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1. Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world.
- Date:
- [ca. 1820]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 46 x 62 cm, folded to 24 x 17 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [approximately 1825]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet : hand-colored engraving, on linen ; 51 x 41 cm, folded (in slipcase) to 17 x 13 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
![Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings : [game]](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/6c688a08-7224-4195-a865-7c11cce1bf1d)
- Date:
- [ca. 1815?]
- Physical Description:
- [26] pictorial cards : ill. ; 65 x 45 mm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1846]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet : hand-colored lithograph ; 56 x 75 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [approximately 1855]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 33 x 44 cm folded to 33 x 22 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [2003]
- Physical Description:
- [80] cards : col. ill., ports. ; 55 x 90 mm. + 1 booklet ([36] p.) ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1851]
- Physical Description:
- 45 pieces (incl. col. ill.) 9 cm. and booklet (7, [1] p.) 14 cm. in case 11 x 15 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1843]
- Physical Description:
- [1] sheet : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [approximately 1880]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
![[The Popish Plot]](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/2be72ef9-f36f-41b6-89ac-9cacab7676d6)
- Date:
- [1679?]
- Physical Description:
- 52 cards : ill. ; 90 x 54 mm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [circa 1840]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 55 x 64 cm, folded to 16 x 11 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1843]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 54 x 44 cm, folded to 15 x 16 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [1880?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 item : color illustrations ; 22 x 8 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1824]
- Physical Description:
- 24 cards : aquatint ; 20 x 7 cm in box 23 x 16 x 3 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1799
- Physical Description:
- 1 print on wove paper : aquatint ; plate mark 21 x 21 cm, on sheet 44 x 31 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1822
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 57 x 45 cm, folded to 19 x 11 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1824?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 46 x 58 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [between 1761 and 1794]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet. 49 x 39 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1848
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet. 57 x 43 cm., fold. to 21 x 16 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1824
- Physical Description:
- 18 col. plates. 23 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [late 19th century?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 set of building blocks (63 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 17 x 24 x 5
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
![[Transparent prints].](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/54b2772c-e811-4a6f-922d-2e397906573a)
- Date:
- [1799]
- Physical Description:
- 6 prints : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets 52 x 37 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1822
- Physical Description:
- 1 game ; 51 x 41 cm. fold. to 17 x 14 cm. & booklet (viii, [9]-84 p. 14 cm.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [approximately 1840?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : lithograph, hand colored ; 19 x 15 cm, on mount 27 x 23 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1850?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card game (41 cards) : illustrations ; each card 9.8 x 7 cm, in box 10.5 x 7.3 x 3 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1829?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (15 pages) : illustrations ; 11 cm, in boards 15 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [between 1842 and 1845]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet. 69 x 51 cm., fold. to 18 x 14 cm. & booklet (iv, [5]-16 p.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 18--]
- Physical Description:
- 1 diorama (various pieces) : paper, col. and lead, col. ; in box, 13 x 18 x 9 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1833
- Physical Description:
- 6 phenakistoscope discs ; each 25 cm, in case 26 x 26 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
![Happy families [game] : a new and most diverting game for juveniles : forty-four grotesque characters, beautifully colored.](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/d6bf5d06-0e58-4b18-be0d-c8c308e9975b)
- Date:
- [186-?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card game (44 cards) : col. ill. ; in box 10 x 8 x 3 cm. + 1 instruction card (93 x 65 mm.), 1 instruction sheet (1 folded sheet ([4] p. ; 19 cm.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Physical Description:
- 245 toy soldier paper dolls ; in box 33 x 27 x 9 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1810]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet : ill. ; 37 x 43 cm. folded to 19 x 12 cm. + 1 booklet ([8] leaves ; 12 cm)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1868
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet ; 9 x 22 cm, folded to 9 x 8 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [approximately 1860]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded card ; 30 x 110 mm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- Nov. 24th, 1794
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 46 x 50 cm, on sheet 49 x 70 cm, folded to 17 x 13 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [between 1876 and 1917]
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
- Date:
- [between 1876 and 1917]
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
- Date:
- [between 1876 and 1917]
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
- Date:
- 1815
- Physical Description:
- 1 game ; 53 x 55 cm. fold. to 18 x 15 cm. & booklet (84 p.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- April 19th, 1798
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 33 x 70 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [1851]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 50 x 62 cm, folded to 17 x 21 cm, in covers 18 x 23 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- November 1st, 1796
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 42 x 57 cm, folded to 19 x 13 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [approximately 1860]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card ; 40 x 120 mm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1880?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 pop-up card : color illustrations ; 15 x 10 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [between 1830 and 1832]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored illustrations ; sheet 48 x 38 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [1825]
- Physical Description:
- 18 col. plates. 20 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [early 20th century]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game (24 pieces, 1 game board, 1 box, 1 folded sheet of instructions) ; in box 12 x 15 x 5 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 1838 [-39]
- Physical Description:
- col. plates : 29 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Date:
- ca. 1855
- Physical Description:
- 1 item : painted alabaster and glass ; 62 mm in diameter, 110 mm long
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1830s?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 50 x 63 cm, folded to 22 x 13 cm, in slipcase 22 x 14 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [between 1857 and 1865]
- Physical Description:
- [4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1845?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 48 x 48, folded in covers 18 x 18 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1850?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored aquatint ; 65 x 51 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 18--]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game (26 pieces) : paper, col. ; in case, 12 x 8 x 2 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- September 1st, 1796
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 40 x 40 cm, folded to 13 x 13 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- December 10th, 1801
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 41 x 51 cm, folded to 17 x 14 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 1846
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : color lithograph ; 57 x 44 cm, folded to 20 x 15 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 13 Octr. 1800
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 47 x 58 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [1804]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving : sheet 43 x 55 cm, folded to 22 by 14 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
60. To my love.
- Date:
- [1880?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card : color illustrations ; 10 x 7 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- Jany. 1st, 1811
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 46 x 57 cm, folded to 19 x 16 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [1831]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand colored engraving ; 40 x 51 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1852?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 53 x 73 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 12th May 1794
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 38 x 46 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
65. Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of nature in each quarter of the world.
- Date:
- 1st Novr. 1818
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 48 x 64 cm, folded to 24 x 17 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [between 1838 and 1855]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game (52 cards) : hand colored illustrations, hand colored maps ; cards 10 x 7cm + 1 booklet (32 pages)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [185-?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 col. sheet. 45 x 57 cm. fold. to 23 x 20 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1875?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 card : color illustrations ; 9 x 7 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- Novr. 5th. 1849
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 43 x 54 cm, folded to 14 x 18 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1845?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 56 x 76 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
![[Metallic cut paper greeting card].](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/ccff8c9e-e28b-4fa5-888b-936dc4ff8ede)
- Date:
- [approximately 1880]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded card : color illustrations ; 13 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
![Wallis's new dissected map of America : engraved from the latest authorities, for the use of young students in geography [cartographic material].](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/97fc221b-81f2-421b-a9c7-67d384896a11)
- Date:
- [between 1812 and 1818]
- Physical Description:
- 1 jigsaw puzzle (39 pieces) : paper on wood, hand colored ; 26 x 21 cm, on sheet 28 x 23 cm, in wooden box 16 x 13 x 4 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- May 20, 1811
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 59 x 43 cm, folded to 20 x 11 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- [ca. 1945?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game ; in box 22 x 15 x 2 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
- Date:
- [1854?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : color, mounted on linen ; 45.5 x 65 cm, folded to 20.3 x 18 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
- Date:
- 1824
- Physical Description:
- 16 pts. in case. ill. 16 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
77. [Numerical game]
![[Numerical game]](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/a55c6c46-0d5b-400d-b74d-f2c1f7035b91)
- Date:
- 1812
- Physical Description:
- 2 sheets. ill. 43 x 43 cm. fold. to 10 x 10 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
![[Greeting card with movable flower].](https://media.collections.yale.edu/thumbnail/ycba/09b529a4-ace4-4567-ac02-6c3632f4b27f)
- Date:
- [1850?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 greeting card : color illustrations ; 17 x 12 cm, mounted on 21 x 16 cm manila paper.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1835?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 set of building blocks (54 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 18 x 23 x 3 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1720]
- Physical Description:
- 52 playing cards : illustrations ; each card 9.7 x 6.4 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- ca. 1845]
- Physical Description:
- [1] sheet : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1840?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; 14 x 11 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
83. [Peep show].
- Date:
- [2001]
- Physical Description:
- 1 peepshow ; 16 x 18 x 2 cm (closed), expanding to 16 x 18 x 23 cm (open)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miko McGinty, Yale BA 1993, MFA 1998, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.
- Date:
- [between 1819 and 1823]
- Physical Description:
- 1 leaf, 6 col. plates. 14 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1837]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet. 51 x 49 cm., fold. to 18 x 14 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1815
- Physical Description:
- 1 game ; 48 x 62 cm. fold. to 22 x 13 cm. & booklet (12 p.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1817?]
- Physical Description:
- 5 sheets : maps ; each sheet 50 x 62 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Physical Description:
- 52 maps : ill. ; on playing cards 9.5 x 5.5 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- circa 1776-circa 1832
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (270 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [ca. 1885]
- Physical Description:
- 1 optical instrument ; 9 x 8 x 8 cm
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1979
- Physical Description:
- [55] cards : col. ill. ; 12 cm. + pamphlet (22 p.)
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Jones
- Date:
- [1881]
- Physical Description:
- 8, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Clement
- Date:
- 1830
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 185 p., 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
- Date:
- [1818]
- Physical Description:
- 3 pts. plates. 10 x 24 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [183-?]
- Physical Description:
- [1] sheet : ill. ; 24 x 19 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- [1859]
- Physical Description:
- [1], [9] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
97. The brigand.
- Date:
- [between 1876 and 1917]
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
- Date:
- 1811
- Physical Description:
- 19 p. : col. ill. ; 13 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- 1828
- Physical Description:
- 7 col. plates. 12 x 15 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Date:
- December 1st 1852
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ill. ; 58 x 44 cm., folded to 20 x 15 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts