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1. No. [blank] of Liber studiorum : illustrative of landscape compositions, viz, historical, mountainous, pastoral, marine, and architectural / by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

No. [blank] of Liber studiorum : illustrative of landscape compositions, viz, historical, mountainous, pastoral, marine, and architectural / by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
[1807-1819]
Physical Description:
71 prints : mezzotint and etching ; plate marks 216 x 305 mm or smaller, on sheets 270 x 400 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. On the elements of light and their identity with those of matter, radiant and fixed / by John Howard Kyan.

On the elements of light and their identity with those of matter, radiant and fixed / by John Howard Kyan.
Creator:
Kyan, John Howard, 1774–1850
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xiv, 130 p., [4] leaves of plates ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [ A Ballad singer / by John Smith after Lorenzo Castro]

[ A Ballad singer / by John Smith after Lorenzo Castro]
Creator:
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743
Date:
[1680?]
Physical Description:
1 print : mezzotint ; 17 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

5. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
[between 1723 and 1727]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...
Creator:
Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
2 v. illus., plates, ports. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery / from pictures painted by John Constable, R.A. ; engraved by David Lucas.

Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery / from pictures painted by John Constable, R.A. ; engraved by David Lucas.
Creator:
Lucas, David, 1802–1881
Date:
1830[-1832]
Physical Description:
22 prints, 4 leaves of letterpress in 1 volume : mezzotint ; volume 29 x 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A series of portraits of the emperors of Turkey : from the foundation of the monarchy to the year 1815 : engraved from pictures painted at Constantinople : commenced under the auspices of Sultan Selim the Third, and completed by command of Sultan Mahmoud the Second : with a biographical account of each of the emperors / By John Young.

A series of portraits of the emperors of Turkey : from the foundation of the monarchy to the year 1815 : engraved from pictures painted at Constantinople : commenced under the auspices of Sultan Selim the Third, and completed by command of Sultan Mahmoud the Second : with a biographical account of each of the emperors / By John Young.
Creator:
Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:
1815]
Physical Description:
4 p.L., 128, [2] p. : ill. ; 58 cm. in case 61 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Exposition anatomique des organes des sens : jointe à la névrologie entière du corps humain et conjecture sur l'électricité animale : avec des planches imprimées en coleurs naturelles, suivant le nouvel art / par M. Dagoty.

Exposition anatomique des organes des sens : jointe à la névrologie entière du corps humain et conjecture sur l'électricité animale : avec des planches imprimées en coleurs naturelles, suivant le nouvel art / par M. Dagoty.
Creator:
Gautier Dagoty, 1717–1785
Date:
MDCCLXXV [1775]
Physical Description:
[2], 46 p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. (mezzotints) ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts