Loimologia or, An historical account of the Plague in London in 1665, to which is added an Essay on the different causes of pestilential diseases by Nathaniel Hodges. Translated from the Latin by Quincy in 1720, Hodge’s account is one of great personal risk, sharp
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As Ray, Fellow of the Royal Society, tells the reader; little is to be said about the nature of this book save that it ‘conveys at once, entertainment and profit as the wise man deserves, like apples of gold in pictures of silver’. Hidden between
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A collection of several authentic accounts of the history and price of wheat, bread, malt, &c. from the coming in of William the Conqueror to Michaelmas, 1745. Wheat was the single most important product of the British economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries,
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A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook’s voyages. In this elegant and sumptuous work, Anderson, drawing on first-hand accounts from Cook’s crew, details all three celebrated circumnavigations of the
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Swiss born Plater, physician to German nobility, lists at length a range of bodily problems and how best to cure them, including ‘missing teeth’, ‘sagging breast’s and ‘goggle eyes’. This text is notable in how the medical and the aesthetic are conflated in this period,
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In this seminal seven volume work, Maurice, one time Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum, draws on an astonishing range of sources to spin rich and beautifully rendered dissertations on such subjects as India’s ancient geographical divisions, laws, governance, commerce, arts and architecture,
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Description of the Villa of Mr Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex, with an Inventory of the Furniture, Pictures, Curiosities, &c. An autobiographical account of his own breath-taking creation, Strawberry Hill House, Walpole describes at
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The Post Boy Robb’d of his Mail or the Pacquet Broke Open, consisting of letters of Love and Gallantry, and all miscellaneous subjects in which are discover’d the Vertues, Vices, Follies, Humours and Intrigues of Mankind Restoration era rake, ‘wit of the present age’, and
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The Lady’s Magazine or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated solely to their Use and Amusement. Vol.XXI The essential companion for the Georgian and Regency lady, The Lady’s Magazine, with its lavish illustrations and wide ranging features from the contemporary world of fashion, literature,
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Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia between the years 1770 and 1779. In Four Volumes. Vol.II. Charles Peter Thunberg, M.D. 1796. Layton Collection 1265 Back to main resource
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5,200 archaeological and ethnographic artifacts including items from UK, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Peru and N. America.
A remarkable collection of 3,500 coins, tokens and medals - Roman, Greek, Indian, American and British.
4,000 maps and prints and 150 framed prints, maps and paintings.
8,000 from the 16th century to 19th century, remain in the collection, together with a small collection of manuscripts and some of Layton's personal papers.
Thomas Layton lived in Brentford, Middlesex between 1826 and 1911... read more
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