Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions

The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Posted on September 28, 2023 by km55

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Author: Sotheran, Henry.
Title: Sotheran’s York guide : including a description of the public buildings, antiquities, &c. &c. in and about that ancient city. Illustrated with nine copperplates.
Publication: York : Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, for H. Sotheran, St. Helen’s-Square: Sold by R. Baldwin, Paternoster-Row, London; and by all the Book-Sellers in Town and Country, anno 1796.

64 796 Y81

Acquired March 2023

Posted on February 10, 2021 by km55

Originally published in 1785 under title: A guide through London

Author: Mazzinghi, Giovanni.
Title: Histoire de l’antiquité et de l’etat présent de Londres, de Westminster, et du bourg de Southwark : contenant un guide pour les bâtimens publics et particuliers de la metropole : a la quelle est ajouté, un abrégé de l’histoire de l’isle de Bretagne, des Tems les plus reculés, jusquà l’invasion, la conquête, et la fin de la jurisdiction des Romains / par Jean Mazzinghi.
Published: À Londres : Impriné pour C. Dilly, dans le Poultry & J. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly, MDCCXCIII [1793]

646 793 M477

Acquired March 2020