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Cerne Abbas Giant and Maiden Castle ground plan
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting the Cerne Abbas Giant (Figure 2) and ground plan of Maiden Castle (Figure 3). The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure outlined by shallow trenches cut in the turf…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Maps, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Cerne Giant (England), England--Maiden Castle, Fortification, Prehistoric, England--Dorset
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Plan & Elevations of Old Sarum
- 1806
Engraving by James Basire (1769-1822) depicting the plan and elevations of Old Sarum, the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Basire, James, 1769-1822
- Subject Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)
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Plate of Celts
- 1806
Engraving depicting 16 celts (prehistoric stones or metal implements with a beveled cutting edge) excavated from locations throughout Great Britain.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Celts, Excavations (Archaeology), Tools, Prehistoric
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Plate of Urns
- 1806
Engraving by English cartographer and engraver John Cary (c. 1754-1835) depicting 24 urns excavated from locations throughout Great Britain.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835
- Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Urns, Excavations (Archaeology)
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Saxon Coins (Plate 1)
- 1806
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Coins, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics, Coins, Anglo-Saxon
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Saxon England According to the Saxon Chronicle
- 1806
Map of Saxon England based upon descriptions in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands, Anglo-Saxon chronicle
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Britannia Romana Collected from Ptolemy, Antonine's Itinerary, the Notitia, and Inscriptions
- 1806
Map of Britain in Roman times drawn from several sources, including the works of Ptolemy and The Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus, a register of the stations and distances along the various roads of the Roman empire.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands
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Roman Coins
- 1806
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Coins, Coins, Roman, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics
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British Coins
- 1806
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Coins, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics
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Portrait of William Camden (1551-1623)
- 1789 (Date of engraving)
- 1806 (Date of publication)
Portrait of English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald William Camden (1551-1623). Camden is best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland,…
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Basire, James, 1769-1822
- After Gheeraerts, Marcus, 1561-1635 or 1636, Lodder, W.P.J.
- Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Camden, William, 1551-1623, Portraits, Historians, Antiquarians
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Inside of the Cottage of Mac Nab, a Blacksmith at Dalmally Who Possesses Some Fragments of the Poetry of Ossian
- 1799
This plate depicts the workshop of Mac Nab, a man Faujas de-St.-Fond (1741-1819) came across in his travels across Scotland. It shows Mac Nab presenting de-St.-Fond and his fellow travelers with a "large buckler, of a…
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Iron stone and ligusticum scoticum
- 1799
This plate is of two botanical samples found by Faujas de-St.-Fond (1741-1819) during his travels. On page 190 de-St.-Fond says of the Iron ore pictures, "This species of iron is obtained in great abundance from a…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Artist Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Geology, Science--Study and teaching, Coal trade, Licorice-root
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Section of Strata to the Low Main Coal at St. Anthon's Colliery
- Containing Mineralogical Descriptions of the Country Round Newcastle; of the Mountains of Derbyshire; of the Environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews; of Inverary, and Other Parts of Argyleshire; and of the Cave of Fingal. In Two Volumes With Plates/Translated From the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond.
- 1799
This plate depicts a section of the strata to the low main coal at St. Anthon's Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. The left-hand side of the graph shows a ruler denoting the different layers on a scale of fathoms. A…
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Page 109, printed as page 190
- 1709
This page is from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom, published in 1709. This page is notable due to the existence of a typo in…
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Model of a floor
- 1709
This plate from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom. It depicts a floor plan Samuel Sorbière (1615-1670) saw during his visit to…
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Introduction to M. Samuel Sorbière's letter to King Louis XIV
- 1709
This page introduces a letter written to King Louis XIV (1638-1715), published in A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom. It was…
- Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
- Printer Woodard, J.
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Letter
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Memoirs for the Life of M. Samuel Sorbiere
- 1709
This page introduces the section of A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom that contains a memoir of the life of Monsieur Samuel…
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Title page of A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom
- 1709
This title page from A Voyage to England: Containing Many Things Relating to the State of Learning, Religion, and Other Curiosities of that Kingdom works as a combined title page and index, laying out the order of the…
- Author Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Graverol, M., Sprat, Thomas, 1635- 1713
- Printer Woodard, J.
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Travelers, Great Britain, England--London, Netherlands--Holland (Province), England, Religion and science, Religion, Curiosities and wonders, Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670, Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713, Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), Science--Study and teaching
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Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: Undertaken for the Purpose of Examining the State of the Arts, the Sciences, Natural History and Manners, in Great Britain, Vol. 1
- Containing Mineralogical Descriptions of the Country Round Newcastle; of the Mountains of Derbyshire; of the Environs of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and St. Andrews; of Inverary, and Other Parts of Argyleshire; and of the Cave of Fingal. In Two Volumes With Plates/Translated From the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond
- 1799
This book is volume 1 of 2 the first English translation of two books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819), done in 1799, two years after the original French was published. In 1784 de-St.-Fond…
- Publisher Ridgway, James
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Subject Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Science, Scotland, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--Hebrides, Geology, Islands, Science--Study and teaching, Scotland--Glasgow, Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1734-1816, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave
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Plate XIV: Various substances under magnification
- Part of The Microscope Made Easy
- 1743
As described on accompanying pages listed next to the illustrations, this plate illustrates various substances under magnification. Includes vinegar salts (figure I), salt after adding vinegar to crab eyes (figure II),…
- Author Baker, Henry, 1698-1774
- Publisher Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
- Engraver Wigley, J, Gravdot, H.
- Subject Baker, Henry, 1698-1774, Microscopy, Textbooks, Animalcules, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Vinegar, Saltpeter, Sugar, Ferrous sulfate, Salt springs, Saltpeter, Limestone
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Plate XIII: Animalcules of the teeth; scabies/skin/lice/snake tooth and various insects under magnification
- Part of The Microscope Made Easy
- 1743
As described on accompanying pages listed next to the illustrations, this plate illustrates animalcules or unicellular organisms discovered under magnification when examining teeth (figure I), along with scabies (figure…
- Author Baker, Henry, 1698-1774
- Publisher Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
- Engraver Wigley, J, Gravdot, H.
- Subject Baker, Henry, 1698-1774, Microscopy, Textbooks, Animalcules, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Insects, Snakes, Scabies
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Plate XII: Semen under magnification
- Part of The Microscope Made Easy
- 1743
As described on accompanying pages listed next to the illustrations, this plate illustrates semen from various animals and a human (fig. VII) under magnification.
This plate comes from The Microscope Made Easy by Henry…
- Author Baker, Henry, 1698-1774
- Publisher Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
- Engraver Wigley, J, Gravdot, H.
- Subject Baker, Henry, 1698-1774, Microscopy, Textbooks, Animalcules, Microscopes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Semen
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Voyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et Aux Iles Hebrides: Ayant Pour Objet les Sciences, les Arts, L'histoire Naturelle et les Moeurs Avec la Description Mineralogique, Vol. 2
- Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides: undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain : containing mineralogical descriptions, vol. 2
- 1797
This book is volume 2 of 2 books written by French geologist Faujas-de-St.-Fond (1741-1819). In 1784 he traveled throughout England, Scotland, and the Hebrides. While the original publication is written in French,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Jansen, H. J.
- Subject Geology, Great Britain, Scotland, England, Travel, France--Paris, Scotland--Edinburgh, Scotland--St. Andrews, Scotland--Hebrides, Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Europe--British Isles, England--London, Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815, Sheldon, John, 1752-1808, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, British Museum, England--Newcastle upon Tyne, Coal trade, Henry, Thomas, 1734-1816, Watt, James, 1736-1819, Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804, Black, Joseph, 1728-1799, Scotland--Prestonpans, Voyages and travels, Wedgewood, Josiah, 1730-1795, Iron-works, Scotland--Fingal's Cave