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70701. An entire new plan of the cities of London and Westminster : with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1812.

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Creator:
Mogg, Edward
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 46 x 91 c., folded to 16 x 12 cm., in case 17 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70702. The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the northern seas and lands situate that way, and lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described / by Richard Hakluyt ...

No cover image available
Date:
1598 [-1600]
Physical Description:
3 v., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : map. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70703. The antiquities of England and Wales / by Francis Grose.

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Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
[1783]-1797
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill., maps, port., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70704. The metamorphosis of Pigmalion's image / by John Marston ; with engravings by Rene Ben Sussan.

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Creator:
Marston, John, 1575?-1634
Date:
MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:
[2], 17, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70705. Delineations of the most remarkable costumes of the different provinces of Spain : and also of the military uniforms, bull fights, national dances, &c. of the Spaniards.

No cover image available
Creator:
Giscard
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70706. Laus veneris / by Algernon Charles Swinburne ; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

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Creator:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Date:
1948
Physical Description:
[6], 9-27, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70707. Tom Raw, the Griffin : a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India / by a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment.

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Creator:
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
viii, [3], 325 p., [25] leaves of plates : col ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70708. The Virginians : a tale of the last century / by W. M. Thackeray, author of "Esmond," "Vanity Fair," "The Newcomes," &c. &c. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
Date:
1858-1859
Physical Description:
2 v. (24 nos.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

70709. Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples : and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the court of Naples / by his most humble servant Frederick Rehberg, historical painter in His Prussian Majesty's service at Rome, MDCCXCIV.

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Creator:
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758–1835
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[2], XII, [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70710. Over the open, by H. S. Page; illustrated by E. S. Voss.

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Creator:
Page, Henry Savage, 1868–
Date:
1925
Physical Description:
155 p. plates (part col.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70711. Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views, (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) : illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, in three books ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70712. The paradise lost of John Milton : with illustrations by John Martin.

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Creator:
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
[8], 373, [2] pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Virgil R. & Mary L. Bierman.

70713. The Sandgate, Hythe and Folkestone guide : containing an account of their ancient and present state and a description of the principal objects worthy of attention in the neighbourhood : to which is subjoined a brief history of the Cinque-Ports.

No cover image available
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xii, 120, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70714. The muse in August = La muse au mois d'août / Kenneth White ; with a screenprint by John Christie.

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Creator:
White, Kenneth, 1936–
Date:
1980
Physical Description:
[7] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70715. The gallery of modern sculpture : ed. by S.C. Hall.

No cover image available
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
[178] p. front., 76 pl. 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70716. Guide to Holkham, the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester : containing an account of the house and gardens in a tour through the park to the sea : with brief biographical notices of the painters whose works embellish the mansion.

No cover image available
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
86 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70717. Ode by Dr. Samuel Johnson to Mrs. Thrale : upon their supposed approaching nuptials.

No cover image available
Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1784 [i.e. 1788]
Physical Description:
16 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70718. The Cambrian traveller's guide, in every direction : containing remarks made during many excursions, in the principality of Wales, and bordering districts, augmented by extracts from the best writers.

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Creator:
Nicholson, George, 1760–1825
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xiii, 1468 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70719. Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brookshaw, George, 1751–1823
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
20 p., [12] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70720. The child's own drawing-book, or, Easy and progressive steps to drawing in animals, landscapes, flowers, shipping, the human figure, &c. in 14 books / drawn on stone by G.W. Davis.

No cover image available
Creator:
Davis, G. W
Date:
[1830?]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70721. Spain and Portugal : containing a description of the character, manners, customs, dress, diversions and other peculiarities of the inhabitants of those countries.

No cover image available
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70722. Historical, military, and picturesque observations on Portugal : illustrated by seventy-five coloured plates, including authentic plans of the sieges and battles fought in the Peninsula during the late war / by George Landmann, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal-Engineers, the same rank in the Spanish Corps of Engineers, with brevet rank of Colonel.

No cover image available
Creator:
Landmann, George Thomas, 1780–1854
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70723. The new tale of a tub : an adventure in verse / by F.W.N. Bayley ; with illustrations, designed by Lieutenant J.S. Cotton, and reduced from Aubry's drawings.

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Creator:
Bayley, F. W. N. (Frederic William Naylor), 1808–1853
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
32 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70724. Die titeleinfassungen der reformationszeit,

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Creator:
Luther, Johannes, 1861–1954
Date:
1909-13
Physical Description:
12, 7, 7 p., 125 (i.e. 150) pl. (facsims.) 31 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70725. Ackermann's new drawing book.

No cover image available
Creator:
Manskirch, Franz Joseph, 1768 or 1770–1830
Date:
1808
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70726. Views in Egypt / from the original drawings in the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his embassy to Constantinople by Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners and customs of the natives of that country.

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Creator:
Mayer, Luigi
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[4], 102 pages, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70727. Engraved plates (50) in bound volume.

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Creator:
Pergolesi, Michel Angelo
Date:
1777-1801
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70728. A rudimentary and practical treatise on perspective for beginners : simplified for the use of juvenile students and amateurs in architecture, painting, etc. : also adapted for schools and private instructors / by George Pyne, artist ; eighty-six illustrations.

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Creator:
Pyne, George, 1800?-1884
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
v, [3], 165, [3] p., XIII leaves of plates ([6] folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70729. Proposals for publishing by subscription, in three volumes, historical and literary botany : containing the qualities, anecdotes, and superstitions relative to these trees, plants, and flowers, which are mentioned in sacred and profane history : the particulars of some rare and curious plants which bear the names of celebrated persons : and also of those which are used in the religious worship and civil ceremonies of divers nations : together with the devices, proverbs, &c. which derive their original from those vegetables : concluding with a romantic story, entitled Flowers ; or the artists, from the French of Madame de Genlis : with explanatory notes, &c. &c. by Eliza P. Reid.

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Creator:
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
Date:
[1826?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70730. Der furnembsten, notwendigsten, der gantzen Architectur angehörigen mathematischen vnd mechanischen Künst, eygentlicher Bericht, vnd vast klare, verstendliche Vnterrichtung : zu rechtem Verstandt der Lehr Vitruuij, in drey furneme Bücher abgetheilet ... : allen künstlichen Handtwerckern, Werckmeistern, Steinmetzen ... zu sonderlichem Nutz und vilfeltigem Vortheil in Truck verordnet / durch Gualtherum H. Riuium Medi. & Math. ...

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Creator:
Ryff, Walther Hermann, -1548
Date:
Anno 1547
Physical Description:
[6], XLII, LII, XLVII, [1], LII, XLVII, [5], XLVII, [1], IX, [4], XIX, XII leaves : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70731. Familiar illustrations of the language of mathematics, or, A new picture-alphabet for well-behaved undergraduates : wherein a ray to illuminate their path is transmitted through nine plates of a rare medium by means of the eccentrical pencil of W.A.G.

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Creator:
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
[2] p., IX leaves : ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70732. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, during the years 1817 & 1818 / by the Hon. Charles Leonard Irby, and James Mangles ; printed for private distribution.

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Creator:
Irby, Charles Leonard, 1789–1845
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xxxiii, [1], 560 p., [15] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70733. Views in Wales.

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Creator:
Smirke, Miss
Date:
[1808?]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70734. The laboratory, or, School of arts : in which are, faithfully exhibited and fully explain'd : I. A variety of curious and valuable experiments in refining, calcining, melting, essaying, casting, allaying, and toughening gold ... : II. Choice secrets for jewellers ... : translated from the German.

No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, G. L. (Godfrey L.)
Date:
1738-1756
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70735. Five sketches of the church of St. Mary, Ottery, Devon.

No cover image available
Creator:
Spreat, W
Date:
[1840?]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70736. Collection of historical prints.

No cover image available
Creator:
Strange, Robert
Date:
[1790]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70737. De arte grammatica, sive, De octo partibus orationis.

No cover image available
Creator:
Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century
Date:
[circa 1495]
Physical Description:
[140] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70738. Selection of views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar.

No cover image available
Creator:
Willyams, Cooper
Date:
1822
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70739. Four engraved sheets representing painting, poetry, sculpture, and architecture.

No cover image available
Creator:
Marshall, R
Date:
ca. 1780
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70740. An introduction to a general system of hydrostaticks and hydraulicks, philosophical and practical : wherein the most reasonable and advantageous methods of raising and conducting water, for the watering noblemens and gentlemens seats, buildings, gardens, &c., are carefully (and in a manner not yet publish'd in any language) laid down ... : illustrated and explain'd by sixty copper cuts, done by the best hands ... : collected from the best of the Italian and French designs (together with some new ones of the author's own invention) ... / by Stephen Switzer ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745
Date:
1729
Physical Description:
2 v. ([6], xxxii, [4], 133, [15], [129]-274, 10 p.; [8], [275]- 352, 4, [353]-413, [1], [14] p., [2], [60] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70741. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70742. The history, topography, and antiquities of the parish of St. Mary Islington, in the county of Middlesex : including biographical sketches of the most eminent and remarkable persons who have been born, or have resided there / illustrated by seventeen engravings by John Nelson.

No cover image available
Creator:
Nelson, John, of Islington
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
viii, 416 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70743. Album of wax seals.

No cover image available
Date:
1832-1835
Physical Description:
1 volume (40 pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70744. Anweisung zu Sattler-Arbeiten : sammt deren Zeichnung zergliedert und im Ganzen / als Handbuch für Sattler; verfasst von Alexander Hofer, Sattler aus Mülhausen, und allen seinen Kunstgenossen gewiedmet.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hofer, Alexander
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
4, 19, [3] p., XIX, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70745. Specimens written by James Needham at Heaton Norris School, midsummer, 1847.

No cover image available
Creator:
Needham, James
Date:
1847-1848
Physical Description:
2 v. ([13], [12] leaves): ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70746. This booke was giuen by legacie from Thomas Braythwait of Ambleside gent. who died in the yeare of our Lord 1607, vnto George Preston of Houlker gent.

No cover image available
Date:
1607?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 33 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70747. Sniffin' glue.

No cover image available
Date:
1976-1977
Physical Description:
volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70748. New cyclopædia of botany and complete book of herbs : forms a history and description of all plants, British or foreign.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brook, Richard, fl. 1847
Date:
[1860?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70749. Training the hound : a treatise on the training, handling, care and treatment of hounds and beagles / by "A. Fox, hunter".

No cover image available
Creator:
Bruette, William A
Date:
c1908
Physical Description:
219 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70750. Above and below ground : the Jack Russell terrier in North America : stories, photographs, selection, training and history / by Marilyn Massey.

No cover image available
Creator:
Massey, Marilyn
Date:
c1985
Physical Description:
188 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70751. The book of the horse.

No cover image available
Creator:
Vesey-FitzGerald, Brian Seymour, 1900–
Date:
1947
Physical Description:
879 p. illus. (part col.) 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70752. An Act to repeal an Act, made in the tenth year of the reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better preservation of the game within that part of Great Britain called England : and for making other provisions in lieu thereof.

No cover image available
Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament
Date:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
[2], 1583-1590 p. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70753. Ant slug moth beetle millipede spider.

No cover image available
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
1 v. ([22] p.) : ill. ; 36 x 770 cm, folded to 36 x 36 cm. + 11 leaves of drawings
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70754. Magic Dun Cow ...

No cover image available
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 75 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

70755. Ye banks & braes : the favorite Scotch ballad / newly arranged with an accompaniment for the pianoforte by Edward J. Loder.

No cover image available
Date:
[1900]
Physical Description:
1 score ([4] p.) ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson

70756. Twelve views of the Great Canal of Venice [graphic] = Douze vües du Grand Canal de Venise.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70757. Gray's Elegy written in a country church-yard / with a foreword by Christopher Sandford ; and eight engravings by Gwenda Morgan.

No cover image available
Creator:
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
Date:
McMxlvi [1946]
Physical Description:
19, [3] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70758. The common sense safety bridle : the most perfect & reliable safety bridle extant ...

No cover image available
Creator:
N.P. Boyer & Co
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70759. Derby day : the horse race card game.

No cover image available
Date:
[2009]
Physical Description:
1 game ; box 15 x 11 x 2 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

70760. Bunker.

Bunker.
Creator:
Faithfull, David
Date:
2009
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([20] panels) : color illustrations ; 6 x 100 cm, folded to 6 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70761. Ordnance survey.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cradock-Watson, Jane
Date:
[2014]
Physical Description:
[16] pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70762. England [cartographic material] / by Robt. Morden.

No cover image available
Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[1695?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 36 x 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William H. Mandel, Yale BFA 1953, and Robert L. Russell, Yale MA 1954

70763. Catalogue of the splendid and valuable library of the late John Rennie, esq. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans at his house, no. 93, Pall Mall, on Monday July 13, and four following days.

No cover image available
Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
2 volumes 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70764. Savoy Hotel : London.

No cover image available
Creator:
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Date:
[1900?]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

70765. Police gazette, or Hue and cry / published by authority.

No cover image available
Physical Description:
volumes ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70766. Account of Mr. Mathews' at home : as delivered in an annual lecture on peculiarities, characters, and manners : founded on his own observations and adventures during his late trip to America : interspersed with most laughable tales, anecdotes and eccentricities : being a critique on the piece and performance : including seven original popular comic songs, namely, Mrs. Bradish's boarding house, Opossum up a gum tree, Militia muster folk, Ode to General Jackson, Boston post office, Illinois inventory, and a Farewell finale : with all the speaking &c. &c. : also a monopolylogue, called All well at Natchitoches, embellished with a representation of the scene, &c. &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mathews, Charles, 1776–1835
Date:
[approximately 1824]
Physical Description:
28 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70767. Sketches of Cantabs / by John Smith, (of Smith-Hall), gent.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lewis, John Delaware, 1828–1884
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [2], 222 pages ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70768. You all know the words / Ken Campbell.

No cover image available
Creator:
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Date:
2015
Physical Description:
[84] pages : color illustrations ; 31 x 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70769. A general map of England & Wales, divided into its counties.

No cover image available
Date:
circa [1800?]
Physical Description:
1 map : embroidery on linen ; sheet 61 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70770. In loving memory of George Tomlinson : the beloved husband of Hannah Leedle Tomlinson, of Hull, Bridge : who departed this life, October 27th, 1905 : aged 62 years.

No cover image available
Date:
1905
Physical Description:
1 folded card : letterpress ; 80 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70771. A catalogue of a capital collection of prints and drawings, scarce and valuable, which have been purchased out of the most distinguished cabinets here and on the continent; the drawings stamped on the back by the several judicious collectors, viz. Padre Resto, Sir Peter Lely, Richardson, Pond, Hudson, and John Barnard : among the prints are many fine proofs and first impressions from Rubens, Vandyke, and other celebrated artists : engraved by Vosterman, Pontius, Sontman, Fisher, Edelinck, Hollar, Mason, Balechou, and other noted engravers : among the drawings is that celebrated one by Thomyris by Rubens, from the Cabinet of Mons. de Mariette--The Mistress instructing her pupil by Cipriani, from the collection of Mr. Locke, with many other capital and well-known works of esteemed masters : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 11th, 1791, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had in Pall Mall.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70772. A catalogue of the renowned and valuable collection of Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : late the property of John Purling, Esq., deceased .: whose accurate judgment, pure taste and liberality in purchasing, rendered his Cabinet equal to most of the private galleries in Europe, and exhibits a magnificent assemblage of the works of Raphael, Correggio, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, P. Da Cortona, Pamegiano, Titian, Tintoretto, S. Ricci, P. Veronese, C. Maratti, Claude, Poussin, Murillo, Cuyp, Rubens, Teniers, Wouvermans, P. Potter, Vanderwerff, Vandervelde, Berchem, Ferg, Zuccarelli,Wilson, &c. : including the beautiful picture La Vierge au Peloton, by Guido, well known to have occupied a most distinguished place in the Royal Collection of France : which will be sold by auction (by authority of the executors without the least reserve) by Mr. White, on the premises, no. 68 Portland Place on Monday, the 16th of February, 1801 and following day, at twelve o-clock : to be viewed till the sale, admission of each person by catalogues (only) which may be had at one shilling each at the place of Sale, and of Mr. White, Storey's Gate, Westminster.

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Creator:
White, John, active 1785–1816
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
22, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70773. In loving remembrance of Mary Ann : the beloved wife of John Askew, Bridge End, Warden : who died on Sunday, October 13th, aged 33 years : interred in Warden Churchyard, Oct. 16th, 1901.

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Date:
[1901]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : illustrations ; 12 x7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70774. Catalogue of the reserved portion of the well-known collection of Dutch and Flemish pictues : among which are a woody landscape, of high class, by J. Ruysdael, a portrait of the Marechal del Campo by Gonzales ; Virgin and child, by Vandyke ; a landscape, with portraits of the artist's family, by D. Teniers ; The Bearhunt, by Snyders ; a landscape, cattle and figures, a fine specimen, by Verboekhoven ; and others by J. Steen, Dusart, Ostade, G. Douw, Backhyuysen, Berthem, Vanderneer, Brauwer, Grieff, Fyt &c. of the late Pater Lorens Coster of Amsterdam.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1831]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70775. [Billhead of Josh. Jupp, hatter to the Royal Family, 222 Regent Street, removed from Bond Street, London, recording purchases for Lord Edward Harrington].

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Creator:
Jupp, Joseph (Hatter)
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70776. International Exhibition of London, 1862 : Extra feine Zinn Compositions Figuren.

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Date:
[circa 1862?]
Physical Description:
1 set of model buildings and figures (60 pieces) : hand-painted white metal ; in box 24 x 39 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70777. A catalogue of the very choice collection of original cabinet paintings : the property of the late Quarles Harris, Esq. whose liberality in purchasing, and good judgment in selecting, secured to him the possession of some of the best works of the most esteemed Masters ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Farebrother and Co. at the auction rooms, no. 26, Conduit Street, Bond Street, on Saturday, the 10th of Juen, 1837, at one o'clock, by direction of the executors.

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Creator:
Farebrother & Co.
Date:
[1837]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70778. A walk through Southampton. By Sir Henry C. Englefield ...

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Creator:
Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
2 p.., iv, [5], 147, [1] p. ill., 10 plates (part fold.) plan. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70779. An essay upon prints : containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters : illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces : to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 4, [2], 249, [13] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70780. Ceremonies, and ancient customs, observed at the coronations of the kings of England.

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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
48 p. fold. front., ill., 2 fold. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70781. The artist's assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners ...

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, 36 p. front. (port.) fold. plates. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70782. The life and works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby" / by William Bemrose ... ; with a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse ; illustrated with two etchings by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, and other plates and woodcuts.

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Creator:
Bemrose, William, 1831–1908
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
x, 128 pages, [7] unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 40 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

70783. ... History of Warwick Castle: illustrated by plans, elevations,and internal views, from actual measurement. By Charles William Spicer ...

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Creator:
Spicer, Charles William
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
2 p.., 36 p. ill., 9 plates (part. col., incl. plan) 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70784. Memoranda, or, Chronicles of the Foundling hospital : including memoirs of Captain Coram, &c. &c. / by John Brownlow.

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Creator:
Brownlow, John
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
iv, 231 p., [9] leaves of plates (some folded) : port., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70785. Seven conferences held in the King of France's cabinet of paintings, between Mr. Le Brun, Mr. Bourdon, Mr. de Champagne, Mr. Perrault, &c. on some of the most celebrated pictures of Raphael, Titian, Paulo Veronese, Poussin, &c. in which the method of forming a judgment on paintings, is laid down with the greatest elegance and perspicuity. Translated from the French of Felibien. With a curious preface.

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Creator:
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Date:
1740
Physical Description:
2 p.., [iii]-lxii, 170, [2] p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70786. The art of painting in miniature: teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. Done from the original French.

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Date:
1729
Physical Description:
5 p.., 100, [6] p. ill. (diagr.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70787. Museum Etruriæ: or A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, & bas-reliefs. With a general account of vases, & other ornamental articles. The whole formed in various kinds of terra cotta, chiefly after the antique. By the late Josiah Wedgwood ...

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Creator:
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[1] p. [vii]-xvi, [17]-149, [1] p. ill. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70788. Catalogue d'une riche et precieuse collection de tableaux ... qui composent le cabinet de feu messire Gabriel-François-Joseph de Verhulst, dont les héritiers proposent l'acquisition en total & en masse ...

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Date:
1779
Physical Description:
2 p.., 56, [10] p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70789. Laporte's sketch book of various subjects from nature. Drawn and engraved by himself, in exact imitations of the originals.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
6 parts. 24 plates (part col.) 28 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70790. Rouse's Hypermyriorama of Sussex. Drawn from nature.

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Creator:
Rouse, James, artist
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
18 col. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70791. Sailing through China / Paul Theroux ; illustrated by Patrick Procktor.

Sailing through China / Paul Theroux ; illustrated by Patrick Procktor.
Creator:
Theroux, Paul
Date:
1984
Physical Description:
64 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

70792. Hayward annual.

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Physical Description:
v. ill. 24 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

70793. The Private library.

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Physical Description:
v. ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.

70794. Mss. in Edwards's sale 1815. with the purchasers names.

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Date:
18--]
Physical Description:
2 p. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70795. The park and the forest, by J. D. Harding.

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Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 25 mounted col. plates. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70796. A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental; viz. books of plans and elevations for houses, temples, bridges, &c. ... Which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at I. and J. Taylor's architectural library ... where may be had the works of the most celebrated French architects and engineers.

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Creator:
I. and J. Taylor (Firm)
Date:
[1796?]
Physical Description:
4 p. 36 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70797. An historical and architectural essay relating to Redcliffe Church, Bristol: illustrated with plans, views, and architectural details: including an account of the monuments, and anecdotes of the eminent persons interred within its walls; also, an essay on the life and character of Thomas Chatterton. By J. Britton, F. S. A. ...

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xvi, 72 p. XII plates incl. front., plans. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70798. Oxonia antiqua restaurata : containing upwards of one hundred and seventy engravings, amongst which are numerous representations of buildings in Oxford, now either altered or demolished, and which have never been before engraved : the whole forming an illustration of the colleges, halls, and public buildings in this university / by Joseph Skelton.

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Creator:
Skelton, Joseph, 1783–1871
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70799. A critical inquiry into antient armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman conquest to the reign of King Charles II, with a glossary of military terms of the middle ages ... By Samuel Rush Meyrick ...

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Creator:
Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
3 v. 80 plates (part. col.) 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70800. Proposals for publishing by subscription, in twenty monthly numbers, forming two volumes, The history of the University of Cambridge : illustrated by eighty highly finished and coloured engravings ... representing exterior and interior views of the colleges, halls, public buildings, and costume, as well as of the more striking parts of the town ...

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Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
1814.]
Physical Description:
3 p. ; 27 cm. (in case 30 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts