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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Probert, John, active 1764
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Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
2
Badeslade, Thomas
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Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818
1
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
1
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
1
Eames, John, -1744
1
Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
1
Great Britain. Admiralty
1
Hagger, Joseph
1
Hammerton, William, -1732
1
Hipwell, John
1
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
1
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
1
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
1
Morphett, John
1
Ottley, William Young, 1771–1836
1
Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676–1751
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2023-2024
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
5
Books
4
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Dissertations & Theses
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Maps & Atlas (printed)
1
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unknown
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18th century
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19th century
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ink drawing
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watercolor
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map
10
graphite drawing
6
land survey
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sketchbook
5
correspondence
4
wash drawing
4
architectural drawing
3
landscape drawing
3
travel sketche
3
aquatint
2
armorial bookplates (provenance)
2
diagram
2
diarie
2
elevation
2
engraving
2
exercise book
2
nautical chart
2
rebuse
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School notebooks -- Great Britain -- 18th century.
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Geometry -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Surveying -- Instruments.
3
Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Arithmetic -- Study and teaching.
2
Artillery -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Artillery -- Study and teaching.
2
Astronomy -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Astronomy -- Study and teaching.
2
Boundaries (Estates) -- England -- Shropshire.
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Boundaries (Estates) -- England -- Suffolk.
2
English poetry -- 18th century.
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Fortification -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Fortification -- Study and teaching.
2
Geography -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Geography -- Study and teaching.
2
Geometrical drawing -- Problems, exercises, etc.
2
Geometrical drawing -- Study and teaching.
2
Geometry -- Study and teaching.
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Land tenure -- England -- Shropshire.
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18th century
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Great Britain
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England
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France
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Italy
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Naples (Italy)
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Rome (Italy)
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Shropshire (England)
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Suffolk (England)
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Bishop's Castle (England)
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Boston (England)
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Calabria (Italy)
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Chennai (India)
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Chishill
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Comoros
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Cublington (Buckinghamshire, England)
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Cyprus
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East Bergholt (England)
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Edgeworthstown (Ireland)
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Essex (England)
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Europe
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Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
2
Vitruvius Pollio
2
Aviler, Augustin-Charles d', 1653–1701
1
Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820
1
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818
1
Barnwell, John, ca. 1671–1724
1
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Burgess family
1
Carducho, Bartolomé, 1560–1608
1
Carr, Backhouse, 1727 or 8–1796
1
Cartwright, Edmund, 1743–1823
1
Catesby, Mark, 1683–1749
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Chapman, J. H
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Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656–1710
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Comnena, Anna, 1083–
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
1
Dixon family
1
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744–1817
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
4
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
4
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Acorn Foundation, Inc., Alexander O. Vietor, Yale BA 1936, President, in honor of Paul Mellon
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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English
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French
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Latin
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
3
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
4
Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
5
Great Britain. Admiralty
Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet
[approximately 1711]
6
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
7
Probert, John, active 1764
A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady
1767
8
A survey of the estate of Richard Moore, Esq., Kentwell Hall, Suffolk
1777
9
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The Vitruvian principles of architecture, practically demonstrated
1737
10
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818
Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire
1784-1800
11
A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774,
1774
12
Probert, John, active 1764
Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife
1765
13
Hammerton, William, -1732
Map of the southeastern part of North America
1721
14
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
15
Geometry exercise book
circa 1780
16
Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676–1751
Art of surveying
1757?
17
Rushout, Anne, approximately 1768–1849
Anne Rushout commonplace book
circa 1776-circa 1832
18
Webb, Philip Carteret, 1700–1770
A description of the library of the Escorial
circa 1754
19
Williams, Thomas, active 1705–1724
A terrier of a farm at Cublington in Com. Bucks, belonging to the late Mr. Joseph Neale, and in the tenure & occupation of Henry Stone
1732
20
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
21
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Picturesque views on the river Medway
MDCCXCIII [1793]
22
Beaufort, Daniel Augustus, 1739–1821
Edgeworthstown archive,
1796-1815
23
Ottley, William Young, 1771–1836
Twelve stories from the life of Christ
Febr. 1796
24
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
25
Eames, John, -1744
Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam
1765, Nov. 20
26
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR
1750-1778
27
Hagger, Joseph
Quaker Book of Discipline
1773
28
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Traité d'architecture civile
1743
29
Album of designs for fancy goods
18th century
30
Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
31
Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
Letters to Edmund Cartwright
September 20, 1797 and February 16, 1798
32
Morphett, John
John Morphett drawing and writing exercise book
1799
33
Badeslade, Thomas
A compleat sett of mapps of England and Wales in general, and of each county in particular
1724
34
Hutson, George, 1754 or 5–1794
A book of maps
1777