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1. The antiquaries museum : illustrating the antient architecture, painting, and sculpture of Great Britain, from the time of the Saxons to the introduction of the Grecian and Roman architecture by Inigo Jones in the reign of King James I. / By Jacob Schnebbelie ...

The antiquaries museum : illustrating the antient architecture, painting, and sculpture of Great Britain, from the time of the Saxons to the introduction of the Grecian and Roman architecture by Inigo Jones in the reign of King James I. / By Jacob Schnebbelie ...
Creator:
Schnebbelie, Jacob, 1760–1792
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791, i.e. 1800]
Physical Description:
[148] p. in various pagings, [58] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.

Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
Creator:
Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount, 1795–1837
Date:
1831-1848
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill., facsims. (most col.) ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The city of London, in the time of the Saxons (about the year 1000) [cartographic material] : compiled from the most authentic documents.

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Date:
April 25th, 1817
Physical Description:
1 map ; 40 x 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Pieces of ancient popular poetry : from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies / by Joseph Ritson.

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Date:
1833
Physical Description:
xvi, 172 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Specimens of early English metrical romances, to which is prefixed an historical introduction on the rise and progress of romantic composition in France and England.

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Creator:
Ellis, George, 1753–1815
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
viii, 600 p. front. (col.) 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The state papers and letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, knight-banneret / edited by Arthur Clifford ... ; to which is added a memoir of the life of Sir Ralph Sadler, with historical notes, by Walter Scott.

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Creator:
Sadler, Ralph, Sir, 1507–1587
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Ancient mysteries described : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testatment story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and asses--The English boy bishop--The descent into hell--The lord mayor's show--The guildhall giants--Christmas carols, &c. / by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.

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Creator:
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[2], 298, 2 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

8. Fabliaux or tales / abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand ; selected and translated into English verse, by the late G. L. Way ... ; with a preface, notes, and appendix, by the late G. Ellis ...

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Creator:
Legrand, cit., 1737–1800
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A dissertation on the pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city : chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors : compiled, in a great degree, from sources hitherto unexplored : to which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' company, and other municipal entertainers of a public nature / by Thomas Sharp.

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Creator:
Sharp, Thomas, 1770–1841
Date:
MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:
[6], 226, [4] p., 10 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Owain Miles and other inedited fragments of ancient English poetry.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
Physical Description:
[151] p. in various pagings : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Views of Robin Hood's house.

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Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages.

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Creator:
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
2 v. illus. (part col.) 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Condemnations for heresy at Pavia, 1580, &c.

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Date:
18--]
Physical Description:
2 p. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Selections of the ancient costume of Great Britain & Ireland : from the seventh to the sixteenth century, out of the collection in the possession of the author / by Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.

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Creator:
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Date:
1814 [i.e. 1815?]
Physical Description:
[6], viii, [iv], [120] p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38-46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Dresses and decorations of the middle ages by Henry Shaw F.S.A. ...

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Creator:
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Date:
1843 [i.e. ca. 1872]
Physical Description:
2 v. ill. (part. col.) plates (part. col.) 38 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Here begynneth the prologe of Syr Johan Froissart of the Chronicles of Fraunce, Inglande, and other places adjoynynge.

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Creator:
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Vocabulary in French and English : a facsimile of Caxton's edition, c. 1480 / with introductions by J.C.T. Oates and L.C. Harmer.

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Creator:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Date:
1964
Physical Description:
xxxv, 49 p. : facsims. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Footsteps of the reformers in foreign lands.

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Date:
1862
Physical Description:
[4], 258 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church / by the Rev. John Lingard.

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Creator:
Lingard, John, 1771–1851
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts