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Gleanings of antiquities. Containing, I. An essay for explaining the creation and the deluge, according to the sense of the Gentiles. In a Letter to a Learned Person. II. A discourse of oracles, giving an account of the Sibylline oracles; with an uncommon explication of Virgil's fourth eclogue, and some other Parts of his Works relating to them. To which is Added, An Account of the Oracles delivered at Delphos, and in the other Temples of the Gentiles; and of the Rise and Cessation of Oracles, both among the sews and Gentiles. III. Some notes concerning familiar spirits. By John Beaumont, Gent.
Beaumont, John, -1731.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
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Gleanings of antiquities. Containing, I. An essay for explaining the creation and the deluge, according to the sense of the Gentiles. In a Letter to a Learned Person. II. A discourse of oracles, giving an account of the Sibylline oracles; with an uncommon explication of Virgil's fourth eclogue, and some other Parts of his Works relating to them. To which is Added, An Account of the Oracles delivered at Delphos, and in the other Temples of the Gentiles; and of the Rise and Cessation of Oracles, both among the Jews and Gentiles. III. Some notes concerning familiar spirits. By John Beaumont, gent.
Beaumont, John, -1731.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
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The new Oxford guide: or, companion through the University. Exhibiting every Particular worthy The Observation of the Curious In Each Of The the public buildings, colleges, halls, &c. To which is added, a tour to Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythorp, and Stow, The Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Hon. the Earl of Litchfield, The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, And the Right Hon. the Earl Temple. Containing, An accurate Description of their Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, and other Curiosities. By a gentleman of Oxford. The sixth edition, corrected and enlarged. Embellished with a new plan of Oxford, and other elegant engravings.
Gentleman of Oxford.Date: [1770?]- 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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The temples of virtue and pleasure. A poem.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Pictures
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Burma: a sanctuary (?) with towers, temples, musicians and dancers. Gouache painting.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 727936iPart of: Burma: narrative scenes. Gouache paintings.- Pictures
India: Hindu temples on a hillside at Pune. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1881Reference: 32465iPart of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.- Books
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Ornamental architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste, being above fifty intire new designs of plans, sections, elevations, &c. (many of which may be executed with roots of trees) for gardens, parks, forests, Woods, Canals, &c. Containing Paling of several Sorts, Gates, Garden Seats, both close and open, Umbrello's, Alcoves, Grotto's and Grotesque Seats, Hermitages, Triumphal Arches, Temples, Banqueting Houses and Rooms, Rotundo's, Observatories, Ice-Houses, Bridges, Boats, and Cascades, also, An Obelisk or Monument, with Directions where proper to be erected, and the Method how to execute them. The Whole neatly Engrav'd On Fifty Four Copper-Plates. From the designs of Charles Over, architect.
Over, Charles.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- 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, Harcourt and Temple. A new edition, corrected, much enlarged, and adorned with a plan of the university and city, and six other plates.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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The new Oxford guide: or, companion through the University. Exhibiting every particular worthy the observation of the curious in each of the public buildings, colleges, halls, &c. To which is added, a tour to Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow, the Seats of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, The Right Hon. the Earl of Litchfield, The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, The Right Hon. the Earl Harcourt, And the Right Hon. the Earl Temple. Containing, An accurate Description of their Tapestry, Paintings, Sculptures, Temples, Gardens, and other Curiosities. By a gentleman of Oxford. The sixth edition, corrected and enlarged. Embellished with a new plan of Oxford, and other elegant engravings.
Gentleman of Oxford.Date: [1784?]- Pictures
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Bihar Gyalpo, the patron of monasteries and temples. Chromolithograph.
Date: [1863?]Reference: 580263i- 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]- 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, Hieroglyphicks, 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: MDCCXCVII. [1797]- 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. A new edition, corrected, much enlarged, and adorned with a plan of the university and city, and six other plates.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- 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, Hieroglyphicks, 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: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building: as also the different construction of private and publick houses, High-Ways, Bridges, Market-Places, Xystes, and Temples, with their Plans, Sections, and Uprights. Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian, Architect to His Most Serene Highness, the Late Elector Palatine. Translated from the Italian original. The third edition, corrected. With notes and remarks of Inigo Jones: Now first taken from his Original Manuscript in Worcester College Library, Oxford. And also, An appendix, containing the Antiquities of Rome. Written by A. Palladio. And a Discourse of the fires of the Ancients. Never before Translated. In two volumes.
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.Date: M.DCC.XLII. [1742]- Pictures
Hindu temples with lingams by the river, Barolli, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Coloured lithograph by T.C. Dibdin after J. Fergusson.
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886.Reference: 15451i- Books
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The Druidical temples of the county of Wilts / [Edward Duke].
Duke, Edward, 1779-1852.Date: 1846- Pictures
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Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823.Date: 1820Reference: 23661i- Books
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A new history of Greece. By way of question and answer. In three parts. I. A Geographical Description of all those Countries which were anciently called Greece; viz. Epirus, Peloponnesus, Greece properly so call'd, Thessaly, Macedon, and the Grecian Isles. II. A short historical Account of the Kingdoms of Sicyonia, Argos, Thebes or Boeotia, Corinth, Sparta or Lacedaemon, and Athens. III Of the Religion, Laws, Customs and Manners of the Grecians; viz. Of their Priests, Temples, Altars, Oracles, Sacrifices, Oaths, Prayers, and Divination. Of the Laws of Lycurgus, Draco, Solon, and the Areopagus. Of Military Customs; of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games; of the Ostracism, of Education, Women, Marriage, Funeral Ceremonies, and Arts and Sciences. for the use of schools.
Lockman, John, 1698-1771.Date: 1750- Books
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The history of Greece. By way of question and answer. In three parts. I. A Geographical Description of all those Countries which were anciently called Greece; viz. Epirus, Peloponnesus, Greece properly so call'd, Thessaly, Macedon, and the Grecian Isles. II. A short historical Account of the Kingdoms of Sicyonia, Argos, Thebes or Boeotia, Corinth, Sparta or Lacedaemon, and Athens. III. Of the Religion, Laws, Customs and Manners of the Grecians; viz. Of their Priests, Temples, Altars, Oracles, Sacrifices, Oaths, Prayers, and Divination. Of the Laws of Lycurgus, Draco, Solon, and the Areopagns. Of Military Customs; of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games; of the Ostracism, of Education, Women, Marriage, Funeral Ceremonies, and Arts and Sciences. For the use of schools.
Lockman, John, 1698-1771.Date: 1743- Books
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The history of Greece. By way of question and answer. In three parts. I. A Geographical Description of all those Countries which were anciently called Greece; viz. Epirus, Peloponnesus, Greece properly so called, Thessaly, Macedon, and the Grecian Isles. II. A short historical Account of the Kingdoms of Sicyonia, Argos, Thebes or Boeotia, Corinth, Sparta or Lacedaemon, and Athens. III. Of the Religion, Laws, Customs and Manners of the Grecians; viz. Of their Priests, Temples, Altars, Oracles, Sacrifices, Oaths, Prayers, and Divination. Of the Laws of Lycurgus, Draco, Solon, and the Areopagus. Of Military Customs; of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games; of the Ostracism, of Education, Women, Marriage, Funeral Ceremonies, and Arts and Sciences. For the use of schools.
Lockman, John, 1698-1771.Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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British curiosities in art and nature; giving an account of rarities both antient and modern, viz. Monuments, Monasteries, Priories, Frieries, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Walls, Roman Camps, Garrisons, Highways, Coins, Altars, Urns, Pavements of Mosaic Work, Temples, Churches, Bridges, Kings Palaces, Noblemens Seats, Paintings, Gardens, Statues, Fountains, Rivers, Lakes, Abysses, Caverns, Rocks, Hills, Plants, Flowers, Birds, Beasts, Fish, Shells, Learning and Learned Men, unusual Customs of Places, with whatever else is worthy observing. Likewise an account of the posts, markets, and fair-towns. To which is added, A very Useful Scheme, containing a brief Account of the State of each County in England, at one View, curiously engraved, and printed on a Sheet to fold up or put in a Frame.
Date: MDCC.XXVIII. [1728]