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Reference Library
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Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
18
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
15
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
11
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
10
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
9
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
9
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
7
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
6
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
6
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
5
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
5
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
4
Kip, William
4
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
4
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
4
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
4
Storff, Paul Auguste de
4
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
3
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
3
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
3
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
547
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
484
Free to Use
63
Image Available
Unavailable
467
Available
80
New Additions
2023-2024
14
Classification
Books
386
Maps & Atlas (printed)
99
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
20
Archives & Manuscripts
17
Prints
12
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
7
Drawings & Watercolors
4
Articles & Chapters
1
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547
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17th century
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18th century
24
19th century
19
16th century
18
20th century
13
15th century
8
Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
4
throwing (pottery technique)
4
polychromy
1
Work Type
engraving
225
map
88
woodcut
69
etching
54
atlase
50
ink drawing
26
watercolor
25
armorial binding
24
armorial bookplates (provenance)
19
cityscape
18
view
17
drawing book
16
handbooks and manual
16
wood engraving
16
nautical chart
12
world atlase
11
early work
10
annotations (provenance)
8
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
7
volvelle
5
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Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
22
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
22
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
19
Fortification -- Great Britain.
19
Great Britain -- Defenses.
19
Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding.
19
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714.
17
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
16
Drawing -- Technique.
15
Painting -- Technique.
15
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
13
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
12
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
12
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
12
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
11
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
11
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
11
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
11
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
10
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
10
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17th century
31
18th century
25
19th century
7
16th century
3
15th century
1
16th-18th centuries
1
Republic, BC 510-30
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
90
England
26
America
23
Italy
18
France
13
Netherlands
13
Europe
12
London (England)
11
London
9
West Indies
9
Rome
7
Rome (Italy)
7
Wales
7
Africa
6
Belgium
6
United States
6
Cambridgeshire (England)
5
Germany
5
Great Britain America
5
Hull (England)
5
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
3
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601
3
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656
3
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601–1643
3
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638–1715
3
Raphael, 1483–1520
3
Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria, 1559–1621
2
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
2
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
2
Lake, James Winter, ca. 1745–1807
2
Marshal, Alexander
2
Preston, George, of Houlker
2
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679–1682
2
Adams, Robert, -1595
1
Aesop
1
Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608–1670
1
Anne, Queen, consort of James I, King of England, 1574–1619
1
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652
1
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
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)
19
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
11
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)
6
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
4
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
3
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
2
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
2
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, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
4
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
331
Latin
87
German
41
French
37
Italian
22
Dutch
16
Undetermined
3
Spanish
2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent
MDCLXXVI [1676]
2
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern
MDCLXIV [1664]
3
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
4
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
5
Ointment pot
between 1650 and 1700
6
Map of North America
not before 1634
7
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
8
[India Orientalis]
1597[-1628]
9
King, Daniel, died 1664
The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated
1656
10
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
11
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
12
Neade, William
Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto
[approximately 1630]
13
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644
Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
[ca. 1681]
14
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
15
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666
[1666?]
16
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
17
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa
MDCXXXII [1632]
18
[The Popish Plot]
[1679?]
19
Winstanley, Henry, 1644–1703
Advertisement
1670s?]
20
Josephus, Flavius
The works of Josephus
MDCLXXVI [1676]
21
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Gerardi de Lairesse, Leodiensis pictoris, Opus elegantissimum
[ca. 1690?]
22
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
23
Wet drug jar
circa 1660
24
Vignola, 1507–1573
Vignola, or the compleat architect
1655
25
Stalker, John
A treatise of japaning and varnishing
1688
26
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
Americae pars meridionalis
[between 1641 and 1680]
27
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743
[ A Ballad singer
[1680?]
28
[Panorama of popular printed images]
[circa 1680]
29
Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers
1671
30
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
31
Pricke, Robert
The architects store-house
1674
32
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
America
MDCLXXI [1671]
33
Kip, William
Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate
An 1602
34
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
35
Memento mori ring
1689
36
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
37
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt
1646
38
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre
1696
39
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
40
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
41
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
42
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[The travellers guide
[1686?]
43
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
The characters of the passions
[17--]
44
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Africa
MDC LXX [1670]
45
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
46
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
47
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts
1669
48
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
A new system of geography
[1685]
49
[Thomas Braythwait writing his will]
ca. 1607
50
Aesop's Fables
1687
51
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554
The first[-fift] booke of architecture
1611
52
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
Africa
[ca. 1686?]
53
Francquart, Jacques, 1577–1651
Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq[ue] principis Alberti Pii, Archiducis Austriae, ducis Burg. Bra. &c.
MDCXXIII [1623]
54
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents
MDCLVIII [1658]
55
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
56
Marshal, Alexander
St. George and the dragon
circa 1630-1682
57
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Kyngeston vpon Hvll
circa 1642
58
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new map of the English empire in America
[ca. 1695]
59
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis
1622
60
Wet drug jar
between 1675 and 1680
61
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649–1702
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes
ca. 1682]
62
Erich, Adolar, 1559–1634
Thuringia landgraviatus
[1650?]
63
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
64
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
A large and accurate map of the city of London
1677]
65
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
The anatomy of humane bodies,
1698
66
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
[1612]
67
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations
[169-?]
68
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae
[1649]
69
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Plans for the fortifications at Hull
1681-1682
70
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618–1679
Novi Belgii Novaeque, Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
[ca. 1684]
71
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne
1639
72
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture
not before 1611
73
Dry drug jar
between 1665 and 1680
74
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne
1661
75
Overton, John, 1640–1708?
[Composite world atlas]
[1686?]
76
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The compleat gentleman
[1622]
77
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.
1625
78
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
America
[ca. 1686]
79
Allard, Hugo, approximately 1628–1691
[Chart of the Thames estuary with a view of the English fleet burning in the Medway]
1667
80
A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695
1695
81
Knight, Val. (Valentine)
Proposals of a new model for rebuilding the city of London
[1666]
82
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Traité des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties
MVICLXIIII [1664, i.e. 1665]
83
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609
Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae, Austriae archiducum
MDCII [1602]
84
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691
The art of graveing, and etching,
1662
85
Webb, John, 1611–1672
A vindication of Stone-Heng restored
MDCLXV [l665]
86
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Romae antiquae et novae theatrum, sive, Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica
anno Christi 1684
87
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
88
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
89
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
90
Bromley, William, 1664–1732
Remarks in the grande tour of France & Italy
1692
91
Smith, John, 1580–1631
The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
1624
92
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
93
Pistofilo, Bonaventura, 1576–
Oplomachia
1621
94
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
The gentleman's recreation
1686
95
Poole, William, farrier
The countrey farrier
1648
96
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
anno 1632
97
Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601–1651
Historica relación del reyno de Chile
1646
98
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
99
Goos, Pieter, approximately 1616–1675
West-Indische paskaert
[approximately 1660]
100
Reber, Joh. Henricus
Disputatio juridica de venatione
[1690]
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