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Rare Books and Manuscripts
1,031
Reference Library
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Rocque, John, -1762
8
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
6
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Nimrod, 1778–1843
5
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
5
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
5
Britton, John, 1771–1857
4
C. & J. Greenwood
4
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
4
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
4
Measom, George S
4
Storer, James, 1771–1853
4
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
4
Beckford, Peter, 1740–1811
3
Boazio, Baptista
3
Cleveley, John, 1747–1786
3
Darly, Matthias
3
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
3
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
3
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
1,031
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
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Under Certain Circumstances
1,030
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1
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2024-2025
1
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Books
799
Maps & Atlas (printed)
86
Prints
70
Archives & Manuscripts
24
Periodicals
16
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
11
Articles & Chapters
5
Visual Materials
3
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Music (printed)
2
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unknown
1,031
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19th century
619
18th century
271
17th century
93
20th century
53
16th century
7
21st century
1
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wove paper
1
wove paper.
1
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engraving
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wood engraving
192
map
113
etching
111
aquatint
93
armorial bookplates (provenance)
92
lithograph
91
stipple engraving
56
steel engraving
53
ephemera
38
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
34
private press books (publishing)
34
mezzotint
32
drawing book
29
woodcut
28
publisher's advertisement
21
soft-ground etching
21
trade cards (advertising)
21
atlase
20
guidebook
20
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
33
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
25
Drawing -- Technique.
23
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
22
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
16
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
16
Satire, English.
16
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
14
London (England) -- Description and travel.
14
Painting -- Technique.
13
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
12
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
11
Voyages and travels.
11
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
10
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
9
Drawing -- Study and teaching.
9
Horses.
9
London (England) -- Pictorial works.
9
Wales -- Maps.
9
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
9
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Subject Period
19th century
108
18th century
34
17th century
13
20th century
7
11th century
2
16th century
2
18th centtury
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B.C
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
243
England
120
London
48
London (England)
44
United States
23
Cambridgeshire (England)
20
Wales
19
France
17
Italy
16
America
15
Edinburgh
14
Europe
13
Canada
11
Edinburgh (Scotland)
11
Scotland
11
West Indies
10
India
9
Northwest Passage
9
Waltham Saint Lawrence
8
Cambridge (England)
7
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
6
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
4
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
4
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
3
Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842
3
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726
3
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
2
Bickford family
2
Bigges, Walter, -1586
2
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845
2
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
2
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603
2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
2
Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791–1863
2
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656
2
Lee family
2
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
2
Mytton, John, 1796–1834
2
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
2
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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)
11
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
10
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
6
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
6
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
4
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
1
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
3
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
4
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
5
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
The gentleman's new pocket farrier
1828
6
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies
1762
7
Captain Cook's florilegium
1973
8
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world
1858
9
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
10
[Set of six engravings depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son]
1800
11
[Trade catalog for Thomas Goode & Co.]
[approximately 1900?]
12
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Letters and journals of Lord Byron
MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
13
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae
MDCCCLXIV [1864]
14
Boazio, Baptista
The true description or draffte of that famous Ile of Wighte
1591
15
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1820
16
Krider, John
Krider's sporting anecdotes
1853
17
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Short stories, in words of two syllables
1820
18
Wallis, N
The complete modern joiner, or, A collection of original designs in the present taste for chimney-pieces and door-cases
[1772]
19
Rhys, Harriet Susanna Anne, 1790–1827
The graphic scrap book
1827
20
Thomas & Edward Gilks
Billhead recording purchase by Mr. McKenna from Thomas & Edward Gilks, engravers on wood
1849
21
[Four sporting prints]
[between 1754 and 1764]
22
C. & H. Greenwood
Map of the county of Monmouth
1831
23
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
24
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new map of the English plantations in America
[ca. 1677]
25
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, the doctrine of handy-works ...
26
Pricke, Robert
The ornaments of architecture
1674
27
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
The gentleman's recreation
1686
28
Recollections of Tunbge Wells
[between 1845 and 1866]
29
Buquet, Alexandre, 1801–1846
Mouchoir des connaissances utiles
[ca. 1850-ca. 1870?]
30
[Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield]
[ca. 1780]
31
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire
MDCCXCCIII [1793]
32
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Nature displayed in 12 prints of humorous & satirical subjects, with a variety of whimsical characers
published as the Act directs, 2 Sep. 1784
33
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
34
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
35
The method of cutting up a stag
Jany. 1st, 1793
36
Walker's tour through England and Wales
January 2nd 1809
37
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : began Jan. 1, 1677 : and intended to be continued monthly
1677-1680
38
George Cruikshank's table-book
MDCCCXLV [1845]
39
The Comic almanack;
[between 1863 and 1873]
40
Sayers, F. (Frank), 1763–1817
Hints on architecture
[1805]
41
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations
MDCCX [1710]
42
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
43
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Illustrations of the University of Cambridge
[1827]
44
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
The life & opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman
1929-1930
45
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756
A general map of the middle British colonies in America
1771
46
Bertolotto, L
The history of the flea
[1835]
47
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
New description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough
1806
48
Le beau monde and monthly register
1809-1810
49
Hakewill, James, 1778–1843
A picturesque tour of Italy
1820
50
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1802
51
Hanscomb, Brian
The phoenix
[2005]
52
Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte
1807
53
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
A topographical dictionary of England
1831
54
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
55
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695
Tuba stentoro-phonica
1672
56
The national memorial to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
1873
57
[Selections from A new book of landskips]
[1776]
58
Kip, William
Galliae descriptio
[ca. 1602]
59
Malpas, Edward
Malpas, engraver
[approximately 1775]
60
C. & J. Greenwood
Map of the county of Kent,
July 4th, 1829
61
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Memento
[1885?]
62
Green, James, 1771–1834
Picturesque geography
[1817?]
63
Gage, John, 1786–1842
An account of the painted chamber in the royal palace at Westminster
1842
64
Smith, James, writer on carpentry
A specimen of ancient carpentry
1736
65
Vitruvius Pollio
The civil architecture of Vitruvius
1812 [i.e. 1812-1817]
66
Phœnix Fire Office (Firm : London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Thomas Mason, May 9th, 1891 from the Phœnix Fire Office]
1891-1892
67
Banke, A. de
A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker
between and 1840 and 1850?
68
Twelve prints of the most famous high bred running horses, by Shaw and others
published 2d. Jany.,1773
69
Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
70
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]
[1839-1874?]
71
Nash, John, 1752–1835
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton
[1826]
72
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
The post and the paddock
1862
73
Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
A collection of designs for modern embellishments
[not before 1819]
74
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland
1842
75
Jesse, Edward, 1780–1868
A summer's day at Hampton Court
1840
76
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
77
Eller, Irvin
The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century
MDCCCXLI [1841]
78
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth
1815
79
Wyld, Samuel
The practical surveyor, or, The art of Land-measuring made easy
[approximately 1737]
80
Ackermann, Suardy & Co
Patent water-proof manufactories
[1802?]
81
Fleming, G. A., active 1850
California
[1850]
82
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Rokeby
MDCCCXXXVI [1836]
83
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
Atlas Anglicanus et Cambria, or, A book of mapps of all the countyes in the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales
[1694?]
84
The Artist's repository, or, Encyclopedia of the fine arts
1813
85
Mandey, Venterus
Mellificium mensionis, or, The marrow of measuring
1682
86
Sampson, George Vaughan
A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland
1814
87
Martin, Benjamin, 1705–1782
The natural history of Cambridgeshire
[1763]
88
Sirigatti, Lorenzo
The practice of perspective
MDCCLVI [1756]
89
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Britannia depicta
1818
90
Orsbridge, Philip, -1767
Britannia's triumph in the year MDCCLXII
MDCCLXVI [1766]
91
The Art Student
1864-1865
92
Peacock, W. (William), -1910
Scotland
[between 1901 and 1909?]
93
The pictorial history of the county of Lancaster
1844
94
Oalton, Ann Elizabeth
Cottage scenes
[1825?]
95
Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673–1722
The history and present state of Virginia
MDCCV [1705]
96
Adair, James, approximately 1709–1783
The history of the American Indians
MDCCLXXV [1775]
97
Testimonies communicated by various persons in favor of the expansion shoe
1828
98
Colonel Mordaunt's cock match
early 19th century?
99
Cross, T. (Thomas)
The autobiography of a stage coachman
1904
100
Commonplace book
1874-1924
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