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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
3
Aikin, John, 1747–1822
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
1
Collings, Samuel
1
Cumberland, Richard, 1732–1811
1
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
1
Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764
1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
1
Humphrey, George, active 1853
1
Knox, Vicesimus, 1752–1821
1
Member of the Save-all Club
1
Mills, W. C.
1
Murry, Ann
1
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374
1
Reynolds, I. (Writer on handwriting)
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Stubbes, George, 1682 or 1683–
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862
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2023-2024
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Books
22
Prints
2
Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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19th century
15
18th century
7
20th century
2
15th century
1
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chromolithograph
4
wood engraving
4
juvenile work
3
poetry
2
private press books (publishing)
2
aquatint
1
binders' tickets (binding)
1
chromoxylograph
1
commonplace book
1
compass rose
1
copy books (penmanship)
1
drawings (visual works)
1
ephemera
1
fans (accessories)
1
fragments (object portions)
1
incunabula
1
maxim
1
poem
1
publisher's advertisement
1
satires (visual works)
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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Courtesy.
2
Etiquette.
2
Smith, Elder & Co. -- Publisher.
2
Aesthetics.
1
Allen, George -- Publisher.
1
Amusements.
1
Autographs -- Specimens.
1
Books and reading.
1
Boys, Thomas -- Publisher.
1
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile literature.
1
Brothers and sisters.
1
Browne, J. -- Printer.
1
Burn -- Binding.
1
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801–1866 -- Presentation inscription from J. Ruskin.
1
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881 -- Bookplate.
1
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492 -- Anniversaries, etc.
1
Cetewayo, King of Zululand, approximately 1826–1884.
1
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773. Letters to his son.
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19th century
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Great Britain
4
Bath (England)
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Derby (England)
1
England
1
Liverpool (England)
1
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
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
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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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
The ethics of the dust
1866
2
Cumberland, Richard, 1732–1811
The observer
1808
3
Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Letters from a father to his son,
1794
4
Member of the Save-all Club
Lessons of thrift
1820
5
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802
A plan for the conduct of female education
1797
6
Some rules for the conduct of life ..
1877
7
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world
[1790]
8
The traveller's guide
1870?]
9
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Letter to young girls
[1876]
10
Murry, Ann
Mentorian lectures,
1808
11
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
13
Knox, Vicesimus, 1752–1821
Essays moral and literary
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
14
Mills, W. C.
The gospel compass
[1881?]
15
The kind uncle and his dog Ganges
1828
16
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Sesame and lilies
1865
17
Goody Two-Shoes
[1888]
18
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862
Where I lived & what I lived for
1924
19
The farmer and his family
[approximately 1895?]
20
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304–1374
De remediis utriusque fortunae
approximately 1490
21
Stubbes, George, 1682 or 1683–
A dialogue in the manner of Plato,
1734
22
Collings, Samuel
Principles of politeness
[1791?]
23
The Toy merchant
1884
24
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
Memoires for my grand-son
1926
25
Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764
The economy of human life
[1799]