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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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Materials & Techniques
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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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12501
Christie, Manson & Woods
Catalogue of a choice collection of old Sèvres porcelain, the property of a gentleman
1871
12502
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Nollekens and his times
1829
12503
Tickell, John, d. 1694
The history of the town and county of Kingston upon Hull
1798
12504
Rogers, Charles, 1825–1890
A week at Bridge of Allan
1852
12505
Roberts, Henry, 1803–1876
The dwellings of the labouring classes, their arrangement and construction;
[1853]
12506
More, Hannah, 1745–1833
The shepherd of Salisbury Plain
[1797?]
12507
Blair, Robert, 1699–1746
The grave
[18--]
12508
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings
1807 [i.e. 1812?]
12509
Hoskins, G. A. (George Alexander), -1864
A winter in Upper and Lower Egypt ...
1863
12510
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Illustrations of the Exodus
1830
12511
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Sesame and lilies
1865
12512
Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619–1682
Geographia universalis
1691
12513
Historical account of Charter-house
1808
12514
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557
Terzo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi
l'anno MDLXV [1565]
12515
Laforgue, Jules, 1860–1887
Quelques poèmes de Jules Laforgue
[c1973]
12516
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
The young sportman's instructor in angling, fowling, hawking ...
[1705?]
12517
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Nimrod abroad
1842
12518
Banvard, John, 1815–1891
Description of Banvard's panorama of the Mississippi River
1847
12519
Martin, Charles, 1810–1906
The civil costume of England
MDCCCXLII [1842]
12520
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith
1811
12521
Higginson, A. Henry
As hounds ran;
1930
12522
Chatterton, Georgiana, Lady, 1806–1876
The Pyrenees
1843
12523
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
Etchings
1838
12524
Cunningham, Richenda, 1782–1855
Nine views taken on the continent drawn on stone by Mrs. F. Cunningham
[ca. 1840]
12525
Debrett, John, -1822
The British imperial calendar for the year of Our Lord 1821
[1821]
12526
Author of The trial of the Rev. Edward Irving, A.M
The trial of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher, A.M., before the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Sense, and a special jury
MDCCCXXV [1825]
12527
Gerning, J. I. (Johann Isaac), 1767–1837
A picturesque tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne
MDCCCXX [1820]
12528
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain ...
1771
12529
Burn, Robert Scott
The illustrated drawing-book
[18--]
12530
Rocque, John, -1762
A plan of Paris &c.
1754,
12531
Taylor, W. (William)
Annals of St. Mary Overy
1833
12532
Isaac, John Raphael
Collection relating to three inventions by John R. Isaac exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851
1851
12533
Mason, Oliver
The gazetteer of England: England's cities, towns, villages and hamlets
1972
12534
Roberts, George, 1803?-1860
The history of Lyme-Regis, Dorset
1823
12535
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876
Lewis's illustrations of Constantinople
[18--?]
12536
Winter, Georg Simon, b. ca. 1634
Georgii Simonis Winteri de Adlersflügel Tractatio nova et auctior de re equaria, complectens partes tres
Anno MDCCIII [1703]
12537
Adams, William
The modern voyager and traveller, through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America
1833-1836
12538
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Division of Museum Extension
Life in eighteenth century England,
[©1941]
12539
Arnout, Jean Baptiste
[Views of Moscow]
[ca. 1856]
12540
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892–1962
Orchards
1987
12541
Eyriès, J. B. B. (Jean Baptiste Benoît), 1767–1846
L'Angleterre, ou, Costumes, moeurs et usages des Anglais
[not before 1821]
12542
Green, William, 1760–1823
[Views of English lakes]
[between 1815 and 1827]
12543
Grimston, Charlotte
The history of Gorhambury
1821]
12544
Cole, John, 1792–1848
The history and antiquities of Ecton
1825
12545
Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis
Travels through the Rhaetian Alps
1792
12546
Bellamy, D. (Daniel), 1687–
Ethic amusements
1770]
12547
Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842–1904
Horses on board ship
1902
12548
Institute of Painters in Water Colours
Exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours
1873
12549
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Illuminated illustrations of Froissart, selected from the manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris, and from other sources
1845
12550
Kilby, Thomas, 1794–1868
Views of Ilkley in Yorkshire
[1835?]
12551
Methven, Robert
The log of a merchant officer
1854
12552
Nicholson, George, 1760–1825
Eight select views in the County of Caernarvon, drawn from nature, and on stone
[1827]
12553
The costume of the Russian Army
1807
12554
Leech, Joseph
The church-goer;
1845
12555
Report from Select Committee on National Monuments and Works of Art
16 June 1841
12556
Lindström, Carl Jacob, 1800–approximately 1841
Panorama delle scene popolare di Napoli
1832
12557
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily and its islands
MDCCCXXIV [1824]
12558
The stranger's companion in Chester
[1833?]
12559
Shakespeare's seven ages of man
1799
12560
Stanesby, Samuel
The floral gift
[1863]
12561
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Lithographic drawing book
1837
12562
Le Roy
Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece
1758
12563
Raffles, Thomas, 1788–1863
Cowper's rose bushes
1829
12564
The glass, the bottle's companion
[1850]
12565
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Milton's L'allegro and Il penseroso
MDCCCLV [1855]
12566
Mainwaring, Rowland, 1783–1862
Annals of Bath, from the year 1800 to the passing of the new municipal act
1838
12567
Allport, Douglas
Collections illustrative of the geology, history, antiquities, and associations, of Camberwell, and the neighbourhood
1841
12568
White, William, of Sheffield
History and general directory of the borough of Sheffield
1833
12569
Designs of Inigo Jones and others,
ca. 1731]
12570
Recollections of Bala and neighbourhood
[184-?]
12571
The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place
[1831?]
12572
Kemplen, Tony
Victorian pottery fragments
[1994?]
12573
Hodges, Walter Parry, 1760–1845
A series of eight plates of fox hunting
1833[-1834]
12574
Dale, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1858–1923
The game of polo
[1897]
12575
Davenport, Homer, 1867–1912
My quest of the Arab horse
1909
12576
Coxe, William, 1747–1828
Travels in Switzerland, and in the country of the Grisons
1794
12577
Mathers, E. Powys (Edward Powys), 1892–1939
Red wise
MCMXXVI [1926]
12578
Wentworth, Trelawney
The West India sketch book
1834
12579
The Periodical
[1896]-
12580
The European magazine, and London review
12581
Bustin, Jane
And a year ago, I commemorated a missed encounter--
2000
12582
Rindl, Deb
Capital connections
2004
12583
Higginson, A. Henry
The Meynell of the West
1936
12584
The Foxhound kennel stud book of America
12585
Lawrence, Richard, active 1801–1816
An inquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse
[approximately 1804]
12586
Meade-King, Eric
The silent horn,
1938
12587
Coppin, Edward
Sketch of a tour through Holland, Oct. 1816
1816 October 22-27
12588
The Country life book of the horse
1979
12589
Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir, 1857–1939
Hunting reminiscences
1898
12590
Stebbing, Edward Percy, 1870–1960
Cross-country riding
1938
12591
Cavafy, Constantine, 1863–1933
Ithaka
2007
12592
Drew, Audrey
Audrey Drew diaries
1941-1945
12593
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808–1870
The heart bow'd down
[189-?]
12594
Paver, Charles
For the sake of the dear old flag
[189-?]
12595
Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872–1926
Ma rainbow coon
[190-?]
12596
J. Pigot & Co
[Pigot's directory of Sussex, 1826-1827]
1826
12597
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Italiæ
MDCLXXXIIX [1688]
12598
Cambridgeshire
[1824?]
12599
Blake, Peter, Sir, born 1932
Peter Blake's ABC
2010
12600
Gatch, Milton McC. (Milton McCormick)
The Yeats family and the book circa 1900
MM [2000]
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