae Bacon's Abridgment of the Law, 5 vol. Thurloe's, Burleigh's, Sydney's, Strafford's, Roe's, Ormond's, &c. State Papers Fox's Martyrs, best edit. 3 vol. Blair's Chronology Raleigh's Hist. of the World, 2 vol. Churchill's, Harris's, Pococke's, Harleian, Hackluyt's, Frier's, Tavernier's, Wheler's, Drummond's, Chishull's, &c. Voyages and Travels Royal Commentaries of Peru Mariana's Hist. of Spain Ducarel's Ang. Norman Antiquities System of Geography, 2 vol. Hist. Romanae Scriptores, 3 vol. Camdeni Anglica, Normanica, &c. Chambers's Dictionary, 4 vol. Johnson's, Postlethwayte's, &c. Dictionary Scapulae Lexicon, edit. opt. Anderson of Commerce, 2 vol. Holland's Pliny-Uiry's Chaucer Hanbury's Gardening, 2 v. - Gerard's Herbal Guillim's Heraldry, best edit. Gibbs's Designs, lar. pap. Porcell's Orpheus Britain. Locke, Hobbes, &c. Quarto. Magna Britannia, II vol. Dr. Campbell's Survey of Britain, 2 vol. Grose's Antiquities, 2 vol. Hume and Macaulay's Hist. Lyttelton's Hen II. and Works, 5 vol. Robertson's Cha. V. and Scotland, 5 vol. Blackstone's Comment. and Tracts, 5 vol. Walpole's Painters, 4 vol. Harleian Miscellany, 8 vol. Hawkesworth's, Parkynson's, Bougainville's, Anson's, Phipps's, Ives's, &c. Voyages Hist. of Jamaica, 3 vol. Edwards's Birds and Gleanings, 7 vol. Albin's Birds and Infects, 4 vol. Ames on Printing-Dale's Harwich Milton, Pope, Locke, Bacon, Swift. Addison, Boyle, Bolingbroke, Middleton, Spenser, &c. Parl. Hist. and Debates, 65 vol. Svo. Universal History, 65 vol. 8vo. Which will be selling the 25th instant, and continue daily, At the Prices printed in the Catalogue; by C. Parker, Bookseller, The Upper Part of New Bond-Street. Where the atmost Value is given for any Library or Parcel of Books; Also Books Exchanged. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale; of Mr. Owen, within Temple-Bar; Mr. E. Johnson, in Ave-Maria Lane; Mess. Woodfall and Co. at Charing-Cross; Mr. Davenhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; Mr. Fletcher, at Oxford; and Mess. Merrill's, at Cambridge. 1775.
Parker, Charles, bookseller.Date: 1775]- Books
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A tour from England, thro' part of France, Flanders, Brabant, and Holland. Containing a true account and description of all the churches, palaces and gardens, with all the celebrated Marble Statues, Paintings, Fountains, Triumphal Arches, &c. therein worthy of Observation; with the Distance between each Place; with several curious Remarks, never taken Notice of before: very convenient for such gentlemen who travel thither. By Antonio Monsanto, Linguist, in King-Street, Rotherithe.
Monsanto, Antonio.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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A companion to the guide, and a guide to the companion: being a complete supplement to all the accounts of Oxford hitherto published. containing, An accurate Description of several Halls, Libraries, Schools, Public Edifices, Busts, Statues, Antiquities, Hieroglyphics, Seats, Gardens, and other Curiosities omitted or misrepresented by Wood, Hearn, Salmon, Prince, Pointer, and other eminent Topographers, Chronologers, Antiquarians, and Historians. The Whole interspersed with Original Anecdotes, and interesting Discoveries, occasionally resulting from the Subject. And embellished with perspective views and elevations, neatly engraved.
Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790.Date: [1760?]- Books
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The grand tour, or, a journey through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France. Containing I. A Description of the principal Cities and Towns, their Situation, Origin, and antient Monuments. II. The public Edifices, the Seats and Palaces of the Princes and Nobility, their Libraries, Cabinets, Paintings, and Statues. III. The Produce of the Countries, the Customs and Manne's of the People, the different Coins, their Commerce, Manufactures, Learning, and present Government. IV. An exact List of the Post-Routes, and of the different Carriages by Water and Land, with their settled Prices. By Mr. Nugent. The second edition, corrected, and considerably improved. To which is now added, the European itinerary. ...
Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772.Date: 1756- Books
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Ædes Pembrochianæ: a new account and description of the Statues, Bustos, Relievos, Paintings, Medals, and other antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House. in which the ancient poets are made mutually to explain and illustrate each other. To which is prefixed, A Dissertation on the Origin, Progress, and Decay of sculpture among the Greeks and Romans. With a complete index; By which any particular Statue, Busto, Painting, &c. and the Places or Rooms where disposed, may be immediately turned to. In the Antiquities of this Collection are contained, the whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, and Cardinal Mazarine's, And the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundell's; besides several particular pieces purchased at different times.
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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A catalogue of the curious collection of pictures of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. In which is included The valuable Collection of Sir Peter Paul Rubens. With The Life of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, The celebrated Poet. Written by Brian Fairfax, Esq; And never before published. Also, A Catalogue of Sir Peter Lely's capital Collection of Pictures, Statues, Bronzes, &c. with the exact Measures of the Pictures in both Collections: A Description of Easton-Neston in Northamptonshire, the Seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of Pomfret; with an Account of the curious antique Statues, Busto's, Urns, &c: A Description of the Cartoons at Hampton-Court: A Letter from Mr. I. Talman to Dr. Aldrich, Dean of Christ-Church, giving an Account of a fine Collection of Drawings of Monsignor Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo; collected by the celebrated Father Resta.
Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer. By Richard Burn, LL. D. late Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle. Continued to the present time by John Burn, Esq. his son, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. The sixteenth edition: to which is added an appendix, including the Statues of the last Session of Parliament (28 Geo. 3.) In four volumes.
Burn, Richard, 1709-1785.Date: 1788- Books
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A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces, purchased at different Times. The sixth edition. Corrected and enlarged, with an engraving of the busto of Aventinus. By James Kennedy.
Kennedy, James, active 1769.Date: [1774]- Books
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The gentleman and lady's key to polite literature, or compendious dictionary of fabulous history. Containing the Characters and Principal Actions Ascribed to the Heathen Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, &c. and the Manner in which the Ancients Represented the Deities and Heroes, Virtues and Vices, in their Paintings, Statues, and Gems: Together with Some Account of their Principal Poets. Intended for the assistance of those who would understand mythology, poetry, painting, statuary, and theatrical entertainments.
Date: 1796- Books
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A new description of the pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso-Relievos, and other curiosities at the Earl of Pembroke's House at Wilton. In the Antiques of this Collection are contained the Whole of Cardinal Richelieu's, and Cardinal Mazarine's, and the greatest Part of the Earl of Arundel's; besides several particular Pieces, purchased at different Times. The fifth edition. Corrected and enlarged with an engraving of an alto relievo of Phyrrus, King of Epirus. By James Kennedy.
Kennedy, James, active 1769.Date: [1771]- Books
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The compleat constable. Directing all constables, headboroughs, tithing-men, church-wardens, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the highways, and scavengers, in the Duty of their several Offices, according to the Power allow'd them by the Laws and Statues: Continu'd to this present Time; Wherein the Constables Duty in raising Men for her Majesty's Service is fully treated. to which is added, a treatise of warrants and commitments, proper for the knowledge of all constables, &c.
R. G. (Robert Gardiner), active 1705-1728.Date: 1710- Books
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A new pocket companion for Oxford: or, guide through the University. Containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the Colleges; the Gardens, Statues, Pictures, Hibroglyphics, and all other Curiosities in the University. With an Historical Account of the Foundation of the several Colleges, and their present State. To which are added, descriptions of the buildings, tapestry, paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, &c. At Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow , The Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Honourable the Earls of Litchfield, Shrewsbury, Harcourt and Temple.
Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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The gentleman and lady's key, to polite-literature; or a compendious dictionary of fabulous history: containing the characters, and principal Actions, ascribed to the heathen gods, Goddess, Heroes, &c. and the manner in which the Ancients represented the Deities & Heroes, Virtues and Vices, in their Paintings, Statues and Gems: Together with some Account of their Poets, and References to the principal Places mentioned in their Works. Intended for the Assistance of those who would understand Mythology, Poetry, Painting, Statuary and Theatrical Entertainments: and particularly adapted to the use of Latin and French-Schools.
Date: [1760?]- Books
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The gentleman and lady's key, to polite-literature; or a compendious dictionary of fabulous history. Containing the characters, and principal actions, ascribed to the heathen gods, Goddesses, Heroes, &c. and the manner in which the Ancients represented the Deities & Heroes Virtues and Vices, in their Paintings. Statues and Gems: Together with some Account of their Poets, and References to the principal Places mentioned in their Works. Intended for the assistance of those who would understand Mythology Poetry Painting Statuary and Sheatrical Entertainments and particularly adapted to the use of Latin and French-Schools.
Date: MDCCLXXVI [1776]- Books
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A catalogue of prints and books of prints, of the late John Bridges Esq; of Lincoln's-Inn. Containing a fine Collection of Hollar's Works, Nanteuil's and Morin's Heads, the Ancient and Modern Statues, Buildings and Ruins, &c. Together with the three famous Manuscripts inserted in the last Page of the printed Catalogue of Books. Which will be sold by auction at his chambers in Lincoln's-Inn No. VI. on Thursday the 24th of this instant March, 1725-6. The Collection may be view'd on Monday the 20th, and every Day till the Hour of Sale, which will begin at a Eleven O'Clock in the Forenoon precisely.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1726]- Books
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A new pocket companion for Oxford: or, guide through the University. Containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges; the gardens, Statues, Pictures, Hieroglyphics, and all other Curiosities in the University. With an Historical Account of the Foundation of the several Colleges, their History and present State. Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Seven other Plates. To which are added, descriptions of the buildings, the Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, &c. at Blenheim, Ditchley, Nuneham and Stow, The Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Honourable the Earls of Litchfield, Harcourt and Temple.
Date: [1790?]- Books
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A new pocket companion for Oxford: or, guide through the University. Containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges; the gardens, Statues, Pictures, Hieroglyphics, and all other Curiosities in the University. With an Historical Account of the Foundation of the several Colleges, their History and present State. Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and other Plates. To which are added, descriptions of the buildings, the Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, &c. at Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, The Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Honourable the Earl of Litchfield, The Right Honourable the Earl Temple.
Date: [1790?]- Books
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A new pocket companion for Oxford: or guide through the university; containing an accurate description of the public edifices, the buildings in each of the colleges; the gardens, Statues, Pictures, Heroglyphics, and all Other Curiosities in the University. with an Historical Account of the Foundation of the Several Colleges, and their Present State. To which are added, descriptions of the buildings, Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, &c. at Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow, the Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Honourable the Earls of Litchfield, Shrewsbury, and Harcourt, and the Marquis of Buckingham. A new edition, corrected, much enlarged, and adorned with a plan of the university and city, and six other plates.
Date: [1799]- Books
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A new pocket companion for Oxford: or, guide through the University. Containing An accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in each of the Colleges; the Gardens, Statues, Pictures, Hieroglyphics, and all other Curiosities in the University. With an Historical Account of the Foundation of the several Colleges, and their present State. To which are added, descriptions of the buildings, Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, &c. at Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow, The Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Honourable the Earls of Litchfield, Shrewsbury, and Harcourt; and the Marquis of Buckingham. and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six other Plates.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]