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James Basire

(Basire, James, 1730-1802)

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• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Bindley granger (Mr. Sotheby, 1819), also by Samuel Sotheby and James Basire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: An essay on the original genius and writings of Homer : with a comparative view of the ancient and present state of the Troade : illustrated with engravings (Printed by H. Hughs for T. Payne, at the Mews Gate, and P. Elmsly, in the Strand, 1775), also by Robert Wood, Thomas Payne, William Pars, Thomas Major, Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, Henry Hughs, Peter Elmsley, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Giovanni Battista Borra, and Francesco Bartolozzi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: The forme of cury : a roll of ancient English cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master-cooks of King Richard II, presented afterwards to Queen Elizabeth, by Edward Lord Stafford, and now in the possession of Gustavus Brander, Esq. (Printed by J. Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1785), also by Arthur William Devis and Samuel Pegge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Gough's sepulchral monuments (Printed by J. Nichols, for the author, sold by T. Payne and Son, 1786), also by Richard Gough, Thomas Payne, John Nichols, Jacob Schnebbelie, Joseph Halfpenny, Caroline Basire, Barak Longmate, Francis Cary, and Thomas Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Highmore on perspective (Printed for A. Millar, and J. Nourse..., 1763), also by Joseph Highmore and Brook Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos : in a series of letters addressed to the Royal Society (Printed for T. Cadell, in The Strand, 1772), also by William Hamilton, T. Cadell, and Royal Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Pompeii (Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1777), also by William Hamilton and Society of Antiquaries of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: The rudiments of ancient architecture, in two parts : containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions and examples of each from the antiques : also Vitruvius on the temples and intercolumniations, &c. of the ancients ... : with a dictionary of terms : illustrated with ten plates. (Printed for I. & J. Taylor ..., 1789), also by England) I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Three treatises : the first concerning art, the second concerning music painting and poetry, the third concerning happiness (Printed for Iohn Nourse and Paul Vaillant, 1772), also by James Harris, Paul Vaillant, and J. Nourse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basire, James, 1730-1802: Vetvsta monvmenta, qvae ad rervm Britannicarvm memoriam conservandam Societas Antiqvariorvm Londini svmptv svo edenda cvravit ([Society of Antiquaries], 1746), also by James Cole, James Basire, James Basire, George Vertue, and Society of Antiquaries of London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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