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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Nimrod, 1778–1843
2
Abbott, Jacob, 1803–1879
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Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
1
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841–1915
1
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
1
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850–1918
1
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614
1
Brinley, Francis, 1800–1889
1
Cohen, David, 1955–
1
Gale, J. H., Reverend
1
Hall, H. Byng (Herbert Byng), 1805–1883
1
Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434–1520
1
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
1
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
1
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
1
Kinmonth, Patrick
1
Lewis, Michael, 1919–1999
1
Lister, Eric
1
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
1
Millais, John Guille, 1865–1931
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Books
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unknown
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Period
19th century
18
20th century
10
15th century
3
21st century
1
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biographie
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wood engraving
7
engraving
5
publishers' advertisement
5
chromolithograph
3
fragments (object portions)
3
incunabula
3
private press books (publishing)
3
woodcut
3
aquatint
2
dictionarie
2
etching
2
hand coloring
2
history
2
advertisement
1
annotations (provenance)
1
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
authors' presentation inscription
1
binders' tickets (binding)
1
biography
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Biography -- Dictionaries.
3
Hunting -- Great Britain.
3
Incunabula in Yale Library.
3
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
3
Christian saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
2
Classical dictionaries.
2
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Shropshire -- Biography.
2
France -- Biography.
2
Greece -- Biography.
2
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Bookplate.
2
Hunters -- Great Britain -- Biography.
2
Mythologies -- Dictionaries.
2
Mytton, John, 1796–1834.
2
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
2
Rome -- Biography.
2
Shropshire (England) -- Biography.
2
Spottiswoodes and Shaw -- Printer.
2
Taylor, Walton, and Maberly -- Publisher.
2
Actors -- England -- Biography.
1
Actresses -- England -- Biography.
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18th century
2
17th century
1
19th century
1
20th century
1
21st century
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
8
England
4
France
2
Greece
2
Rome
2
Shropshire (England)
2
United States
2
Bath (England)
1
Dublin
1
Italy. Ferrara. Rubeis, Laurentius de. 1497
1
London
1
Waltham Saint Lawrence
1
Associated People
Mytton, John, 1796–1834
2
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
1
Alfred, King of England, 849–899
1
Blake, William, 1757–1827
1
Blunderhead family
1
Carter, George, 1792–1884
1
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, 1982–
1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
1
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
1
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–2022
1
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900–2002
1
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
1
Hitchcock, Thomas, 1900–1944
1
Jones, John Paul, 1747–1792
1
Lewis family
1
Lewis, Clinton, 1885–
1
Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779–1856
1
Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1813–1875
1
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876
1
Lewis, John Hardwicke, 1840–1927
1
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Adrianna Bates
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miriam C. Niederman, Yale YSN 1953
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas R. Burns, Yale BA 2013
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Strong, Yale MFA 1967.
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Language
English
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German
2
French
1
Latin
1
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The Illustrated London News
1937
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Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850–1918
The life of Velazquez
1896
3
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Rambling recollections of a soldier of fortune
1842
4
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
George Selwyn and his contemporaries
1843-1844
5
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
Time I was dead
1934
6
Kinmonth, Patrick
Patrick Procktor
[1985]
7
Smith, William, 1813–1893
Dictionary of Greek and roman biography and mythology
[1844-1849]
8
Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours
1855-1866
9
Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities
1849
10
Shelley memorials
1859
11
Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434–1520
De plurimis claris sceletisq[ue] mulieribus
tertio kal[endas]. maias. anno salutis n[ost]re. M.cccclxxxxvij [29 April 1497]
12
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
Leben der Heiligen
[1475]
13
Buch der heiligen Altvätter
[September 25, 1482]
14
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family
1830
15
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614
The lives of gallant ladies
1924
16
Gale, J. H., Reverend
Hound and horn, or, The life and recollections of George Carter, the great huntsman
1885
17
Millais, John Guille, 1865–1931
The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy
1899
18
Abbott, Jacob, 1803–1879
History of King Alfred of England
[1849?]
19
Terry, Daniel, 1782–1829
British theatrical gallery
1825
20
Wilson, Mona, 1872–
The life of William Blake
MCMXXVII [1927]
21
Brinley, Francis, 1800–1889
Life of William T. Porter
MDCCCLX [1860]
22
The adventures of Commodore Paul
[1884]
23
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
The life of George Cruikshank
1898
24
Lewis, Michael, 1919–1999
The Lewis family, art and travel
[1993?]
25
Hall, H. Byng (Herbert Byng), 1805–1883
Brooklands
1852
26
Cohen, David, 1955–
William & Catherine
©2011
27
Elizabeth, the Queen
©1953
28
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ...
1851
29
Tallemant Des Réaux, 1619–1690
Love-tales from Tallemant
1925
30
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ...
1837
31
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841–1915
Tommy Hitchcock, an American hero
[1984]
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Lister, Eric
Twentieth century British naïve and primitive artists
1977