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The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.
Date: 1733-1739- Books
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A report from the committee, who (upon the 8th day of February, 1764) were appointed to enquire into the causes of the present high price of provisions; with the proceedings of the house thereupon. Published by order of the House of Commons.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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A report from the committee, appointed (upon the 27th day of January, 1763) to enquire into the state of the private madhouses in this kingdom. With the proceedings of the house thereupon. Published by order of the House of Commons.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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No 2. Copy letter from Sir Elijah Impey to the Court of Directors, Dated 8th August 1782, with its enclosures. Relating to The Contract with Mr. Fraser, for the Repair of ... Pools, and Dykes, in the Province of ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1787- Books
L'Onanisme : ou Dissertation physique, sur les maladies produites par la Masturbation / Traduit du Latin du Mr [Samuel Auguste André David] Tissot, D.M.
Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797.Date: 1760- Books
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A report from the committee appointed (upon the 11th day of March, 1771) to consider how His Majesty's navy may be better supplied with timber. Published by order of the House of Commons.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight; with their future contingencies of fortune. Now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand ... / [Anon].
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1720- Books
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display'd. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosty, and from the minds of youth ... / Tr. from the original French.
Pluche, Noël Antoine, 1688-1761.Date: 1740-48- Books
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Elements of chemistry : in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries : illustrated by fourteen copperplates / by Mr. Lavoisier ... ; translated from the French by Robert Kerr ; from the fifth Edinburgh edition ; with notes, tables, and considerable additions ; in two volumes ; vol. I[-II].
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794.Date: 1806- Books
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Nouvelle lettre à un médecin de province, ou résumé des discussions qui ont lieu entre MM. Roche, Bousquet, Casimir Broussais et Miquel, sur la doctrine physiologique, et sur la mortalité du Val-de-Grâce. Supplément à la 1re. et à la 2e. édition des Lettres à un médecin de province / [Antoine Miquel].
Miquel, Antoine, 1796-1829.Date: 1828- Books
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Observations politiques, morales & experimentees, sur les vrais principes de la finance. Suivies d'un essay sur les moyens de reforme, pour les finances de la Grande Bretagne: Et D'Une Ebauche pour un Plan D'Emprunt, selon lequel le Gouvernement Brittannique, pourra d'abord trouver les Fonds Necessaires, & leurs Interets, pour payer les Arrerages de la Derniere Guerre: sans imposer d'avantage le Peuple, par de Nouveaux Droits, Taxes, ou Accises. Par J: V: D: Hey, Conseiller Prive du Commerce, de Sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse: & Ancien Commis des Finances de L: N: P: Messeigneurs les Etats de Zeelande.
Hey, J. van der.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
Nouveau recueil de lettres choisies ... écrites à Mrs Belin pere et fils ... Dans lesquelles sont contenuës plusieurs particularités historiques sur la vie et la mort des sçavans de ce siècle, sur leurs écrits et plusieurs autres choses curieuses depuis l'an 1630 jusqu'à 1664 / Tome IV [-V] independant des trois premiers.
Patin, Charles, 1633-1693Date: 1695- Pictures
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A man is leading a woman and her baby on a donkey with their belongings and a flock of sheep, attended by other people. Engraving by P. Laurent after P.J. de Loutherbourg, ca. 1777.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.Date: 1777Reference: 571722i- Books
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Irish tales: or, instructive histories for the happy conduct of life. Containing the following Events. Viz. I. The Captivated Monarch. II. The Banish'd Prince. III. The Power of Beauty. IV. The Distrest Lovers. V. The Perfidious Gallant. VI. The Constant Fair-One. Vii. The Generous Rival. Viii The Inhuman Father. IX. The Depos'd Usurper. X. The Punishment of Ungenerous Love. By Mrs. Sarah Butler.
Butler, Sarah, Mrs.Date: [1716]- Books
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A catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, Amongst which are a very fine Portrait of Mrs. Abingdon, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; a capital Portrait, by Rembrandt; a noble Sketch of Belshazzar's Feast, by Rubens, and a Sea Storm, by W. V. de Velde: Capital High-Finished Drawings, Fine prints, bronzes, &c. the property of Sir John Eliot, dec. Brought from his late Residence in Cecil Street, Strand. Which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executors) By Mr. Christie, At his Great Room in Pall Mall, On Thursday, April 19th, 1787. To be View'd to the Sale, which will begin at Twelve O'Clock. Catalogues may be had as above. N. B. On Friday the 20th, and following Day, will be sold at the Room, Sir John Eliot's Select, well-chosen Library of Books.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1787]- Books
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An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute: as it was presented in a memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris ... By M.V., inventor ... of the ... machine. Together with a description of an artificial duck, eating, drinking, macerating the food, and voiding excrements; pluming her wings, picking her feathers, and performing several operations in imitation of a living duck ... as also that of another image, no less wonderful than the first, playing on the tabor and pipe ... / Translated out of the French original, by J.T. Desaguliers.
Vaucanson, Jacques de, 1709-1782Date: 1742- Books
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A catalogue of books, in various languages, and almost all arts and sciences; chiefly imported from abroad; containing a great number of classic authors, of the best Editions. To which is added, the Library of the late Admiral Tyrrel, Including a large Collection of Astronomical, and Mathematical Books, all in good Condition. In this Collection are, Folio. Cateshy's Carolina, illum. 2 vol. Wenman's Herbal, coloured, l. p. 6. v. Seligman's Birds, coloured, 5 vol. Huquier's Birds, &c. of China Kirby's Perspective, l. pap. Clarendon's Rebellion, 4 vol. l. p. Basket's Bible, 2 vol. imp. paper Norden's Travels, 2 vol. Postlethwayte's Dict. 2 vol. Harris's Voyages, 2 vol. Chambers's Dictionary, 2 vol. System of Geography, 2 vol. General Dictionary, 10 vol. Borlase's Cornwall, 2 vol. Universal History, 9 vol. Boyle's Works, 5 vol. Mariana's Spain Rycaut's Peru Dart's Westminster, 2 vol. Patrick, Lowth, Whitby, 6 vol. Coke on Littleton, best edit. Caxton's Vita Patrum Antiq. de Montfaucon, 15 v. gr. pap. Pierres Antiques de B. Stoch, Morocco Temple des Muses, Morocco Scheuchzer Phys. Sacra, 4 vol. Diction. de Commerce, 4 vol. Corps Diplomatique, 19 vol. Supplement du Corps Diplomat. 5 v. Diction. de Richlet, 3 vol. Erasmus Opera omnia, 10 vol. l. p. Sandrart Opera, 15 tom. Cabinet de Vandyke Teneirs Theat. Pictoria Dion. Cassius, edit. opt. 2 vol. Homer, Eustachius. Gr. 4 vol. Ammianus Mar. ed. op. Plutarch, Polybius, Gr. & Lat. Par. Strabo, 2 vol. Gr. & Lat. Biblia Polyglotta, 8 vol. S. Hieronymi Op. 5 vol. ed. op. Walteri Lex Diplomat. Overbeke's Antiq. 3 vol. Bibliotheca Rabinica, Bartolocii, 5 v. Assermani Bib. Orient. 4 vol. Dict. della Ling. Castellana, 6 vol. Steph. Thesaur. Ling. Gr. 5 vol. Spanbemius Num. 2 vol. Hortus Elthamensis, 2 vol. -Clifortianus Leopold's Machinarum, 4 vol. Medicae Artis Principes Quarto. Inscript. des Belles Let. 30 vol. Orinthiologie de Brisson, 6 vol. Livii, Crevier, 6 vol. Moliere, 6 vol. Par. Polybe de Folard, 6 vol. l. pap. Cicero Olivet. 9 vol. Milton's Works, 5 vol. Gardnier's Logarithms. Which will begin to be sold this day (very cheap) the lowest Prices printed in the Catalogue, by Thomas Wilcox, At Virgil's-Head, opposite the New Church in the Strand. Of whom may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books, also Books exchanged.
Wilcox, Thomas, bookseller.Date: 1767]- Books
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The secret history of Europe. Part I. Shewing that the late greatness of the French power was never so much owing to the number or goodness of their troops, and the Conduct of their Ministry at Home, as to the treachery and corruption of the ministers abroad. Giving a full Account, I. Of the Insincerity of England, Sweden, and Holland, in the Triple League. II. Of the Sieur De Wit's Correspondence with France, and his Murder by the Rabble. III. Of the close Alliance between Charles II. and Lewis XIV. IV. Of the Poisoning of Madam Orleans. V. Of the Intrigues of Mr. Montague Ambassador in France, and the Earl of Danby Treasurer in England. VI. Of the Secret Treaty between King James and the French King. The whole Collected from Authentick Memoirs, as well Manuscript as Printed.
Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
Jane Austen & "Mr. Lyford" / by William Harry Boorman.
Boorman, William Harry.Date: 1966- Books
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Nouveau recueil de lettres choisies ... écrites à Mrs Belin pere et fils ... Dans lesquelles sont contenuës plusieurs particularités historiques sur la vie et la mort des sçavans de ce siècle, sur leurs écrits et plusieurs autres choses curieuses depuis l'an 1630 jusqu'à 1664 / Tome IV [-V] independant des trois premiers.
Patin, Guy, 1601-1672.Date: 1695- Books
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The grub-Street miscellany, in prose and verse. Containing, I. A. paraphrase upon the 18th Psalm. II. The Pleasures of a Country Life in a Letter to a Friend. III. Verses on Mrs. S-H- IV. A Petition of several of the Inhabitants of Ireland humbly presented to the Parliament. V. The Wish in a Letter to a Friend. VI. A Poem on the Day of Judgment. Vii. A Song to Vens. Viii. An Epithalonium upon the Marriage of a quondam Mistress. IX. Verses to S-L-of Kensington, Gent. X. The Battle of the Muses in Somerset Gardens. XI. Verses on the Royal Oak. XII. A Song, to the Tune of, The Lass of Patie's Mill, &c. XIII. The Fable of the Dog and the Raven. XIV. A Letter in Prose. XV. A Letter to the Author, shewing who are properly living Members of the State. XVI. A Hunting Song. XVII. The Gazer. A Poem. XVIII. Verses on the Spring. XIX. On Love. XX. The Power of Love. A Song. To the Tune of, When Beauty dies ber Power pursue, &c. XXI. Strephen's Complaint. A Song. XXII. An Epitaph upon the Ladyt M-'s Lap dog. XXIII. A Letter out of the Country, in answer to one that was sent from the Devil Tavern. XXIV. The Farewell. A Song. XXV. A Poem on the Death of Mother N-d-m the celebrated English B-d. Written by Mr. Bavius Jun. F.G.S.
Bavius, Mr.Date: [1731]- Books
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The logographic-Emblematical English spelling book; or, a method of teaching children to read. Being founded upon an entirely new principle, by which any Infant, Four or Five Years old, and of ever so slow an Apprehension, will, with the greatest Ease to himself, and Teachers acquire, in a few Months, the utmost steadiness and fluency in Reading, and be enabled to make his way, at first sight, through any Book that may be put in his hands. To which are added instructions to enable any Persons to put this method in practice; as likewise four copper-plates, exhibiting the Emblems upon which this System is founded. By Mr. Lenoir, Professor of the French Language and Belles-Lettres, and Author of la Pratique de L'Orateur François, of L'Eloge Funébre de Louis XVI. of the French Logographic Emblematical Spelling Book, and several other esteemed Publications.
Lenoir, P. V.Date: 1800- Books
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The works of that most celebrated and witty Spaniard, Don Francisco de Quevedo: containing ... I. The night adventurer. II. The life of Paul, ... III. Fortune in her wits. IV. A proclamation by old father time. V. A treatise of all things whatsoever; past present, and to come. VI. Letters upon several occasions. Translated from the Spanish by Mr. Pinneda.
Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.Date: 1745- Books
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La medicina curativa : ó La purga dirigida contra la causa de las enfermedades probada y analizada en esta obra / por Mr. Leroy.
Le Roy, Louis, active 1820.Date: 1824- Books
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Never before translated Spanish Rhodomontades. As also historical and ocular proofs of a true heroism and a superior bravery, shewn by the Spaniards in their wars with the French, Germans, Dutch, and other nations, whom they almost always worsted and got the Better of, except the English, who as constantly Beat Them. Written in Spanish, French, and other languages by Peter De Bourdeille, Lord of Brantome, Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to Charles IX. and Henry II. Kings of France, for the Entertainment of Margaret, Queen of France and Navarre; and interspersed, not only with many Secret, and hitherto Unpublish'd, Occurrences, but curious Maxims of State and War; as also Bright Thoughts, Witty Sayings, Beautiful Turns, Surprising Answers, and Jocose Allusions of the Spaniards. With the Characters and Elogiums of Many Emperiors, Kings, Princes, Lords; and Ladies, not a Few. To which is added, A Remarkable Discourse on Fine Retreats made by the Generals of the Armies of divers Nations, in the Author's own Time, such as Philibert de Chalon, Prince of Orange; the Duke de Guise; the Marquess de Peseayra, and Others no less Famous. By Mr. Ozell.
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614.Date: M.DCC.XLI. [1741]