Work Type: wood engraving / Subject Terms: Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

1. Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Creator:: Perkins, John (Gardener)
Date:: 1877
Physical Description:: 38, [2] pages, 24 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 x 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Creator:: Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use / by a Lady ; designed for domestic use.

The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use / by a Lady ; designed for domestic use.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 55, [9] p., XXVII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

Date:: MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:: [6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

5. Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm : an agricultural fragment / by C.W.H.

Creator:: Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: viii, 237, [3], 4 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

6. Figure training, or, Art the handmaid of nature / by E.D.M.

Date:: [between 1865 and 1873]
Physical Description:: 125, [1] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Celebrated & extraordinary exhibition, patronized by the royal families of England, France, Belgium, &c. &c. &c. of the industrious fleas : from Regent Street, is now exhibiting at Somerset Gallery, Strand.

Date:: [183-?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour : containing, facetiae, under the heads of pasquinades, anecdotes, jeu d'esprits, witticisms : mornings at Bow Street, new punning songs, broad grins, maxims, irish bulls, conundrums, anagrams, enigmas, bon mots, whims, tid bits, curious epitaphs, brevities, yarns, miseries, long bows, puzzles, &c., &c., : embellished with forty-eight numerous wood engravings by the most eminent artists.

Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Elegant arts for ladies : ... profusely illustrated.

Date:: [1861]
Physical Description:: viii, 227, [5] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Routledges's every girl's annual / edited by Alicia A. Leith ; illustrated.

Date:: [1880]
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 524 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Drawing for schools : containing expositions of the method of teaching drawing in schools ; a full explanation of the practice of model drawing after the method of Dupuis, as first practised at the Battersea Training College ; the principles and practice of outline and perspective drawing : together with numerous illustrations and drawing exercises / by Thomas Tate, F.R.A.S., of Kneller Training College, Twickenham; late mathematical professor and lecturer on chemistry in the National Society's Training College, Battersea. Author of "The principles of the differential and integral calculus;" " A treatise on the strength of materials;" "The principles of geometry and mensuration," etc. etc.

Creator:: Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: [4], 45, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The Harrogate alphabet for 1870.

Date:: 1870?
Physical Description:: 1 v. (13 p.) ; 12 x 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Bacchus and the tee-totallers / by Rumfusticus Bibulus, Esq., president of the Anti-temperance society.

Creator:: Bibulus, Rumfusticus
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 19, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. An historical and descriptive account of Brimham Rocks in the West Riding of Yorkshire : intended as a guide to visitors.

Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 24 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

Creator:: Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: 85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Entomology in sport, and Entomology in earnest / by the Honorable Mrs. W. and Lady M.

Creator:: Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Date:: [1859]
Physical Description:: 20, 48 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

Creator:: Duncan, John Shute, 1769–1844
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: 32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Artistic amusements : being instructions for a variety of art work for home employment, and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars. : illustrated.

Date:: [1879?]
Physical Description:: [2], 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The comic album : a book for every table.

Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: [140] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Roses and holly, and Pen and pencil pictures from the poets / profusely illustrated by Gourlay Steell, R.S.A., R. Herdman, R.S.A., Clark Stanton, A.R.S.A., Samuel Bough, A.R.S.A., John M'Whirter, A.R.S.A., John Lawson, and other eminent artists ; engraved by R. Paterson.

Date:: [1881?]
Physical Description:: xii, 148, viii, 152 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

21. Extraordinary exhibition! : under the patronage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. : 209, Regent Street, the industrious fleas : performing most astonishing feats : the whole different from last season.

Date:: 1833?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. English society at home : from the collection of "Mr. Punch" / by George du Maurier.

Creator:: Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
Date:: 1881
Physical Description:: [8] p., 63 leaves, [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The Tom & Jerry flash dictionary.

Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 69, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The poets of the nineteenth century / selected and edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, incumbent of Bearwood ; with English and American additions, arranged by Evert A. Duyckinck, editor of the Cyclopedia of American literature ; illustrated with one hundred and thirty-two engravings, drawn by eminent artists.

Creator:: Willmott, Robert Aris, 1809–1863
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: xvi, 616 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

25. Vere Foster's drawing copy book.

Creator:: Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Date:: [1870-1894]
Physical Description:: pt. : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The drawing-room dances / by Cellarius.

Creator:: Cellarius, Henri
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: xii, 149, [1] p., viii leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Vere Foster's drawing copy book.

Creator:: Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: pt. : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage : the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sports / embellished with thirteen colored plates, designed from nature, and etched by Theodore Lane ; dedicated to Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: MDCCCXXVII [1827]
Physical Description:: viii, 304, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The lady's book of useful and ornamental knitting and netting work : containing upwards of one hundred receipts for executing elegant and useful articles : including polka dresses, ladies' scarfs, shawls, toilet covers, purses, handkerchiefs &c. &c. : with six beautiful designs of lace collars / by Miss Ronaldson, teacher of needle-work in the Edinburgh Ladies' Institution for the Southern Districts.

Creator:: Ronaldson, Miss
Date:: MDCCCXLIX [1849]
Physical Description:: x, [6], 176 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The artificial florist, or, The art of making artificial flowers, in easy progressive lessons / by John Foster.

Creator:: Foster, John
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: 26, [18] p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

Creator:: Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: xiv, 401 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

Creator:: Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

Creator:: Martin, William, 1801–1867
Date:: [between 1837 and 1845]
Physical Description:: [4], 268 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

Creator:: Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:: [1862]
Physical Description:: xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The betting-book / by George Cruikshank ; with cuts.

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: 31, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

36. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The new guide to knitting & crochet / by Marie Jane Cooper.

Creator:: Cooper, Marie Jane
Date:: [1847]
Physical Description:: [4], 68 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The stocking-knitter's manual : a handy book for the work-table / by Mrs. George Cupples.

Creator:: Cupples, George, Mrs., 1839–1898
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 32 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Practical hints on church floral decorations / by a lady ; with an introduction by the Revd. W. Gresley.

Creator:: Lady, A
Date:: [1869]
Physical Description:: xiv, 62 p., [2], 21 leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A visit to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.

Creator:: Bishop, James
Date:: [between 1854 and 1856]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Golden thoughts from golden fountains : selected and arranged in fifty-two divisions / by the author of "The spirit of praise" ; illustrations by eminent artists, engraved by the brothers Dalziel.

Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: xvi, [2], 290, [2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

42. Now exhibiting at the large exhibition room near the foot of Waterloo Bridge, a small distance from the Coburg theatre, the ancient vessel : this celebrated remains of antiquity is caulked with moss : and is supposed to have been on of the vessels used by the Danes when they invaded England in the time of Alfred the Great.

Date:: [18--]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Decorative painting : a practical handbook on painting and etching various objects and materials for the decoration of our homes / by B.C. Saward.

Creator:: Saward, Blanche C
Date:: [1897]
Physical Description:: xx, 216, [20] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Felix on the bat : being a scientific inquiry into the use of the cricket bat : together with the history and use of the catapulta : also the laws of cricket, as revised by the Marylebone Club, 1845.

Creator:: Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876
Date:: MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:: 40, [8] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

Creator:: Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 110, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Male character costumes : a guide to gentlemen's costume suitable for fancy dress balls and private theatricals : 150 illustrations.

Date:: [not before 1884]
Physical Description:: [2], 96, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Parlour pastimes : a repertoire of acting charades, fire-side games, enigmas, riddles, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc., etc.

Creator:: Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: 288 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The amateur gardener's calendar : being a monthly guide as to what should be avoided, as well as what should be done, in a garden each month : with plain rules how to do what is requisite : directions for laying out and planting kitchen and flower gardens, pleasure grounds, and shrubberies : and a short account, in each month, of the quadrupeds, birds, and insects then most injurious to gardens / by Mrs. Loudon, author of "The Lady's country companion," "The Ladies' flower garden of ornamental greenhouse plants," "The Ladies companion to the flower garden," etc. ; with numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807–1858
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: xx, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Floral decorations for the dwelling house : a practical guide to the home arrangement of plants and flowers / by Annie Hassard ; with numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Hassard, Annie
Date:: 1875
Physical Description:: [2], vi, 163, [3] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill.; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

Creator:: Grant, James, 1802–1879
Date:: [1837-1838]
Physical Description:: [12] pt. ([4], viii, 408 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls / described by Mme. Marie Schild.

Creator:: Schild, Marie
Date:: [approximately 1884]
Physical Description:: 141, [5] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The comic album : a book for every table.

Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: [138] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.

Date:: [1892]
Physical Description:: iv, 136 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The life of an actor / by Pierce Egan, author of "Life in London," "Tom and Jerry," "A Musical Drama," etc. ; dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. ; the poetical descriptions by T. Greenwood ; embellished with twenty-seven characteristic scenes, etched by Theodore Lane ; enriched also with several original designs on wood, executed by Mr. Thompson.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: xvi, 272 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The boy joiner and model maker : containing practical directions for making numerous articles for use and ornament, mechanical toys, models, etc. : with descriptions of various tools, and the method of using them / by Ellis A. Davidson ... ; with nearly 200 illustrations.

Creator:: Davidson, Ellis A., -1878
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: xii, 211, [1] p. : ill., plans ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. An essay on warm, cold and vapour bathing : with practical observations on sea bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints, and dropsy / by Sir Arthur Clarke ...

Creator:: Clarke, Arthur, Sir, 1778–1857
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: 232 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The young artist's progressive drawing-book of easy subjects.

Date:: [186-?]
Physical Description:: parts : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Tea : its mystery and history / by Samuel Phillips Day, author of "Food papers: a popular treatise on dietetics," etc. ; with a preface in Chinese and English, by Lo Fong Loh, C.I.C.S., secretary to the Chinese Educational Mission in Europe ; illustrated.

Creator:: Day, Samuel Phillips
Date:: 1878
Physical Description:: 92 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The Sampler, or, A system of teaching plain needlework in schools / by a Lady.

Creator:: Finch, Elizabeth, -1879
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 103, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Field flowers : a handy-book for the rambling botanist, suggesting what to look for and where to go in the out-door study of British plants / by Shirley Hibberd, author of 'The Fern Garden,' 'Rustic adornments,' etc. etc. ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and ninety wood engravings.

Creator:: Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Date:: MDCCCLXXVI [1876]
Physical Description:: iv, 156 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Golden thoughts from golden fountains : selected and arranged in fifty-two divisions / illustrations by eminent artists, engraved by the brothers Dalziel.

Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: xvi, [2], 290, [2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: 16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Helps and hints how to protect life and property : with instructions in rifle and pistol shooting, &c. / by Lt. Col. baron de Berenger ; the embellishments by Mr. Bonner and others ; after designs by Messrs. G. and R. Cruikshank, Alken, Haghe, Fussell, and de Berenger.

Creator:: Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 286, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (two folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

65. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: [4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

66. Parlour magic.

Date:: MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:: vii, [2], iv-viii, [2],183, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application / by Newton Fielding.

Creator:: Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Date:: [1856]
Physical Description:: 54 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

4. A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

5. Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm : an agricultural fragment / by C.W.H.

6. Figure training, or, Art the handmaid of nature / by E.D.M.

7. Celebrated & extraordinary exhibition, patronized by the royal families of England, France, Belgium, &c. &c. &c. of the industrious fleas : from Regent Street, is now exhibiting at Somerset Gallery, Strand.

9. Elegant arts for ladies : ... profusely illustrated.

10. Routledges's every girl's annual / edited by Alicia A. Leith ; illustrated.

12. The Harrogate alphabet for 1870.

13. Bacchus and the tee-totallers / by Rumfusticus Bibulus, Esq., president of the Anti-temperance society.

14. An historical and descriptive account of Brimham Rocks in the West Riding of Yorkshire : intended as a guide to visitors.

15. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

16. Entomology in sport, and Entomology in earnest / by the Honorable Mrs. W. and Lady M.

17. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

18. Artistic amusements : being instructions for a variety of art work for home employment, and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars. : illustrated.

19. The comic album : a book for every table.

20. Roses and holly, and Pen and pencil pictures from the poets / profusely illustrated by Gourlay Steell, R.S.A., R. Herdman, R.S.A., Clark Stanton, A.R.S.A., Samuel Bough, A.R.S.A., John M'Whirter, A.R.S.A., John Lawson, and other eminent artists ; engraved by R. Paterson.

21. Extraordinary exhibition! : under the patronage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. : 209, Regent Street, the industrious fleas : performing most astonishing feats : the whole different from last season.

22. English society at home : from the collection of "Mr. Punch" / by George du Maurier.

23. The Tom & Jerry flash dictionary.

25. Vere Foster's drawing copy book.

26. The drawing-room dances / by Cellarius.

27. Vere Foster's drawing copy book.

30. The artificial florist, or, The art of making artificial flowers, in easy progressive lessons / by John Foster.

31. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

33. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

35. The betting-book / by George Cruikshank ; with cuts.

36. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

37. The new guide to knitting & crochet / by Marie Jane Cooper.

38. The stocking-knitter's manual : a handy book for the work-table / by Mrs. George Cupples.

39. Practical hints on church floral decorations / by a lady ; with an introduction by the Revd. W. Gresley.

40. A visit to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.

41. Golden thoughts from golden fountains : selected and arranged in fifty-two divisions / by the author of "The spirit of praise" ; illustrations by eminent artists, engraved by the brothers Dalziel.

43. Decorative painting : a practical handbook on painting and etching various objects and materials for the decoration of our homes / by B.C. Saward.

44. Felix on the bat : being a scientific inquiry into the use of the cricket bat : together with the history and use of the catapulta : also the laws of cricket, as revised by the Marylebone Club, 1845.

45. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

46. Male character costumes : a guide to gentlemen's costume suitable for fancy dress balls and private theatricals : 150 illustrations.

47. Parlour pastimes : a repertoire of acting charades, fire-side games, enigmas, riddles, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc., etc.

49. Floral decorations for the dwelling house : a practical guide to the home arrangement of plants and flowers / by Annie Hassard ; with numerous illustrations.

50. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

51. One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls / described by Mme. Marie Schild.

52. The comic album : a book for every table.

53. Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.

55. The boy joiner and model maker : containing practical directions for making numerous articles for use and ornament, mechanical toys, models, etc. : with descriptions of various tools, and the method of using them / by Ellis A. Davidson ... ; with nearly 200 illustrations.

56. An essay on warm, cold and vapour bathing : with practical observations on sea bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints, and dropsy / by Sir Arthur Clarke ...

58. The young artist's progressive drawing-book of easy subjects.

59. Tea : its mystery and history / by Samuel Phillips Day, author of "Food papers: a popular treatise on dietetics," etc. ; with a preface in Chinese and English, by Lo Fong Loh, C.I.C.S., secretary to the Chinese Educational Mission in Europe ; illustrated.

60. The Sampler, or, A system of teaching plain needlework in schools / by a Lady.

61. Field flowers : a handy-book for the rambling botanist, suggesting what to look for and where to go in the out-door study of British plants / by Shirley Hibberd, author of 'The Fern Garden,' 'Rustic adornments,' etc. etc. ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and ninety wood engravings.

62. Golden thoughts from golden fountains : selected and arranged in fifty-two divisions / illustrations by eminent artists, engraved by the brothers Dalziel.

64. Helps and hints how to protect life and property : with instructions in rifle and pistol shooting, &c. / by Lt. Col. baron de Berenger ; the embellishments by Mr. Bonner and others ; after designs by Messrs. G. and R. Cruikshank, Alken, Haghe, Fussell, and de Berenger.

65. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

66. Parlour magic.

67. How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application / by Newton Fielding.