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Rare Books and Manuscripts
484
Reference Library
19
Prints and Drawings
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Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
18
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
15
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
10
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
10
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
8
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
7
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
7
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
6
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
5
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
4
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
4
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
4
Storff, Paul Auguste de
4
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
3
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
3
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
3
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
3
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
3
Kip, William
3
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669
3
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
19
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19
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2023-2024
14
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Books
362
Maps & Atlas (printed)
87
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
19
Archives & Manuscripts
16
Prints
14
Drawings & Watercolors
4
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
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17th century
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18th century
41
19th century
36
20th century
29
16th century
22
15th century
8
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brown ink
1
brown wash
1
gouache
1
graphite
1
laid paper
1
Height [cm]
46
1
Width [cm]
55
1
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engraving
188
map
73
woodcut
61
atlase
48
etching
42
ink drawing
24
watercolor
24
armorial binding
23
cityscape
18
view
17
wood engraving
16
armorial bookplates (provenance)
14
drawing book
12
handbooks and manual
12
nautical chart
12
early work
11
world atlase
11
annotations (provenance)
7
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
5
pilot guide
4
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architectural subject
1
still life
1
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Geography -- Early works to 1800.
20
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
19
Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding.
19
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
18
Fortification -- Great Britain.
18
Great Britain -- Defenses.
18
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714.
16
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
13
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
12
Drawing -- Technique.
12
Painting -- Technique.
12
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
11
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
11
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
11
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
9
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
9
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
9
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 -- Autograph.
9
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
8
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
8
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17th century
28
18th century
23
19th century
6
16th century
3
15th century
1
16th-18th centuries
1
Republic, BC 510-30
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
82
England
29
America
20
Italy
18
France
12
Europe
11
Netherlands
11
London
9
London (England)
9
West Indies
8
Rome
7
Rome (Italy)
7
Wales
7
Belgium
5
Cambridgeshire (England)
5
Germany
5
Great Britain America
5
United States
5
Virginia
5
Guernsey
4
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Associated People
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601
3
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601–1643
3
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
2
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
2
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656
2
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
2
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638–1715
2
Preston, George, of Houlker
2
Raphael, 1483–1520
2
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679–1682
2
Adams, Robert, -1595
1
Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608–1670
1
Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria, 1559–1621
1
Anne, Queen, consort of James I, King of England, 1574–1619
1
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
1
Beaumont, Richard, 1654–1691
1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668
1
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
1
Braythwait, Thomas, -1607
1
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Exhibition History
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
17
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
9
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
7
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
5
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Courts and Colonies - the William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America (Carnegie Museum of Art, 1989-03-18 - 1989-05-28)
1
Courts and Colonies - the William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1988-11-11 - 1989-02-12)
1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
5
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William H. Mandel, Yale BFA 1953, and Robert L. Russell, Yale MA 1954
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
Language
English
305
Latin
76
German
40
French
34
Italian
21
Dutch
15
Undetermined
3
Spanish
2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
1
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A View of ye Inside of ye Kitchen of Christ Church College, Oxon formerly Cardinal College; [not numbered] (Volume One)
2
unknown artist
Design for an English Silver Table
between 1670 and 1680
3
unknown artist
Richmont (with coat of arms and "Thames Flud")
4
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
5
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
6
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743
[ A Ballad singer
[1680?]
7
[Panorama of popular printed images]
[circa 1680]
8
Memento mori ring
1689
9
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
10
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
11
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
12
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
13
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[The travellers guide
[1686?]
14
[Thomas Braythwait writing his will]
ca. 1607
15
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
16
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
17
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae
[1649]
18
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Plans for the fortifications at Hull
1681-1682
19
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture
not before 1611
20
A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695
1695
21
Knight, Val. (Valentine)
Proposals of a new model for rebuilding the city of London
[1666]
22
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Traité des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties
MVICLXIIII [1664, i.e. 1665]
23
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609
Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae, Austriae archiducum
MDCII [1602]
24
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691
The art of graveing, and etching,
1662
25
Webb, John, 1611–1672
A vindication of Stone-Heng restored
MDCLXV [l665]
26
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Romae antiquae et novae theatrum, sive, Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica
anno Christi 1684
27
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
28
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
29
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
30
Bromley, William, 1664–1732
Remarks in the grande tour of France & Italy
1692
31
Smith, John, 1580–1631
The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
1624
32
Meteren, Emmanuel van, 1535–1612
Emanuels van Meteren historie der Neder-landscher ende haerder na-buren oorlogen ende geschiedenissen, tot den iare M.VI.c XII
1614
33
Pistofilo, Bonaventura, 1576–
Oplomachia
1621
34
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
The gentleman's recreation
1686
35
Poole, William, farrier
The countrey farrier
1648
36
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
anno 1632
37
Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601–1651
Historica relación del reyno de Chile
1646
38
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
39
Goos, Pieter, approximately 1616–1675
West-Indische paskaert
[approximately 1660]
40
Reber, Joh. Henricus
Disputatio juridica de venatione
[1690]
41
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
42
La Fage, Raymond, 1656–1684
Recueil des meilleurs desseins de Raimond La Fage gravé par cinq des plus habiles graveurs
[168-]
43
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales
MDCLXXV [1675]
44
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691
Effigies regum Anglorum
[1630?]
45
Tower of London (London, England)
A List of His Majesty's regalia
[approximately 169-?]
46
Norwood, Richard, 1590?-1675
Trigonometrie, or, The doctrine of triangles
1631
47
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Pvrchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present.
1626
48
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
Comitatis Cantabrigiensis
[not before 1647]
49
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1685
50
The English military discipline
1672
51
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbe's book, entitled Leviathan
1676
52
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Archiepiscopatuvm Moguntinensis, Trevirensis, et Coloniensis
1646
53
Doornick, Marcus Williamsz
Platte grondt der Vebrande Stadt London
1666
54
Bert, Edmund
An approued treatise of hawkes and hawking
1619
55
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
56
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : began Jan. 1, 1677 : and intended to be continued monthly
1677-1680
57
Troili, Giulio, 1613–1685
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla
1683
58
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica
1695
59
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging
MDCLXXII [1673]
60
Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625–1709
The history of the Old Testament
1688-1690
61
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
Plans for fortification and harbor works at Dunkirk
1661-1662?
62
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669
The art of fair building
1670
63
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Alsatiæ &c. completa
im Jahr MDCLXIII [1663]
64
Cats, Jacob, 1577–1660
Alle de wercken, so ouden als nieuvven
1658
65
Cruso, John, d. 1681
Militarie instructions for the cavallrie: or Rules and directions for the service of horse
MDCXXXII [1632]
66
The country-man's jewel: or, The jockey's master-piece
[ca. 1690?]
67
Snape, Andrew, 1644–
The anatomy of an horse
An. Dom. 1683
68
Catholic Church
The office of the holy week according to the Missall and Roman breviary
1670
69
Falda, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640–1678
Li giardini di Roma
[1685?]
70
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria; or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, and etching
1669
71
Montano, Giovanni Battista, 1545–1621
Li cinque libri di architettura
1684
72
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
A description of the island of Jamaica
1672
73
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae
[1649]
74
Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688
[Statues et bustes antiques des maisons royales]
[1669-1681]
75
Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores et interiores, a celebrioribus architectis inuenti
[1690?]
76
Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
Artis magnae artilleriae
Ao. MDCL [1650]
77
Maydman, Henry
Naval speculations, and maritime politicks
1691
78
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695
A new method of cryptography
[1666]
79
Morosini, Andrea, 1558–1618
Historia Veneta ab anno M.D.XXI. usque ad annum M.DC.XV.
1623
80
Fouilloux, Jacques du, 1521?-1580
The noble art of venerie or hunting
An. Dom. 1611
81
Neade, William
The double-armed man, by the new inuention
1625
82
Multibibus, Blasius
A solemne ioviall disputation, theoreticke and practicke; briefely shadowing the lavv of drinking ;
MDCXVII [1617]
83
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
Atlas Anglicanus et Cambria, or, A book of mapps of all the countyes in the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales
[1694?]
84
Bate, John
The mysteries of nature and art,
1635
85
Bisschop, Jan de, 1628–1671
Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum
1671
86
Darling, John, 17th cent
The carpenter's rule made easie, or, The art of measuring superficies and solids
1676
87
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
1627
88
Abbot, George, 1562–1633
A briefe description of the whole worlde
1605
89
Prou, Jacques, approximately 1639–approximately1686
Veües des plus beaux endroits de la ville de Rome
[circa 1680?]
90
Typus mundi in quo eius calamitates et pericula nec non diuini
1627
91
Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587–1652
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
1652
92
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
M.Z. Topographia Bohemiæ, Moraviæ et Silesiæ
1650
93
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Hassiae, et regionum vicinarum
Im Jahr MDCLV [1655]
94
Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688
Livre de figures antiques de Rome
[circa 1670?]
95
A catalogue of divers excellent Italian pictures of the most eminent masters
1684
96
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Britannia, sive, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descripto
1607
97
Smith, John, active 1684–1704
The experienc'd fowler: or, The gentleman, citizen, and country-man's pleasant and profitable recreation
1697
98
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
Illustriorum regni Galliae civitatum tabulae, ut & Helvetiae confoederatae civitates celebriores
[1657]
99
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1678
100
England and Wales. Sovereign (1625–1649 : Charles I)
His Maiesties commission giuing power to enquire of the decayes of the cathedral church of St. Paul in London, and for repairing of the same
1631
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