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1. Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number / the whole executed by George Stubbs, author of "The anatomy of the horse."

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number / the whole executed by George Stubbs, author of "The anatomy of the horse."

Creator:: Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 29 x 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:: MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London.

Date:: [1843]
Physical Description:: 1 print (2 sheets) : wood engraving ; full sheet 30 x 254 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A collection of select views from the different seats of the nobility and gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland / engraved by Thomas Milton. From original drawings, by the best masters.

A collection of select views from the different seats of the nobility and gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland / engraved by Thomas Milton. From original drawings, by the best masters.

Creator:: Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827
Date:: [1783-1793]
Physical Description:: xlvii, [5] p., xxiv leaves of plates : ill ; 21 x 27cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A collection of landscapes / drawn by P. Sandby, Esq. R.A. and engraved by Mr. Rooker, and Mr. Watts, with descriptions.

Creator:: Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:: MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Physical Description:: [4], 39, [1] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Brush drawing as applied to natural forms and common objects : over 300 examples in monochrome and colour / by May Mallam.

Creator:: Mallam, May
Date:: 1905
Physical Description:: [48] p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Floral tableaux / drawn and coloured by James Andrews ; with poetical illustrations.

Creator:: Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:: MDCCCXLVII [1847]
Physical Description:: [9] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Description of the ruins of an ancient city : discovered near Palenque, in the kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America / translated from the original manuscript report of Captain Don Antonio del Rio ; followed by Teatro critico americano, or, A critical investigation and research into the history of the Americans / by Doctor Paul Felix Cabrera, of the City of New Guatemala.

Description of the ruins of an ancient city : discovered near Palenque, in the kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America / translated from the original manuscript report of Captain Don Antonio del Rio ; followed by Teatro critico americano, or, A critical investigation and research into the history of the Americans / by Doctor Paul Felix Cabrera, of the City of New Guatemala.

Creator:: Rio, Antonio del
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: xiii, [1], 128 pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Portraits of the princes & people of India / by the Honble. Miss Eden ; drawn on the stone by L. Dickinson.

Creator:: Eden, Emily, 1797–1869
Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: 24, [1] leaves, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Views in the eastern archipelago : Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan &c. &c. &c. : from drawings made on the spot by Captn. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N.C., Commander L.G. Heath, R.N., and others / the descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John, Esqr., author of manners & customs of the Ancient Greek ; drawn on stone by J.W. Giles.

Views in the eastern archipelago : Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan &c. &c. &c. : from drawings made on the spot by Captn. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N.C., Commander L.G. Heath, R.N., and others / the descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John, Esqr., author of manners & customs of the Ancient Greek ; drawn on stone by J.W. Giles.

Creator:: St. John, James Augustus, 1795–1875
Date:: Augt., 1847
Physical Description:: 3 portfolios : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 22 x 168 cm, accordion folded to 22 x 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The stones of Venice / by John Ruskin ; with illustrations drawn by the author.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1851-1853
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c. / by Edward Lear ...

Creator:: Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: xx, [4], 284 pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi / edited by "Boz" ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779–1837
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

15. The adventures of Oliver Twist, or, The parish boy's progress / by Charles Dickens ; with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1846 [i.e. 1855?]
Physical Description:: xii, 311 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

16. Prospectus, The history of Johnny Quae Genus, the little foundling of the late Doctor Syntax : a poem, in eight monthly numbers : no. 1 was published on the 1st of August, and is continued monthly, price 2s. 6d. each : each part contains three coloured engravings / by T. Rowlandson, Esq., and thirty-two pages of letter press, by the author of the three tours of Doctor Syntax ...

Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:: [1821]
Physical Description:: [4] p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Scenes on the road, or, A trip to Epsom and back : four coloured plates / after James Pollard.

Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: IV leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 44 x 59 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place : with a particular description of all the town, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies &c. : within the circumference of sixteen miles with accurate views of the principal objects.

Creator:: Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746–1823
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: xx, 332 p., [14] leaves of plates ([9] folded) : ill., chart ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The history of Scotland : during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till his accession to the Crown of England, with a review of the Scottish history previous to that period and an appendix containing original papers / by William Robertson.

Creator:: Robertson, William, 1721–1793
Date:: 1759
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A treatise on the proper condition for all horses / by Harry Hieover.

Creator:: Hieover, Harry, 1796–1859
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: xiv, [2], 204, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Model men / modelled by Horace Mayhew ; sculptured by H.G. Hine.

Creator:: Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Date:: [1848?]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes in 1 (x, [3], 14-114; viii, [1], 10-114, [6] pages) : illustratons ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson

22. The fire hunt.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A losing game of poker.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Works on the fine arts.

Creator:: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date:: [1814?]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The nobleman and gentleman's director and assistant, in the true choice of their wheel-carriages : being entire new designs for travelling-coaches, post-coaches, landaus both open and close, chariots, post-chariots, calashes, post-chaises, phaetons, and other vehicles, &c. curiously hung on steel springs. Being a work of universal use, not only to gentlemen, but coach-makers and spring-makers in general. The wheels and axle-trees are made of a proper height, so as to enable the horses to draw freely and with the greatest ease; many a fine horse having been totally spoiled by going up great ascents, and all owing to fixing improperly the wheels and axis. The whole drawn from original designs, executed and correctly engraved on thirty-six copper plates.

Date:: 1763
Physical Description:: [2] p., 36 leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Fores's sporting notes & sketches; a quarterly magazine descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial and foreign sport.

Physical Description:: 29 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: [23] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern ... : in two volumes / translated from the original German, by Richard Belgrave Hoppner.

Creator:: Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770–1846
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The old huntsman : and other poems / by Siegfried Sassoon.

Creator:: Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886–1967
Date:: 1917
Physical Description:: ix, [1], 109, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William S. Reese, Yale BA 1977, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.

30. An illustration and mensuration of solid geometry in seven books: : containing forty-two moveable copper-plate schemes for forming the various kinds of solids and their sections; by which the doctrine of solids in general, and those in the eleventh, twelfth, and fifteenth books of Euclid are elucidated, and rendered more easy to learners than by any work hitherto published.... / By the late John Lodge Cowley, F.R.S. professor of the mathematics in the Royal Academy at Woolwich.

Creator:: Cowley, John Lodge, 1719–1797
Date:: MDCCLXXXVII [i.e. 1787]
Physical Description:: 32 XLVII leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Scenes during the snow storm, December, 1836 : four tinted plates / on stone by G.B. Campion ; from drawings by J. Pollard.

Creator:: Campion, George Bryant, 1796–1870
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: 4 leaves : illustrations ; 33 x 46 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. How Jhos Jefferson Jenkins got a start in the world.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Fables / by John Gay ; with a life of the author, and embellished with seventy plates.

Creator:: Gay, John, 1685–1732
Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The gentleman's farriery, or, A practical treatise, on the diseases of horses : wherein the best writers on that subject have been consulted, and M. La Fosse's method of trepanning glander'd horses is particularly consider'd and improved : also, a new method of nicking horses is recommended ; with a copper-plate and description of the machine / by J. Bartlet, surgeon.

Creator:: Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772
Date:: MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:: [2], xxiv, 357, [11] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Heads, after various artists / on stone by E. Morton ; each part containing four subjects.

Creator:: Morton, Edward, 19th cent.
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: v. : all ill. ; 20 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A visit to the exhibition : in eight changeable pictures, showing its beautiful objects of art and how they were made.

Date:: [approximately 1855]
Physical Description:: 8 leaves : 8 color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Something new from Aunt Mary / by Mary Hughes, author of "The ornaments discovered" &c. &c.

Creator:: Hughs, Mrs. (Mary)
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: 107, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 12 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The churchyard manual : intended chiefly for rural districts / by W. Hastings Kelke, A.B., Rector of Drayton Beauchamp ; with designs for churchyard memorials kindly furnished by G.G. Scott, Esq., and W. Slater, Esq., architects.

Creator:: Kelke, William Hastings, -1865
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: xii, 154, [1] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The history and antiquities of London. / By Thomas Pennant, Esq.

Creator:: Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: vi, 381 pages ; 40 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.

Creator:: Watts, William, 1752–1851
Date:: January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
Physical Description:: [172] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The mystery revealed, or, How all hands were most audaciously tuck in.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The plain and painted picture play book for exercises in colouring : second series.

Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: [27] leaves : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Landscape animals : sketched from nature / by Edward Purcell.

Creator:: Purcell, E. (Edward)
Date:: August 1, 1822 [i.e. 1829]
Physical Description:: 4 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 18 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves : with five set scenes & nine trick changes.

Date:: [1881]
Physical Description:: 8, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Clement

45. The life of a soldier : a narrative and descriptive poem : with eighteen engravings / by William Heath.

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:: MDCCCXXIII [1823]
Physical Description:: [8], 150, [2] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

Creator:: Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:: [1859]
Physical Description:: [5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: xvii, [2], 26-184 pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ... / Ben Tally Ho.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: [1815]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 x 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The story of Rosina : and other verses / by Austin Dobson ; illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

Creator:: Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xvii, 120 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson

50. On imitative art, its principles and progress : with preliminary remarks on beauty, sublimity, and taste / by Thomas H. Dyer ...

Creator:: Dyer, Thomas Henry, 1804–1888
Date:: 1882
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 392 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Picturesque views of the Severn : with historical and topographical illustrations / by Thomas Harral ; the embellishments from designs of the late Samuel Ireland ...

Creator:: Harral, Thomas, -1853
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 2 v. : (viii, 288 p., [51] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building, as the use of the tramel for groins, angle-brackets, niches, &c. semi-circular arches on flewing jambs, the preparing and making their soffits : rules of carpentry, to find the length and backing of hips, strait or curves, trusses for roofs, domes &c., trussing of girders, sections of flooors, &c. : the proportion of the five orders, in their general and particular parts, gluing of columns, stair-cases with their ramp and twist rails, fixing the carriages, newels, &c. : frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, architraves, &c. in the newest taste : with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, yards, barns, &c. / by William Pain, architect and joiner ; engraved on eighty-three plates.

Creator:: Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:: MDCCLXXIV [1774]
Physical Description:: [16] p., LXXXIII leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The comic album : a book for every table.

Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: [140] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The chace, the road, and the turf / by Nimrod.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: xvi, 231 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Doing' a sheriff.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The history of Dover Castle / by the Revd. Wm. Darell, chaplain to Queen Elizabeth ; illustrated with 10 views, and a plan of the castle.

Creator:: Darell, William, -1580
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [2], viii, 71, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., plan ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. New Year's day : a winter's tale / by Mrs. Gore ; with illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank.

Creator:: Gore, Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances), 1799–1861
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: [4], 203, [1], [8] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

58. This day is published, The morbid anatomy of the liver : being an inquiry into the anatomical character, symptoms, and treatment of certain diseases which impair or destroy the structure of that viscus : order 1, tumours, part I, on the Tubera Circumscripta and Tubera Diffusa : in imperial quarto, illustrated by coloured engravings, price 15s. : by J.R. Farre, M.D.

Date:: [1812]
Physical Description:: [4] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Boss Ankles : the man what got blowed up with a sky racket.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Six coloured views on the London and Birmingham Railway, from drawings made on the line with the sanction of the company / by Mr. T.T. Bury. Part I.

Creator:: Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The complete cattle-doctor : a treatise on diseases of horned cattle and calves / written in plain language, which those who can read may easily understand ; the whole being the result of seventy years extensive practice of the author, John C. Knowlson ...

Creator:: Knowlson, John C
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: viii, 188 p., [14] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours : accompanied with ten engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 25 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The great attraction, or, The doctor most audaciously tuck in.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Corn and poppies / by Cosmo Monkhouse.

Creator:: Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840–1901
Date:: 1890
Physical Description:: ix, 161 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Smith, Elder, and Co. advertisements and prospectus.

Creator:: Smith, Elder, and Co
Date:: 1831-1834
Physical Description:: 3 items
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Symptoms of being amused. Vol. 1 / by Hy. Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, [42] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The Epping hunt / by Thomas Hood, esq., author of "Whims and Oddities" ; illustrated with six engravings on wood, by Branston and Wright, Bonner, Slader, and T. Williams ; after the designs of George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Hood, Thomas, 1799–1845
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 29, [3] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

69. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

Creator:: Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: ix, [1], 218 pages, [19] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Humorous sea-side sketches.

Date:: [1860]
Physical Description:: 20 pictures on 2 joined sheets : hand-colored lithographs ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 262 cm, accordion folded to 13 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The comic album : a book for every table.

Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: [138] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. The History of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures, engraved on copperplate.

Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Carolina sports, by land and water : including incidents of devil-fishing, &c. / by the Hon. W.M. Elliott, of Beaufort, S.C.

Creator:: Elliott, William, 1788–1863
Date:: 1846
Physical Description:: 172 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Catalogue of the splendid, curious, and extensive library of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. : ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ...

Creator:: Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 3 volumes in 1, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The coon hunt.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Historical portraiture of leading events in the life of Ali Pacha, vizier of Epirus, surnamed the Lion, in a series of designs / drawn by W. Davenport, & engraved by G. Hunt ; with a biographical sketch.

Creator:: Davenport, W., active 1823
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 30, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

Creator:: Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : col. ill., port., plans ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Travels in the regions of the upper and lower Amoor, and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China : with adventures among the mountain Kirghis, and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks : the hunting and pastoral tribes / by Thomas Witlam Atkinson ; with a map and numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799–1861
Date:: 1860
Physical Description:: xiii, 570 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded ) : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The life of George Cruikshank : in two epochs / by Blanchard Jerrold.

Creator:: Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: xvi, 392 pages, [19] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsims. ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

80. Epsom Races : the Derby Day.

Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 180 cm, acordion folded to 6 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable collection of books, antiquities, books of prints, and manuscripts, : being the family library of a gentleman of distinction (deceased) the collection of which commenced in the 17th century, and are (many of them) enriched with manuscript notes by the founder, who was a profound scholar and antiquary ... : also the northern part of the library of the late Rev. James Johnstone, chaplain to His Britannic Majesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Denmark and author of Antiquitates celto-normannicae; celto-scandicae, &c. / This library, the largest ever sold in Ireland ... will be sold by auction by Thomas Jones, (bookseller and auctioneer) at ... No. 6, Eustace-Street, Dublin, on Monday. April 16th, 1810 ... : to be viewed on Thursday April 12th, and two following days ... : catalogues price two shillings and six-pence ... : to be had at the place of sale, also of Mr. William Miller, bookseller, Albemarle Street, and Mr. Richard Priestly, bookseller, 143 High Holborn, London.

Creator:: Jones, Thomas (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: [2], 219, [3] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Stable scenes / drawn on stone by J.W. Giles ; from paintings made expressly by R.B. Davis ... ; and printed in the improved methods of two tints.

Creator:: Davis, Richard Barrett, 1782–1854
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: [4] p., 4 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 57 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. How Sally Hooter got snake-bit.

Creator:: Jones, Major
Date:: [1876?]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

Date:: [1831?]
Physical Description:: viii, 188 p., [6] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles / by Christopher Anstey, esq.

Creator:: Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: lxxvi, 176 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

86. Conversations on conditioning : the grooms' oracle, and pocket stable-directory : in which the management of horses generally, as to health, dieting, and exercise, are considered, in a series of familiar dialogues, between two grooms engaged in training horses to their work / with notes, and an appendix, including extracts from the receipt book of John Hinds, V.S. ; author of "The Veterinary Surgeon."

Creator:: Badcock, John, active 1816–1830
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: xii, 274, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Bartholomew's plan of London [cartographic material] / John Bartholomew & Co.

Creator:: John Bartholomew & Co
Date:: [ca. 1907?]
Physical Description:: 1 map : col. ; 55.5 x 80.5 cm, folded in covers 19.5 x 10.0 cm + accompanying booklet.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. The authentic representation of the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Her Most Gracious Majesty of Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg [graphic] : celebrated at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, February 10, 1840.

Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 20 sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 9 x 420 cm, accordion folded to 9 x 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The story of Little Dombey / by Charles Dickens.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: 121 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. History of King Alfred of England / by Jacob Abbott ; with engravings.

Creator:: Abbott, Jacob, 1803–1879
Date:: [1849?]
Physical Description:: [7], 14-270, [6], 10, 4, 5, [1] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A treatise on English shooting : under the following heads : of the knowledge of a good fowling-piece : the ordering and managing of the fowling-piece : the appendages of the fowling-piece : the choice of powder, shot, and flints : of partridge shooting, with the choice and ordering of pointers : of pheasant shooting, with the ordering of spaniels : of woodcock shooting : of snipe shooting : of water and fen-fowl shooting, and the use of proper dogs : of upland winter shooting : with necessary observations for the young sportsman when out and on returning home / by George Edie, gent.

Creator:: Edie, George
Date:: MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The storming of Seringapatam : the first important engagement in which the Duke of Wellington was engaged in India / painted by Peter Krafft.

Creator:: Krafft, Johann Peter, 1780–1856
Date:: [1853]
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving ; 43 x 37 cm, folded to 29 x 22 cm., in boards 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Bookplates by Richard Shirley Smith / Brian North Lee.

Creator:: Lee, Brian North
Date:: 2006
Physical Description:: 101 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.

94. The night riders of Nacton : a series of four plates, beautifully coloured / from original drawings by Henry Alken ; shewing the rise, progress, and downfalling of "The first steeple chase on record" ; from an authentic account published in the "Sporting Review," No. 1, for January, 1839.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: [2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 x 62 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Works on the fine arts : published by Longman and Co. Paternoster-Row : Taylor, 54, High Holborn, &c. : and sold by the publishers of this work, and by other booksellers.

Creator:: Longman & Co
Date:: [1814]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Fores's new chalk drawing-book of studies of trees, landscape, animals, figures, buildings, &c. : from original drawings by Le Cave : a most improving work for students, & well selected.

Creator:: La Cave, P. (Peter)
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: v. : all ill. ; 29 x 48 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Notes by John Ruskin on his drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. : exhibited at the Fine Art Society's galleries, 148, New Bond Street, 1878 & 1900.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: [1900]
Physical Description:: 65, [3] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Decorative painting : a practical handbook on painting and etching various objects and materials for the decoration of our homes / by B.C. Saward.

Creator:: Saward, Blanche C
Date:: [1897]
Physical Description:: xx, 216, [20] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. [Bookmark, The living rulers of mankind by the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson].

Creator:: George Allen & Company (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1902]
Physical Description:: 1 bookmark : illustrations ; 19 x 6 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Sportsman's slang : a new dictionary of terms used in affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase, the pit, of bon-ton, and the varieties of life : forming the completest and most authentic lexicon balatronicum hitherto offered to the notice of the sporting world : for elucidating words and phrases that are necessarily, or purposely, rendered cramp, mutative, and unintelligible, outside their respective spheres : interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations, and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts useful and proper for novices, flats, and yokels / by Jon Bee, Esq. ...

Creator:: Badcock, John, active 1816–1830
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 222 [that is 202] pages, [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

3. The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London.

4. A collection of select views from the different seats of the nobility and gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland / engraved by Thomas Milton. From original drawings, by the best masters.

5. A collection of landscapes / drawn by P. Sandby, Esq. R.A. and engraved by Mr. Rooker, and Mr. Watts, with descriptions.

6. Brush drawing as applied to natural forms and common objects : over 300 examples in monochrome and colour / by May Mallam.

7. Floral tableaux / drawn and coloured by James Andrews ; with poetical illustrations.

9. Portraits of the princes & people of India / by the Honble. Miss Eden ; drawn on the stone by L. Dickinson.

11. Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

12. The stones of Venice / by John Ruskin ; with illustrations drawn by the author.

13. Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c. / by Edward Lear ...

14. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi / edited by "Boz" ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; in two volumes.

15. The adventures of Oliver Twist, or, The parish boy's progress / by Charles Dickens ; with twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank.

17. Scenes on the road, or, A trip to Epsom and back : four coloured plates / after James Pollard.

19. The history of Scotland : during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till his accession to the Crown of England, with a review of the Scottish history previous to that period and an appendix containing original papers / by William Robertson.

20. A treatise on the proper condition for all horses / by Harry Hieover.

21. Model men / modelled by Horace Mayhew ; sculptured by H.G. Hine.

22. The fire hunt.

23. A losing game of poker.

24. Works on the fine arts.

26. Fores's sporting notes & sketches; a quarterly magazine descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial and foreign sport.

27. Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life

28. Voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 : by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern ... : in two volumes / translated from the original German, by Richard Belgrave Hoppner.

29. The old huntsman : and other poems / by Siegfried Sassoon.

31. Scenes during the snow storm, December, 1836 : four tinted plates / on stone by G.B. Campion ; from drawings by J. Pollard.

32. How Jhos Jefferson Jenkins got a start in the world.

33. Fables / by John Gay ; with a life of the author, and embellished with seventy plates.

35. Heads, after various artists / on stone by E. Morton ; each part containing four subjects.

36. A visit to the exhibition : in eight changeable pictures, showing its beautiful objects of art and how they were made.

37. Something new from Aunt Mary / by Mary Hughes, author of "The ornaments discovered" &c. &c.

38. The churchyard manual : intended chiefly for rural districts / by W. Hastings Kelke, A.B., Rector of Drayton Beauchamp ; with designs for churchyard memorials kindly furnished by G.G. Scott, Esq., and W. Slater, Esq., architects.

39. The history and antiquities of London. / By Thomas Pennant, Esq.

40. The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.

41. The mystery revealed, or, How all hands were most audaciously tuck in.

42. The plain and painted picture play book for exercises in colouring : second series.

43. Landscape animals : sketched from nature / by Edward Purcell.

44. Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves : with five set scenes & nine trick changes.

45. The life of a soldier : a narrative and descriptive poem : with eighteen engravings / by William Heath.

46. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

47. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

48. Qualified horses and unqualified riders, or, The reverse of sporting phrases taken from the work entitled Indispensable accomplishments ... / Ben Tally Ho.

49. The story of Rosina : and other verses / by Austin Dobson ; illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

50. On imitative art, its principles and progress : with preliminary remarks on beauty, sublimity, and taste / by Thomas H. Dyer ...

51. Picturesque views of the Severn : with historical and topographical illustrations / by Thomas Harral ; the embellishments from designs of the late Samuel Ireland ...

53. The comic album : a book for every table.

54. The chace, the road, and the turf / by Nimrod.

55. Doing' a sheriff.

56. The history of Dover Castle / by the Revd. Wm. Darell, chaplain to Queen Elizabeth ; illustrated with 10 views, and a plan of the castle.

57. New Year's day : a winter's tale / by Mrs. Gore ; with illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank.

59. Boss Ankles : the man what got blowed up with a sky racket.

60. Six coloured views on the London and Birmingham Railway, from drawings made on the line with the sanction of the company / by Mr. T.T. Bury. Part I.

61. The complete cattle-doctor : a treatise on diseases of horned cattle and calves / written in plain language, which those who can read may easily understand ; the whole being the result of seventy years extensive practice of the author, John C. Knowlson ...

63. A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours : accompanied with ten engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

64. The great attraction, or, The doctor most audaciously tuck in.

65. Corn and poppies / by Cosmo Monkhouse.

66. Smith, Elder, and Co. advertisements and prospectus.

67. Symptoms of being amused. Vol. 1 / by Hy. Alken.

68. The Epping hunt / by Thomas Hood, esq., author of "Whims and Oddities" ; illustrated with six engravings on wood, by Branston and Wright, Bonner, Slader, and T. Williams ; after the designs of George Cruikshank.

69. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

70. Humorous sea-side sketches.

71. The comic album : a book for every table.

72. The History of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures, engraved on copperplate.

73. Carolina sports, by land and water : including incidents of devil-fishing, &c. / by the Hon. W.M. Elliott, of Beaufort, S.C.

74. Catalogue of the splendid, curious, and extensive library of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. : ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ...

75. The coon hunt.

76. Historical portraiture of leading events in the life of Ali Pacha, vizier of Epirus, surnamed the Lion, in a series of designs / drawn by W. Davenport, & engraved by G. Hunt ; with a biographical sketch.

77. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

79. The life of George Cruikshank : in two epochs / by Blanchard Jerrold.

80. Epsom Races : the Derby Day.

82. Stable scenes / drawn on stone by J.W. Giles ; from paintings made expressly by R.B. Davis ... ; and printed in the improved methods of two tints.

83. How Sally Hooter got snake-bit.

85. The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles / by Christopher Anstey, esq.

87. Bartholomew's plan of London [cartographic material] / John Bartholomew & Co.

88. The authentic representation of the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Her Most Gracious Majesty of Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg [graphic] : celebrated at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, February 10, 1840.

89. The story of Little Dombey / by Charles Dickens.