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2.
The poem of Musaeus on hero and leander

Creator:
Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
Published / Created:
[early 19th century]
Call Number:
Osborn d270
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript, heavily corrected, of a translation from the Greek of Musaeus (Grammaticus), concerning the tragic love between Hero and Leander.
Description:
Binding: Contemporary polished calf, gold-tooled edges, with title on spine: MS. Hero and Leander--W. Hayley.
Subject (Name):
Hayley, William,--1745-1820. and Musaeus,--Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic):
Hero (Greek mythology) and Leander (Greek mythology)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The poem of Musaeus on hero and leander

3.
Catlin's North American Indian portfolio : hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
Published / Created:
[1844]
Call Number:
ZZc12 844ca
Image Count:
50
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Alternative Title:
North American Indian portfolio
Description:
Binder's stamp: A. Tarrant, binder, 16 Gt. Queen St. Unidentified armorial bookplate with motto: Groeninghe velt.
Publisher:
Geo. Catlin,
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works. and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catlin's North American Indian portfolio : hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America / from drawings and notes of the author, made during eight years' travel amongst forty-eight of the wildest and most remote tribes of savages in North America.

4.
Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini : diretta da uno de' cerimonieri di Sua Santità

Creator:
Busuttil, Salvatore, artist, engraver.
Published / Created:
[1839?]
Call Number:
Italian Festivals Folio 23
Image Count:
39
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
Consists of 34 engravings by Salvatore Busuttil after his own designs, signed and dated between 1837 and 1839. Title leaf signed: G. Cattaneo.
Description:
Consists of 34 engravings by Salvatore Busuttil after his own designs, signed and dated between 1837 and 1839. Title leaf signed: G. Cattaneo.
Publisher:
Presso l'Editore Deodato Minelli,
Subject (Name):
Cattaneo, G., Gregory XVI, Pope, 1765-1846., Gregory--XVI,--Pope,--1765-1846--Binding., Manhattan College. Library Bookplate., and Ritter von Gutmann, Rutter--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Corpus Christi festival--Italy--Rome. and Processions--Italy--Rome.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Solenne processione vaticana del Corpus Domini : diretta da uno de' cerimonieri di Sua Santità Gregorio XVI ...

5.
Descrizione delle feste celebrate in Milano per le nozze delle LL. Altezze Reali l'arciduca

Creator:
Parini, Giuseppe, 1729-1799.
Published / Created:
MDCCCXXV [1825]
Call Number:
Italian Festivals +34
Image Count:
33
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Armorial bookplate: Pri. de Fredericis.
Publisher:
Dalla Società tipogr. de' classici italiani,
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand,--Archduke of Austria,--1754-1806--Marriage., Maria Beatrice d'Este,--Duchess of Massa and Carrara,--d. 1829--Marriage., Pri. de Fredericis Bookplate., and Società tipografica de' classici italiani, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Marriage--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Descrizione delle feste celebrate in Milano per le nozze delle LL. Altezze Reali l'arciduca Ferdinando d'Austria e l'arciduchessa Maria Beatrice d'Este fatta per ordine della R. corte l'anno delle medsime nozze MDCCLXXI / da Giuseppe Parini.

6.
Illustrations for The Universal songster

Creator:
Marshall, J. R., active 1820-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1825]
Call Number:
75 C889 825
Image Count:
25
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of 20 proof states of the 27 prints after George Cruickshank used as illustrations for The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth. Most are signed with Marshall's initials 'JRM', with two signed 'J.R. Marshall' and most identify the arti...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Illustrations for The Universal songster

7.
Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1794-1812
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

8.
Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1794-1812
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

9.
[Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker, collector
Published / Created:
[between 1782 and 1810]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Image Count:
123
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A folio album of 144 caricatures mounted on 87 sheets, mostly etchings, with some aquatints and other satirical prints, some hand-colored, and one pen-and-ink drawing laid in.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].

10.
The Cyprian of St. Stephen's, or, Princely protection illustrated in a poetical flight to the

Published / Created:
1809.
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
50
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Princely protection illustrated and Cyprian of Saint Stephen's
Description:
All pages cut and remounted on stubs with contemporary prints related to the text.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by John Browne, (Bath-Guide Office, 6, Bridge-Street;) and Sold also by Mr. Walker, Paternoster-Row, London; Mr. Barry, Bristol; and all other booksellers
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852,, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., and Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Humorous poetry, English and Satire, English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Cyprian of St. Stephen's, or, Princely protection illustrated in a poetical flight to the Pierian Spring

11.
The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and

Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
Published / Created:
1800
Call Number:
Osborn pd284
Image Count:
695
Description:
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and illustrations; an account of the life and writings of the author, grounded on original and authentick documents; and a collection of his letters, the greater part of which has never before been published. By Edmond Malone, esq.

12.
The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and

Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
Published / Created:
1800
Call Number:
Osborn pd284
Image Count:
577
Description:
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and illustrations; an account of the life and writings of the author, grounded on original and authentick documents; and a collection of his letters, the greater part of which has never before been published. By Edmond Malone, esq.

13.
London and its environs about 1750 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Image Count:
81
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of sixty-four prints (mostly engravings and etchings) showing views of London and its vicinity, including views of Chelsea with Ranelagh, Hampstead, Highgate from Upper Halloway, Old Bedham with the gardens in front, Whitehall with the ga...
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River (England), Saint James's Park (London, England), Twickenham (London, England), and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Parks, Gardens, and Hospitals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > London and its environs about 1750 [graphic].

14.
Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 (Oversize)
Image Count:
50
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson...
Description:
Title vignette.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

15.
Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1792]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 (Oversize)
Image Count:
128
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson...
Description:
Title vignette.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

16.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in

Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Published / Created:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Call Number:
Tinker +340
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Life of Samuel Johnson
Description:
ELIZ +06: This copy of the variation with misprint "gve" in vol.1, p. 135, line 10; and vol. 2, p. 29-30 and 301-302 in cancelled state. Bookplates of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and A. Edward Newton. Autograph of Dora Stratton.
Publisher:
Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. : comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order ... : the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain for near half a century during which he flourished

17.
Nelle solenni esequie per la sacra cesarea reale apostolica maestà di Giuseppe Secondo imperatore

Creator:
Bonsignori, Stefano, 1738-1826.
Published / Created:
MDCCLXXXX [1790]
Call Number:
Italian Festivals Folio 12
Image Count:
40
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
"Inscriptiones appositae ad pompam funebrem": p. [2]-[12], second count.
Publisher:
Nell'Imperial monistero di S. Ambrogio maggiore,
Subject (Name):
Appiani, Andrea, 1754-1817., Cagnoni, Domenico, ca. 1730-1797., Castel di Valmarino--Bookplate., Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790--Death and burial., Mercoli, Giacomo, 1745-1825., and Piermarini, Giuseppe, 1734-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nelle solenni esequie per la sacra cesarea reale apostolica maestà di Giuseppe Secondo imperatore e re : celebrate nella imperiale regia collegiata di S. Maria della Scala in S. Fedele : orazione funebre recitata il giorno XI marzo MDCCXXXX / da Stefano Bonsignore ...

18.
The western coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, exhibiting Senegambia proper / by T

Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Published / Created:
1st January 1789.
Call Number:
655 1789
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00345
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"This map is copied from an original drawn by Monsr. D'Anv
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe, and Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Subject (Topic):
Coasts--Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The western coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to Cape Virga, exhibiting Senegambia proper / by T. Jefferys.

19.
A new map of the King of Great Britain's dominions in Germany or the Electorate of Brunswick

Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, cartographer
Published / Created:
June 1st, 1789.
Call Number:
3635 1789
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Sheet measures 73 x 55 cm. Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 21 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Published by W. Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Lower Saxony (Germany)
Subject (Name):
Brunswick-Lüneburg, House of.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new map of the King of Great Britain's dominions in Germany or the Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg and its dependencies

20.
A map of the Austrian possessions in the Netherlands or Low Countries, with the principalities of

Creator:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1789.
Call Number:
33 1789
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 33 1789: Dissected and mounted.
Publisher:
William Faden
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium and Luxembourg
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A map of the Austrian possessions in the Netherlands or Low Countries, with the principalities of Liege and Stavelo, & ca : reduced from the trigonometric survey made by order of H.R.H. the Prince Charles of Lorraine

21.
Hind, Hindoostan, or India / by L.S. de La Rochette ; Wm. Palmer sculp.

Creator:
Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1788.
Call Number:
59 1788
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00316
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
William Faden,
Subject (Geographic):
India--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate and Palmer, W. (William), 1739-1812
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hind, Hindoostan, or India / by L.S. de La Rochette ; Wm. Palmer sculp.

22.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Creator:
Hawkins, John, 1719-1789
Published / Created:
M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]
Call Number:
Osborn pc238
Image Count:
3
Description:
BEIN Im J637 W787: With "End of first volume" on p. 602 and "Vol. I" at foot of first leaf of each quire. Uncut, in original boards, spine missing.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and sons, T. Payne and Sons ...
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

23.
A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru

Creator:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
July the 1st, 1787.
Call Number:
90 1787
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00661
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Alternative Title:
Chart of the Falkland's Islands.
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780].
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Falkland Islands--Maps--Early works to 1800 and South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784, and Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia : from Mr. d'Anville with several improvements and additions, and the newest discoveries.

24.
Asia and its islands according to d'Anville : divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, & ca

Creator:
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Published / Created:
6 Jany. 1787.
Call Number:
50 1787
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00271
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780].
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Cook, James, 1728-1779, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing th, and Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Asia and its islands according to d'Anville : divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions, & ca. with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries made in the eastern parts by the English

25.
Europe divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, republics, & ca.

Creator:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784, cartographer
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1787.
Call Number:
49 1800
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 4 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Published by Robt. Sayer, Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Middle East, and Africa, North
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Europe divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, republics, & ca.

26.
A new map of the Kingdom of Poland with its dismembered provinces / [by Thomas Kitchin].

Creator:
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
January 1st, 1787.
Call Number:
356 1787
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00114
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780].
Publisher:
Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Eastern--Maps--Early works to 1800, Lithuania--Boundaries--Maps--Early works to 1800, Lithuania--Maps--Early works to 1800, Poland--Boundaries--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Poland--Maps--Early works to 180
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new map of the Kingdom of Poland with its dismembered provinces / [by Thomas Kitchin].

27.
Europe divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, republics, & ca.

Creator:
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784, cartographer
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1787.
Call Number:
30 1787
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 4 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Published by Robt. Sayer, Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Middle East, and Africa, North
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Europe divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, republics, & ca.

28.
A description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Published / Created:
MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]
Call Number:
49 2523
Image Count:
348
Description:
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as a pdf.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill, near Twickenham with an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c.

29.
Bozzy and Piozzi: or, The British biographers, : a town eclogue

Creator:
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Published / Created:
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Call Number:
1972 92 1
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Bozzy and Piozzi, British biographers, a town eclogue, Pindar's works no. 10, and Pindar's works, no. 12 vol. 2
Description:
BEIN 1972 92 1: Imperfect: Trimmed at foot, with slight loss of text. Armorial bookplate: Edward Everett. No. 10 of 16 works bound together with binder's title: Pindar's works, v. 1.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street; and W. Forster, Music-Seller, No. 348, near Exeter 'Change, in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821., and Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Subject (Topic):
In literature and Literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bozzy and Piozzi: or, The British biographers, : a town eclogue

30.
A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland

Creator:
Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
X348 S620 1786/4/24 1
Image Count:
4
Description:
BEIN X348 S620 1786/4/24 Copy 1: With the "No." on t.p., left blank. Inscribed: Georgina Mary Anne Port. Windsor April 1786. Copy 2: With the "No." on t.p., with "1006" in ms. Bound with: Skinner and Co. A marked catalogue containing the lots, wha...
Publisher:
Catalogues may now be had on the premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Wildgoose, Jane,, Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785, and Portland Museum
Subject (Topic):
Library, Auctions, Natural history, Zoological specimens, Catalogs and collections, Art objects, Shells, and Booksellers' catalogs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

32.
A chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal, with the Balearic Islands, and part of the coast of

Creator:
Delarochette, L. (Louis), 1731-1802
Published / Created:
June 28th, 1780.
Call Number:
39cea 1780
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00192
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Also appeared in Faden's General atlas. London : William Faden, 1811?.
Publisher:
Engraved & published by Wm. Faden,
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate and Faden, William, 1749-1836. General atlas
Subject (Topic):
Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--Portugal--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800, Nautical charts--Africa, North--Early works to 1800, and Nautical charts--Medi
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal, with the Balearic Islands, and part of the coast of Barbary / by L.S. De la Rochette.

33.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London 1777 / 67:2

Call Number:
A46 040 67-90
Container / Volume:
67:2 / 1777
Image Count:
2
Description:
BEIN 1999 +S9: 105-107, 109 in cases with binder's stamp: Bound by James MacDonald Company New York City; 105, 107, 109 have armorial bookplate: James Brodie of Brodie Esq.; 106 has ms. inscription "Liber Academiae Marischallana Aberdonensis", bookpla...
Publisher:
Royal Society of London
Subject (Name):
University of Aberdeen
Subject (Topic):
Science and Bookplate
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London 1777 / 67:2

34.
The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality : containing a

Creator:
King, Richard, Esq
Published / Created:
[1771?]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Image Count:
334
Description:
Other editions attributed to Richard King, a pseudonym. Cf. Nos. N50050 in English short title catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster Row ; T. Lewis, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ; R. Mariner, Compton-Street, Soho; and T. Shepherd, No. 147, in the Minories
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality : containing a true picture of modern high and low life from the splendid mansions in St. James's to the subterraneous habitations of St. Giles's, &c. ... The whole exhibiting a striking portrait of the present manners and customs of the inhabitants of this great metropolis, the City of London

35.
A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, designs in architecture, models, drawings, prints, &c

Creator:
Society of Artists of Great Britain
Published / Created:
1768]
Call Number:
49 3885.2 v.1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Final page blank.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
Society of Artists of Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, designs in architecture, models, drawings, prints, &c. : which the Society of Artists of Great-Britain have the honour to exhibibit [sic] to His Majesty the King of Denmark at their room in Spring-Garden, September the thirtieth 1768

36.
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies

Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771, engraver, publisher
Published / Created:
1762.
Call Number:
WeInd Ehc 762J
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Includes index.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Jefferys, in St. Martin's Lane, near Charing-Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Spanish Main., West Indies, and Latin America
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies

37.
A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts

Creator:
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711-1774, auctioneer, publisher
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
125 L278 755 3/11
Image Count:
172
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Priced.
Publisher:
Abraham Langford
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, Great Britain, and England.
Subject (Name):
Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Art auctions, Art, Private collections, Decorative arts, Prices, Private libraries, and House furnishings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid

38.
Reglas, y advertencias generales que enseñan el modo de tañer todos los instrumentos mejores : y

Creator:
Minguet é Irol, Pablo, -1801?, composer
Published / Created:
[1752]-1754.
Call Number:
2018 699
Image Count:
57
Resource Type:
notated music
Alternative Title:
Academia musical de los instrumentos
Description:
BEIN 2018 699: Contemporary limp vellum binding; ties wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate.
Publisher:
Por Joaquin Ibarra ...
Subject (Topic):
Musical instruments, Instrumental music, and Instruction and study
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Reglas, y advertencias generales que enseñan el modo de tañer todos los instrumentos mejores : y mas usuales : como son la guitarra, tiple, vandola, cythara, clavicordio, organo, harpa, psalterio, bandurria, violin, flauta travesera, flauta dulce, y la flautilla : con varios tañidos, danzas, contradanzas, y otras cosas semejantes, demonstradas, y figuradas en diferentes laminas sinas, por musica, y cifra, al estilo castellano, italiano, catalàn, y francès, para que qualquier aficionado las pueda comprehender con mucha facilidad, y sin maestro : con una breve explicacion de como el autor los aprendiò, que esta al bolver de esta hoja

39.
Slight sketches of architecture by John Chute, Esq., of the Vine in Hampshire,1753 [art original].

Creator:
Chute, John, 1701-1776
Published / Created:
[1753]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3490
Image Count:
173
Abstract:
A collection of approximately 130 drawings and sketches by John Chute and one etching and engraving entitled Chaucer's Grove by P. Mazell (artist James Pettit Andrews) given to Horace Walpole, for his renovation of Strawberry Hill, bound in one volume...
Alternative Title:
Original drawings and sketches
Description:
Title from ms. title page in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Country homes, and Buildings, structures, etc
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Slight sketches of architecture by John Chute, Esq., of the Vine in Hampshire,1753 [art original].

40.
The Life of Henry Simms, alias Young gentleman Harry : From his birth, to his death at Tyburn, on

Creator:
Simms, Henry, 1716-1747
Published / Created:
1747.
Call Number:
WA 9762
Image Count:
53
Description:
BEIR WA 9762: Stamp: Manley Sims, Eton Collection. Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Publisher:
T. Parker and C. Corbett
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Crime and Criminals
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Life of Henry Simms, alias Young gentleman Harry : From his birth, to his death at Tyburn, on Wednesday June 17, 1747 ; Containing a full and plain narrative of the vast number of remarkable robberies he has committed. And the particulars of his extraordinary adventures both at home and abroad

41.
[Drawings, mostly done by Vertue, of various people and of antiquities] [art original].

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
[between 1723 and 1735]
Call Number:
49 2610
Image Count:
56
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A volume of drawings mostly by Vertue in various medium and some engravings, with the drawings mounted or laid in, including twenty-two portraits; eighteen other drawings of allegorical figures, scenes from mythology, and a scene from Richard Steele's...
Alternative Title:
Drawings by Vertue
Description:
In English, some Latin.
Subject (Name):
Burgers, Michael, -1726,, Bowles, Joseph, 1692 or 1693-1729,, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492,, Clarke, Alured, 1696-1742,, Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735,, Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677,, Milton, John, 1608-1674,, Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604,, Parsons, William, 1658-1725?,, Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745,, Tristram, Thomas,, Tudway, Thomas, 1655 or 1656-1726,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,, Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748,, and Wentworth, Darcy, 1592-1667,
Subject (Topic):
Inkle and Yarico, Cupids, Gods, and Goddesses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawings, mostly done by Vertue, of various people and of antiquities] [art original].

42.
Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur decadence

Creator:
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
Call Number:
Bg44 27y
Image Count:
3
Description:
BEIN Bg44 27y: Unidentified armorial bookplate with motto: Nec impetu, nec imperio.
Publisher:
Chez Jaques [sic] Desbordes, MDCCXXXIV [1734]
Subject (Geographic):
Rome
Subject (Topic):
History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Considerations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur decadence

43.
Fables

Creator:
Gay, John, 1685-1732
Published / Created:
1727.
Call Number:
Ik G252 727 2
Container / Volume:
Copy 2
Image Count:
200
Description:
BEIN Ik G252 727 Copy 1: No. 1 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables. Autographs of Walter Falk and Morley Hirsch.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fables

44.
Stenography compleated, or The art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy, exact

Creator:
Weston, James
Published / Created:
1727.
Call Number:
WB 40716
Image Count:
123
Description:
BEIR WB 40716: Armorial bookplate: James Spearing.
Publisher:
Printed for the author
Subject (Topic):
Shorthand
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Stenography compleated, or The art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy, exact, lineal, speedy, and legible method extant ...

45.
The life, and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : who lived eight

Creator:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Published / Created:
MDCCXXII [1722]
Call Number:
Defoe 50 722 1
Image Count:
11
Description:
BEIN Defoe 50 722 1: Armorial bookplate of Wadham Wyndham. Ms. note on front paste-down endpaper: Exlibris Hon. P[?] Wyndham.
Publisher:
Printed for W. Taylor, at the ship and Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The life, and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished by himself : with an account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by pyrates

46.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London

Creator:
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Published / Created:
1708
Call Number:
Z17 253
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Philosophical transactions. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies and labours of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world
Description:
Continued by: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. A, and : Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. B.
Publisher:
Printed for B. Walford, Printer to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church yard
Subject (Geographic):
Royal Society of London. Philosophical collections
Subject (Name):
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. A and Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. B
Subject (Topic):
Science--Periodicals
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London

47.
An historical and geographical description of Formosa ... Giving an account of the religion

Creator:
Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763, author
Published / Created:
1705.
Call Number:
Tinker 1693
Image Count:
3
Description:
BEIR Eeca 704Pgb: Imperfect: Plates 12 and 17 wanting; map titled: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus ... wanting. Frontis. is bound facing p. 1. Armorial bookplate of J. Archdeacon. On t.-p.: "Illustrated with several cuts. To which are add...
Publisher:
Printed for M. Wotton [etc.]
Subject (Geographic):
Taiwan.
Subject (Topic):
Apologetics
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An historical and geographical description of Formosa ... Giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c., of the inhabitants. Together with a relation of what happened to the author in his travels; particularly his conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several parts of Europe. Also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity, with his objections against it (in defence of paganism) and their answers ...

48.
New voyages to North-America : containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent

Creator:
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715?
Published / Created:
1703
Call Number:
Zc20 703Lag
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Nouveaux voyages. English
Description:
"A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages": v. 2, p. 287-302.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Bonwicke ..., T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke ..., and S. Manship ...,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Canada--History--To 1763 (New France), Denmark--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., and Portugal--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Foley, Thomas--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Algonquian languages--Dictionaries--English., English language--Dictionaries--Algonquian., and Indians of North America--Canada--Early works to 1800.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New voyages to North-America : containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ... the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ... and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694 : a geographical description of Canada ... with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce : also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages ... with an account of the authors retreat to Portugal and Denmark ... to which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North America ... / written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, now in England ; done into English ... a great part of which never printed in the original.

49.
Poor Robin 1687 : an almanack of the old and new fashion : wherein the reader may behold (scanning

Creator:
Poor Robin
Published / Created:
1687.
Call Number:
2013 1188
Image Count:
48
Alternative Title:
Poor Robin sixteen eighty-seven
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 11 of 12 titles bound together.
Publisher:
Printed for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English, Ephemerides, and Astrology
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poor Robin 1687 : an almanack of the old and new fashion : wherein the reader may behold (scanning it over with a pair of understanding spectacles) many remarkable things worthy of his choicest observation : containing a two-fold kalendar, viz. the Julian, or English, and the roundheads, or fanaticks, with their several saints-days, and observations upon every month

50.
Calendarium astrologium: or, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1687 : comprehending the

Creator:
Trigge, Thomas
Published / Created:
1687.
Call Number:
2013 1188
Image Count:
40
Alternative Title:
Calendarium astrologicum and Almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 10 of 12 titles bound together.
Publisher:
Printed by B. Griffin for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Markets, Astrology, Ephemerides, and Almanacs, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calendarium astrologium: or, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1687 : comprehending the general state of the year, with the sign each day therein; eclipses, high water, terms, and their returns, sun-rising, &c. Together with rules for physick and husbandry and sundry other useful observations. Also a description of the most eminent rodes in England, from town to town, and the certain time of any mart, or fair, happening in any of them

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