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1. The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator:
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839
Date:
MDCCCVII [1807]
Physical Description:
[6], xxii, 74, [2] pages, [73] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.
Creator:
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[132] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Passions of the soul and the anatomy of the human face : delineated in a series of twenty-four chalk engraved heads / by Henry Singleton, Esq. ; and engraved by Charles Knight.

Passions of the soul and the anatomy of the human face : delineated in a series of twenty-four chalk engraved heads / by Henry Singleton, Esq. ; and engraved by Charles Knight.
Date:
1815
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Coade's Lithodipyra, or, Artificial Stone Manufactory : for all kind of statues, capitals, vases, tombs, coats of arms, & architectural ornaments &c. &c. particularly expressed in catalogues & books of prints of 800 articles & upwards, sold at [th]e manufactory near Kings Arms Stairs, Narrow Wall, Lambeth, opposite Whitehall Stairs, & at Mr. Strahan's, bookseller, No. 67 Strand, London / C.R. Ryley delt. ; P. Wray sculps.

Coade's Lithodipyra, or, Artificial Stone Manufactory : for all kind of statues, capitals, vases, tombs, coats of arms, & architectural ornaments &c. &c. particularly expressed in catalogues & books of prints of 800 articles & upwards, sold at [th]e manufactory near Kings Arms Stairs, Narrow Wall, Lambeth, opposite Whitehall Stairs, & at Mr. Strahan's, bookseller, No. 67 Strand, London / C.R. Ryley delt. ; P. Wray sculps.
Creator:
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory
Date:
[approximately 1784?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : stipple engraving ; plate mark 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott.

Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott.
Date:
1830s?
Physical Description:
2 volumes (108 drawings) : watercolors ; drawings each approximately 8.5 x 11 cm, in volumes 19 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Museum Britannicum : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum : illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects : and with distinct explanations of each figure / by John and Andrew van Rymsdyk, pictors.

Museum Britannicum : being an exhibition of a great variety of antiquities and natural curiosities, belonging to that noble and magnificent cabinet, the British Museum : illustrated with curious prints, engraved after the original designs, from nature, other objects : and with distinct explanations of each figure / by John and Andrew van Rymsdyk, pictors.
Creator:
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750–1788
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
[4], xvi, 84 pages, XXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A journal from the year 1811 till the year 1815 : including a voyage to and residence in India, with a tour to the north-western parts of the British possessions in that country, under the Bengal government / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Enigme fan.

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Date:
late 18th century
Physical Description:
1 folding fan : wood, paper ; 24 x 40 cm (open), folded to 24 x 2 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Picturesque scenery in the Holy Land and Syria : delineated during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800 / by F.B. Spilsbury ...

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Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 42, [2] pages, [1], 1, II-X, XII, XII, XIV, XIV, 18, [1], XVII, 20, XVI leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A brief account of the coronation of His Majesty, George IV, July 19, 1821.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], 32 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Poems / by Eliza Cook ; selected and edited by the author ; illustrated by John Gilbert, J. Wolf, H. Weir, J.D. Watson, etc. etc. ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

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Creator:
Cook, Eliza, 1818–1889
Date:
MDCCCLXI [1861]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 407, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

12. Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe in the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit : Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim : embellished with a series of engravings, illustrative of his heroic achievements / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon, Esq.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[3], 66 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Studies of flowers from nature ... : a selection of subjects from the choicest exotics, painted after nature, with a correct outline of each and instructions for producing a facsimile of the finished drawing / by Miss Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Penelope
Date:
[ca. 1818]
Physical Description:
3 p., [20] leaves, [41] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Orme's graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe and the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of merit : member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the order of St. Joachim : containing fifteen engravings, and intended as an accompaniment to the three celebrated whole-sheet plates of His Lordship's splendid victories, viz. the battles of St. Vincent's, the Nile, and Trafalgar, which are explained by references and keys / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 66, viii, [11] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A journal of a voyage to, and residence in, the island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805 : and of subsequent events in England from 1805 to 1811 / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:
MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The poetical works of Thomas Campbell / with notes by the Rev. W.A. Hill, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford ; illustrated by twenty vignettes from designs by Turner.

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Creator:
Campbell, Thomas, 1777–1844
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 403, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949

17. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

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Creator:
Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[1], 7 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. [The coronation of George the Fourth]

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Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 77 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A disquisition upon Etruscan vases : displaying their probable connection with the shows at Eleusis, and the Chinese feast of lanterns, with explanations of a few of the principal allegories depicted upon them.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 99, [1] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts