Date: 1840 / Image Available: Unavailable / Classification: Books

1. A descriptive and historical catalogue of fifty-six gallery and cabinet paintings : collected in the course of his travels during the last twenty-five years, by Dr. Granville, author of "St. Petersburgh" and "The Spas of Germany" : (removed from Grafton Street) : to be viewed at Mr. Rainy's Gallery, No. 14, Regent-Street, preparatory to sale.

Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 46, [2] pages ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22914582470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Souvenirs des Pyrénées : choix de 16 vues gravées au burin / par Alom.

Creator:: Allom, Thomas, 1804–1872
Date:: [184-]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22757347780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of Italian pictures, of the very highest class : the property of that distinguished connoisseur, W. G. Coesvelt, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, the 13th of June, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22973983850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Index to the London visitation. 1593. In the possession of Sir Thos. Phillipps, Bart. 1840.

Date:: 1840?]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] p. 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22677388290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Views of Battle Abbey.

Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22757419560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

Date:: [publisher not identified],
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22665392130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

7. The gallery of British engravings : consisting of twenty-two splendid steel engravings from the works of the most eminent painters : with descriptive letterpress.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: [20] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22666765460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. A hand-book for travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople ... : including a description of Malta ...

Creator:: John Murray (Firm)
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: vi, [2], xii, 4, xiii-xxxvi, 392, [24] p., [4] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Chimneys in artificial stone : manufactured by Austin and Seeley.

Creator:: Austin & Seeley
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([2] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22653882740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Voyage autour du monde : exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant, capitaine de vaisseau.

Creator:: Vaillant, Auguste Nicolas, 1793–1858
Date:: 1840-1866
Physical Description:: 18 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 25-50 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22829546330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Brighton drawing book / by Frederick Earp ; containing a series of progressive studies for advanced pupils ; being a continuation of the elementary drawing book by the same master ; in four parts, two shillings each.

Creator:: Earp, Frederick, 1827–1897
Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 4 leaves : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22666758040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Architectural illustrations, history and description of Carlisle cathedral, by Robert William Billings.

Creator:: Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: vi, 92 p. illus., XLV pl. (1 col.) incl. front., plan, 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22666783590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Geikie's etchings.

Creator:: Geikie, Walter, 1795–1837
Date:: 184-?]
Physical Description:: [2] p., [57] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. [Pattern book for cast iron stoves and other furniture, from the foundry of James Yates, Effingham Works, Rotherham]

Creator:: Yates, James, 1798–1881
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [192] leaves (one folded) : all ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22722626740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. On the hall and round table at Winchester / by Edward Smirke.

Creator:: Smirke, Edward, 1795–1875
Date:: 184-?]
Physical Description:: 38 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The journey-book of Berkshire : with particular accounts of Windsor and its castle, Eaton and Reading : with 23 wood engravings and map of the county.

Creator:: Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
Date:: [1840?]
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day / by Delabere P. Blaine ... ; illustrated by six hundred engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc.

Creator:: Blaine, Delabere P. (Delabere Pritchett)
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 1240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22774543780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. [Admission ticket to the Private view of the two beautiful paintings by Thomas George Duval, Esq. : The wife of John Bunyan interceding with Chief Justice Hale : and an evening scene in John Bunyan's private life].

Date:: [approximately 1840-1860]
Physical Description:: 1 ticket ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22669611570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: iv pages, [54] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22675775410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Lithographic views of military operations in Canada under his excellency Sir John Colborne, G.C.B. etc. during the late insurrection / from sketches by Lord Charles Beauclerk, Captain Royal Regiment ; accompanied by notes historical and descriptive.

Creator:: Beauclerk, Charles, 1813–1861
Date:: MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:: [4], 24 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22772894740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The palace of architecture : a romance of art and history / by George Wightwick, Architect.

Creator:: Wightwick, George, 1802–1872
Date:: MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:: xx, 219 p., [38] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22902367100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The fiddle faddle fashion book and beau monde à la française : enriched with numerous highly coloured figures of lady-like gentlemen / edited by the author of The comic Latin grammar ; the costumes and other illustrations by John Leech.

Creator:: Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 12 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22977843010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Five views of the environs of Gilbralter.

Creator:: Peard, John Whitehead
Date:: 1840?
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22716244290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Restez chez vous pour éviter les accidents de voitures / composé et lith. par V. Adam.

Creator:: Adam, Victor, 1801–1866
Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 24 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22949543030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Showing how the honorable Mr. Teddington Locke, "MP," was not returned for the incorruptible Borough of Bubengrub / drawn & etched by Watts Phillips ; from notions by Edwd. Grant.

Creator:: Phillips, Watts, 1825–1874
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 17 x 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22637311150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. [Sand picture].

Date:: [approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 picture : color ; 9 x 12 cm, mounted on cardstock 15 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22746027640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Vandenburgh's drawing book and young artists' preceptor : for teaching every branch of the art without the aid of a master : consisting of one hundred and seventy-nine graphic illustrations, and one hundred and forty- two pages of letterpress instructions ...

Date:: [ca. 184-]
Physical Description:: [1], 2, 136, iv p., [179] leaves of plates : ill. ; 12 x 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22888406650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Rostrevor.

Creator:: Henderson, Henry Barkley, 1793–1862
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: [5] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22968918640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The ladies' knitting and netting book : second series / by Miss Watts.

Creator:: Watts, Miss
Date:: [approximately 1840]
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 129, [3] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22637458680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Panoramic views of Brighton from the sea.

Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [4] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22857274150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Beck's guide to Kenilworth Castle : comprising its history, a full description of the picturesque ruins : and also a detailed account of the priory and church.

Creator:: Beck, John, of Leamington
Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 91 p., [2] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A summer's day at Hampton Court : being a guide to the palace and gardens : with an illustrative catalogue of the pictures according to the new arrangement, including those in the apartments recently opened to the public / by Edward Jesse, Esq., surveyor of Her Majesty's park and palaces, author of 'Gleaning in natural history.'.

Creator:: Jesse, Edward, 1780–1868
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, 142, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22971116590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

33. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22791827410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Child's advanced drawing book.

Creator:: Childs, George
Date:: ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22918133240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Views of Scarborough / from drawings by Mr. H.B. Carter ; on stone by Day and Haghe, lithographers to the Queen.

Creator:: Carter, H. B. (Henry Barlow), 1804–1868
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: [4] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22827007230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A concise account of the principal works in stained glass that have been executed by Thomas Willement ...

Creator:: Willement, Thomas, 1786–1871
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 75 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The costumes of the members of the University of Oxford.

Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([16] p.) : all ill. ; 11 x 110 cm, folded to 11 x 8 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22880661660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Panorama de Paris : pris des tours Notre Dame.

Creator:: Havell, Robert, 1793–1878
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([4] p.) : ill. ; 35 x 107 cm. folded to 35 x 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22632235780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The history and antiquities of Leath Ward, in the county of Cumberland : with biographical notices and memoirs / by Samuel Jefferson.

Creator:: Jefferson, Samuel, 1809–1846
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xiii, [3], 515, [2] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A catalogue of the remaining portion of the collection of engravings, of a nobleman of high rank, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, May the 19th, 1840, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely each day.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 25, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22678748020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Illustrations of the Cinque ports and watering places in Kent and Sussex / drawn from nature and on stone by G. Rowe.

Creator:: Rowe, George, 1796–1864
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: [31] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22618332320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Sketches of scenery in the west of Somersetshire / by a Lady.

Creator:: Sweeting, Miss
Date:: 1840?]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22712417730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Sailing directions from Point Lynas to Liverpool : with charts, coast-views, river-sections, tidal courses and tide gauge table, for navigating the Dee and Mersey, including the latest alterations / by Commander H.M. Denham ...

Creator:: Denham, H. M. (Henry Mangles), Sir, 1800–1887
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [2], xx, [2], 169, 26 p., [24] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22931433930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Monuments, tombs, and tablets : selected from designs by eminent architects and sculptors.

Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : all illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Chromatography : a treatise on colours and pigments and of their powers in painting / by George Field.

Creator:: Field, George, 1777?-1854
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: xviii, 424, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22918163110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A catalogue of the ancient drawings and prints of the Prince Poniatowski, from Florence : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, the 27th day of May, 1840, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 34 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22791833680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

Creator:: Edwards, Edward, 1812–1886
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, [2], [11]-376 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22748741990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xvi, 46, [2], viii pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22612460460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

49. The lady's assistant for executing useful and fancy designs in knitting, netting and crochet work : illustrated by fifteen engravings, showing various stitches in the art of netting / by Mrs Gaugain.

Creator:: Gaugain, Mrs. (Jane)
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 255, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 10 x 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22907223070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. The parlour table-book, or, Pictorial miscellany : containing a choice collection of historical and landscape illustrations, finely engraved on steel.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: [2], 96, [42] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. (one col.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. The art of drawing and painting simplified ... By G. F. Phillips ...

Creator:: Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 p. [iii]-vi p., 1 leaf, 59 p. 18 pl. (part col.) col. table. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Historical and literary curiosities : consisting of fac-similes of original documents, scenes of remarkable events and interesting localities and the birth-places, residences, portraits, and monuments of eminent literary characters, with a variety of reliques and antiquities connected with the same subjects / selected and engraved by Charles John Smith.

Creator:: Smith, Charles John, 1803–1838
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [151] leaves (some folded) : ill., facsims. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Rambles round Guildford : with a topographical and historical description of the town, illustrated with fifteen lithographic drawings.

Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: iv, 140 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22728891150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. The hermit of Warkworth : a Northumberland tale : in three parts / by Dr. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore ; with an account of Warkworth Hermitage and Warkworth Castle.

Creator:: Percy, Thomas, 1729–1811
Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 72 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The handbook of transfer lithography. / By Alexr. Miller, lithographer.

Creator:: Miller, Alexander, lithographer
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 36 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Catalogue of ancient and modern books in all languages on sale / by James Bohn.

Creator:: Bohn, James, 1803–1880
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, 792, [16], [16] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Studies of trees / by J.C. Deeley.

Creator:: Deeley, J. C
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22653828740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. The Royal Windsor guide : with a brief account of Eton, Virginia Water, and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 92 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Man in his relations to society / by Robert Mudie.

Creator:: Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: ix, 292 p. col. front. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. W.H. Mason's New drawing book of sketches from Brighton beach / by G. B. Campion ; respectfully dedicated to the Hon. Col. Greville.

Creator:: Campion, George Bryant, 1796–1870
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [3] plates : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22889239870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Five lithographic views in the Isle of Man.

Creator:: Wilkinson, G., lithographer
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: [5] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22716307710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Thames and its tributaries; : or, rambles among the rivers / by Charles Mackay ...

Creator:: Mackay, Charles, 1814–1889
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The history and antiquities of the parish of Tottenham, in the parish of Middlesex / by William Robinson.

Creator:: Robinson, William, 1777–1848
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A catalogue of the manuscripts in Llannerch Library, taken June 21st. 1787. T. Jeffreys.

Date:: 1840?]
Physical Description:: 3 p. 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22677528820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Obituary of Charles Newby Wawn, Esq.

Creator:: Fenwick, John, 1787–1867
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: vii, 12 p. : port. ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22918200550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Man, as a moral and accountable being. By Robert Mudie ...

Creator:: Mudie, Robert, 1777–1842
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xiii, 262 p. col. front. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. A description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the Gallery of Paintings, as newly arranged; an alphabetical list of the names of the painters, and their respective schools; A picturesque tour of the gardens and park; a general delineation of the tapestry, furniture, private gardens ... To which are also added, an itinerary; an account of the Roman villa, near Northleigh ... with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening ...

Creator:: Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:: [1848?]
Physical Description:: xii, 139 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., plan ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The Arundel cabinet of gems.

Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 9, [1] p. 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22677484740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The history and antiquities of the seigniory of Holderness : in the East-Riding of the county of York, including the abbies of Meaux and Swine, with the priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall / compiled from authentic charters, records, and the unpublished manuscripts of the Rev. William Dade, remaining in the library of Burton Constable by George Poulson.

Creator:: Poulson, George, 1783–1858
Date:: 1840-1841
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps, plans, facsims. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. An introductory course of fencing.

Creator:: Roland, George
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 41 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22965416100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. On the construction and decoration of the shop fronts of London : illustrated with eighteen coloured representations exhibiting the varied styles of the present period, for the use of builders, carpenters, shopkeepers, &c. / by N. Whittock ; forming an appendix to The decorative painter and glazier's guide, by the same author.

Creator:: Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [4], 12, 4 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22846893830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Glasgow Cathedral [text (tactile)].

Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 33 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22779501240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. A letter to the vice-president of the Board of trade : on protection to original designs and patterns, printed upon woven fabrics ... / by James Thomson ...

Creator:: Thomson, James, 1779–1850
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: [2], ii, 27, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Memoirs of Harriot, duchess of St. Albans / by Mrs. Cornwell Baron-Wilson ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Baron-Wilson, Cornwell, Mrs., 1797–1846
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The Medway and its tributary streams : Hever castle.

Date:: [approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:: 29, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Costumes of the members of the University of Oxford / drawn, engraved & published by N. Whittock.

Creator:: Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([1], 16, [1] p.) : all ill. ; 11 x 119 cm, folded to 11 x 7 cm, attached to boards 12 x 8 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22705332930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The new and improved guide, and visitor's souvenir of the island of Jersey : containing excursions to its beautiful scenery, historical facts, legendary tales, in prose and verse, traditions, with the advantages of residence ... : also, a handsome map of Jersey.

Date:: [184-]
Physical Description:: 116 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. : 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22667904950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Antiquities of York / by J.S. Prout.

Creator:: Prout, J. S. (John Skinner), 1806–1876
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: [20] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22692064550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A catalogue of the very celebrated gallery of pictures of the late Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart. removed from Oakhill, Herts : which will be sold by auction / by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great room, King Street, St. James Square, on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, 9, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22674789650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Catalogue of the Hoare library at Stourhead, co. Wilts. : to which are added an account of the museum of British antiquities, a catalogue of the paintings and drawings, and a description of the mansion / by the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare ...

Creator:: Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758–1838
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xxvi, 780 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22757376440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princess Island ... / by James Holman ...

Creator:: Holman, James, 1786–1857
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: iv, [iii]-x, [2], 491 p., [6] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Illustrations of perspective : being a popular explanation of the science, and its application to design generally : especially adapted for the amateur / by Benj. R. Green.

Creator:: Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808–1876
Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: [54] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22757474140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Maritime discovery and Christian missions, considered in their mutual relations. By John Campbell ... illustrated with engravings by G. Baxter.

Creator:: Campbell, John, 1794–1867
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 1 p.l., xxiv, 578, 6 p. col. front., plates. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed : with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition / by G.T. Vigne ...

Creator:: Vigne, Godfrey Thomas, 1801–1863
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xiii, 479 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22615075650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Narrative of a voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe and along the shores of the Mediterranean, including a visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus and Greece : with observations on the present state and prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the climate, natural history, antiquities, etc, of the countries visited / by W. R. Wilde.

Creator:: Wilde, W. R. (William Robert), 1815–1876
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22728413110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Principles of effect and colour : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art / by G.F. Phillips, member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours.

Creator:: Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 30, [2] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22637299760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Views of Tintern Abbey and Chepstow / drawn from nature and lithographed by Louis Haghe.

Creator:: Haghe, Louis, 1806–1885
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22865738390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of the late Humphry Repton, esq. : being his entire works on these subjects : with an historical and scientific introduction, a systematic analysis, a biographical notice, notes, and a copious alphabetical index / by J. C. Loudon ; originally published in one folio and three quarto volumes, and now comprised in one volume octavo ; illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: xxxi, 619 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22802876650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Elementary drawing book of landscapes and buildings / by Samuel Prout.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [24] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22802514410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Picturesque views on the river Niger : sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33 / by Commander William Allen.

Creator:: Allen, William, 1793–1864
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 18 p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22707807430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Picturesque sketches in Belgium and Germany, by L. Haghe, esq. ...

Creator:: Haghe, Louis, 1806–1885
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [4] p. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The lives of the most eminent British painters and sculptors. / By Allan Cunningham. ; In three volumes.

Creator:: Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ports. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22917092020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

93. Sketches of little girls : the good-natured little girl, the thoughtless, the vain, the orderly, the slovenly, the forward, the snappish, the persevering, the modest, and, the awkward little girl / by Solomon Lovechild.

Creator:: Lovechild, Mrs., 1743–1813
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 63, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22618629140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Illustrationes algarum in itinere circa orbem jussu Imperatoris Nicolai I : atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano Pacifico, inprimis septemtrionali ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum / Auctoribus Alexandro Postels et Francisco Ruprecht.

Creator:: Postels, A. (Aleksandr), 1801–1871
Date:: MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:: [4], vi, 22, [6], iv, 22, [2] pages, [41] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 72 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22749659800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Contributions to the statistics of Western India / extracted from a Memoir of the Konkun drawn up by Major T.B. Jervis, in 1823-1830.

Creator:: Jervis, T. B. (Thomas Best), 1796–1857
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: 19 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978

96. Leigh's new pocket road-book of Scotland : containing an account of all the direct and cross roads, together with a description of every remarkable place : its curiosities, manufactures, commerce, population, and principal inns : to which are added pleasure tours to the most picturesque parts of the country : the whole forming a complete guide to every object worthy the attention of travellers : illustrated by a panorama of the remarkable in Edinburgh and a map of Scotland.

Creator:: Leigh, Samuel
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 496 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A narrative of the persecution of the Christians in Madagascar; with details of the escape of six Christians refugees now in England. By J.J. Freeman and D. Johns.

Creator:: Freeman, J. J. (Joseph John), 1794–1851
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., viii, 298 p. col.front. 20cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Catalogue of an important and highly estimable collection of antient pictures : selected from the Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish & French Schools, at a cost of upwards of twenty thousand pounds selected from the Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish & French schools, at a cost of upwards of twenty thousand pounds ... : and especially three grand gallery paintings, The Triumph of Charity, by Rubens : The Meeting of Jacob & Esau, Murillo : Triumph of Bacchus & Ariadne, L. Giordano : Tribute Money, by S. Del Piombo : The Elevation of the Cross, by Procaccion : Portrait of the Duke of Mantua, by Raffaelle : St. John, by A. Del Sarto : ... landscape by Both, Berghem and Wynants : village scene by A. Ostade : two gems by W. V. Velde : a Forest Scene, and four others by Ruysdael : The Christening and other subjects, by Jan Streen : four landscapes by N. & G. Poussin : a Hunting Party, and two others by Wouvermans : a Home Park, by A. V. Velde : interior of a church, by De Witt and Terburg : the Descent from the Cross and Nativity, by Plazer, ... : and other equally estimable productions by Titian, Domenichino, Albano, the Poussins, C. Cignani, S. Del Piobo, Terburg, Metzu, Mieris, Wouvermans, Both, Ruysdael, Ostade, G. Douw, Netscher, Rubens, Teniers, De Witt, P. De Hooghe, J. Steen, Backhuysen, Capella, Moucheron, Van Helmont : the whole of which are to be submitted to unreserved sale by Mr. Phillips at his great rooms, New Bond Street, on Friday, 15th, and Saturday, 16th of May, 1840, at one o'clock precisely each day.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 26 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22674763360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Catalogue of a large and valuable consignment of beautiful English engravings, just received from the London publishers : affording an opportunity for the purchase of rare and valuable works of art rarely met with : this collection comprises many entirely new works of a high class.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 4 p. : 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: 22613396680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. A topographical dictionary of Wales : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelries, and townships : with historical and statistical descriptions : embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, corporate towns, and boroughs : and of the seals of the several municipal corporations : with an appendix, describing the electoral boundaries of the several boroughs, as defined by the late act ; also illustrated by maps of the different counties, and a map of north and south wales / by Samuel Lewis.

Creator:: Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2. Souvenirs des Pyrénées : choix de 16 vues gravées au burin / par Alom.

4. Index to the London visitation. 1593. In the possession of Sir Thos. Phillipps, Bart. 1840.

5. Views of Battle Abbey.

6. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

7. The gallery of British engravings : consisting of twenty-two splendid steel engravings from the works of the most eminent painters : with descriptive letterpress.

8. A hand-book for travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople ... : including a description of Malta ...

9. Chimneys in artificial stone : manufactured by Austin and Seeley.

10. Voyage autour du monde : exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant, capitaine de vaisseau.

11. The Brighton drawing book / by Frederick Earp ; containing a series of progressive studies for advanced pupils ; being a continuation of the elementary drawing book by the same master ; in four parts, two shillings each.

12. Architectural illustrations, history and description of Carlisle cathedral, by Robert William Billings.

13. Geikie's etchings.

14. [Pattern book for cast iron stoves and other furniture, from the foundry of James Yates, Effingham Works, Rotherham]

15. On the hall and round table at Winchester / by Edward Smirke.

16. The journey-book of Berkshire : with particular accounts of Windsor and its castle, Eaton and Reading : with 23 wood engravings and map of the county.

18. [Admission ticket to the Private view of the two beautiful paintings by Thomas George Duval, Esq. : The wife of John Bunyan interceding with Chief Justice Hale : and an evening scene in John Bunyan's private life].

19. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

20. Lithographic views of military operations in Canada under his excellency Sir John Colborne, G.C.B. etc. during the late insurrection / from sketches by Lord Charles Beauclerk, Captain Royal Regiment ; accompanied by notes historical and descriptive.

21. The palace of architecture : a romance of art and history / by George Wightwick, Architect.

22. The fiddle faddle fashion book and beau monde à la française : enriched with numerous highly coloured figures of lady-like gentlemen / edited by the author of The comic Latin grammar ; the costumes and other illustrations by John Leech.

23. Five views of the environs of Gilbralter.

24. Restez chez vous pour éviter les accidents de voitures / composé et lith. par V. Adam.

25. Showing how the honorable Mr. Teddington Locke, "MP," was not returned for the incorruptible Borough of Bubengrub / drawn & etched by Watts Phillips ; from notions by Edwd. Grant.

26. [Sand picture].

27. Vandenburgh's drawing book and young artists' preceptor : for teaching every branch of the art without the aid of a master : consisting of one hundred and seventy-nine graphic illustrations, and one hundred and forty- two pages of letterpress instructions ...

28. Rostrevor.

29. The ladies' knitting and netting book : second series / by Miss Watts.

30. Panoramic views of Brighton from the sea.

31. Beck's guide to Kenilworth Castle : comprising its history, a full description of the picturesque ruins : and also a detailed account of the priory and church.

33. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

34. Child's advanced drawing book.

35. Views of Scarborough / from drawings by Mr. H.B. Carter ; on stone by Day and Haghe, lithographers to the Queen.

36. A concise account of the principal works in stained glass that have been executed by Thomas Willement ...

37. The costumes of the members of the University of Oxford.

38. Panorama de Paris : pris des tours Notre Dame.

39. The history and antiquities of Leath Ward, in the county of Cumberland : with biographical notices and memoirs / by Samuel Jefferson.

41. Illustrations of the Cinque ports and watering places in Kent and Sussex / drawn from nature and on stone by G. Rowe.

42. Sketches of scenery in the west of Somersetshire / by a Lady.

43. Sailing directions from Point Lynas to Liverpool : with charts, coast-views, river-sections, tidal courses and tide gauge table, for navigating the Dee and Mersey, including the latest alterations / by Commander H.M. Denham ...

44. Monuments, tombs, and tablets : selected from designs by eminent architects and sculptors.

45. Chromatography : a treatise on colours and pigments and of their powers in painting / by George Field.

47. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

48. Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

49. The lady's assistant for executing useful and fancy designs in knitting, netting and crochet work : illustrated by fifteen engravings, showing various stitches in the art of netting / by Mrs Gaugain.

50. The parlour table-book, or, Pictorial miscellany : containing a choice collection of historical and landscape illustrations, finely engraved on steel.

51. The art of drawing and painting simplified ... By G. F. Phillips ...

53. Rambles round Guildford : with a topographical and historical description of the town, illustrated with fifteen lithographic drawings.

54. The hermit of Warkworth : a Northumberland tale : in three parts / by Dr. Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore ; with an account of Warkworth Hermitage and Warkworth Castle.

55. The handbook of transfer lithography. / By Alexr. Miller, lithographer.

56. Catalogue of ancient and modern books in all languages on sale / by James Bohn.

57. Studies of trees / by J.C. Deeley.

58. The Royal Windsor guide : with a brief account of Eton, Virginia Water, and the surrounding neighbourhoods.

59. Man in his relations to society / by Robert Mudie.

60. W.H. Mason's New drawing book of sketches from Brighton beach / by G. B. Campion ; respectfully dedicated to the Hon. Col. Greville.

61. Five lithographic views in the Isle of Man.

62. The Thames and its tributaries; : or, rambles among the rivers / by Charles Mackay ...

63. The history and antiquities of the parish of Tottenham, in the parish of Middlesex / by William Robinson.

64. A catalogue of the manuscripts in Llannerch Library, taken June 21st. 1787. T. Jeffreys.

65. Obituary of Charles Newby Wawn, Esq.

66. Man, as a moral and accountable being. By Robert Mudie ...

68. The Arundel cabinet of gems.

70. An introductory course of fencing.

72. The Glasgow Cathedral [text (tactile)].

73. A letter to the vice-president of the Board of trade : on protection to original designs and patterns, printed upon woven fabrics ... / by James Thomson ...

74. Memoirs of Harriot, duchess of St. Albans / by Mrs. Cornwell Baron-Wilson ; in two volumes.

75. The Medway and its tributary streams : Hever castle.

76. Costumes of the members of the University of Oxford / drawn, engraved & published by N. Whittock.

77. The new and improved guide, and visitor's souvenir of the island of Jersey : containing excursions to its beautiful scenery, historical facts, legendary tales, in prose and verse, traditions, with the advantages of residence ... : also, a handsome map of Jersey.

78. Antiquities of York / by J.S. Prout.

80. Catalogue of the Hoare library at Stourhead, co. Wilts. : to which are added an account of the museum of British antiquities, a catalogue of the paintings and drawings, and a description of the mansion / by the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare ...

81. Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princess Island ... / by James Holman ...

82. Illustrations of perspective : being a popular explanation of the science, and its application to design generally : especially adapted for the amateur / by Benj. R. Green.

83. Maritime discovery and Christian missions, considered in their mutual relations. By John Campbell ... illustrated with engravings by G. Baxter.

84. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed : with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition / by G.T. Vigne ...