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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
307
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
4,653
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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13901
Belnos, S. C., Mrs
Sundhya or the daily prayers of the Brahims
1851
13902
Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862–1939
Hunting, hawking, shooting
1928-1937
13903
Evans, John, 1767–1827
Picture of Worthing
1814
13904
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
Schottland in Bildern
[1838]
13905
Bolton, Hannah
Hannah Bolton's first drawing book
[1853]
13906
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
Edward Burne-Jones Letters to Cormell Price,
1852-1862
13907
Gilpin, William Sawrey, 1762–1843
Practical hints upon landscape gardening
1832
13908
Mead, Theodore H. (Theodore Hoe), 1837–
Horsemanship for women
1887
13909
Bradshaw, William
Civil architecture
[ca. 1800]
13910
Measom, George S
The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line)
[1865]
13911
Busby, T. L. (Thomas Lord)
Costume of the lower orders in Paris
1820?]
13912
Cartwright, Mr.
Six sketches in aquatinta
[1791]
13913
Clark, W. A. V. (William A. V.)
Series of views of Elgin Cathedral
1826
13914
Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522
De Moluccis insulis
Anno uirginei partus. MDXXIII mense Ianuario [1523]
13915
Cockburn, George, Sir, 1763–1847
A voyage to Cadiz and Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean to Sicily and Malta, in 1810 & II
1815
13916
H. D
Four views of Bournemouth, Hants
1850
13917
Dennis, George, 1814–1898
A summer in Andalucia
1839
13918
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Characters at the west end of the town
1825
13919
Emlyn, Henry, 1728 or 1729–1815
A proposition for a new order in architecture
MDCCLXXXI [1781]
13920
Florentin & Joullain
Notice de quelques bons tableux ... dont la vente se fera le lundi 18 & Mardi 19 Mai 1778
13921
Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818–1880
Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are
1852
13922
Glennie, John David
Views of the continent
1849
13923
Edinburgh Etching Club
The Edinburgh etching club portfolio
1881
13924
Bomberg, David, 1890–1957
Poems and drawings from the First World War
c1992
13925
Hort, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1803 or 4–1857
The horse guards
1850
13926
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841–1909
A series of sketches from nature of plant form
1868
13927
Robinson, P. F. (Peter Frederick), 1776–1858
Designs for ornamental villas
1827 [i.e. 1830]
13928
Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870
Visit of William the fourth
[1831]
13929
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
A new description of the pictures, statues, bustos, basso relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's house at Wilton
1779
13930
Baigent, Francis Joseph
A practical manual of heraldry and heraldic illumination
1864
13931
MacGregory, John
An account of the sepulchers of the antients, and a description of their monuments
1712
13932
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The battle of Montenotte ; A walk in Chamouni
13933
Elmes, James, 1782–1862
Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren
1823
13934
King, Philip Parker, 1793–1856
Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia,
1827
13935
Harwood's Landscape annual
[1841]
13936
Baker, James, topographer
The imperial guide
1802
13937
Herodotus
The history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus
MCMXXXV [1935]
13938
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787–1865
Arctic searching expedition
1851
13939
Willson, Marcius, 1813–1905
Willson's primary speller
[1863?]
13940
Ross, John
The bison
1989
13941
Barnard, Edward, fl. 1783
New, comprehensive, and complete history of England
1783
13942
Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
A tour through Cornwall, in the autumn of 1808
1809
13943
Beaumont, Jean Francois Albanis
Historical and picturesque description of the county of Nice
1792
13944
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Harding's drawing book
1837-1838
13945
Hort, John Josiah
Guards and the line
1851
13946
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
The art of illumination and missal painting
1849
13947
Cruchley, G. F
Cruchley's picture of London
1852
13948
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Designs for public and private buildings
MDCCCXXXII [1832]
13949
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
A prospect of the most famous parts of the world ...
1627
13950
Taylor, I
Ornaments displayed
[ca. 1800]
13951
Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809–1898
Kit Bam's adventures, or, The yarns of an old mariner
1849
13952
Tobin, Catherine, Lady
Shadows of the East, or, Slight sketches of scenery, persons, and customs
1855
13953
Views of Surrey
13954
Walker, George, active 1792–1815
Twenty four picturesque views in the Isle of Thanet
[1812]
13955
Pond, John
The sporting kalendar.
[1751-1757]
13956
Parsnips, Donald
Substitude
1996
13957
Chaplin, Bob
Mill river river mill
1997
13958
King, David, 1943–
The commissar vanishes
1997
13959
Hirst, Damien, born 1965
Theories, models, methods, approaches, assumptions, results and findings
c2000
13960
Address to the public, respecting the establishment of a lunatic asylum at Edinburgh
1807
13961
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ..
1789
13962
Oldham, Thomas, 1816–1878
Antient Irish pavement tiles, exhibiting thirty-two patterns,
[1842]
13963
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Catalogue of specimens of recent British manufactures received in competition for the Society's special prizes
1850
13964
Allingham, William, 1824–1889
In fairy-land
1870
13965
Tristram, H. B. (Henry Baker), 1822–1906
The land of Israel;
1865
13966
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Abstract of the instrument of institution of the Royal Academy of Arts in London
[177-?]
13967
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Description of Mr. Haydon's pictures
[1820]
13968
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Hints on the formation of gardens and pleasure grounds
1813
13969
Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
The elements of beauty.
1780
13970
Dixon, William
Picturesque views of the architectural antiquities of Northumberland
1820
13971
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Tables of his measur'd roads
1676
13972
Druery, John Henry
Graphic illustrations of Great Yarmouth and its environs
1822
13973
Skrine, Henry, 1755–1803
A general account of all the rivers of note in Great Britain
1801
13974
William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130–approximately 1190
Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne, the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Jherusalem ..
20 Nov. 1481
13975
The stranger's guide in Brighton
[1841]
13976
Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568
Aretin
1770
13977
Elwood, Anne Katharine Curteis
Narrative of a journey overland from England, by the continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India
1830
13978
The funnyshire fox chace
[ca. 1830?]
13979
Melville, Herman, 1819–1891
Benito Cereno
1926
13980
Linati, Claudio, 1790–1832
Costumes et moeurs de Mexique
MDCCCXXX [1830]
13981
Chapuy, Nicolas-Marie-Joseph, 1790–1858
Vues pittoresques de la cathédrale de Strasbourg
1827
13982
Phillips, Claude, Sir, 1848–1924
The earlier work of Titian
1897
13983
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
The complete works of William Shakespeare
MCMLIII [1953]
13984
Farrer, Julia
Mandorla
2006
13985
Shaw, Catharine
Out in the storm or Little messengers
[1883]
13986
The boarding school and London master's directory, or, The addresses of the first teachers in every department of education
1828
13987
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768–1837
Instructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history, as animals, birds, reptiles, shells, corals plants, &c
1805
13988
Wentworth, Lady, 1873–
Thoroughbred racing stock and its ancestors
1938
13989
Timms, William Henry, b. 1791
Twelve views of the town of Reading
May 5th, 1823
13990
Hockney, David, born 1937
Composition Red & Blue
2005]
13991
Moore, Morris
Revival of vandalism at the National Gallery
1853
13992
Bowles's Artist's assistant in drawing,
1787
13993
Harris, John, 1931–2022
Gardens of delight
1978
13994
Regnault-Delalande, François Léandre, 1762–1824
Catalogue raisonné d'un choix précieux de dessins,
an VI [1798]
13995
Smith, John, fl. 1759
A poetical description of Mr. Hogarth's election prints
1759
13996
Landseer, John, 1769–1852
Lectures on the art of engraving
1807
13997
British bookbinding today
December 1975
13998
Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Additional mss. in the possession of the revd. Walter Sneyd, of Denton House, Oxon
1863]
13999
Wild, Charles, 1781–1835
[Twelve beautiful specimens of the ecclesiastical architecture of the Middle Ages,
1828]
14000
Williams, John, 1796–1839
A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South sea islands
1837
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