A philosopher giving a lecture on the orrery. Mezzotint by W. Pether, 1768, after Joseph Wright of Derby.

An alchemist in his study, discovering phosphorus; a young man and a boy in the background. Mezzotint by W. Pether, 1775, after J. Wright of Derby, 1771.

Gvilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, medici londinensis, De magnete, magneticisqve corporibvs, et de magno magnete tellure; physiologia noua plurimis et argumentis, et experimentis demonstrata / [William Gilbert].

Three gentlemen observing a statuette of the Borghese warrior. Mezzotint by W. Pether, 1769, after J. Wright of Derby.

A philosopher giving an astronomical lecture on an orrery. Mezzotint by W. Pether after J. Wright, ca. 1780.

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Clerical policy; or, a short account of the impositions, encroachments, and regulations, of the Revd. William Wrighte, clerk in orders, of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields.

Grotesque architecture, or rural amusement; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, Moresque pavilions, grotesque and rustic seats, green houses, &c. Many of which may be executed with flints, irregular stones, rude branches, and roots of trees. The whole containing twenty-eight new designs, with scales to each. To which is added, an explanation, with the method of executing them. By William Wrighte, architect.

Grotesque architecture, or rural amusement; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and Natural Grottos, Cascades, Baths, Mosques, Moresque Pavillions, Grotesque and Rustic Seats, Green Houses, &c. Many of which may be executed With Flints, Irregular Stones, Rude Branches, and Roots of Trees. The whole containing twenty-eight entire new designs, beautifully engraved on Copper Plates, with Scales to each. to which is added, a full explanation, in letter press, and the true method of executing them. By William Wrighte, architect.

Physiological observations upon glandular structures, and their different secerning offices / by Sir Anthony Carlisle.

Specification of William Wright : medicine.

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Clerical policy; or, a short account of the impositions, encroachments, and regulations, of the Revd. William Wrighte, clerk in orders, of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields.

Physiological observations upon glandular structures, and their different secerning offices / by Sir Anthony Carlisle.

Specification of William Wright : medicine.

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Clerical policy; or, a short account of the impositions, encroachments, and regulations, of the Revd. William Wrighte, clerk in orders, of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields.

Physiological observations upon glandular structures, and their different secerning offices / by Sir Anthony Carlisle.

Specification of William Wright : medicine.