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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
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
4
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4401
Carlisle, D. T. (Donald Thompson), b. 1894
The Belvidere hounds
1935
4402
Cutts, Simon, 1944–
Clare's Journey out of Essex
[1970?]
4403
Langlands & Bell
Surrounding time
1993
4404
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Remarks on certain improvements proposed for the park and grounds at Dovecot House, the property of Adam Dugdale Esqre
1820
4405
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704
Seuerall wayes of hunting, hawking and fishing according to the English manner
[1671]
4406
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858–1949
Notions in garrison
[1941]
4407
Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842–1904
Stable management and exercise
1947
4408
Hood, Thomas, 1799–1845
The Epping hunt
1930
4409
Keylock, H. E. (Harry Edward)
Dams of winners of all flat races in Great Britain and Ireland
1948-
4410
Napier, Miles
Blood will tell
1977
4411
Quinn, Tom, 1956–
Angling in art
1991
4412
Lectures on horsemanship wherein is explained every necessary instruction for both ladies and gentlemen in the useful and polite art of riding ..
1793
4413
Palo Alto Stock Farm
1891 trotting and thoroughbred stock
[1891]
4414
Christie & Manson
A catalogue of a very select and valuable collection of pictures, the entire property of a gentleman
[1831]
4415
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794–1860
A commonplace book of thoughts, memories, and fancies
1854
4416
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Circular respecting memorial studies of St. Marks, Venice
[1879]
4417
Leslie, Anita
The remarkable Mr. Jerome;
[1954]
4418
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Ancient masonry, both in the theory and practice
MDCCXXXVI [1736]
4419
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878–1957
Count Stefan
MCMXXVIII [1928]
4420
William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130–approximately 1190
The history of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the conquest of Iherusalem
1893]
4421
Pittman, Philip, active 1760–1770
The present state of the European settlements on the Missisippi
MDCCLXX [1770]
4422
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1843-1844
4423
Ogilvie, Will H., 1869–1963
Galloping shoes
1923
4424
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842
Description of the chapel of the Annunziata dell' Arena
1835
4425
Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831–1877
Jon Duan
1874
4426
Measom, George S
The official illustrated guide to the London and South-Western, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and West Cornwall railway
[1864]
4427
Ellinger, Johann, of Arheiligen
Allmodischer Kleyder Teuffel
Anno 1629
4428
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616
The spirit of Don Quixote
MDCCCXXXI [1831]
4429
Debrett's peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1825
4430
Costumes of the Canary Islands
1829
4431
Ecole Royale speciale militaire
[ca. 1825]
4432
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
The art of engraving
1844
4433
Havell, William, 1782–1857
Views of the River Thames
1812
4434
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
The science of beauty
1856
4435
Hort, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1803 or 4–1857
Penelope Wedgebone
[1850]
4436
Parsons, Abraham, d. 1785
Travels in Asia and Africa
1808
4437
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : began Jan. 1, 1677 : and intended to be continued monthly
1677-1680
4438
Peuples de la Russie
1813
4439
Royal kalendar and court and city register ... for the year 1819
[1819?]
4440
George Cruikshank's table-book
MDCCCXLV [1845]
4441
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
An artist's models
1930
4442
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660–1727
The establishment of the yearly charge of our dyett, with incidents for housekeeping
1714-1716
4443
Dugdale, Thomas
Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated
[185-?]
4444
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
The finish
[1879]
4445
Jewell, John, of Harewood, Yorkshire
The tourist's companion, or, The history and antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire
1822
4446
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–
The Tynedale hunt
[ca. 1947]
4447
Christie & Manson
Catalogue of the very select cabinet of exquisite Dutch pictures of the Right Hon. the Earl Granville
[1845]
4448
J. & H. Platt (Firm)
J. & H. Platt
[1880?]
4449
[Floral photo-medallion souvenir of Cheltenham]
[approximately 1880?]
4450
Peck, Robert McCracken, 1952–
The natural history of Edward Lear (1812-1888)
2016
4451
Foster, Tony, born 1946
Thoreau's country
[1998?]
4452
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Printing plate for Morning
between 1792 and 1795
4453
In loving memory of [Ellen Milldale] who died [13th November] 188[8]
1888
4454
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Answer to objections against the London-docks
1796
4455
Cobbold, Richard, 1797–1877
Valentine verses;
1827
4456
Stanley, George, auctioneer
A catalogue of all the finished drawings,
1868
4457
Hartung, Johann, 1505–1579
Bibliotheca urbis Constantinopolitanae
ca. 1828]
4458
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Hassell's drawing magazine ..
1808-1811
4459
Mackenzie, E. (Eneas), 1778–1832
An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland
1825
4460
F. St. John, G. Barr and Co
The Worcester encaustic tiles.
1844
4461
Le Sage, Alain René, 1668–1747
The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
1751
4462
Christmas with the poets
1855
4463
The poets of the woods
1853
4464
Bacon, M. A. (Mary Ann)
Flowers and their kindred thoughts
1848
4465
Weigel, Astrid
Flower bed
[2013?]
4466
In affectionate remembrance of George Ward
1857
4467
Livy
[Historiae Romanae decades]
[11 Feb. 1493]
4468
Christie, Manson & Woods
Catalogue of a valuable collection of ancient and modern engravings
[1874]
4469
Warren, Albert Henry, 1830–1911
Albert Henry Warren scrapbook
circa 1848-1860
4470
Young painters
[London] :
4471
Some paintings from the E.J. Power Collection
[1958]
4472
Peter Stroud
[1960]
4473
5 designer-photographers
[1963]
4474
Peter Startup sculpture
[1963]
4475
ICA screen-print project
[1964]
4476
Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809–1891
Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs
August 1829-October 1831
4477
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae
[1649]
4478
[Digestum novum]
[approximately 1478]
4479
Plutarch
La primera parte de Plutharcho
[y] se acabro de imprimir a dos dias del mes de Iulio. de .Mccccxcj. años. [2 July 1491]
4480
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century
De las propiedades de la cosas
a[n]no del señor de mil [e] quatro çientos [e] nouenta quatro a diez [e] ocho del mes de setie[m]bre. [18 September 1494]
4481
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440–1514
Das buch Der Croniken vnnd geschichten mit figuren vnd pildnussen von Anbeginn der welt biss auff dise vnsere Zeÿt
18 September 1496
4482
Antoni Tàpies
[1965]
4483
Davis, John, 1774–1854
Travels of four years and a half in the United States of America
1803 (8vo)
4484
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875
Illustrations of architecture and ornament
[1865]
4485
Tress, Richard
Modern churches
1841
4486
Walker, T. L. (Thomas Larkins)
Continuation of Pugin's works on the architecture of the middle ages
1836]
4487
Neve, Richard
Arts improvement: or, Choice experiments and observations in building,
1703
4488
The protean figure and metamorphic costumes
1811
4489
Clarke, Hewson, 1787–1832?
The cabinet of arts,
[1825]
4490
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Tour of the Isle of Wight
1790
4491
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Shakespeare's songs and sonnets
[1888]
4492
Saint Yves, fl. 1750
Observations sur les arts,
1748
4493
Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
The English connoisseur
1767
4494
Wonders of art
1856
4495
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Roderick, the last of the Goths
1815
4496
Talbert, Bruce J. (Bruce James), 1838–1881
Examples of ancient & modern furniture, metal work, tapestries, decorations
1876
4497
Nicholson, Samuel, d. 1825
Plâs Newydd, and Vale Crucis Abbey,
1824
4498
Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper,
1804
4499
Forster, T. (Thomas), 1789–1860
Researches about atmospheric phaenomena
1823
4500
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Plans, elevations, and sections of buildings
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
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