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Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
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Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
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Cowper, William, 1666–1709
1
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
1
Francquart, Jacques, 1577–1651
1
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
1
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
1
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
1
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
1
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
1
Josephus, Flavius
1
King, Daniel, died 1664
1
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
1
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
1
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
1
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
1
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
1
Neade, William
1
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
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Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
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16th century
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engraving
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etching
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woodcut
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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drawing book
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handbooks and manual
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volvelle
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broadside
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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map
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annotations (provenance)
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armorial binding
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booksellers' advertisement
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censored work
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decorated initial
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engravings (prints)
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ephemera
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exploration literature
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festival book
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funeral book
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Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
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Drawing -- Technique.
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Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3
Painting -- Technique.
3
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
3
Fortification -- Early works to 1800.
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Geography -- Early works to 1800.
2
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Great Britain -- Description and travel.
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Military architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
2
Roads -- Great Britain.
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Sculpture -- Early works to 1800.
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Voyages and travels.
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Aesop -- Early works to 1800.
1
Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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Africa -- Description and travel.
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18th century
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Africa
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America
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England
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Oxford (England)
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Belgium
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Bristol (England)
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Brussels
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Cheshire (England)
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Chester (England)
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China
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East Indies
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Egypt
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France
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Guinea
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India
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Indonesia
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Islands of the Atlantic
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Islands of the Indian Ocean
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Isle of Man
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Aesop
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Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria, 1559–1621
1
Barentsz, Willem, ca. 1550–1597
1
Braun, Samuel, 1580–1668
1
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
1
Hermite, Jacques l', 1582–1624
1
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656
1
Josephus, Flavius
1
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638–1715
1
Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573–1642
1
Rijp, Jan Cornelisz
1
Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644
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Verhoeff, Pieter Willemszoon, 1573–1609
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Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451–1512
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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English
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French
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Latin
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German
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Italian
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Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
3
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
4
Vignola, 1507–1573
Vignola, or the compleat architect
1655
5
Neade, William
Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto
[approximately 1630]
6
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
America
MDCLXXI [1671]
7
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa
MDCXXXII [1632]
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Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
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King, Daniel, died 1664
The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated
1656
10
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
11
[India Orientalis]
1597[-1628]
12
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent
MDCLXXVI [1676]
13
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern
MDCLXIV [1664]
14
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
15
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
16
Stalker, John
A treatise of japaning and varnishing
1688
17
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
18
Josephus, Flavius
The works of Josephus
MDCLXXVI [1676]
19
Pricke, Robert
The architects store-house
1674
20
Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers
1671
21
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
22
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Africa
MDC LXX [1670]
23
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts
1669
24
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt
1646
25
Aesop's Fables
1687
26
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
A new system of geography
[1685]
27
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents
MDCLVIII [1658]
28
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
The characters of the passions
[17--]
29
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre
1696
30
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations
[169-?]
31
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne
1639
32
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The compleat gentleman
[1622]
33
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.
1625
34
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis
1622
35
Francquart, Jacques, 1577–1651
Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq[ue] principis Alberti Pii, Archiducis Austriae, ducis Burg. Bra. &c.
MDCXXIII [1623]
36
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554
The first[-fift] booke of architecture
1611
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The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne
1661
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Cowper, William, 1666–1709
The anatomy of humane bodies,
1698