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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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21,330
Reference Library
175
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
111
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
56
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
52
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
50
Clark, Thomas A
50
Dilnot, John
50
Rocque, John, -1762
49
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Bush, Tracey
39
Sackett, Colin
37
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
33
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
32
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
31
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
30
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Unknown
1,015
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
21,330
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
20,183
Free to Use
1,147
Image Available
Unavailable
19,522
Available
1,808
New Additions
2024-2025
75
Classification
Books
17,085
Archives & Manuscripts
777
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
755
Prints
734
Maps & Atlas (printed)
483
Music (printed)
248
Periodicals
188
Articles & Chapters
174
Drawings & Watercolors
166
Postcards
131
Photographs
129
Visual Materials
73
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
44
Videos
7
Musical Sound Recordings
6
Paintings
3
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
PrintsVisual Materials
1
Creator Gender
unknown
21,326
female
4
Period
19th century
11,788
20th century
4,078
18th century
2,765
21st century
902
17th century
547
15th century
326
16th century
202
14th century
2
13th century
1
Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
23
wove paper
22
throwing (pottery technique)
11
wood
10
wood engraving (process)
10
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
watercolor (paint)
8
ink
6
albumen process
5
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
silk (textile)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
lithography
3
transfer printing
3
weaving
3
cardboard
2
glue
2
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,883
engraving
1,493
lithograph
1,341
ephemera
1,231
aquatint
1,152
artists' book
898
auction catalog
780
chromolithograph
692
etching
622
map
465
woodcut
460
armorial bookplates (provenance)
396
recreation
339
accordion fold format (binding)
338
photograph
336
advertisement
317
private press books (publishing)
315
exhibition catalog
308
photomechanical print
306
watercolor
302
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
856
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
605
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
457
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
443
London Institution -- Ownership.
348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
343
Incunabula in Yale Library.
300
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
295
Drawing -- Technique.
276
Grief.
271
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
250
Women in natural history.
239
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
237
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
197
Satire, English.
193
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
184
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Subject Period
19th century
1,560
20th century
514
18th century
335
17th century
98
16th century
63
21st century
35
15th century
27
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th century,
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
4,654
England
2,020
London
1,205
London (England)
529
France
316
United States
245
Italy
230
Scotland
195
Edinburgh (Scotland)
191
India
173
Ireland
131
Europe
130
Edinburgh
128
Wales
127
Oxford (England)
96
Germany
90
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
75
Egypt
68
Spain
68
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
89
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
85
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
41
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
39
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
37
Jesus Christ
32
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
32
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
30
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
26
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
25
Raphael, 1483–1520
24
Shirley Smith, Richard
24
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
22
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
21
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
20
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
20
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
138
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
118
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
117
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
78
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
64
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
54
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
39
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
25
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
24
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
23
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
23
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
19
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
15
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
15
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
14
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
13
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
8
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
8
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
8
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
8
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
221
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
175
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
164
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
136
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
133
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
117
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
97
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
79
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
73
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
55
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
51
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
46
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus.
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
32
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
32
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
26
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Language
English
18,495
French
552
Latin
400
German
272
Italian
136
Dutch
51
No linguistic content
51
Undetermined
34
Spanish
25
English, Middle (1100-1500)
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
10
Swedish
10
Welsh
10
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
8
Multiple languages
7
Japanese
6
Efik
5
Portuguese
5
Russian
5
Danish
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10001
Kālidāsa
Śakoontalá, or, The lost ring
MDCCCLV [1855]
10002
Donne, John, 1572–1631
Complete poetry and selected prose
1929
10003
Wright, Thomas, 1810–1877
The universities
1841-42
10004
The Royal Windsor guide
[185-?]
10005
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
A description of the Royal Hospital for seamen at Greenwich
1841
10006
Tronchet, Louis
Picture of Paris
1814
10007
Christie, John, 1945–
The blue diver
1995
10008
McDowall's new guide to Roslin
[1839?]
10009
Francklin, William, 1763–1839
Remarks and observations on the plain of Troy
1800
10010
Black, Robert
Horse-racing in France;
1886
10011
Lowell, James Russell, 1819–1891
The vision of Sir Launfal
1871
10012
Books as art
[2000?]
10013
Liberty & Co
Liberty
10014
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
An epitome of perspective
1817]
10015
Illustrations of missionary scenes
[approximately 1855]
10016
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Cantabrigia illustrata
[ca. 1700]
10017
United States. Central Committee on the Industrial Exhibition of 1851
Central committee for the United States on the Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, to be held in London, 1851
1850
10018
Cameron, Charles, ca. 1743–1812
Baths of the Romans
1775
10019
Bullock, William, b. 1617?
Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view
1649
10020
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director
MDCCLXII [1762]
10021
Clarke, John Randall, 1827?-1863
The architectural history of Gloucester
[1848?]
10022
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sports and amusements
1821
10023
Boisgelin de Kerdu, Pierre Marie Louis de, 1758–1816
Ancient and modern Malta
1804
10024
Britton, John, 1771–1857
An historical account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire, the seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq.
1806
10025
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783–1858
Researches into the history of playing cards
1816
10026
Girl's own paper and women's magazine
1880-
10027
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842
Journal of a residence in Chile, during the year 1822
1824
10028
Dodd, George, 1783–1827
An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packets
1818
10029
Hardy, Joseph
A picturesque and descriptive tour in the mountains of the High Pyrenees
1825
10030
Bullar, Joseph
A winter in the Azores and a summer at the baths of the Furnas
1834
10031
Engelbach, Lewis
Naples and the campagna felice
1815
10032
Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1787 or 1788–1868
The English spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous
1825-1826
10033
Falkener, Edward, 1814–1896
Dædalus;
1860
10034
Brady, John Henry
The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent
1839
10035
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
The Wye tour, or Gilpin on the Wye,
1818
10036
The history of the city and county of Norwich.
M.DCC.LXVIII [1768]
10037
Southall, Mary
A description of Malvern, and it's [i.e. its] concomitants
1822
10038
Real life in London, or, The rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, through the metropolis
1821-1822
10039
Wright, G. N. (George Newenham), 1790?-1877
France illustrated
[1845-47]
10040
Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786–1866
Illustrations of the public buildings of London
1838
10041
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?]
10042
Stonestreet, George Griffin
Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis
MDCCXC [1790]
10043
The book of trades, or, Circle of the useful arts
1837
10044
Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c. ..
Jany. 1, 1776, according to act of Parlt. (39 Strand)
10045
Enfield, William, 1741–1797
An essay towards the history of Leverpool
1774
10046
Underhill, George Frederick
The master of hounds
1903
10047
Barron, Rachel
The observer's book of weather
2008]
10048
Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties
1830
10049
Clabby, John
The natural history of the horse
c1976
10050
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
10051
Gray, Hamilton
A dream of paradise
[190-?]
10052
Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521–1589
Descrittione di M. Lodovico Gvicciardini patritio fiorentino, di tvtti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore
1581
10053
Grainger, Hazel
A second series of small admissions
2014
10054
Le savant de huit ans
[1830?]
10055
Moynihan, Claire
Bug balls
2015
10056
Joseph Fenson and Sons
ca. 1870?
10057
Drawing folder, with four travel scenes
approximately [1840?]
10058
Collection of eight ham radio QSL calling cards
1936-1939
10059
Philippe Hiquily, sculpture
[1963]
10060
Jacobus, de Gruytrode, active 1440–1475
Lauacrum conscientie
[not after 1498]
10061
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Cantabrigia illustrata
[ca. 1720]
10062
The Matsuyama mirror
Meiji 19 [1886]
10063
Ware, Francis M
Our noblest friend the horse,
1903 [c1902]
10064
Tremlett, David, born 1945
Ruin
c1987
10065
Batty, Captain (Robert), -1848
French scenery
1822
10066
The Land of Scott, or, Tourists' guide to Abbotsford, the country of the Tweed and its tributaries, and St. Mary's Loch
1858
10067
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Letters, 27 and 28 Feb. 1846
10068
British valour displayed in the cause of humanity
1818
10069
Borget, Auguste, 1808–1877
Sketches of China and the Chinese
1842
10070
Bowyer, Robert, 1758–1834
Selection of fac-similes of water-colour drawings from the works of the most distinguished British artists
1825
10071
Burges, William, 1827–1881
Architectural drawing
1870
10072
Chalon, John James, 1778–1854
Scenes in Paris
1820-1822
10073
Two views of the ruins of Furness Abbey
[1843]
10074
De Joly, Jules
Plans coupes, elevations et details de la restauration de la chambre des Deputes
1840
10075
Ferber, Johann Jakob, 1743–1790
Travels through Italy, in the years 1771 and 1772
1776
10076
Hewetson, John
Architectural and picturesque views of noble mansions in Hampshire
[1830?]
10077
Hill, David Octavius, 1802–1870
Sketches of scenery in Perthshire
[1821?]
10078
The Andalusian annual for MDCCCXXXVII
1836
10079
Jones, Harry Longueville, 1806–1870
Illustrations of the natural scenery of the Snowdonian mountains
1829
10080
Gardiner, Richard, 1723–1781
Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre la Martinique
1762
10081
Twiss, Richard, 1747–1821
Journal of a tour to the western counties of England
1809
10082
Wilkinson, G., lithographer
Five lithographic views in the Isle of Man
[1840?]
10083
Wilkinson, Joseph
Select views in Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire
1810
10084
Kemplen, Tony
Kubla can't
1996
10085
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Loch
2005
10086
Mason, George Henry
The punishments of China
1804 [i.e. 1820]
10087
An historical and descriptive account of Brimham Rocks in the West Riding of Yorkshire
1839
10088
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Nimrod abroad
1843
10089
Blake, H. N. (Henry N.)
Talking with horses
1990
10090
Castor
A century of foxhunting with the Warwickshire hounds
1891
10091
Gough, E. W. (Edward W.)
"Centaur," or, The "turn out"
1878
10092
Graham, Clive
Hyperion;
1967
10093
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
10094
Taverner, Eric
Anglers' fishes & their natural history
[1957]
10095
Youatt, William, 1776–1847
The horse
1847
10096
Whitmore, Ian
[Cut-paper toad, reproduced in "Othello, a bestiary with floral additions" by Borbonesa]
[2011?]
10097
King, Ronald, 1932–
Acrobats 1
[1996]
10098
Dilnot, John
A little book of garden birds
2003
10099
Kirkup, James, 1918–2009
Zen gardens
1973
10100
Baskett, John
The horse in art
c1980
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