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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
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Mills, W. C.
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Aikin, John, 1747–1822
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
1
Collings, Samuel
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
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Cumberland, Richard, 1732–1811
1
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
1
Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Fox, Geo. (George)
1
Humphrey, George, active 1853
1
Knox, Vicesimus, 1752–1821
1
Member of the Save-all Club
1
Murry, Ann
1
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374
1
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
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Stubbes, George, 1682 or 1683–
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862
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1926
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Free to Use
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Unavailable
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Available
7
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Books
22
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
6
Prints
3
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
19th century
21
18th century
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20th century
2
15th century
1
Work Type
game
6
recreation
6
board game
5
chromolithograph
5
wood engraving
4
engraving
3
juvenile work
3
ephemera
2
lithograph
2
poetry
2
private press books (publishing)
2
aquatint
1
binders' tickets (binding)
1
card game
1
chromoxylograph
1
commonplace book
1
compass rose
1
copy books (penmanship)
1
drawings (visual works)
1
etching
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Conduct of life.
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Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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Courtesy.
2
Educational games.
2
Etiquette.
2
Sailors -- Religious life.
2
Signals and signaling -- Great Britain.
2
Smith, Elder & Co. -- Publisher.
2
Aesthetics.
1
Allen, George -- Publisher.
1
Amusements -- Great Britain.
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Amusements.
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Arithmetic -- Games.
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Arithmetic -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.
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Autographs -- Specimens.
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Barnicoat, F. L. -- Autograph.
1
Books and reading.
1
Boys, Thomas -- Publisher.
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Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile literature.
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
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Bath (England)
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Derby (England)
1
England
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Liverpool (England)
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London
1
Waltham Saint Lawrence
1
Associated People
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
1
Cetewayo, King of Zululand, approximately 1826–1884
1
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
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Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
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Exhibition History
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Language
English
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Latin
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Mills, W. C.
The bible wheel
[1881?]
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Cotterell, J. H. (Jacob Henry), -1868
The paths of life
[circa 1840]
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
4
An arithmetical pastime
April 19th, 1798
5
Fox, Geo. (George)
A new, moral, and entertaining game of the reward of merit
December 10th, 1801
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The mirror of truth
Jany. 1st, 1811
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The road to the temple of honour and fame
May 20, 1811
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Some rules for the conduct of life ..
1877
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world
[1790]
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Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
A plan for the conduct of female education
1797
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Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
A new set of round hand copies
[between 1836 and 1864]
12
Humphrey, George, active 1853
Common place book
1853-1879
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Murry, Ann
Mentorian lectures,
1808
14
The traveller's guide
1870?]
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Cumberland, Richard, 1732–1811
The observer
1808
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Letter to young girls
[1876]
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Member of the Save-all Club
Lessons of thrift
1820
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The ethics of the dust
1866
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Knox, Vicesimus, 1752–1821
Essays moral and literary
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
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Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Letters from a father to his son,
1794
21
Mills, W. C.
The gospel compass
[1881?]
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The kind uncle and his dog Ganges
1828
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Goody Two-Shoes
[1888]
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The farmer and his family
[approximately 1895?]
25
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374
De remediis utriusque fortunae
approximately 1490
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Stubbes, George, 1682 or 1683–
A dialogue in the manner of Plato,
1734
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862
Where I lived & what I lived for
1924
28
The Toy merchant
1884
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Sesame and lilies
1865
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Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764
The economy of human life
[1799]
31
Collings, Samuel
Principles of politeness
[1791?]
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Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
Memoires for my grand-son
1926