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Palaces and other buildings on the Palatine, Rome: plan. Drawing.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 566664iPart of: Ancient bridges and buildings of Rome and Peru. Drawings, etching and manuscripts.- E-books
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Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi`ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran
Babaie, SussanDate: 2008- Books
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A compendious gazetteer; or, pocket companion to the Royal Palaces, Towns, Villages, Villas, and Remarkable Places, within sixteen miles of windsor. Pointing out Whatever is most Remarkable for Antiquity, Grandeur, or Rural Beauty; With Historical and Biograghical Remarks. Illustrated with a map.
Date: [1794]- 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]- Books
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A new display of the beauties of England; or, a description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, Royal Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial, in different parts of the Kingdom. Adorned with a variety of copper-plate arts, Cuts, neatly engraved. ...
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The travels of the learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro' Italy. Containing I. An Account of many Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Libraries, Statues, Paintings, Churches, Monuments, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Palaces, and other Curious Structures. 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 Anno 1702. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn'd With Cuts.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: [1712]- Books
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A new description of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgshire, Cheshire, Cornwal, Cumberland, The Isle of Man, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Durham, Essex. Containing, I. A particular survey, both geographical and historical of each county. II. An ample and accurate Account of all the Boroughs, Market-Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal-Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of each County. IV. Of the Rarieties both Natural and Artificial. V. Of the eminent Persons Born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary Events that have happen'd in the same.
Date: 1749- Books
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The travels of the learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro' Italy. Containing I. An Account of many Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Libraries, Manuscripts, Statues, Paintings, Monuments, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Churches, Palaces, and other Curious Structures. 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 Anno M.DCC.II. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn'd with Cuts.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: M.DCC.XII. [1712]- Books
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A concise view of England; describing the situation, extent, boundaries, circumference, soil, product, chief rivers, hundreds, boroughs, and parishes, of the several Counties of England and Wales: together with a descriptive catalogue of their most remarkable Antiquities, Remains of Palaces, Monasteries, Castles, Houses, Parks, Plantations, Scenes, and delightful Situations, worthy a traveller's notice, Pointing out the Curiosities both of Art and Nature.
Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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Historical remarks and observations upon the ancient and present state of London and Westminster; Shewing The Foundation, Walls, Gates, Towers, Bridges, Churches, Rivers, Wards, Palaces, Halls, Companies, Inns of Court and Chancery, Hospitals, Schools, Government, Charters, Courts and Privileges thereof. With an Account of the most Remarkable Accidents, as to Wars, Fires, Plagues, and other Occurrences which have happened therein for above Nine Hundred Years past, till this Time. illustrated with pictures of the most considerable Passages, and the Arms of the Companies of London, with the time of their Incorporating. By R.B.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1703- Books
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England described: or, the traveller's companion. Containing Whatever is curious in the several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns and Villages of Note, in the Kingdom. Including Churches, Palaces, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, British, Roman and Saxon Antiquities, Markets, Fairs, Members of Parliament for each County, City and Borough, &c. To which is added, as an appendix, a brief account of Wales.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Authentic memoirs of Tippo Sultaun. Including his cruel treatment of English prisoners; Account of his Campaigns with the Mahrattas, Rajahs, Warren Hastings, Esq. Lord Cornwallis, and Lord Mornington; Plunders, Captures, Intrigues, and Secret Correspondence with France, as laid before the House of Commons. Also, Descriptions of Eastern Countries Hitherto unknown, Palaces, Gardens, Zenanna, &c. &c. With a preliminary sketch of the life and character of Hyder Aly Cawn. By an officier in the East India Service.
Officer in the East India Service.Date: 1799- Books
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A new tour thro' England, perform'd in the summers of 1765, 1766, and 1767, by George Beaumont, Esq; and Capt. Henry Disney. Describing whatever is curious, in the several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns, and Villages of Note, in the Kingdom: Including All the Cathedral, Collegiate, and Parochial Churches; Palaces antient and modern; Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; Remains of British, Roman and Saxon Antiquities, worthy the Inspection of Gentlemen or Others, who travel for Amusement, Instruction, or Business. With a new map of England, by Kitchen, Accurately engraved, and finely coloured. With the exact Distances by the Mile-Stones.
Beaumont, George, traveller.Date: [1768?]- Books
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A history of the whole realm of Scotland, civil, natural, and ecclesiastical: comprehending an account of all its kings, and remarkable events, with a description of its situation, commodities, distances of towns, &c. Also, Of Cities, Royal Borroughs, Abbeys, Palaces, Forts, Castles, Towns, Roads and Rivers; Together With a List of the Shires, Synods, Presbyteries, Parishes, Royal Family, Nobility, Officers of State, Court of Session, Admiralty, &c. &c. And Likewise, A Description of the Orkneys, and the other Isles, with the Genealogy of the Saxons, Danes, and Normans. With a variety of other curious and interesting particulars, proper to be known and perused by every Scotsman.
Date: 1760- Books
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The travels of Thomas Broderick, Esq; in a late tour through several parts of Europe, &c. Accurately describing the many remarkable antiquities and ruins; the admired Sculptures, Paintings, and Curiosities; the Churches, Monasteries, Palaces, Villa's, and other Buildings, in the several Cities, Towns, and Villages; Particularly those of Paris, St. Germains, Versailles, Marseilles, Genoa, Milan, Verona, Venice, Rome, Naples, Herculaneum, Leghorn, Florence, &c. &c. &c. Pointing out likewise Those particular Productions of Nature for which each Country or Place is famed; Together with several New Experiments in Natural Philosophy, Interspersed, also, with various Historical and Entertaining Observations on the Diversions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the different People. ...
Broderick, Thomas.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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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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Travels through Germany. Containing observations on customs, manners, religion, government, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular account of the courts of Mecklenburg. In a series of letters to a friend, by Thomas Nugent, LL. D. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Embellished with elegant cuts of the Palaces and Gardens of the Dukes of Mecklenburg. In two volumes. ...
Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- 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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Royal cookery; or, The complete court-cook. Containing the choicest receipts in all the particular branches of cookery, now in use in the Queen's Palaces of St. James's, Kensington, Hampton-court, and Windsor. With near forty figures (curiousity engraven on copper) of the magnificent entertainments at coronations, instalment, balls, weddings, &c. at court; also receipts for making the soupes, jellies, bisques, ragoo's, patrys, tan[qies] forc'd-meats cakes puddings. &c. By Patrick Lamb, Esq; near 50 years master-cook to their late Majesties King Charles II. King James II. King William and Queen Mary, and to Her Present Majesty Queen Anne. To which are added, bills of fare for every season in the year.
Lamb, Patrick.Date: 1710- Books
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The english traveller: giving a description of those parts of Great-Britain called England and Wales. Containing I. A particular Survey, both Geographical and Historical of every County in the same. II. An Ample and Accurate Account of all the Cities, Boroughs, Market-Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal-Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of each County; of the Rarities both natural and artificial; of the eminent Persons born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary Events that have happened in the same. IV. A map of every County, from the best and latest Observations; wherein are mark'd the Number of measured Miles, and the usual Roads from one Post-Town to another, after the Designs of Herman Moll. V. Of the Isles of Wight, Man, Jersey, Guernsey, and other British Isles, with the Maps of the same. ...
Read, Thomas, Printer.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
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A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. Containing, I. The original foundation, and the Antient and Modern State thereof. II. An exact Description of all Wards and Parishes; Parish - Churches, Palaces, Halls, Hospitals, Publick Offices, Edifices, and Monuments, of any Account, throughout the said Cities, Borough, &c. III. A particular Account of the Government of London, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military; of all Charters, Liberties, Privileges and Customs; and of all Livery and other Companies, with their Coats of Arms. IV. Lists of all the officers of His Majesty's revenues, and houshold; and those of the rest of the Royal Family; together with the Salaries thereunto belonging. By Robert Seymour, Esq; The whole being an improvement of Mr Stow's, and other surveys, by adding whatever Alterations have happened in the said Cities, &c. to the present Year; and retrenching many Superfluities, and correcting many Errors in the former Writers. Illustrated with several copper plates. ...
Mottley, John, 1692-1750.Date: M,DCC,XXX,IV. [1733]-35- Books
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The history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. Containing, I. The Original Foundation, and the Antient and Modern State thereof. II. An exact Description of all the Wards, Parishes, Parish-Churches, Palaces, Halls, Hospitals, Publick Offices, Edifices, and Monuments, of any Account, throughout the said Cities, Borough, &c. III. A particular Account of the Government of the said Cities, &c. Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military; of all the Charters, Liberties, Privileges, and Customs; and of all the Livery and other Companies, with their Coats of Arms. IV. Lists of all Offices and Officers of His Majesty's Revenues and Household, and those of the rest of the Royal Family; together with the Salaries thereunto belonging. V. The Antiquities of Westminster-Abbey, with a Description of the Monuments, Tombs, &c. VI. A View and Description of the Mansion-House, and Westminster-Bridge. In which is introduced Sir William Dugdale's History of St. Paul's Cathedral from its Foundation: Beautified with various Prospects of the Old Fabrick, which was destroyed by the Fire of London, 1666. As also the Figures of the Tombs and Monuments therein, as they stood in September, 1641, with their Epitaphs neatly imitated, which were defaced in the Grand Rebellion; with an Account of the Foundation and Structure of the New Church till finished. To which is prefixed the Effigies of Sir William Dugdale. The whole being an improvement of Mr. Stow's, and other historical writers and surveys. Dedicated to Sir Crisp Gascoyne, Knt. By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.
Mottley, John, 1692-1750.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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The norfolk tour: or, traveller's pocket comanion. Being a concise description of all the noblemans and gentlemens seats, as well as of the principal towns, And other Remarkable Places. in the county of Norfolk. Compiled from the most authentic Historians and modern Travellers, and corrected to the present Time. To which is added, A List of the Palaces and chief Seats in England.
Beatniffe, Richard, 1740-1818.Date: 1777- Books
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A five weeks tour to Paris, Versailles, Marli, &c. shewing The different Charge attending One, Two, or Four Persons through this Tour; and the most reasonable and pleasant Method of performing it. With an accurate Description of Paris, and The neighbouring Palaces, Gardens, Water-Works, Paintings, &c. The proper Days and Times for seeing them. And also An Account and Description of the Coins; the Charge of Post-Chaise from Calais to Paris; the best Inns to Bait and Lodge at; and the Monies to be paid at every Stage; and all other necessary and useful Precautions and Instructions for this pleasant Tour.
Lucas, William, -1773.Date: 1765- Books
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A five weeks tour to Paris, Versailles, Marli, &c. shewing The different Charge attending One, Two, or Four Persons through this Tour; and the most reasonable and pleasurable Method of performing it. With an accurate Description of Paris, and The neighbouring Palaces, Gardens, Water-Works, Paintings, &c. The proper Days and Times for seeing them. And also An Account and Description of the Coins; the Charge of Post-Chaise from Calais to Paris; the best Inns to Bait and Lodge at; and the Monies to be paid at every Stage; and all other necessary and useful Precautions, and Instructions for this present Tour.
Lucas, William, -1773.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]