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1. Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.

Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.
Creator:
Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 18 x 11 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

2. Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands / by Lieut. J.H. Caddy, R.A.

Scenery of the Windward & Leeward Islands / by Lieut. J.H. Caddy, R.A.
Creator:
Caddy, John Herbert, 1801–1883
Date:
[1837]
Physical Description:
12 prints in 1 portfolio : aquatint and etching ; plate marks 26 x 34 cm, on sheets 34 x 51 cm, in portfolio 36 x 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Six new plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Six new plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 62 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.

Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1810 [that is, 1813?]
Physical Description:
2 volumes (xvi, 350 pages, 69 leaves of plates) : 69 illustrations (engraving, aquatint, some color) ; 59 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Sixteen sketches illustrative of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore / designed on stone by Hutchisson and printed and published at the Asiatic Lithogc. Press.

Sixteen sketches illustrative of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore / designed on stone by Hutchisson and printed and published at the Asiatic Lithogc. Press.
Creator:
Hutchisson, William Henry Florio
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
20 leaves : illustrations ; 36 x 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cornelius Osgood, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

7. Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...
Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
anno Christi Opt. Max. MDXIII. Marcii XII [1513]
Physical Description:
[2], 5-60, [32] leaves (last leaf blank), [92] leaves of plates : ill., 47 maps (woodcuts) ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Egerton's views in Mexico : being a series of twelve coloured plates / executed by himself from his original drawings ; accompanied with a short description.

Egerton's views in Mexico : being a series of twelve coloured plates / executed by himself from his original drawings ; accompanied with a short description.
Creator:
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
Date:
July 1st, 1840
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 35 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Views in St. Helena.

Views in St. Helena.
Creator:
Tobin, George, 1768–1838
Date:
[Nov. 1, 1815]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.

London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.
Creator:
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Date:
MDCCLXVU [1766]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Six views of Hastings].

[Six views of Hastings].
Creator:
Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857
Date:
Novr. 1, 1823
Physical Description:
6 prints in 1 volume : lithography ; volume 35 x 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other races inhabiting southern Africa ; together with sketches of landscape scenery in the Zulu country, Natal, and the Cape Colony / by George French Angas ...

The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other races inhabiting southern Africa ; together with sketches of landscape scenery in the Zulu country, Natal, and the Cape Colony / by George French Angas ...
Creator:
Angas, George French, 1822–1886
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
50, [2] pages, [1], 29, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Oriental scenery.

Oriental scenery.
Creator:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Date:
1795-1807 [that is, 1808]
Physical Description:
(plate volumes): 6 volumes : illustrations, plans ; 80 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. [Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity].

[Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity].
Creator:
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
Date:
[May 1, 1800]
Physical Description:
12 prints : hand-colored etchings ; images 39 x 65 cm, on sheets 44 x 71 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. [Views in Calcutta]

[Views in Calcutta]
Creator:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Date:
1786-1788
Physical Description:
12 prints : etching ; images 40 x 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A series of picturesque views of noblemen's & gentlemen's seats : with historical and descriptive accounts of each subject / engraved in aquatinta by R. Havell & Son.

A series of picturesque views of noblemen's & gentlemen's seats : with historical and descriptive accounts of each subject / engraved in aquatinta by R. Havell & Son.
Creator:
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[42] pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt / from drawings by Henry Salt, Esq.

Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt / from drawings by Henry Salt, Esq.
Creator:
Salt, Henry, 1780–1827
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 36-79 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A series of twenty-eight panoramic views of Calcutta : extending from Chandpaul Ghaut to the end of Chowringhee Road, together with the hospital, the two bridges, and the fort / by William Wood, jun.

A series of twenty-eight panoramic views of Calcutta : extending from Chandpaul Ghaut to the end of Chowringhee Road, together with the hospital, the two bridges, and the fort / by William Wood, jun.
Creator:
Wood, William
Date:
MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
Physical Description:
[2] pages, 28 leaves of plates (1 folded) : all illustrations ; 35 x 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.

Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
Creator:
Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount, 1795–1837
Date:
1831-1848
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill., facsims. (most col.) ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Twenty four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European manners in Bengal / drawn on the stone by A. Colin from sketches by Mrs. Belnos.

Twenty four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European manners in Bengal / drawn on the stone by A. Colin from sketches by Mrs. Belnos.
Creator:
Belnos, S. C., Mrs.
Date:
[1832]
Physical Description:
[52] pages, [1], 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. [Teleorama].

[Teleorama].
Date:
[approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 peepshow (7 sheets) : hand-colored lithographs ; 11 x 14 cm, 52 cm in depth (extended)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. 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

23. Views of Calcutta and its environs / by the late Sir Charles D'Oyly, Bart.

Views of Calcutta and its environs / by the late Sir Charles D'Oyly, Bart.
Creator:
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
[26] leaves : illustrations ; 69 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Portraits of the princes & people of India / by the Honble. Miss Eden ; drawn on the stone by L. Dickinson.

Portraits of the princes & people of India / by the Honble. Miss Eden ; drawn on the stone by L. Dickinson.
Creator:
Eden, Emily, 1797–1869
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
24, [1] leaves, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. [African scenery and animals]

[African scenery and animals]
Creator:
Daniell, Samuel, 1775–1811
Date:
[1804-1805]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves, [32] leaves of plates ; 50 x 61 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 62 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. West Indian scenery : illustrations of Jamaica in a series of views, comprising the principal towns, public buildings, estates, and most picturesque scenery of the island / by Joseph B. Kidd ...

West Indian scenery : illustrations of Jamaica in a series of views, comprising the principal towns, public buildings, estates, and most picturesque scenery of the island / by Joseph B. Kidd ...
Creator:
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew
Date:
1838-1840
Physical Description:
50 leaves : lithographs ; 73 x 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts