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Rare Books and Manuscripts
1,792
Reference Library
16
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
20
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
16
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
13
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
12
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
11
Shirley Smith, Richard
11
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
10
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
10
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
8
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
7
Nimrod, 1778–1843
7
Britton, John, 1771–1857
6
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
6
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878–1957
6
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
6
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
6
Trollope, Anthony, 1815–1882
6
Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974
5
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
5
Gay, John, 1685–1732
5
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Unknown
9
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1,792
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
16
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Under Certain Circumstances
1,793
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1,793
New Additions
2023-2024
2
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Books
1,709
Periodicals
35
Prints
19
Archives & Manuscripts
11
Articles & Chapters
10
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
3
Music (printed)
2
Maps & Atlas (printed)
1
Creator Gender
unknown
1,793
Period
19th century
1,391
20th century
291
18th century
79
21st century
31
17th century
16
16th century
4
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wood engraving
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1,793
engraving
202
lithograph
196
private press books (publishing)
126
etching
122
chromoxylograph
121
chromolithograph
117
steel engraving
81
aquatint
66
stipple engraving
51
publisher's advertisement
34
armorial bookplates (provenance)
29
lithotint
29
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
28
poem
25
publishers' advertisement
25
juvenile literature
23
advertisement
19
fiction
18
drawing book
17
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Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance.
87
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
77
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
63
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
36
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
35
English poetry.
27
Voyages and travels.
27
Bradbury and Evans -- Printer.
23
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance
23
Murray, John -- Publisher.
22
Satire, English.
21
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
20
Day & Son -- Printer.
19
Drawing books -- Specimens.
19
Panoramas.
19
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
18
Chapman and Hall -- Publisher.
17
Drawing -- Technique.
17
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
16
Children's stories.
16
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Subject Period
19th century
172
20th century
50
18th century
21
16th century
10
17th century
6
15th century
3
11th century
2
Alfred, 871-899
2
15th and 16th centuries
1
21st century
1
58 B.C.-511 A.D
1
Republic, 265-30 B.C
1
Silurian
1
[18--]
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
280
England
148
London
80
London (England)
44
Waltham Saint Lawrence
40
Edinburgh (Scotland)
33
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
31
United States
26
Italy
19
France
17
Glasgow (Scotland)
17
Alnwick (England)
13
Edinburgh
13
Europe
13
Ireland
11
Scotland
11
Brighton (England)
10
India
10
Liverpool (England)
10
Middle East
10
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Shirley Smith, Richard
17
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
13
Bewick, John, 1760–1795
6
Jesus Christ
6
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
6
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
6
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Bembo, Pietro, 1470–1547
4
Britton, John, 1771–1857
4
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
4
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
4
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
4
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
4
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
3
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
2
Alfred, King of England, 849–899
2
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
2
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845
2
Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842
2
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
9
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
8
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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 David and Judith Ross
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
87
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
37
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Stansky Yale BA 1953.
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nigel Hamway.
3
Yale Center for British Art, Div copy Gift of Pequot Library;
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Casteras
2
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
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Language
English
1,736
French
19
German
15
Welsh
6
Italian
5
Latin
5
Portuguese
2
Scots
2
Danish
1
Spanish
1
Swedish
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801
Cupples, George, Mrs., 1839–1898
The stocking-knitter's manual
[1872]
802
Fitzwilliam Museum
A catalogue of paintings, drawings, &c. bequeathed to the University of Cambridge
1830
803
Church of England
The book of common prayer
1850
804
Buds and blossoms, or, Stories for children
[1872]
805
Views in Liverpool and its vicinity,
1815
806
Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860
Histories of noble British families
1842-1846
807
The pictorial history of the county of Lancaster
1844
808
Bow bells
809
Bagot, A. G.
Men we meet in the field
1881
810
L. & C. Hardtmuth
L. & C. Hardtmuth's "Koh-i-noor" pencils
[ca. 1905?]
811
Horace
The works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus
1849
812
Chicken, Edward
The collier's wedding
1829
813
Phillips, George
Rudiments of curvilinear design
[1839?]
814
Erskine, John Elphinstone, 1806–1887
Journal of a cruise among the islands of the Western Pacific
1853
815
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783–1872
St. Petersburgh
1828
816
Prichard, James Cowles, 1786–1848
The natural history of man
1855
817
London exhibited in 1851
[1851]
818
Bartlett, John Russell, 1805–1886
Personal narrative of explorations & incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua
1854
819
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Picturesque views on the upper, or Warwickshire Avon
1795
820
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
A child's history of England
[1878?]
821
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Barnaby Rudge
1937
822
Walton, Herbert, active 1884
Catalogue of original caricatures by "Lib"
[1884]
823
M'Gregor-Robertson, J. (Joseph), 1858–1925
[Sales dummy for The household physician by J. M'Gregor-Robertson]
1897
824
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Album of proof woodcuts
early 19th century?
825
Reade, William Winwood, 1838–1875
The African sketch-book,
1873
826
Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820–1907
A diary in the East
1869
827
Bigsby, Robert, 1806–1873
Historical and topographical description of Repton, in the county of Derby
1854
828
Snell, Henry James
Practical instructions in enamel painting on glass, china, tiles, etc.
[1874]
829
Brown, Walter
Fables
1884
830
Storer, James, 1771–1853
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic ;
1815-1818
831
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage
MDCCCXXVII [1827]
832
Laurie's standard copy books
[1877]
833
Quelle nützlicher Beschäftigungen zum Vergnügen der Jugend
1852-
834
Groom, Edward
The art of transparent painting on glass
1855
835
Rastell, John, d. 1536
The four elements
1971
836
Powys, Llewelyn, 1884–1939
Glory of life
1934
837
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Hand-book for young painters
1855
838
The Art journal illustrated catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1862
[1863]
839
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
The history and antiquities of the parish of Hammersmith
1839
840
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535
The history of King Richard the Third
1821
841
Proof illustrations to Northcote's Fables and of the ornamental letters and vignettes
1828
842
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world
[1790]
843
The picture of London for 1815
[1814]
844
Cooke, George Alexander
Topographical and statistical description of the county of Lincoln
[1818?]
845
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
An encyclopaedia of architecture
846
Price, Jonathan, 1931–
Private view
1985
847
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821–1881
Memoirs from the house of the dead
1965
848
Reeves, James
The closed door
1977
849
Eliot, George, 1819–1880
Adam Bede
[1867]
850
Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
The journey-book of Berkshire
[1840?]
851
Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780–1866
A canoe voyage up the Minnay Sotor
1847
852
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
The field book, or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom
1833
853
The illustrated exhibitor and magazine of art
1852
854
Duncan, John, 1805–approximately 1884
Travels in Western Africa, in 1845 & 1846,
1847
855
The kind uncle and his dog Ganges
1828
856
Williams, John, 1796–1839
A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South sea islands
1837
857
Carroll, Lewis, 1832–1898
Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there
1895
858
Aesop's fables
[1848]
859
Hannay, David, 1853–1934
Glimpses of the land of Scott
1888
860
Finzi Trust Friends
Finzi Friends Newsletter
1983-
861
Gaimes, Sanders & Nicol
Specimen of one of the materials used by Messrs. Gaimes, Sanders & Nicol, 22 Birchin Lane, Cornhill, & 111 Strand
[1854?]
862
Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787–1855
Our village
1879
863
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226
The writings of St. Francis of Assisi
1964
864
Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities
1849
865
Weston, Stephen, 1747–1830
Viaggiana, or, Detached remarks on the buildings, pictures, statues, inscriptions, &c. of ancient and modern Rome
[1776]
866
Now exhibiting at the large exhibition room near the foot of Waterloo Bridge, a small distance from the Coburg theatre, the ancient vessel
[18--]
867
Adams, Tate, 1922–
Tate Adams
1997
868
Addison, C. G. (Charles Greenstreet), -1866
The Temple church,
1843
869
G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668
Essayes and characters of a prison and prisoners
1821
870
Carey, David, 1782–1824
Life in Paris
1822
871
Knight's cyclopaedia of London, 1851
[1851]
872
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Lalla Rookh
1882
873
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849
The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe
[ca. 1880]
874
Panorama of the sea
[approximately 1840?]
875
Young American speaker
[approximately 1900]
876
Munday, Anthony, 1553–1633
The fishmongers' pageant, on Lord Mayor's Day, 1616
1844
877
Golden thoughts from golden fountains
[1868]
878
Young George, 1777–1848
A history of Whitby, and Streoneshalh abbey;
1817
879
Edwards, H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland), 1828–1906
An authentic account of the Chinese commission
[1851]
880
The patrician
881
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782–1867
Travels in the interior of North America
MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV [1843-1844]
882
Charles Peace, or, The adventures of a notorious burglar
[ca. 1879-1880]
883
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
Goethe's Faust
[188-?]
884
Morris, William, 1834–1896
The earthly Paradise
MDCCCLXVIII [1868]
885
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Album of rariora
[ca. 1877]
886
Friend, D. Burchell
D.B. Friend's Handy guide to Brighton
1886
887
Hughes, Thomas, 1822–1896
The scouring of the White Horse, or, The long vacation ramble of a London clerk
1859
888
19 famous recipes
between 1877 and 1901?
889
A thousand and one gems of poetry
[1867]
890
Panorama of London and the River Thames
[approximately 1846]
891
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family
1830
892
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805–1875
Poultry Meg's family, and other stories
[ca. 1870]
893
Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot), 1872–1945
Tomorrow's star
1938
894
Every youth's drawing book
MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
895
Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Hunting
1885
896
The Private library
897
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come
M.DCCC. XL.IV. [1844]
898
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519
The prettiest love letters in the world
1987
899
Plutarch
The lives of the noble Grecians & Romanes
1929-30
900
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
Gray's Elegy written in a country church-yard
McMxlvi [1946]
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