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Three vignettes: cupids riding on a dolphin; cupids shooting at a heart-target; drunken cupids riding on a goat. Etching after J. B. Huet, 1773.
Huet, Jean-Baptiste, 1745-1811.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2498934i- Books
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The compleat gamester: or, full and easy instructions for playing at all manner of usual, and most genteel games, after the best method. Viz. I. Ombre, piquet, with a song on the same; lanterloo, whist, and a great variety of other games on the cards. II. The famous game of verquere, tick-tack, Irish, back-gammon. III. Inn and inn, passage, hazard, the royal game at chess, and billiards. To which is added. The gentleman's diversion, in riding, racing, archery, cock-fighting, and bowling. All regulated by the most experienced masters
Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]- Ephemera
The Royal Artillery Barracks map : London 2012 Paralympic Games / London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Date: 2012- Books
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Rules of the Society of Royal Kentish Bowmen. August 28, 1789.
Society of Royal Kentish Bowmen.Date: 1789]- Books
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"pro aris et focis" Considerations of the reasons that exist for reviving the use of the long bow with the pike in aid of the measures brought forward by His Majesty's ministers for the defence of the country by Richd. Oswald Mason Esqr
Mason, Richard Oswald.Date: 1798- Books
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The English works of Roger Ascham, Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth: containing, I. A report of the affairs of Germany, and the Emperor Charles's Court. II. Toxophilus, or the School of Shooting. III. The schoolmaster, or perfect Way of bringing up Youth, illustrated by the late learned Mr. Upton. IV. Letters to Queen Elizabeth and others, now first published from the Manuscripts. With notes and observations, and the author's life. By James Bennet, Master of the Boarding-School at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.
Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]- Books
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The English works of Roger Ascham, Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth: Containing, I. A report of the affairs of Germany, and the Emperor Charles the Fifth's Court. II. Toxophilus, or the School of Shooting. III. The schoolmaster, or perfect Way of bringing up Youth, illustrated by the late learned Mr. Upton. IV. Letters to Queen Elizabeth and others, now first published from the Manuscripts. With notes and observations, and the author's life. By James Bennet, Master of the Boarding-School at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.
Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.Date: [1767?]- Books
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Rules and orders of the Society of John of Gaunt's bowmen, revived at Lancaster, anno Domini 1788.
Society of John of Gaunt's Bowmen.Date: 1791- Books
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The compleat gamester: in three parts. Containing, I. The court gamester: Or, Full and Easy Instructions for playing the Games of Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The city gamester: Or, True Manner of playing the most usual Games at Cards, viz. Whist, All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, &c. With several diverting Tricks upon the Cards. Also Rules for playing at All the Games both Within and Without the Tables; and at English and French Billiards: With the Laws of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes. III. The gentleman's diversion: or, the arts of riding, racing, archery, Cocking, and Bowling. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, by Richard Seymour, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: 1739- Ephemera
Sport ephemera (general). Box 3.
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London 2012 Paralympic Games : Danielle Brown : Tuesday 4 September 2012, The Royal Artillery Barracks : gold medal winner / [Royal Mail].
Date: 2012- Books
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The compleat gamester: in three parts. Containing, I. The court gamester: In Three Parts. Containing, I. The Court Gamester: Or, Full and Easy Instructions for playing the Games of Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, Basset, Faro, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The city gamester: Or, True Manner of playing the most usual Games at Cards, viz. Whist, All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, &c. With several diverting Tricks upon the Cards. Also Rules for playing at all the Games both Within and Without the Tables; and at English and French Billiards: With the Laws of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes. III. The gentleman's diversion: or, the arts of riding, racing, archery, Cocking, and Bowling. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, by Richard Seymour, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: [1750]- Pictures
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Men shooting at a target with crossbows. Etching.
Reference: 34350i- Books
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The compleat gamester: in three parts. Containing, I. The court gamester: Or, Full and Easy Instructions for playing the Games of Whist, Ombre, Quadrille, Quintille, Picquet, and the Royal Game of Chess. II. The city gamester: Or, True Manner of playing the most usual Games at Cards viz. All-Fours, Cribbidge, Put, Lue, Brag, Lottery, &c. With several diverting Tricks upon the Cards; also Rules for playing at All the Games both Within and Without the Tables; and at English and French Billiards: With the Laws of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes. III. The gentleman's diversion: or, the arts of riding, racing, archery, Cocking, and Bowling. First Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, by Richard Seymour, Esq; and now carefully revised, very much enlarged and improved, agreeable to the present Method of playing the several Games, by Charles Johnson, Esq;
Seymour, Richard, Esq.Date: 1754- Ephemera
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[Fund-raising sticker for the Daily Mail Red Cross Fund. Alliance].
Date: [Between 1914 and 1918?]- Ephemera
Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic games : highlights from the history of the Paralympic Games / Royal Mail.
Date: 2012- Digital Images
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Burmese-Pali Manuscript.
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Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke. Line engraving by J. de Courbes, 1624.
Date: 1624Reference: 7754i- Digital Images
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(Left) Prince Siddhattha (Bodhisatta) asks his father
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A herald reads from a black parabaik and announces
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Aim for the best : Gibbs Dentifrice : 7 1/2d per tin.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Pictures
The healthy lifestyle of Soviet Young Pioneers. Colour lithograph after Milʹman, 1932.
Milʹman, fl. 1932.Date: 1932Reference: 668660i- Ephemera
The Olympic & Paralympic games : the journey to 2012 : Royal Mail mint stamps / words: Ian Cole.
Cole, Ian.Date: 2009- Pictures
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Atalanta defending her chastity during a hunt by shooting her pursuer. Engraving by J.K. Baldrey after H.W. Bunbury, 1790.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: 4 March 1790Reference: 46764i- Books
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Adami de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus. E Codice MS. perantiquo, in Bibliotheca Collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiae, descripsit primusque in lucem protulit Tho. Hearnius. Qui & (praeter alia, in quibus Dissertatio de Inscriptione pervetcri Romana, Cicestriae nuper reperta,) Guilielmi Malmesburiensis librum de Antiquitate Ecclesiae Glastoniensis, et Edmundi Archeri Excerpta aliquammulta satis egregia e Registris Wellensibus, praemisit. Duobus Voluminibus.
Adam, of Domerham, active 13th century.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]