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A voyage round the world, in the years M,DCC,XL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Late Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas: Compiled from his papers and materials. By Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. ...
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.Date: 1777- Books
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The description and use of a new portable orrery; shewing, by a most simple construction, the motions of the Earth and moon, round the sun, from whence the Nature and Causes of the vicissitudes of the Seasons, Days, and Nights, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, &c. are clearly explained. To which is prefixed, A short Account of the Solar System, or the true System of the World. By William Jones.
Jones, William, 1763-1831.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The description and use of a new portable orrery; on a most simple construction, representing in two parts-the motions, and phænomena of the planetary system; But more particularly the Motions of the Earth and Moon, round the Sun, from whence the Nature and Causes of the vicissitudes of the Seasons, Days, and Nights, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, &c. are clearly explained. To which is prefixed, A short Account of the Solar System, or the true System of the World. The second edition, enlarged, with an Account of the New discovered Planet, called the Georgium Sidus, and embellished with a new copper plate of the instrument. By William Jones, Mathematical Instrument maker.
Jones, William, 1763-1831.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The description and use of a new portable orrery, on a most simple construction, representing in two parts-the motions, and phn̆omena of the planetary system; But more particularly the motions of the earth and moon, round the sun, from whence the nature and causes of the vicissitudes of the seasons, days, and nights, solar and lunar eclipses, &c. are clearly explained. To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world. The third edition, enlarged, with an account of the new discovered planet, called the Georgium Sidus, the return of the Comet whose appearance is shortly to be expected, and embelished with two new copper plates. By William Jones, mathematical instrument maker.
Jones, William, 1763-1831.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The description and use of a new portable orrery, on a simple construction, representing the motions, and phn̆omena of the planetary system; But more particularly the motions of the earth and moon round the sun; from whence the nature and causes of the vicissitudes of the seasons, days, and nights, solar and lunar eclipses, &c. are clearly and familiarly explained. To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world. The fourth edition, improved, with an account of the new planet, and other recent discoveries by Dr. Herschell, &c. the probable causes why the comet did not return as lately expected, and embellished by two new copper-plates; on representing the instrument, and the other an accurate delineation of the moon. By William Jones, mathematical instrument maker.
Jones, William, 1763-1831.Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- Books
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The compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy. Shewing, The various Methods of preserving and candying, both dry and liquid, all Kinds of Fruit, Flowers and Herbs; the different Ways of clarifying Sugar; and the Method of Keeping Fruit, Nuts and Flowers fresh and fine all the Year round. Also directions for making Rock-Works and Candies, Biscuits, Rich Cakes, Creams, Custards, Jellies, Whip Syllabubs, and Cheese-Cakes of all Sorts, English Wines of all Sorts, Strong Cordials, Simple Waters, Mead, Oils, &c. Syrups of all Kinds, Milk Punch that will keep twenty Years, Knicknacks and Trifles for Deserts, &c. Likewise, The Art of making Artificial Fruit, with the Stalks in it, so as to resemble the natural Fruit. To which are added, Some Bills of Fare for Deserts for private Families. By H. Glasse, author of the art of cookery.
Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770.Date: [1760?]- Pictures
A hunchbacked jester to the sultan of Kashgar, invited to dinner with a tailor and his wife, dies through choking on a fish bone. Etching, 1787, by S. Watts after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: Feby. 1st. 1787Reference: 2477173iPart of: Arabian nights.- Pictures
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Young women are trying on hats and looking at fans in a milliner's shop. Aquatint by C. Watson after M. Cosway.
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838.Date: 1st March 1803Reference: 35210iPart of: Winter's day- Pictures
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A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1833Reference: 26475i- Books
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Supplement of new catches, to The Second Book of the Pleasant Musical Companion. Containing the Choicest catches by Dr. John Blow, and the late Mr. Henry Purcell, and other Eminent Masters.
Date: 1702- Books
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The second book of the Pleasant musical companion: being a choice collection of catches, for three and four voices. Published chiefly for the encouragement of the musical societies, which will be speedily set up in all the Chief Cities and Towns in England. Compos'd by Dr. John Blow, the late Mr. Henry Purcell, and other Eminent Masters.
Date: 1701- Books
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A collection of new glees, Composed by John Sale, Gentleman of His Majesty's Chapels Royal, Vicar Choral of St. Pauls & Lay Vicar of St. Peters, Westminster; To which are added Four Others (never before printed) Composed and presented to the Author, in aid to this Publication, By Dr. Arnold, Messrs. Webb, Callcott and Lindley; Dedicated (by Permission,) to The Right Honble. Lady Viscountess Belgrave. Entered at Stationers Hall.
Sale, John, 1758-1827.Date: [1800?]- Books
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The pleasant musical companion; being a choice collection of catches, for three and four voices. Compos'd by Dr. John Blow, the late Mr. Henry Purcell, and other eminent masters.
Blow, John, -1708.Date: 1707- Books
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A practical scheme of the secret disease, and broken constitutions. Teaching persons, 1st. To understand rightly their own case: whether infected or not: In what Degree of Malignity: And if perfectly well after former Cures. II. To Cure themselves in a Few Days as well as if no such thing had ever been, of Secret Injuries, Heats of Urine, Old Gleets, & other Weaknesses: also a Broken, Spoiled, Decayed and Ruined Constitution and Habit of Body, by Fast-Living, Former ill Cures, Salivations, and Mercury, without Slip-Slops of Physick, Suspicion, Confinement, or Telling their Case to any one. Clearly explaining to any Person the most certain Signs to know this Disease by, with the true method of Curing it: As When? How much? And what sort of Purging is Necessary for the Cure of it? And what Degrees of it may be cured without. Being the most Methodical Account of the Secret Disease ever yet Published: And consequently is worth any ones Reading, who either [illegible] Were: Are now: Or probably may be in any Venereal Circumstances whatsoever: & wish their own & Posterity's welfare. This Book is Given Gratis in English: French: High German: Low Dutch: Spanish: Italian: Portuguese: Swedish: Danish: and Polish Languages, for the use of Forreigners. At Mrs. Garway's at the Royal Exchange Gate next Cornhil. At Mr. Coopers a Toy Shop the corner of Charles Court by Hungerford-Market near Charing Cross. And Up One Pair of Stairs at the Sign of the Sugar-Loaf a Confectioners Shop over against Old Round Court near the New Exchange in the Strand. Where Only and no where else the following Necklace belonging to the Philosophical Essay at the end of this Scheme, is to be had. Dedicated to Dr. Chamberlen. - Note. That altho the following Philosophical Essay (which I desire all my Readers seriously to peruse) upon The Celebrated Anodyne Necklace Recommended by Dr Chamberlen for Children's Teeth, &c. at the end of this Scheme, is Given away at all the 3 just now mentioned Places togather with this Scheme, being joined both togather in this Book: Yet the Necklace it self is to be had only at the Last of these 3 places, that is, at the abovementioned Sugar-Loaf over against Old Round Court in the Strand, & not at the 2 other places.
Date: 1717- Books
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A letter from the prince of the infernal legions, to a spiritual lord on this side the great gulf, in answer to a late invective epistle levelled at his Highness, containing many material and intertaining [sic] esting observations, worthy to be perused not only by his many friends, (witness the late Earthquakes) but likewise by his few enemies in London, Westminister, and ten miles round.
Campbell, John, 1708-1775.Date: M,DCCLI. [1751]- Books
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An enquiry into the nature of the human soul; wherein the immateriality of the soul is evinced from the principles of reason and philosophy.
Baxter, Andrew, 1686?-1750.Date: [1733]- Ephemera
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Suggitt's... quality ices : 93 High Street, Great Ayton.
Suggitt's (Firm)Date: [2007?]- Pictures
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The dance of death: the insurance office. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1816Reference: 31977iPart of: English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with metrical illustrations, by the author of "Dr Syntax".- Pictures
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Above, a bookseller is chained to the stake and burnt with books bound around his neck; below, the martyr John Calas, a French Protestant, is tortured on the wheel. Engraving with etching, 1812.
Date: 12 December 1812Reference: 43194i- Pictures
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A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient. Engraving after J. Harris the elder.
Harris, John, the elder, -1834.Reference: 16508i- Pictures
A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient, her husband observes the situation. Coloured mezzotint after J. Harris the elder, ca. 1768.
Harris, John, the elder, -1834.Date: [1768?]Reference: 643378i- Videos
The joy of sex education.
Date: 2009