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GB 249 OA/2/4 · Item · c 1750 - 1770
Part of John Anderson papers

MS letter. Discusses his work, 'Observations on the nature of evidence' and his reading of Castruceii Bonanimicii, 'Commentarium de bello Italio'. Also tells an allegoric fable of Squire H-----'s black bitch. Anderson's correspondent is the author of an essay on miracles.

Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1511 · Item · [c. 1750 - 1760]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Veduta della Villa dell' Emo. Sig.n Card. Alesandro Albani fuori di Porta Salaria'
'Cavalier Piranesi inc.'
'Cities Exhibition 2 [number added in manuscript in pencil] No. 452'

From 'Vedute di Roma' (late 1740's to after 1760) (Wilton-Ely, John, 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings' (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1992-1994), 1, no. 222).

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1726-1778, engraver and architect
Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1528 · Item · [c. 1750-1760]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Veduta degli avanzi di due Triclinj che appartenevano all casa aurea di Nerone, presi erroneamente per i Templi [del] Sole, e della Luna, O d'Iside, e Serapide. [...]'
'G. B. Piranesi Archit. incise'
'Cities Exhibition No. 333'

'4' endorsed on backing in manuscript in pencil in bottom right corner.

'John Mo[ ]on's Trust Engraving No. 19' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on reverse in top margin.

From 'Vedute di Roma' (late 1740s to after 1760) (Wilton-Ely, John, 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings' (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1992-1994), 1, no. 149).

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1726-1778, engraver and architect
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1879 · Item · [c. 1750]
Part of United States of America: Various
  • 'Plan of the Harbour of New-York and Parts adjacent.'; 9.8 x 14.5 cm
  • 'The Town & Harbour of Boston &c.'; 10 x 8 cm
  • 'Draught of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia.'; 10 x 6.8 cm
  • 'Plan of the Harbour of Charles Town, South Carolina.'; 10 x 12.8 cm

Anon.

Larissa
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1132 · Item · c. 1750
Part of Greece: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'View of a Turkish Mosque on the river Peneus, with a distant prospect of the City of Larissa'.
'Engraved for Millar's New Complete and Universal System of Geography'
'White sculp.'

[From George Henry Millar, 'The new and universal system of geography [... ]' (London: Hogg, 1783) (Sitwell, 'Special Geography', pp. 380-382).]

Havana
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/707 · Item · c. 1750
Part of Cuba

'Plan of the City & Harbour of Havanna Capital of Cuba'

Anon.

Scale: 2 centimetres to 1/2 English mile

GB 249 T-GED/22/1/349 · Item · [c. 1750]
Part of British Isles: Ireland: General

'A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland, Divided into Provinces Counties and Baronies. Shewing The Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Barracks, Mountains, Lakes, Bags, Rivers, Ferries, Passes, Also the Great, the Branch & the By Post Roads, together with the Inland Navigation &c.. by J. Rocque, Chorographer to His Majesty.'

Scale unspecified.

Cartouche at the top left corner.

'O1' marked in top left corner on the reverse.

Rocque, John, 1704?–1762, land surveyor and cartographer
Curacao
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1887 · Item · c. 1750
Part of West Indies

'Afbeeldinghe van Pariba ende Forten'

Anon.

'Eerste deel Fol:209.' endorsed in top margin.

'1690 A[m]i[ ]I[ ]' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom margin.

'II de Curacao' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on the reverse.

Genoa
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1462 · Item · [c. 1750]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Plan de la ville de Genes'

Anon.

Scale unspecified.

'No. 23' endorsed top right corner.

From 'Voyage en Italie', (vol. viii, plate 6).