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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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Unknown
1
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1,239
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
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Under Certain Circumstances
1,238
Free to Use
1
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1,239
New Additions
2024-2025
5
Classification
Books
951
Maps & Atlas (printed)
116
Prints
86
Archives & Manuscripts
25
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
661
18th century
320
17th century
187
20th century
54
16th century
31
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
1
wove paper.
1
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engraving
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1,239
wood engraving
202
map
151
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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Subject Period
19th century
115
18th century
41
17th century
20
20th century
7
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
Canada
11
Edinburgh (Scotland)
11
India
11
Netherlands
9
Northwest Passage
9
Belgium
8
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Associated People
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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
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
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
1
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Language
English
1,031
French
74
Latin
50
German
34
Italian
24
Dutch
15
Spanish
3
Undetermined
3
Portuguese
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Swedish
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Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812–1882
Carthage and her remains
1861
102
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c.
January 12, 1773
103
Falda, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640–1678
Li giardini di Roma
[1685?]
104
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The four books of Andrea Palladio's architecture
anno MDCCXXXVII [1738]
105
Costumes des francaises depuis les Gaulois
1831
106
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Ancient masonry, both in the theory and practice
MDCCXXXVI [1736]
107
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
The art of engraving
1844
108
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : began Jan. 1, 1677 : and intended to be continued monthly
1677-1680
109
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552–1616
XXX. pieces d'architecture : tirees du tres exellent auteur Vincent Scamozze : et autres : tres necessaire a ceux qui sont Proffession de cet Art =
1660.]
110
George Cruikshank's table-book
MDCCCXLV [1845]
111
Cleveley, John, 1747–1786
Twelve views of ships in variety of weather
published as the act directs, 1 Jany. 1772
112
Jewell, John, of Harewood, Yorkshire
The tourist's companion, or, The history and antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire
1822
113
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817–1894
Nineveh and its remains
1852
114
Sharpe, S
Album
1837
115
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
Hudibras
1726
116
Prospects of all the cathedral & collegiate churches of England & Wales , neatly engraved =
[ca. 1720?]
117
A map of the city and county of New York, with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn and Jersey City and the village of Williamsburg
1850-1851
118
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Des ordres de colõnes en l'architecture, et plusieurs aũes dependances dicelle
1664
119
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
The gentleman's new pocket farrier
1828
120
Charades en actions
approximately 1820?
121
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France
MDCCLXVI [1766]
122
Captain Cook's florilegium
1973
123
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies
1762
124
Boazio, Baptista
The true description or draffte of that famous Ile of Wighte
1591
125
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Short stories, in words of two syllables
1820
126
The rose, shamrock, & thistle
[1815]
127
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598
Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur)
1589
128
Sketches,
1825
129
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]
130
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632–1723
Ichnographia urbis Londinii
1724
131
Norden, John, 1548–1625?
Speculi Britaniæ pars
1598
132
Moore, George, 1852–1933
Ulick and Soracha
MCMXXVI [1926]
133
Gregson, Matthew, 1749–1824
Portfolio, second edition, with additions, of fragments, relative to the history and atiquities of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster ...
1824
134
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and the Crimea, in 1829
1830
135
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Description of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire
1812
136
Royal Exchange (London, England). Joint Committee for Gresham Affairs
Royal Exchange
[1845]
137
Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty
A collection of ornamental designs after the manner of the antique
[1812]
138
Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant
1824
139
Copper plate used to print an illustration of St. Uldibrand, in a scene from Undine
between 1840 and 1860?
140
Duncumb, John, 1765–1839
Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford
1804-1882
141
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]
142
Burnaby, Andrew, 1732–1812
Travels through the middle settlements in North America, in the years 1759 and 1760
1798
143
Morland, Thomas Hornby
The genealogy of the English race horse
1810
144
Hall, John, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Novel designs for cottages and schools
1825
145
Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683
Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
146
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world
1858
147
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas, sive, Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
anno 1632
148
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796–1856
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's strait
MDCCCXXXI [1831]
149
Froggett, John, active 1808–1821
Froggett's survey of the country thirty miles round London, 1836
[1836]
150
The elegant repository and new-print magazine
[1791-1792]
151
Explication des cent estampes qui representent differentes nations du Levant
MDCCXV [1715]
152
Cambridge Shire
[1695?]
153
Matal, Jean, 1520–1597
Europa tabulis aeneis 166 secundum rationes geographicas delineata
anno domini MDC [1600]
154
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae
MDCCCLXIV [1864]
155
Goos, Pieter, approximately 1616–1675
West-Indische paskaert
[approximately 1660]
156
Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state
1824
157
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Traité des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties
MVICLXIIII [1664, i.e. 1665]
158
Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601–1651
Historica relación del reyno de Chile
1646
159
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Letters and journals of Lord Byron
MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
160
[Set of six engravings depicting the parable of the Prodigal Son]
1800
161
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire
MDCCXCCIII [1793]
162
Sch, Henry
The history and origin of Manneken-Pis
[1860?]
163
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant
MDCCLXXIV [1774]
164
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay
MDCCCXXV [1825]
165
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
166
An accurate description and history of the metropolitan and cathedral churches of Canterbury and York
1755
167
Pritchard, John E
Old Bristol houses
1894-1897
168
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
169
Banke, A. de
A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker
between and 1840 and 1850?
170
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]
171
Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
172
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae, sive, De veris & genuinis hujusdem proprietatibus, theorematibus, secretis atque requisitis aliis ...
anno MDLXXXIII [1683]
173
Le beau monde and monthly register
1809-1810
174
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
History and antiquities of Kensington
1820
175
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695
Tuba stentoro-phonica
1672
176
The national memorial to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
1873
177
Hakewill, James, 1778–1843
A picturesque tour of Italy
1820
178
[Commercial traveler's catalog of silver-plated ware, possibly made in Sheffield]
[ca. 1780]
179
Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750
A new treatise on the diseases of horses
MDCCLI [1751]
180
Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?
A rapture
MCMXXVII [1927]
181
Krider, John
Krider's sporting anecdotes
1853
182
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
An introduction to the general art of drawing,
1674
183
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
A sentimental journey through France and Italy
MCMXXVIII [1928]
184
Rose, Hugh, 1633–1686
A genealogical deduction of the family of Rose of Kilravock
1848
185
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
The designs of Inigo Jones
MDCCXXVII [1727]
186
Wallis, N
The complete modern joiner, or, A collection of original designs in the present taste for chimney-pieces and door-cases
[1772]
187
Fergusson, Robert, 1750–1774
The poetical works of Robert Ferguson
[1814]
188
Copeland, Henry, approximately 1706–1753
A new book of ornaments
[approximately 1752?]
189
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]
190
Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Academia tertia anglicana, or, The antiquarian annals of Stanford in Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton shires
1727
191
The method of cutting up a stag
Jany. 1st, 1793
192
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
l'an VI de la République, 1798
193
Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte
1807
194
Cynegetica, or, Essays on sporting
1788
195
Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770–1846
Voyage autour du monde, fait dans les années 1803, 1804, 1805 et 1806
1821
196
Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871
Wanderings and excursions in North Wales
1853
197
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Collegiorum portae apud Cantabrigiam
[1825?]
198
Beattie, William, 1793–1875
The castles and abbeys of England,
[between 1852 and 1856]
199
Webb, John, 1611–1672
A vindication of Stone-Heng restored
MDCLXV [l665]
200
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
The kingdome of England & principality of Wales
1644
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