Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of Chaucer's Treatise on the astrolabe
Description:
In Middle English., Layout: single columns, mostly of 28 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: initials in blue with red penwork., Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf: Augustus W. Franks, the gift of Sir David Dundas., Ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf: C. H. Read., Tipped in: autograph letter signed from D. D. to A. W. Franks, 1877 February 11., and Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; in case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Subject (Topic):
Astrolabes, English literature, English prose literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Pure, a very neat and clean-heeled Filly, from Black Mary's Hole, near London ..., A broadside with a simple woodcut above the title, advertising the services and skills of woman, Miss Jenny Foreyard, Cleopatra Tickleback, Diana Trapes, Polly Trim, Jenny Spruce, and Lucy Pleasant., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
"A bird's eye view of London with the river to the left and Lambeth Church and grounds in the foreground, St Paul's can be seen in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe de Londres dessinè de dessus l'Eglize de Lambeth
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., "No. 24."--Lower right corner., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and Numbered in ink in a contemporary hand in lower left corner of sheet: D-282.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell engraver, at Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England),, London (England), England, and London.
Page 155. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View on George Street, looking towards the square, St. George's Church on the right with large Corinthian portico, fat farmer driving sheep in street at center, sedan chair to right
Alternative Title:
View of Saint Georges Church, Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London and Vuë de l'Eglise de Saint George dans le Carré de Hanover, prés du Côté Rue Conduit à Londres
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Titled 'View of St. George's Church, Hannover Square, published by Jefferys' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., Date range for publication based on publisher's street address and death date; Thomas Jefferys moved to the corner of Charing Cross in 1750 and died in 1771. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., For a variant state published by John Boydell, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4534., Title in English and French, with publication line in English., Folded to 30.2 x 25.5 cm., and Tipped in at page 155 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for T. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London (England), and London.
Subject (Name):
St. George's Church (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Church buildings, Plazas, Churches, City & town life, Sedan chairs, and Herders
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Plate numbered "I" in upper right corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of plate number and possible loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on page 178 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy) and Castles & palaces
publish'd according to act of Parliament, January 1753.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 27+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and Later state, with added image elements. For an earlier state published in 1750 by R. Sayer, see
Abstract:
"View looking towards the hospital; a later state of the plate with the addition of the gates at the end of a wide driveway, lawned areas on either side with colonnades at the far ends; the countryside beyond the hospital now further built up with more roads and houses; the figures in the foreground the same as the earlier state"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe d'Hospital des Enfans Trouvès
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., and Sheet numbered "58" in ink in upper right corner within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Map & Printseller facing Fetter Lane, Fleetstreet
"View of the hospital, from behind the gates at the end of the long approach; countryside scattered with villages and roads behind; figures in foreground and carriages approaching hospital; in foreground a tavern on the left and part of a walled garden on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4790., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Leaf 14 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
"View of a cascade, with figures on a fallen tree in the left foreground, the river beyond. 1761, probably a later re-publication."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vue de la Grande Cataracte de Cohoes, sur la Riviere des Mohawks : la hateur est l'environ 70 pieds, 1 sa riviere a pres l'un quart de mile de large
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., Date range for publication based on listed street addresses for the publishers; John Bowles began operating from No. 13 Cornhill in 1768, and Henry Parker ceased operating from No. 82 Cornhill in 1781. See British Museum online catalogue., and One of 28 plates in the series: Scenographia Americana.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Chruch Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Mohawk River (N.Y.), New York (State), Mohawk River, and New York.
