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Rare Books and Manuscripts
1,239
Reference Library
3
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Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
17
Rocque, John, -1762
8
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
6
Nimrod, 1778–1843
6
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
6
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
6
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
5
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
5
Storer, James, 1771–1853
5
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
4
Britton, John, 1771–1857
4
C. & J. Greenwood
4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
4
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
4
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
4
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
4
Measom, George S
4
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
4
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
4
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
3
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1,239
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3
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1,238
Free to Use
1
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1,239
New Additions
2023-2024
8
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Books
950
Maps & Atlas (printed)
116
Prints
86
Archives & Manuscripts
26
Periodicals
17
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
15
Articles & Chapters
5
Visual Materials
3
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Music (printed)
2
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unknown
1,239
Period
19th century
662
18th century
320
17th century
187
20th century
54
16th century
31
21st century
1
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wove paper
1
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engraving
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1,239
wood engraving
202
map
152
etching
129
armorial bookplates (provenance)
103
aquatint
97
lithograph
97
stipple engraving
58
steel engraving
56
woodcut
55
ephemera
39
atlase
35
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
34
private press books (publishing)
34
mezzotint
33
drawing book
29
soft-ground etching
22
publisher's advertisement
21
trade cards (advertising)
21
advertisement
20
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
33
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
29
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
25
Drawing -- Technique.
23
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
18
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
16
Satire, English.
16
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
15
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
14
London (England) -- Description and travel.
14
Painting -- Technique.
14
Voyages and travels.
14
Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.
12
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
12
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
12
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
11
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
10
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
10
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.
10
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
9
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19th century
115
18th century
41
17th century
20
20th century
8
11th century
2
16th century
2
16th century,
1
16th-18th centuries
1
18th centtury
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Silurian
1
To 332 B.C
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
263
England
120
London
48
London (England)
45
France
36
Italy
26
America
23
United States
23
Cambridgeshire (England)
20
Wales
19
Europe
16
Edinburgh
14
West Indies
14
Scotland
13
India
12
Canada
11
Edinburgh (Scotland)
11
Netherlands
9
Northwest Passage
9
Belgium
8
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
6
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
4
Raphael, 1483–1520
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
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603
3
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601–1643
3
Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726
3
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
3
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
2
Bickford family
2
Bigges, Walter, -1586
2
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845
2
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649
2
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
2
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
2
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
2
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
2
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
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)
16
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
10
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)
7
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
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
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.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
21
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 Edward J. Levy, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helen Chillman.
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
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English
1,031
French
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Latin
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German
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Italian
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Dutch
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Spanish
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The works of William Hogarth
1824
3
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Industry and idleness
[between 1771 and 1785]
4
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732–1812
Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760
1798
5
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France
MDCCLXVI [1766]
6
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796–1856
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's strait
MDCCCXXXI [1831]
7
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies
1762
8
Fergusson, Robert, 1750–1774
The poetical works of Robert Ferguson
[1814]
9
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
History and antiquities of Kensington
1820
10
The national memorial to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
1873
11
Le beau monde and monthly register
1809-1810
12
[Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield]
[ca. 1780]
13
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire
MDCCXCCIII [1793]
14
[All the bubbles]
[1720]
15
Duncumb, John, 1765–1839
Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford
1804-1882
16
Morland, Thomas Hornby
The genealogy of the English race horse
1810
17
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Des ordres de colõnes en l'architecture, et plusieurs aũes dependances dicelle
1664
18
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world
1858
19
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
The gentleman's new pocket farrier
1828
20
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
21
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Short stories, in words of two syllables
1820
22
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
23
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
The designs of Inigo Jones
MDCCXXVII [1727]
24
Wallis, N
The complete modern joiner, or, A collection of original designs in the present taste for chimney-pieces and door-cases
[1772]
25
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695
Tuba stentoro-phonica
1672
26
Copeland, Henry, approximately 1706–1753
A new book of ornaments
[approximately 1752?]
27
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk
Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
28
Hall, John, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Novel designs for cottages and schools
1825
29
Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683
Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
30
Captain Cook's florilegium
1973
31
Hakewill, James, 1778–1843
A picturesque tour of Italy
1820
32
Froggett, John, active 1808–1821
Froggett's survey of the country thirty miles round London, 1836
[1836]
33
Adam, William, -1873
The gem of the peak, or, Matlock Bath and its vicinity
1843
34
Harvey, William, 1578–1657
The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey
[1928]
35
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Traité des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties
MVICLXIIII [1664, i.e. 1665]
36
[Set of six engravings depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son]
1800
37
Kip, William
Galliae descriptio
[ca. 1602]
38
Malpas, Edward
Malpas, engraver
[approximately 1775]
39
Cynegetica, or, Essays on sporting
1788
40
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Collegiorum portae apud Cantabrigiam
[1825?]
41
Webb, John, 1611–1672
A vindication of Stone-Heng restored
MDCLXV [l665]
42
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
43
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Rural sports
1807
44
Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770–1846
Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806
1821
45
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings
[1662?]
46
The method of cutting up a stag
Jany. 1st, 1793
47
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
1802
48
Hanscomb, Brian
The phoenix
[2005]
49
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
50
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay
MDCCCXXV [1825]
51
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster
1836
52
Lothian, John
Lothian's historical atlas of Scotland
1826
53
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
A topographical dictionary of England
1831
54
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
l'an VI de la République, 1798
55
Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte
1807
56
Sch, Henry
The history and origin of Manneken-Pis
[1860?]
57
[Selections from A new book of landskips]
[1776]
58
Walker's tour through England and Wales
January 2nd 1809
59
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
60
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592
Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la Guglia dal luogo remoto dietro la Chiesa di S. Pietro
MDLXXXVI [1586]
61
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new mapp of England Scotland and Ireland
[1678]
62
C. & J. Greenwood
Map of the county of Kent,
July 4th, 1829
63
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Memento
[1885?]
64
Venegas, Miguel, 1680–1764
A natural and civil history of California
1759
65
Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales
1853
66
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant
MDCCLXXIV [1774]
67
Collins' national drawing books
[ca. 1880]
68
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
The castles and abbeys of England,
[between 1852 and 1856]
69
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
70
Rocque, John, -1762
An exact survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, with the country near ten miles round
[1747]
71
Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Academia tertia anglicana, or, The antiquarian annals of Stanford in Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton shires
1727
72
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609
Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae, Austriae archiducum
MDCII [1602]
73
Russel, James, ca. 1720–1763
Letters from a young painter abroad to his friends in England
1750
74
Boothby, Brooke, Sir, 1743–1824
Sorrows
1796
75
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Anecdotes of painting in England
1849
76
Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
A collection of designs for modern embellishments
[not before 1819]
77
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland
1842
78
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698–1767
Das nach Original Zeichnungen geschilderte Thier Reich =
1768?]
79
Doornick, Marcus Williamsz
Platte grondt der Vebrande Stadt London
1666
80
Redaway, James, 1797–1858
Sample book of intaglio prints
1850s?
81
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
The post and the paddock
1862
82
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Plans, elevations, and sections of buildings
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
83
Cats, Jacob, 1577–1660
Alle de wercken, so ouden als nieuvven
1658
84
Cruso, John, d. 1681
Militarie instructions for the cavallrie: or Rules and directions for the service of horse
MDCXXXII [1632]
85
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata
[ca. 1720]
86
Lewis, John, 1675–1747
The history and antiquities, as well ecclesiastical as civil, of the Isle of Tenet, in Kent.
MDCCXXXVI [1736]
87
Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state
1824
88
The elegant repository and new-print magazine
[1791-1792]
89
Explication des cent estampes qui representent differentes nations du Levant
MDCCXV [1715]
90
Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601–1651
Historica relación del reyno de Chile
1646
91
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
Europa tabulis aeneis 166 secundum rationes geographicas delineata
anno domini MDC [1600]
92
Goos, Pieter, approximately 1616–1675
West-Indische paskaert
[approximately 1660]
93
Nash, John, 1752–1835
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton
[1826]
94
Jesse, Edward, 1780–1868
A summer's day at Hampton Court
1840
95
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Topographia Archiepiscopatuvm Moguntinensis, Trevirensis, et Coloniensis
1646
96
Nicholson, Samuel, d. 1825
Plâs Newydd, and Vale Crucis Abbey,
1824
97
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria; or, An academy treating of drawing, painting, limning, and etching
1669
98
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
99
Percival, P
The land of the Veda
1854
100
Eller, Irvin
The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century
MDCCCXLI [1841]
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