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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
5
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
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Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
2
Bate, Jonathan
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Earle, John, 1601?-1665
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G******, Mme de
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La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645–1696
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Timbs, John, 1801–1875
1
Wilson, Henry, -1810
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
1
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unknown
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Period
19th century
10
18th century
4
20th century
2
21st century
1
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engraving
3
aquatint
1
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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ausstellung
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dust jackets (binding)
1
ink drawing
1
private press books (publishing)
1
subscriber's list
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wood engraving
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Characters and characteristics.
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Physiognomy.
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Biography.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities.
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Ethics.
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Albion Press -- Printer.
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Baker, Helen L. -- Stamp.
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Caricature -- Great Britain.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Carr, John -- Publisher.
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Character sketches.
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Cundee, J. and J. -- Publisher.
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Cundee, James -- Publisher.
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Cuthell and Martin -- Publisher.
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English poetry -- 19th century.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1807–1813.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1826.
1
Etching -- Specimens -- 1807–1813.
1
Etching -- Specimens -- 1808.
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19th century
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Great Britain
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England
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London
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Oxford
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Waltham Saint Lawrence
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Associated People
Gordon, Jane Gordon, Duchess of, 1748–1812
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
1
Shakespeare, William1564–1616
1
ShakespeareWilliam, 1564–1616
1
Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellie Hughes.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
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English
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French
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Il Lavater portatile, o sia, Compendio dell'arte di conoscere gli uomini dai lineamenti del volto
1811
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
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La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645–1696
Characters
1963
4
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Mêlanges de regles physiognomiques
1789
5
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
A lecture on heads
1808
6
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710–1784
George Stevens's celebrated lecture on heads;
ca. 1766]
7
Glances at character
1814
8
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
1711
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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
1732
10
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
L'art de connaitre les hommes
1826
11
The eccentric mirror
1807-1813
12
Wilson, Henry, -1810
Wonderful characters
1821-1822
13
Earle, John, 1601?-1665
Micro-cosmographie, or, A piece of the world discovered in essayes and characters
MCMXXVIII [1928]
14
G******, Mme de
Les sympathies, ou, L'art de juger, par les traits du visage, des convenances en amour et en amitié
1817
15
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
1810
16
Bate, Jonathan
Shakespeare
2012
17
Timbs, John, 1801–1875
English eccentrics and eccentricities
1866