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People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
Trye-Maison, G. de, active approximately 1910.Date: [1910?]Reference: 460155i- Pictures
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Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.
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Vallum Romanum: or, the history and antiquities of the Roman wall, commonly called the Picts wall, in Cumberland and Northumberland, built by Hadrian and Severus, the Roman Emperors, Seventy Miles in Length, to keep out the Northern picts and scots. In three books. I. Contains the ancient State of the wall, with an Account of the Legionary and Auxiliary Forces employed here in building of it; and the eighteen Cities or Stationary Towns standing thereon, called the Stations per Lincam Valli, with eighty-one Castles, and three Hundred and sixteen Forts, still visible. II. Contains a large Account of the present State of the Walls, and Military Roads, more particularly that now re-edifying at a National Expence, for the Passage of Troops and Carriages from Carlisle to Newcastle upon Tyne. III. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures, which have hitherto been discovered on or near the Wall, with the Letters engraved in their proper Shape, and proportionate Size, and the Reading thereof explained in Words at Length. As also an historical Account of them, with explanatory and critical Observations. Collected and abstracted from all Writers on the same Subject, as an Inducement to the young Nobility and Gentry of Great-Britain, to make the Tour of their native Country, before they visit foreign Parts. To which are added, Two Letters from the late Hon. and Learned Roger Gale, to the Compiler, relating to Roman Antiquities in the North of England. The Whole illustrated with a Map of the Walls, Military Ways, and Stations, laid down by a new Geometrical Survey, and near two Hundred other Sculptures on Copper-Plates. By John Warburton, Esq; Somerset Herald, and F. R. S.
Warburton, John, 1682-1759.Date: M.DCC.LIII. [1753]- Books
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Thoughts upon infant-baptism. Extracted from a late writer.
Wall, William, 1647-1728.Date: 1791- Pictures
Three puppet characters against a pink wall with a city beyond; an advertisement for Puppets against AIDS by the African Research and Educational Puppetry Programme (AREPP). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
Date: [1996?]Reference: 678932i- Books
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Thoughts upon infant-baptism, extracted from a late writer.
Wall, William, 1647-1728.Date: 1780- Pictures
Walled city, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
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Three puppet characters against a pink wall with a city beyond representing an advertisement for Puppets against AIDS by the African Research and Educational Puppetry Programme (AREPP). Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
Date: [1996?]Reference: 678933i- Books
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The purchaser's pattern in two parts. Shewing, 1. The true value of land or houses, by Lease or otherwise. To which is added several Rules for the valuing of the ruin'd Foundations in the City of London, and for composing Differences between Landlord and Tenant about rebuilding them; with Rules and Tables for valuing all Party-Walls: Also Tables of Interest and Rebate at 6 per Cent. 11. The measuring of land, Board, Timber, &c. correcting the false Methods us'd by many therein. Also the art of gauging much enlarg'd shewing not only the measuring of Wine, Beer, and Ale Vessels, but likewise how to gauge all sorts of Brewers Tuns; together with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale. Also many other rules and tables of weights and measures, foreign and domestick; Tables of Accompts, Expences, &c. By Henry Phillips, Philomath.
Phillippes, Henry, -1677?.Date: 1719- Books
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Proposals for printing by subscription, in octavo, the Scots antiquarian miscellany. Comprehending the most authentic account of the origin of the Scots, with the boundaries of their kingdom before they conquered the picts;-an account of their ancient kings, and of berigonium (or dunmacsnichain) the ancient chief city of the Scots;-with an account of the Kings of the Isles, and of the Orkncys. Also an account of the kingdom of the picts, of their Kings, monuments of antiquity, &c.;-an account of druid temples, altars, burying-places, groves, &c.;-an account of the Roman Walls, encampments, stations, out-posts, ports, coins, medals, monumental inscriptions, &c. that have been found in Scotland; with an historical and genealogical account of the noble families, and a natural history of the parishes in Scotland. Subscriptions taken in by John Gillies, the publisher; Mess. Elliot, Creech, and Balfour, Edinburgh; Mess. Gillies, Dunlop and Wilson, Glasgow; Mr J. Murray, and T. Philipe, London.
Date: 1784]- Books
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An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral. Containing 1. The History of the Old Cathedral from it's first Foundation, in which many curious Particulars concerning it's ancient Customs, Privileges, and Solemnities, are recited. 2. An Account of the Manner of proceeding in taking down the vast Ruins of the Old Cathedral, with the Discoverses and Observations made upon the Spot by Sir Christopher Wren. 3. A full Description of the founding, building, ornamenting, and finishing the present Structure, with Observations on it's Beauties and Defects. 4. A full View of every Thing curious in it shewn to Strangers. 5. A Comparison of its Dimensions with those of the Old Church: And of the Dimensions of both with those of St. Peter's at Rome. To which are added, A Description of the Monument, Some Conjectures concerning London-Stone and other Roman Relics, And a Review of the Ancient Walls and Gates about the City.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Pictures
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Walled city with lone horseman, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
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London inhabitants within the walls, 1695 / introduction by D.V. Glass.
City of London (England). Records Office.Date: 1966- Books
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An inaugural dissertation on the functions of the uterus : submitted to the public examination of the trustees and professors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the University of the State of New-York, Samuel Bard, M.D. president, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 6th day of May, 1816 / by Benjamin P. Kissam, surgeon in the United States Navy ; licentiate in medicine and surgery of the Medical Society of New York ; and honorary member of the American Aesculpian Society.
Kissam, Benjamin P., 1785-1828.Date: 1816- Books
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A collection of select novels, Written Originally in Castillian, by Don Miguel Cervantes Saavedra, Author of the History of Don Quixote de la Mancha: In the Territory of the Imperial City of Toledo, in New Castle. Made English by Harry Bridges, Esq; Under the Protection of His Excellency, John, Lord Carteret, Lord Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.Date: 1728- Books
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Preservatives against the plague. Published at the request of the City of London, in the year 1665, when they were visited. By Francis Herring, Dr. in Physic.
Herring, Francis, -1628.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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The history of the city and county of Norwich, containing it's original rise and increase, it's antient and present government, with the various accidents that have happen'd to it; the foundations of the cathedral, Castle, Parochial Churches, Monasteries, Hermitages, Hospitals, and other publick Buildings. A Description of the Streets, Walls, River, remarkable Houses, and other Things never before taken Notice of by any Author. The Lives of the Bishops, Priors, Deans, & other eminent Men, either born or inhabiting there. Lists of the Provosts, Bailiffs, Mayors, Sheriffs, Burgesses in Parliament, & other Officers of the Corporation; with an Account of the Benefactions to publick Uses. The Inscriptions, Arms, & Monuments, in the Churches and publick Buildings; with the History of all the Villages within the County of Norwich, and their antient and present State. Collected from the Registers, Charters, and Evidences of the See, and from those of the Corporation now extant in the Gild-Hall; as also from various Mss. Registers, Collections, & other Memorials, in diverse Hands, By Francis Blomefield, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk.
Blomefield, Francis, 1705-1752.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Pictures
The sound of the sea.
Chow, CalvinDate: 2019Reference: 3321158iPart of: Blindness of the sea.- Pictures
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Samson carries the gates of Gaza up to the mount of Hebron. Etching by J. Taylor after F. Verdier, 1698.
Verdier, François, 1651-1730.Reference: 18357i- Pictures
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A Chinese walled city: plan. Painting by a Chinese artist.
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Town, city, and nation : England, 1850-1914 / P.J. Waller.
Waller, P. J. (Philip J.)Date: 1983- Pictures
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The Virgin of Mercy responding to the intercessions of saints by protecting people from arrows symbolising disease; the Devil rules below, where plague attacks the land. Lithograph after L. Dottorini after Benedetto Bonfigli, 1464 (?).
Bonfigli, Benedetto, approximately 1420-1496.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21419i- Pictures
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A man foolishly trying to treat his own illnesses by imitating a physician. Colour lithograph by C. E.(?), 1931.
E. C.Date: 1931Reference: 537097i- Books
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To the worthy and independent freemen of the city of Oxford. Gentlemen, nothing but the present state of Mr. Annesley's health could possibly prevent his making a personal application to every freeman for his support to represent this city, ... and I trust that the report of Dr. Wall, as well as his hand bill of the 12th, will leave no room for its doubt. ...
Annesley, Martin.Date: 1796]- Books
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An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral, Containing, 1. The History of the Old Cathedral from it's Foundation; in which many curious Particulars concerning it's ancient Customs, Privileges, and Solemnities, are recited. 2. An Account of the Manner of proceeding in taking down the vast Ruins of the Old Cathedral, with the Discoveries and Observations made upon the Spot by Sir Christopher Wren. 3. A full Description of the founding, building, ornamenting, and finishing the present Structure, with Observations on it's Beauties and Defects. 4. An Explanation of the Entablature, Sculpture, and all the Decorations and Paintings both within and without the Church. 5. A concise Account of every Thing curious that is shewn in it to Strangers. 6. A Comparison of it's Dimensions with those of the Old Church: And of the Dimensions of both with those of St. Peter's at Rome. To which are Added, a Description of the Monument, with an Explanation of its Sculpture, and a Translation of the Latin Inscriptions round it; Also some Conjectures concerning London-Stone and other Roman Remains; And a Review of the Ancient Walls and Gates about the City.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]