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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Speed, John, 1552?-1629
15
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
9
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
9
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
7
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
7
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
5
Kip, William
4
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
4
Storff, Paul Auguste de
4
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
3
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
3
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669
3
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
3
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
3
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
3
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
2
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704
2
Beckman, Martin, -1702
2
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
2
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
2
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
331
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
16
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Under Certain Circumstances
305
Free to Use
41
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Unavailable
290
Available
56
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2023-2024
3
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Books
249
Maps & Atlas (printed)
52
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
20
Archives & Manuscripts
16
Prints
5
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
3
Drawings & Watercolors
1
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346
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17th century
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18th century
34
19th century
31
20th century
24
16th century
16
15th century
6
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engraving
119
map
49
woodcut
45
etching
25
ink drawing
25
atlase
24
watercolor
21
drawing book
15
handbooks and manual
15
armorial bookplates (provenance)
10
wood engraving
9
early work
7
nautical chart
6
annotations (provenance)
5
view
5
world atlase
5
broadside
4
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
4
private press books (publishing)
4
volvelle
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Fortification -- Great Britain.
19
Great Britain -- Defenses.
19
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714.
17
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
15
Painting -- Technique.
15
Drawing -- Technique.
14
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
14
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
12
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
11
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
10
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800.
10
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
10
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
10
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
9
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
9
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
9
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
7
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800.
7
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.
6
Perspective -- Early works to 1800.
6
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17th century
25
18th century
21
19th century
4
16th century
3
Associated Places
Great Britain
84
England
29
America
13
London (England)
11
London
8
Wales
7
Europe
6
Italy
6
United States
6
Great Britain America
5
Hull (England)
5
Ireland
5
Virginia
5
West Indies
5
Guernsey
4
Isle of Wight (England)
4
Cambridgeshire (England)
3
France
3
Maryland
3
New England
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
3
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601
3
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656
3
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679–1682
2
Adams, Robert, -1595
1
Aesop
1
Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608–1670
1
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652
1
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
1
Beaumont, Richard, 1654–1691
1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668
1
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
1
Braythwait, Thomas, -1607
1
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592–1628
1
Callot, Jacques, 1592–1635
1
Carr family
1
Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872
1
Carr, Harriet, 1829–1889
1
Carr, Thomas William, 1830–1912
1
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Exhibition History
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
14
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
8
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
6
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William H. Mandel, Yale BFA 1953, and Robert L. Russell, Yale MA 1954
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
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Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
2
Map of North America
not before 1634
3
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern
MDCLXIV [1664]
4
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
5
King, Daniel, died 1664
The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated
1656
6
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
7
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666
[1666?]
8
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
9
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
10
Stalker, John
A treatise of japaning and varnishing
1688
11
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
12
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts
1669
13
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Africa
MDC LXX [1670]
14
Neade, William
Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto
[approximately 1630]
15
Pricke, Robert
The architects store-house
1674
16
Kip, William
Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate
An 1602
17
[Panorama of popular printed images]
[circa 1680]
18
Winstanley, Henry, 1644–1703
Advertisement
1670s?]
19
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
20
Memento mori ring
1689
21
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
22
Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers
1671
23
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt
1646
24
Josephus, Flavius
The works of Josephus
MDCLXXVI [1676]
25
[The Popish Plot]
[1679?]
26
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
America
MDCLXXI [1671]
27
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
28
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743
[ A Ballad singer
[1680?]
29
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
30
Vignola, 1507–1573
Vignola, or the compleat architect
1655
31
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644
Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
[ca. 1681]
32
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
A new system of geography
[1685]
33
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[The travellers guide
[1686?]
34
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
35
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
36
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
37
Aesop's Fables
1687
38
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
The characters of the passions
[17--]
39
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554
The first[-fift] booke of architecture
1611
40
A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695
1695
41
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations
[169-?]
42
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture
not before 1611
43
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne
1661
44
Overton, John, 1640–1708?
[Composite world atlas]
[1686?]
45
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
The anatomy of humane bodies,
1698
46
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The compleat gentleman
[1622]
47
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Plans for the fortifications at Hull
1681-1682
48
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
[1612]
49
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.
1625
50
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new map of the English empire in America
[ca. 1695]
51
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
A large and accurate map of the city of London
1677]
52
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Kyngeston vpon Hvll
circa 1642
53
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
54
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents
MDCLVIII [1658]
55
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
56
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
57
Smith, John, 1580–1631
The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
1624
58
The excellency of the pen and pencil,
1668
59
Poole, William, farrier
The countrey farrier
1648
60
Bromley, William, 1664–1732
Remarks in the grande tour of France & Italy
1692
61
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
62
Kip, William
Galliae descriptio
[ca. 1602]
63
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669
The art of fair building
1670
64
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbe's book, entitled Leviathan
1676
65
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
66
Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625–1709
The history of the Old Testament
1688-1690
67
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
A description of the island of Jamaica
1672
68
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Magnum in parvo,
1671
69
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686
The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility ...
1675-1676
70
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
71
Knight, Val. (Valentine)
Proposals of a new model for rebuilding the city of London
[1666]
72
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695
Tuba stentoro-phonica
1672
73
England and Wales
An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches
1654
74
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691
The art of graveing, and etching,
1662
75
Webb, John, 1611–1672
A vindication of Stone-Heng restored
MDCLXV [l665]
76
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
77
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
78
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
79
Cruso, John, d. 1681
Militarie instructions for the cavallrie: or Rules and directions for the service of horse
MDCXXXII [1632]
80
Yorke, James, fl. 1640
The union of honovr
1640
81
Burton, William, 1575–1645
The description of Leicester Shire
[1622]
82
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
The gentleman's recreation
1686
83
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new map of the English plantations in America
[ca. 1677]
84
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, the doctrine of handy-works ...
85
Pricke, Robert
The ornaments of architecture
1674
86
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria; or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, and etching
1669
87
Salmon, William, 1644–1713
Polygraphice
1678
88
A catalogue of divers excellent Italian pictures of the most eminent masters
1684
89
Smith, John, active 1684–1704
The experienc'd fowler: or, The gentleman, citizen, and country-man's pleasant and profitable recreation
1697
90
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging
MDCLXXII [1673]
91
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
Plans for fortification and harbor works at Dunkirk
1661-1662?
92
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Cantabrigia illustrativa sive omnium celeberrime istius universitatis
1688
93
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
94
Snape, Andrew, 1644–
The anatomy of an horse
An. Dom. 1683
95
Donne, John, 1572–1631
Donne's Sermon of valediction at his going into Germany
1932
96
England and Wales. Sovereign (1625–1649 : Charles I)
His Maiesties commission giuing power to enquire of the decayes of the cathedral church of St. Paul in London, and for repairing of the same
1631
97
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
De arte graphica
1695
98
Malthus, Francis
A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation ..
1629
99
Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints
[1698]
100
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
Relations of the most famous kingdomes and common-wealths thorowout the world
1630
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