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A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Date: MDLXXXVIII [1588]Reference: 33798i- Pictures
A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Reference: 33803i- Digital Images
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Cartoon of Sir W. J. E. Wilson
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'Cylindar ship Cleopatra at Westminster Bridge'
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New Eddystone Rock near Ketchikan, Alaska. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.
Date: [1820]Reference: 2498741i- Pictures
The story of Cupid and Psyche: the old woman who keeps house for a troup of bandits tells Charite and Lucius (in the form of an ass) the story of Cupid and Psyche. Engraving by the Master of the Die, ca. 154-, after M. Coxie, 153-.
Coxcie, Michel, 1499-1592.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 2940386i- 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]- Pictures
A shepherd boy, two young women and a child playing with a dog by a pool. Etching.
Date: [179?-?]Reference: 2475431i- Pictures
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Saint James the Great. Line engraving.
Date: [between ca. 1680 and 1720?]Reference: 8620i- Pictures
Rome: the Piazza del Popolo. Etching by D. Pronti, 17--, after G.B. Piranesi.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2935850i- Pictures
The Circus of Flaminius (or Circus Flaminius), Rome: reconstruction of its unruined state. Line engraving by N. Beatrizet, 1552, after P. Ligorio.
Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583.Date: [1552]Reference: 2977750i- Books
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A catalogue of books for 1783; containing a Variety of scarce Articles in every Branch of Literature; Which will be sold at the Prices printed in the Catalogue, for Ready Money only, By John Marsom, No. 187, opposite the Windsor Castle, High Holborn. The full Value given for any Library, or Parcel of Books - or Books Exchanged. - To prevent Mistakes, Gentlemen are desired to send the First Word of the Article they want, with the Number. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and of the following Booksellers, Messrs. Denis and Son, No. 2, New Bridge Street, near the Obelisk, Fleet Street; Mr. Law, St. Martin's Church Yard; Mr. Coad, No. 12, Silver Street, Golden Square; and Mr. Barker, Russell Court, Covent Garden.
Marsom.Date: 1783]- Pictures
Cupid. Engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799?]Reference: 2818811i- Pictures
The flying figure of Mercury holding the legend of the Freeholder magazine. Etching by J. Lodge after O. Neale.
Neale, O.Reference: 27272i- Books
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The life of Pope Sixtus the fifth. (one of the most Remarkable and Entertaining Lives that is to be met with in Ancient or Modern History.) In Which IS Included The State of England, France, Spain, Italy, the Swiss Cantons, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the Low Countries, at that Time. With an account of St. Peter's, the conclave, and Manner of chusing a Pope; the Vatican Library, the many grand obelisks, aqueducts, bridges, Hospitals, Palaces, Streets, Towns, and other Noble Edifices, begun or finished by him. The whole interspersed with several curious incidents and anecdotes, not to be met with in any other Author. Translated from the Italian of Gregorio Leti, with a preface and notes. By Ellis Farneworth, M. A. Some time of Jesus College in Cambridge, And Chaplain to several of his Majesty's Ships, during the late War.
Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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The life of Pope Sixtus the Fifth. (one of the most Remarkable and Entertaining Lives that is to be met with in Ancient or Modern History.) In which is included the state of England, France, Spain, Italy, the Swiss Cantons, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the Low Countries, at that Time. With an account of St. Peter's, the conclave, and manner of chusing a pope; the Vatican Library, the many grand obelisks, aqueducts, bridges, Hospitals, Palaces, Streets, Towns, and other Noble Edifices, begun or finish'd by him The whole interspers'd with several curious incidents and anecdotes, not to be met with in any other Author. Translated from the Italian of Gregorio Leti, with a preface and notes. By Ellis Farneworth, M. A. Some time of Jesus College in Cambridge, And Chaplain to several of his Majesty's Ships, during the late War.
Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.Date: M,DCC,LXVI. [1766]- Books
Inscriptions in the cuneiform character : from Assyrian monuments, discovered by A. H. Layard, D.C.L.
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities.Date: 1851- Books
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The life of Pope Sixtus the Fifth. (One of the most remarkable and entertaining lives that is to be met with in ancient or modern history.) In which is included the state of England, France, Spain, Italy, the Swiss Cantons, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the low countries, at that time. With an account of St. Peter's, the conclave, and manner of chusing a pope; the Vatican Library, the many grand obelisks, aqueducts, bridges, hospitals, palaces, streets, towns, and other noble edifices, begun or finish'd by him. The whole interspers'd with several curious incidents and anecdotes, not to be met with in any other author. Translated from the Italian of Gregorio Leti, with a preface, prolegomena, notes, and appendix, by Ellis Farneworth, M.A. some time of Jesus College in Cambridge, and chaplain to several of His Majesty's ships, during the late war.
Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Pictures
Egypt: a building designated as the palace of Alexander the Great. Coloured engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1760 and 1792]Reference: 3185903i- Books
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The builder's complete assistant; or, a library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal, in whole Numbers and Fractions. II. Geometry, Lineal, Superficial, and Solid. III. Architecture, Universal. IV. Mensuration. V. Plain Trigonometry. VI. Surveying of Land, &c. VII. Mechanick powers. VIII. Hydrostaticks. Illustrated by above Thirteen Hundred Examples of Lines, Superficies, Solids, Mouldings, Pedestals, Columns, Pilasters, Entablatures, Pediments, Imposts, Block Cornices, Rustick Quoins, Frontispieces, Arcades, Porticos, &c. Proportioned by Modules and Minutes, according to Andrea Palladio; and by Equal Parts. Likewise Great Varieties of Trussed Roofs, Timber Bridges, Centerings, Arches, Groins, Twisted Rails, Compartments, obelisks, Vases, Pedestals for Bustos, Sun-Dials, Fonts, &c. and Methods for raising heavy Bodies by the Force of Levers, Pulleys, Axes in Peritrochio, Screws, and Wedges; as also Water, by the common Pump, Crane, &c. Wherein the Properties, and Pressure of the Air on Water, &c. are explained. The whole exemplified by 77 large Quarto Copper-Plates. By Batty Langley.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: [1775?]- Books
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The contest. Or, a collection of the most material papers, in prose and verse, published during the controverted election for the county of Norfolk in 1768. Candidates, Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart. of Kymberly. Sir Edward Astley, Bart. of Melton. Wenman Coke, Esq; Heir of Holkham. Thomas de Grey, Esq; of Merton. Containing, amongst other things, the two extraordinary advertisements of Sir A.W. and Mr. De G. denying any debate in the H. of C. upon the legality or illegality of general warrants. Answer to them. The true Briton. Answer to it. Epigrams. Goose-Pye [sic] feast. R-m in the Dumps. Two letters from Norwich, giving an account of the speech of Hurlo Thrumbo, &c. by Mr. No Ghost. Battle of Dereham. Cinderetta. The council. Reasons for not voting for Sir E.A. and Mr. C. published the Saturday before the election; with contre reasons for doing it, not before published. A short account of the transactions on the day of election, with a general view of the poll. Strictures on the admired speeches of sir W.B. M.D. and T.G. Esq; Remarks on the advertisement of Mr. De Grey, after the election. Song of Sir Dilberry Diddle, captain of militia. Clack-Close triumphant. Inscription for the grand Obelisk erecting at Dereham, &c. &c. &c.
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A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.
Brocas, Henry, 1762-1837.Date: [1794]Reference: 25215i- Books
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A catalogue of the libraries of the Reverend and learned Thomas Brathwaite, D. D. Late Warden of Winchester-College, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. And His Late Nephew, Tho. Brathwaite, Surgeon and Anatomist. Consisting of a Very Large Collection of books and manuscripts, In Theology, Architecture, History, Anatomy, &c. in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, High and Low Dutch, English, &c. and several scarce State Tracts. With a great Number of very curious Drawings, Prints, Views, Prospects, Plans of Cities, Palaces, Gardens, Vistas, Fountains, Cascades, Castles, Colleges, Halls, Obelisks, Pyramids, Mausoleums, Sepulchres, Tombs, Monuments, &c. with Anatomical Preparations and Curiosities, not commonly to be met with, among which are a Hymen, compleat, taken from one Executed at Tyhurn, Aged 22 Years, and a Foetus in Utero, with all the Parts of Generation compleat, of Seven Months Growth; also a Sea Surgeon's Chest, Medicines, and other Furniture, Instruments of Surgery, Midwifry, Anatomy, and several Bandages; Which will be Sold by auction, At John's Coffee-House, in Cursitor's-Alley, beginning on Monday the 21st Day of June 1731, and the following Days, till all are sold. By T. Payne, Bookseller, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row. For the Benefit of the Widow and Infant Son of the said Thomas Brathwaite late Surgeon. They may be view'd on Tuesday the 15th of June, and every Day after, till the Time of sale, which will begin at Five of the Clock in the Afternoon each Day.
Payne, Thomas, bookseller in Paternoster RowDate: 1731]- Pictures
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Animals drinking from a fountain. Etching by J. van den Hecke.
Hecke, Jan van den, approximately 1619-1684.Date: 1656Reference: 42315i- Archives and manuscripts
Wilson, Sir William James Erasmus (1809-1884)
Wilson, Sir William James Erasmus, (1809-1884)Date: 1844-1883Reference: MS.8007/37Part of: Miscellany: British, mainly 19th-20th centuries