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• William Blake: A Critical Essay, by Algernon Charles Swinburne (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Making and Unmaking in Early Modern English Drama: Spectators, Aesthetics and Incompletion (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2013), by Chloe Porter
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust

• Making and Unmaking in Early Modern English Drama: Spectators, Aesthetics and Incompletion (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2013), by Chloe Porter
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images and PDF at HathiTrust

• George Eliot and the Visual Arts (1979), by Hugh Witemeyer (HTML at Victorian Web)
• Bernard Shaw and the Aesthetes (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1971), by Elsie Bonita Adams (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)
• William Blake: A Critical Essay, by Algernon Charles Swinburne (Gutenberg ebook)

• Bernard Shaw and the Aesthetes (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1971), by Elsie Bonita Adams (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

• The Beautiful, Novel, and Strange: Aesthetics and Heterodoxy (originally published 1995; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Ronald Paulson (HTML and PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Authentic memoirs of the life and treasonable practices of Doctor Florence Hensey : who receiuved sentence of death on Wednesday, the 14th day of June, 1758, at the King's-bench bar, Westminster, for high treason, in holding a traiterous correspondence with France ; containing a very circumstantial account of his transactions since his return from France to England, and the villainous part he has acted during that time, as appeared upon his trial (G. Burnet, 1758) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress (Printed and published by J.F. Dove, in the 1820s), by Fanny Burney, John Davis, Charles Heath, and H. Corbould (page images at HathiTrust)
• Young lady's entrance into the world (London : Printed for T. Lowndes, No. 77, in Fleet Street, 1778-1779, 1778), by Fanny Burney and Thomas Lowndes (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of a young lady's entrance into the world (Printed for W. Lowndes ..., 1791), by Fanny Burney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evelina, or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world. (Pr. for T. Barrois, junior, 1808), by Fanny Burney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entrée d'une jeune personne dans le monde (Chez Imbert, imprimeur, Cloître Notre-Dame, no 35, 1798), by Fanny Burney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evelina, or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world. (Pr. for T. Barrois, junior, 1808), by Fanny Burney (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of a young lady's introduction to the world (London : Published by J.S. Pratt, MDCCCXLV [1845], 1845), by Fanny Burney (page images at HathiTrust)

• Botanicus universalis et hortulanus (London, 1770), by Richard Weston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete English cook (Printed for the Authoress, and sold by J. Cooke ..., 1772), by Catharine Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)

• Decemb. 6. 1708. Advertisement to book-sellers, and others. Whereas there hath been a book lately printed and publish'd, intituled, The neat duties (all discounts and abatements deducted) of all merchandize specify'd in the Book of Rates, begun in the 12th Car. II. with the several variations to this present year 1708. The said book hath, upon examination, been found very erroneous and false ... besides several omissions. This is to give notice, that there is preparing for the press, and will speedily be publish'd at Her Majesties printing-office in Black-Fryers, a book of all the neat duties upon merchandize both inwards and outwards ... and will be sold at a very reasonable price at the place aforesaid, and at most book-sellers ... ([London : H.M. Printing Office, 1708]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Black London: Life Before Emancipation (Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Press, University Press of New England, c1995), by Gretchen Gerzina (multiple formats at Dartmouth Digital Publishing)

• The Village Labourer, 1760-1832: A Study in the Government of England before the Reform Bill (1920 edition), by J. L. Hammond and Barbara Bradby Hammond (HTML at McMaster)
• The village labourer, 1760-1832: A study in the government of England before the Reform Bill, by J. L. Hammond and Barbara Bradby Hammond (Gutenberg ebook)

• The duty of a steward to his lord : represented under several plain and distinct articles; wherein may be seen the indirect practices of several stewards, tending to lessen, and the several methods likely to improve their lords estates. To which is added an appendix shewing the way to plenty, proposed to the farmers; wherein are laid down general rules and directions for the management and improvement of a farm. Both design'd originally for the use of the several stewards and tenants of his grace the Duke of Buckingham, and now improv'd and publish'd for the general use and interest of all the nobility and gentry throughout England (Printed for John Shuckburgh, 1727), by Edward Laurence (page images at HathiTrust)

• English almanacs, 1799. (London : Printed for the Company of Stationers and sold by George Greenhill, Treasurer to the Company, at their Hall in Ludgate-Street, 1799., 1799), by George Greenhill (page images at HathiTrust)

• English almanacs, 1799. (London : Printed for the Company of Stationers and sold by George Greenhill, Treasurer to the Company, at their Hall in Ludgate-Street, 1799., 1799), by George Greenhill (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dizionario delle lingue Italiana et Inglese (Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes ... [and 9 others], 1760), by Giuseppe Baretti, R. B. Adam, Robert William Rogers, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library), and C. Hitch and L. Hawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fable of the bees (Printed for J. Tonson ..., 1725), by Bernard Mandeville, Jerome Kern, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Jacob Tonson, Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library), and Riviere & Son (page images at HathiTrust)

• The student's treasury of English song ... (T. Nelson and Sons, 1873), by W. H. Davenport Adams and Thomas Nelson & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)

• A vindication of Homer and of the ancient poets and historians, who have recorded the siege and fall of Troy : in answer to two late publications of Mr. Bryant : with a map and plates. (Printed by W. Blanchard, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies ..., 1798), by John B. S. Morritt, Gaetano Mercati, James Merigot, Jacob Bryant, and Cadell & Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-lands of Scotland (Printed for R. Blamire ..., 1789), by William Gilpin, Richmond Blamire, Sawrey Gilpin, and Samuel Alken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c., relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the summer of the year 1770 (Printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, 1789), by William Gilpin and R. Blamire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picturesque views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood (Published by T. and J. Egerton ..., 1793), by Samuel Ireland, Cornelis Apostool, and Thomas and John Egerton (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ruines de Rome (Sold by Messrs. Robinsons, Mr. White, Mr. Faulder, and Mr. Evans, 1815), by J. Mérigot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views, (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) : illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire : in three books (Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1791), by William Gilpin, Richmond Blamire, Sawrey Gilpin, and Samuel Alken (page images at HathiTrust)
• A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of 1789 (Printed for T. Egerton ... [and 8 others], 1796), by Samuel Ireland, Thomas Egerton, and Cornelis Apostool (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays on picturesque beauty, etc. etc. etc. (Printed for R. Blamire ..., 1794), by William Gilpin and Richmond Blamire (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1767 : in a letter to the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society (Royal Society, 1768), by William Hamilton and Royal Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c., relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the summer of the year 1770 (Printed for R. Blamire ..., 1792), by William Gilpin and Richmond Blamire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouveau recueil de cheminées, ornées dans le stile de l'architecture Etrusque, Grecque, & Romaine (Printed for the author, 1781), by George Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introductory lessons, with familiar examples in landscape, for the use of those who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of the pleasing art of painting in water colours : to which are added some clear and simple rules, exemplified by suitable sketches and more finished paintings : as this work is chiefly intended for the mere beginner, the rules, are both familiar and progressive : to which are added instructions for executing transparencies, in a style both novel and easy (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, for the author :, 1800), by James Roberts, John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), G. and W. Nicol (Firm), and W. Bulmer and Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the western parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : to which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight (Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies ..., 1798), by William Gilpin and Cadell & Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland (Printed for R. Blamire ..., 1786), by William Gilpin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A picturesque guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon, and the adjacent country (Printed for Hookham and Carpenter ..., 1793), by Julius Ibbetson, J. Hassell, and John Laporte (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on British cottage architecture : being an attempt to perpetuate on principle, that peculiar mode of building, which was originally the effect of chance : supported by fourteen designs, their ichnography, or plans, laid down to scale : comprising dwellings for the peasant and farmer, and retreats for the gentlemen : with various observations thereon : the whole extending to twenty-one plates, designed and executed in aqua-tinta (Published by Hookham and Carpenter ... : and to be had at Taylor's Architectural Library ..., at Egerton's Military Library ..., of Mr. Wilkinson ..., and of the author ..., 1798), by James Malton, Vaughan Griffiths, Robert Wilkinson, Thomas Egerton, England) I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, and England) Hookham and Carpenter (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Imitations of ancient and modern drawings, from the restoration of the arts in Italy to the present time : together with a chronological account of the artists, and strictures on their works, in English and French (Printed for the author, Thayer-Street, Manchester Square, 1798), by C. M. Metz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antiquities of London and its environs : containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity, engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries : with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c. (Pubd. by T. Sewell ..., R. Faulder ..., T. Simco ..., J. Manson ..., Messrs. Molteno and Colnaghi ..., J.T. Smith ..., & Nath. Smith ..., 1800), by John Thomas Smith, Wenceslaus Hollar, William Marlow, and Benjamin Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• A collection of various forms of stoves, used for forcing pine plants, fruit trees, and preserving tender exotics : intended as well for the use of amateurs, as that of students in the art of gardening : the plates accompanied by ample letter-press, and a correct method shewn for drawing their elevations and sections, from the plans : with the parts at large (Published as the Act directs, Jan. 1, 1798, at R. Ackermann's Gallery ..., 1798), by William Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Designs in architecture, for garden chairs, small gates for villas, park entrances, aviarys, temples, boat houses, mausoleums, and bridges : with their plans, elevations, and sections, accompanied with scenery, &c. (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. :, 1800), by William Robertson, Thomas Rowlandson, and George Holmes (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the River Thames (Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakspeare Printing-Office, for John and Josiah Boydell, from the types of W. Martin, 1794), by William Combe, Joseph Farington, Joseph Constantine Stadler, John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), and W. Bulmer and Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hungarian and highland broad sword (Published as the Act directs Feby. 12th 1799 by H. Angelo ..., 1799), by Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Angelo, and John Hill (page images at HathiTrust)

• William Stukeley: Science, Religion, and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century England (c2002), by David Boyd Haycock (HTML at Newton Project; sections may be listed out of order)

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