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Rare Books and Manuscripts
1,239
Reference Library
3
Creator
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
17
Rocque, John, -1762
8
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
6
Nimrod, 1778–1843
6
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
6
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
6
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Storer, James, 1771–1853
5
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
4
Britton, John, 1771–1857
4
C. & J. Greenwood
4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
4
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
4
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
4
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
4
Measom, George S
4
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
4
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
4
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
3
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1
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
1,239
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
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Under Certain Circumstances
1,238
Free to Use
1
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1,239
New Additions
2023-2024
8
Classification
Books
951
Maps & Atlas (printed)
116
Prints
86
Archives & Manuscripts
25
Periodicals
17
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
15
Articles & Chapters
5
Visual Materials
3
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Music (printed)
2
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unknown
1,239
Period
19th century
661
18th century
320
17th century
187
20th century
54
16th century
31
21st century
1
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wove paper
1
wove paper.
1
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engraving
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1,239
wood engraving
202
map
151
etching
129
armorial bookplates (provenance)
103
aquatint
97
lithograph
97
stipple engraving
58
steel engraving
56
woodcut
55
ephemera
39
atlase
35
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
34
private press books (publishing)
34
mezzotint
33
drawing book
29
soft-ground etching
22
publisher's advertisement
21
trade cards (advertising)
21
advertisement
20
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
33
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
29
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
25
Drawing -- Technique.
23
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
18
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
16
Satire, English.
16
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
15
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
14
London (England) -- Description and travel.
14
Painting -- Technique.
14
Voyages and travels.
14
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
12
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
12
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
12
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
11
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
10
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
10
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.
10
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
9
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Subject Period
19th century
115
18th century
41
17th century
20
20th century
7
11th century
2
16th century
2
16th century,
1
16th-18th centuries
1
18th centtury
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B.C
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
263
England
120
London
48
London (England)
45
France
36
Italy
26
America
23
United States
23
Cambridgeshire (England)
20
Wales
19
Europe
16
Edinburgh
14
West Indies
14
Scotland
13
Canada
11
Edinburgh (Scotland)
11
India
11
Netherlands
9
Northwest Passage
9
Belgium
8
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Associated People
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
6
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
4
Raphael, 1483–1520
4
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
4
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
3
Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842
3
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603
3
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601–1643
3
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726
3
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
3
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
2
Bickford family
2
Bigges, Walter, -1586
2
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845
2
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649
2
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
2
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
2
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
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Exhibition History
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
16
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
10
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
8
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
7
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
6
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helen Chillman.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
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Language
English
1,031
French
74
Latin
50
German
34
Italian
24
Dutch
15
Spanish
3
Undetermined
3
Portuguese
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Swedish
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
3
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
4
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
5
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies
1762
6
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
anno 1632
7
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Short stories, in words of two syllables
1820
8
[Trade catalog for Thomas Goode & Co.]
[approximately 1900?]
9
Krider, John
Krider's sporting anecdotes
1853
10
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae
1813-1817
11
Hughson, David, active 19th century
London
1805-1809
12
Löhneyss, Georg Engelhard von, 1552–1622
Della caualleria =
1609 [-1610]
13
Burke, John, 1787–1848
A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank
1833-1838
14
Coffin seal for John De Kewer
1818
15
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707–1788
The natural history of the horse
MDCCLXII [1762]
16
An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, during the last four years
1816
17
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improv'd
1749
18
Linnell, John, 1792–1882
Selection of cabinet paintings in Her Majesty's private collection at Buckingham Palace
[1877]
19
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719–1784
Cambridgeshire
1747
20
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Britannia depicta
1818
21
Orsbridge, Philip, -1767
Britannia's triumph in the year MDCCLXII
MDCCLXVI [1766]
22
Birch, Thomas, 1705–1766
The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain
1813
23
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
24
Banke, A. de
A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker
between and 1840 and 1850?
25
Jewell, John, of Harewood, Yorkshire
The tourist's companion, or, The history and antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire
1822
26
Sayers, F. (Frank), 1763–1817
Hints on architecture
[1805]
27
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
MDCCX [1710]
28
Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688
Livre de figures antiques de Rome
[circa 1670?]
29
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
The history and antiquities of London.
1814
30
Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688
[Statues et bustes antiques des maisons royales]
[1669-1681]
31
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756
A general map of the middle British colonies in America
1771
32
Bertolotto, L
The history of the flea
[1835]
33
Anburey, Thomas, author
Travels through the interior parts of America
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
34
[Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield]
[ca. 1780]
35
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Rokeby
MDCCCXXXVI [1836]
36
The royal allied oak and self created mushroom kings
May 29, 1815
37
Parkinson, William, fl. 1883–1895
Lively sallies
[1870?]
38
Pelletier, Bertrand, 1761–1797
Instruction sur l'art de séparer le cuivre du métal des cloches
l'an 2me. de la République française [1794]
39
Atkinson, Christopher W. (Christopher William)
The emigrant's guide to New Brunswick, British North America
1842
40
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini
MDLXII [1562]
41
C. & J. Greenwood
Map of the county palatine of Durham,
Jan. 26, 1831
42
A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen
1801
43
John Page, haberdasher, hosier, laceman, and gloves
[approximately 1810?]
44
Ackermann, Suardy & Co
Patent water-proof manufactories
[1802?]
45
The Artist's repository, or, Encyclopedia of the fine arts
1813
46
The garden of caresses
1934
47
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Sciography, or, Examples of shadows
1842
48
Engravings of horses, from The spirit of the times
circa 1830-circa 1840
49
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
The mystery of Edwin Drood
1937
50
The itinerant
1799
51
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Geoffrey Gambado's surprising feats in horsemanship
1824
52
Rapkin, J
England and Wales
[1851?]
53
Lascaris, Evadne
The golden bed of Kydno
1935
54
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental, and humorous scenes in Tristram Shandy
published as the Act directs 3 Jan. 1785
55
Gerards Hall Hotel (London, England)
T. Younghusband, Gerards Hall, Basing Lane, Cheapside
[approximately 1835]
56
Rhys, Harriet Susanna Anne, 1790–1827
The graphic scrap book
1827
57
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
58
Thomas & Edward Gilks
Billhead recording purchase by Mr. McKenna from Thomas & Edward Gilks, engravers on wood
1849
59
Plates from Journal des dames et des modes
1826
60
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
A topographical dictionary of England
1831
61
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
62
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
The gentleman's recreation
1686
63
[Hunting scene]
[18th century]
64
Le beau monde, or, Literary & fashionable magazine
[1807-1809]
65
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
London and its environs
1878
66
Twelve views of the Greenland and whale fishery
[between 1771 and 1785]
67
[Hardware patterns for key plates, drawer pulls, and a wall sconce]
[ca. 1800?]
68
Gaspey, William, 1812–1888
Tallis's illustrated London
<1851-52>
69
W. B. Fordham & Sons Limited (London, England)
[Billhead of W. B. Fordham & Sons, London, for purchases made by Odell & Co. Ltd, 1917]
1917
70
The rose, shamrock, & thistle
[1815]
71
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598
Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur)
1589
72
Copper plate used to print an illustration of St. Uldibrand, in a scene from Undine
between 1840 and 1860?
73
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
74
C. & J. Greenwood
Map of the county of Kent,
July 4th, 1829
75
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Memento
[1885?]
76
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la Guglia dal luogo remoto dietro la Chiesa di S. Pietro
MDLXXXVI [1586]
77
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
78
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Helvetiæ, Rhætiæ et Valesiæ
Im Jahr MDCLIV [1654]
79
Cleveley, John, 1747–1786
Twelve views of ships in variety of weather
published as the act directs, 1 Jany. 1772
80
Twelve prints of the most famous high bred running horses, by Shaw and others
published 2d. Jany.,1773
81
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
82
Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772
The gentleman's farriery, or, A practical treatise, on the diseases of horses
MDCCLIV [1754]
83
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae, sive, De veris & genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, secretis atque requisitis aliis ...
anno MDLXXXIII [1683]
84
Costumes des francaises depuis les Gaulois
1831
85
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
A description of the island of Jamaica
1672
86
Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ...
1861
87
Sharpe, S
Album
1837
88
Hakewill, James, 1778–1843
A picturesque tour of Italy
1820
89
[Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield]
[ca. 1780]
90
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire
MDCCXCCIII [1793]
91
Nash, John, 1752–1835
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton
[1826]
92
Doornick, Marcus Williamsz
Platte grondt der Vebrande Stadt London
1666
93
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
94
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]
[1839-1874?]
95
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland
1842
96
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Archiepiscopatuvm Moguntinensis, Trevirensis, et Coloniensis
1646
97
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
l'an VI de la République, 1798
98
Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte
1807
99
Buquet, Alexandre, 1801–1846
Mouchoir des connaissances utiles
[ca. 1850-ca. 1870?]
100
[Collection of 11 engravings and 5 original drawings]
1818?]
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