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A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia [microform] : of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English colon there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the eere 1585. Which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes, at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight lord Warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised b her Maiestie :and her letters patents: This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir Walter, a member of the Colon, and there imploed in discouering Cum gratia et priuilegio Caes. Matis Speciali

[Horses in var. positions ... V. Orsini] [microform].

A garden of flovvers [microform] : vvherein very liuely is contained a true and perfect discription of al the flovvers contained in these foure followinge bookes. As also the perfect true manner of colouringe the same vvith theire naturall coloures ... All vvhich to the great charges, and almost incredible laboure and paine, the diligent authore by foure yeares experience, hath very laboriously compiled, and most excellently performed, both in theire perfect lineaments in representing them in theire coper plates: as also after a most exquisite manner and methode in teachinge the practisioner te [sic] painte them even to the liffe. Faithfully and truely translated out of the Netherlandish originall into English for the comon benifite of those that vnderstand no other languages, and also for the benifite of others nevvly printed both in the Latine and French tongues all at the charges of the author

Baziliōlogia [microform] : a booke of kings beeing the true and liuely effigies of all our English kings from the Conquest vntill this present: with their seuerall coats of: armes, impreses and devises: and a briefe chronologie of their liues and deaths. Elegantly grauen in copper

A briefe remembrance of all the English monarchs, from the Normans conquest, vntill this present. By Iohn Taylor [microform]

A briefe remembrance of all the English monarchs, from the Normans conquest, vntill this present. By Iohn Taylor [microform]

The pourtraitures at large of nine moderne worthies of the world [microform] : with a short relation of theire lives and deaths. Elegantly graven in copper, and are to be sould at the Globe in Cornehill ouer against th'exchange 1622

The Seauen champions of Christendome [microform] : Saint George of England, Saint Denis of France, Saint Iames of Spaine, Saint Anthony of Italy, Saint Andrew of Scotland, Saint Patricke of Ireland, and Saint Dauid of Wales

Animalium quadrupedum, auium, florum, fructuum, muscarum et vermium omnis generis verae delineationes in æes [sic] incisae. = A booke of beast [sic], birds, flowers, fruits, flies, and wormes, exactly drawne with their liuely colours truly described [microform]

Animalium quadrupedum, auium, florum, fructuum, muscarum et vermium omnis generis verae delineationes in æes [sic] incisae. = A booke of beast [sic], birds, flowers, fruits, flies, and wormes, exactly drawne with their liuely colours truly described [microform]

Baziliōlogia [microform] : a booke of kings beeing the true and liuely effigies of all our English kings from the Conquest vntill this present: with their seuerall coats of: armes, impreses and devises: and a briefe chronologie of their liues and deaths. Elegantly grauen in copper

The second booke of flowers fruicts beastes birds and flies exactly drawne [microform]

[The manner of crying things in London] [microform]

Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus or The severall habits of English women, from the nobilitie: to the contry woman, as they are in these times [microform]

Aula veneris sive varietas foeminini [microform] : sexus, diversarum Europæ nationum, differentiag habituum, ut in qvælibet provincia sunt apud illas nunc vsitati. quas Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemus, ex maiori parte in ipsis locis ad vivas delineauint, cœterasqz per alios delineari curauit, & aqua forti æri insculpsit, Londini A⁰. 1644. Ioan Meyseens excud

Ladies' costumes : collection of hand-colored plates, 1690-1810

The Art of defence [microform] : in which the several sorts of guards, passes, and disarmes, &c are represented by proper figures with their respective explications

Illustrissimo heroi Richardo Domino Maitland, Caroli Comitis de Lauderdale filio natu maxime [microform] : picturæ omniumque bonarum artium cultori egregio, amplissimo suo mecanati

Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus or The severall habits of English women, from the nobilitie: to the contry woman, as they are in these times, 1640 [microform] : Advertisement. A sett of the dresses & habits of foreign ladies & women done by the same hand & about the same time, but smaller, consisting of 48 prints, very neat. Price 4s.

Proposals for printing by subscription a natural history of English insects. Illustrated with near one hundred copper-plates, ... colour'd by the author Eleazar Albin, ... [electronic resource].

Ecclesiarum Angliae et Valliae prospectus, or, Views of all the cathedrals in England and Wales, of the collegiate churches of Westminster and Southwell & of the royal chapel of St. George at Windsor [microform]

Britannia illustrata [electronic resource] : or views of several of the royal palaces as also of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain elegantly engraven on lxxx. copper plates. Tom. I.

A natural history of English insects. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: and (for those who desire it) exactly coloured by the author Eleazar Albin, Painter

Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the citty of London, neatly engraved ...

A natural history of English insects. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously Engraven from the Life: and (for those who desire it) exactly coloured by the author Eleazar Albin, Painter. To which are added, large notes, and many Curious observations. By W. Derham, Fellow of the Royal Society

[Collection of ephemera and prints relating to English productions of The Beggar's Opera, 1727-1885.]

Twenty five actions of the manage horse, [electronic resource] : engrav'd by Josephus Sympson, from original drawings of Mr. John Vanderbanck: To which are added, two of the English hunter; With the Figure of a Fine Horse measured from the Life, shewing all the Proportions: as also A Draught of the true Shape of the Branch; with short Remarks on some Parts of Horsemanship

A natural history of birds. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life. Published by the author Eleazar Albin, and carefully colour'd by his daughter and self, from the originals, drawn from the live birds

Proposals for printing by subscription, [electronic resource] : A Natural History of spiders, and other curious insects. Beautifully Engrav'd on near Fifty copper-plates, by the Best Hands. All Carefully Drawn from the Life by Eleazar Albin, Author of two Curious Treatises, viz. One a Natural History of Insects, and the other of Birds. To which will be prefixed a Preface, giving some Account of the Work, by W. Derham, Canon of Windsor and F. R. S. Subscriptions are taken in by J. Brindley, at the King's-Arms in New Bond-Street; J. Jackson, J. Jollifee, near St. James's House; J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall; Olive Payne, in New Round-Court in the Strand; W. Lewis, T. Woodman, in Covent-Garden; R. Montagu, at the Post-Office in Queen-Street, near Drury-Lane; J. Worrall, at the Dove in Bed-Yard; near Lincoln's-Inn; F. Cogan, at the Middle-Temple-Gate; T. Worrall, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street; W. Mears, T. Boreman, on Ludgate-Hill, S. Austen, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; R. Willock, in Cornhill; Mr. Wells, at Oxford; Mr. Bonner, at Cambridge; Mr. Leane, at Bath; and Mr. Pote, at Eton: Booksellers

A natural history of birds. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred and four copper plates, engraved from the life. Published by the author Eleazar Albin, and carefully colour'd by his daughter and himself, from the originals, drawn from the live birds. Vol.II.

A natural history of English insects. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously Engraven from the Life: And exactly coloured by the author Eleazar Albin, Painter. To which are added, large notes, and many curious observations. By W. Derham, D. D. Fellow of the Royal Society

A curious herbal [electronic resource] : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life

A curious herbal, [electronic resource] : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings, taken from the life. By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick

A natural history of English song-birds, [electronic resource] : and such of the foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their singing. To which are added, Figures of the Cock, Hen and Egg, of each Species, exactly copied from Nature; by Mr. Eleazar Albin: and curiously engraven on copper

A plan of civil and historical architecture, [electronic resource] : in the representation of the most noted buildings of foreign nations, both ancient and modern: Taken from the most Approv'd Historians, Original Medals, Remarkable Ruins, and Curious Authentick Designs; and display'd in eighty-six double folio-plates, finely engraven, At a very Great Expence, by the most Eminent Hands; divided into five books. Containing. Book I. Twenty-Two Plates of the Ancient Jewish, Egyptian, Syrian, Persian and Grecian Edifices, Monuments, Pyramids, &c. in which the Manners of Structure used by those Nations, and bury'd in the Ruins of Barbarity, are restor'd, and set in a true Light. Book II. Fifteen Plates of the Ancient, and least known Roman Buildings. Book III. Fifteen Plates describing the Buildings of the Arabians, Turks, &c. and some Modern One's of the Persians, Siamese, Chinese, and Japonese. Book IV. Twenty-One Plates of Modern Structures, invented, and in Part executed, by the Author. Book V. Thirteen Plates of Ancient Egyptian, Grecian and Roman Urns and Vases; to which are added some Modern One's, partly invented by the Author. All drawn with Excellent Skill, and the Utmost Diligence; By Mr. John Bernhard Fischer, of Erlach; Principal Architect, and Chief Surveyor of the Works, to His Present Imperial Majesty. First published at Leipzig, with the Explanations of all the Plates, in German and French, out of the best Ancient and Modern Writers; and now faithfully translated into English, with large additional notes; by Thomas Lediard, Esq; Late Secretary to His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary in Lower Germany

A natural history of birds. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, engraven from the life. Published by the author Eleazar Albin, and carefully colour'd by his daughter and himself, from the originals, drawn from the live birds. Vol.III.

A natural history of English song-birds, [electronic resource] : and such of the foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their singing. To which are added, Figures of the Cock, Hen and Egg, of each Species, exactly copied from Nature; by Mr. Eleazar Albin: and curiously engraven on copper. Also a particular Account how to order the Canary Birds in Breeding

A curious herbal. [electronic resource] : Containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings, taken from the life. By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick

Britannia illustrata [electronic resource] : or views of several of the royal palaces as also of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain elegantly engraven on Cii. copper plates. Tom. II.

The ruins of Rome. A poem [electronic resource].

A supplement to the Natural history of birds. [electronic resource] : Illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life; and exactly colour'd by the author, Eleazar Albin. Being the third and last volume

Drawings of some ruins and colossal statues at Thebes in Egypt, [electronic resource] : with an account of the same in a letter to the Royal Society

A natural history of English song-birds, [electronic resource] : and such of the foreign as are usually brought over and esteemed for their singing. To which are added, Figures of the Cock, Hen, and Egg of each Species, exactly copied from Nature, by Mr. Eleazar Albin, and curiously engraven on copper. Also A particular Account how to order the Canary-Birds in Breeding; likewise their Diseases and Cure

Ancient architecture, restored, and improved, [electronic resource] : by a great variety of grand and usefull designs, entirely new in the gothick mode for the ornamenting of buildings and gardens ... Exquisitely engraved on LXIV large quarto copper-plates ... by Batty and Thomas Langley ...

A natural history of birds. [electronic resource] : Most of which have not been figur'd or describ'd, and others very little known from obscure or too brief Descriptions without Figures, or from Figures very ill design'd. Containing the figures of sixty birds and two quadrupedes, engrav'd on fifty-two copper plates, after curious Original Drawings from Life, and exactly colour'd. With full and accurate Descriptions. By George Edwards

Ornithologia nova [electronic resource] : or, a new general history of birds. Extracted from the best authorities in various languages, both antient and modern. With Remarks and proper Observations upon the different Species and Kinds throughout the known World, from the most Curious Naturalists, Virtuoso's and Travellers. Containing, A Description of a great Number of curious and uncommon Birds, found in different parts of the Universe. With the Methods of Breeding, Manageing and Teaching of Song-Birds. Illustrated with above Three Hundred and Fifty Figures, copied from the best Originals

Plan of the cathedral of St Pauls : To the Right Honourable Sr. Rob.t Ladbroke Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London this plan of the East West and South prospect of the cathedral church of St. Pauls is most humbly Inscrib'd by His Lordships most obedient humble servant John Brindley

The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, [electronic resource] : engraved by Mr Houbraken. With their lives and characters. By Thomas Birch, A. M. F. R. S. Vol. II.

A description of three hundred animals, [electronic resource] : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects. With a particular account of the manner of their catching of whales in Greenland. Extracted from the best authors, and adapted to the Use of all Capacities. Illustrated with copper plates, whereon is curiously engraven every Beast, Bird, Fish, Serpent, and Insect, describ'd in the whole Book

A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern [electronic resource] : particularly old English dresses : after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others ; with an account of the authorities, from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject ; to which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage