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Angelo's infantry sword exercise : established by the Prince Regent's command / the figures by I.A. Atkinson ; engraved by I. Robinson.
Creator:
Angelo, Henry, 1780–1852
Date:
Octr. 1, 1816
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored engraving ; platemark 74 x 53, on sheet 76 x 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Album of pressed wild flowers.
Date:
1882-1899
Physical Description:
1 v. (75 leaves) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Pigmy revels, or, All alive at Lilliput [graphic] / Woodward delin.
Creator:
Sansom, Francis, active 1784–1799
Date:
1800-1801
Physical Description:
8 prints : hand-colored etchings ; sheets 45 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Hortus ericaeus woburnensis, or, A catalogue of heaths, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey : alphabetically and systematically arranged.
Creator:
Sinclair, George, 1786–1834
Date:
MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:
xiv, [2], 42 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
May each returning birthday find you very much improved : then you'll grow wise and good and kind and be by all beloved.
Date:
[approximately 1860]
Physical Description:
1 card ; 40 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Woodcuts of British fishes / engraved by Thomas Bewick.
Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : all ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Harrow School : The Headmaster of Harrow and Mrs. Norwood request the pleasure of the company of [Major & Mrs. F. Raban Williams] on Thursday the 2nd of July.
Creator:
Harrow School
Date:
1931
Physical Description:
1 invitation ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Box of pigments and implements for painting on china.
Creator:
Reeves & Sons (London, England)
Date:
ca. 1880
Physical Description:
1 box : wood box, with pigments, varnish, glass muller, ceramic palettes, and brushes ; 17.5 x 26.5 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales : in a collection of select views / engraved by W. Angus, from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.
Creator:
Angus, William, 1752–1821
Date:
Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]
Physical Description:
[130] p., [1], LXIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Billheads recording clothing purchased by Robert W. Stevenson from E. & S.R. Richards, clothiers, London.
Creator:
E. & S.R. Richards
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
2 sheets : illustration, 19 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[The Popish Plot]
Date:
[1679?]
Physical Description:
52 cards : ill. ; 90 x 54 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds.
Date:
1830s?
Physical Description:
6 paper trays ; in box 23 x 19 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 37 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Panoramacopia. Designed by T.T. Dales, drawing master.
Creator:
Dales, T. T
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
18 col. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
George Fisher : 149 Leadenhall Street.
Creator:
Fisher, George (Barber)
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 9 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Advertisement for hats and caps sold by John Perring, 85 Strand, London.
Creator:
Perring, John
Date:
between 1834-1845
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 28 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Myriorama. Second series, Italian scenery / I. Clark delt.
Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
24 cards : aquatint ; 20 x 7 cm in box 23 x 16 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
London & North Western Railway [graphic] : Royal Train 1844 : Royal Train 1897.
Date:
[1897?]
Physical Description:
1 print on three joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph : sheets end -to-end 32 x 150 cm, folded to 32 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Drawings of houses and gardens.
Creator:
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Date:
1736-1743
Physical Description:
1 v. (circa 280 pages, with blanks) : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The bible wheel : for sailors of all nations / designed by W.C.M.
Creator:
Mills, W. C.
Date:
[1881?]
Physical Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 44 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
To the Queen's private apartments.
Date:
1843]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Animal and vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures, illustrative of the imports and exports of Great Britain & her colonies, and explanatory of Dexter's cabinet of objects.
Creator:
Dexter, Thomas E.
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
viii, 184, [2] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Happy families [game] : a new and most diverting game for juveniles : forty-four grotesque characters, beautifully colored.
Date:
[186-?]
Physical Description:
1 card game (44 cards) : col. ill. ; in box 10 x 8 x 3 cm. + 1 instruction card (93 x 65 mm.), 1 instruction sheet (1 folded sheet ([4] p. ; 19 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bill for school expenses for Miss Mason at St. Helens School, Clifton, Bristol.
Creator:
St. Helens (Clifton, Bristol)
Date:
1884
Physical Description:
3 items ; 23 x 14 cm, or smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Game of the star-spangled banner, or Emigrants to the United States.
Date:
[between 1842 and 1845]
Physical Description:
1 sheet. 69 x 51 cm., fold. to 18 x 14 cm. & booklet (iv, [5]-16 p.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture : set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott / by A. Welby Pugin.
Creator:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
67, 40 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A collection of portraits sketched from the life since the year 1793 / by George Dance ... ; and engraved in imitation of the original drawings by William Daniell ...
Creator:
Dance, George, 1741–1825
Date:
1809-1814
Physical Description:
2 v. : 72 ports. ; 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume.
Creator:
Hume, David, 1711–1776
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
5 v. in 10 : ill. ; 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ginsberg.
[Campaign card advertising the free trade movement, and the Free Trade Star].
Creator:
Anti-Corn Law League
Date:
[approximately 1844]
Physical Description:
1 campaign card : color illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A correct plan and elevation of the famous French raft : constructed on purpose for the invasion of England and intended to carry 30,000 men, ammunition, stores &c. &c.
Date:
Feby. 1st 1798
Physical Description:
1 broadside : ill. ; 37 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
To be seen alive! [graphic] : the wonderful Cumberland.
Date:
[1824?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut, with text in letterpress ; 27 x 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
This book contains drawings of marine shells (from Forbes & Hanley) generally considered as specially British / F.R. Coles, April 1884, Tongland.
Creator:
Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854–
Date:
1884
Physical Description:
1 volume (22 leaves) : illustrations ; 75 x 71 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book : in three parts / by Thomas Sheraton, cabinet-maker ...
Creator:
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
xxxiii, [5]-446 p., [65] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet.
Creator:
Great Britain. Admiralty
Date:
[approximately 1711]
Physical Description:
34 pages ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Funeral procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington [graphic] / H. Alken and G.A. Sala exc.
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
1 print on 27 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 14 x 2042 cm, accordion folded to to 14 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The cabinet : containing portraits of Sir R. Peel, The Duke, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Sir H. Hardinge, Earl Aberdeen, Sir J. Graham / drawn on stone by Charles J. Basebé.
Creator:
Basebé, Charles Jones, approximately 1818–1880
Date:
[1841?]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; 26 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[approximately 184-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 2 printed 'sensitive' leaves.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.
Creator:
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
H. Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915.
Creator:
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915
Date:
[1919]
Physical Description:
1 portfolio ([1] leaf, [19] leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Rawlings' patent boot and shoe cleaning machine : keeps the insides clean and saves time.
Creator:
Rawlings, James, active 1862
Date:
1862?
Physical Description:
1 trade card : wood engraving ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys in nature or art : observ'd in travels thro' Great Brittan : illustrated with copper plates : Centuria I / by William Stukeley, M.D. CML. & SRS.
Creator:
Stukeley, William, 1687–1765
Date:
MDCCXXIV [1724]
Physical Description:
[12], 198, [6] pages, 100 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
La Fontaine in the game of the goose.
Date:
[ca. 1810]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : ill. ; 37 x 43 cm. folded to 19 x 12 cm. + 1 booklet ([8] leaves ; 12 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.
Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
4 p., 12 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Chocolate box by J.S. Fry & Sons, with photograph of Lily Elsie.
Creator:
J.S. Fry & Sons
Date:
ca. 1909
Physical Description:
1 chocolate box ; 27 x 20 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sallis's comic play grammar.
Creator:
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Date:
[ca. 1850?]
Physical Description:
1 card game (41 cards) : illustrations ; each card 9.8 x 7 cm, in box 10.5 x 7.3 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Monastic and baronial remains : with other interesting fragments of antiquity in England, Wales, and Scotland ... / by G.J.[!] Parkyns ...
Creator:
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Contrasts & conceits for contemplation / by Luke Limner, Esq.
Creator:
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
Date:
[1849?]
Physical Description:
[2] p., 20 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 16 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.
Creator:
Ingpen, Abel, -1854
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
106 p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jennens, Bettridge & Sons, manufacturers to Her Majesty & The Royal Family : 6, Halkin St. West-Belgrave Squ., London and 99, Constitution Hill, Birmingham.
Creator:
Jennens, Bettridge & Sons
Date:
[approximately 1849?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 8 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Creator:
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Date:
1796-1803
Physical Description:
1 volume (74 drawings) : watercolor and gouache over graphite ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cocking and its votaries.
Creator:
Taylor, S. A
Date:
1885]
Physical Description:
36, i-iv p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Antiquarian and topographical cabinet, containing a series of elegant views of the most interesting objects of curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with letter-press descriptions.
Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1807-11
Physical Description:
10 v. illus., plates. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1804 [that is, not before 1819]
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [101] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror / by G.M. Woodward, Esqr., author of Eccentric excursions.
Date:
[1807-1821]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : all color illustrations ; 28 x 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.
Creator:
MacKenzie, David Maitland, 1800–1875
Date:
May, 1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked by Maria Harvey in the ninth year of age.
Creator:
Harvey, Maria Ann, 1797–1893
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 map : embroidery ; image 49.5 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lydecker in honor of Helen B. Lydecker and Sandra Priest Rose.
Select views in Great Britain / engrav'd by S. Middiman ; from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions.
Creator:
Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750–1831
Date:
[1813?]
Physical Description:
[112] p., 54 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
In loving memory of Betsy Ann : widow of Edwin Long : who died October 31st, 1924 : aged 79 years.
Date:
[1924]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 17 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851.
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 folding fan : ill. ; 24 x 40 cm. folded to 24 x 3 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of carte de visite photographs of British jockeys.
Date:
[1865?]
Physical Description:
1 album (50 photographs) ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Broadside addressed to the Rev. G. A. Rogers, Vicar of Leominster].
Date:
January 10, 1850
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gleanings among the British ferns : illustrated by dried specimens / by Jane M. Patison.
Creator:
Patison, Jane M
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
69 p., [16] leaves of plates : samples ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A slice of bread and butter / cut by G. Cruikshank ; being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institution.
Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[1857]
Physical Description:
16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
[Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance : Fire, life, Marine, burglary, personal accident, employers liability].
Creator:
Royal Exchange Assurance (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1900?]
Physical Description:
1 bookmark : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Eidodendron : views of the general character & appearance of trees : foreign & indigenous, connected with picturesque scenery / by H.W. Burgess.
Creator:
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[12], iii, 26 [i.e. 53], [2] p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 57 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
P. J. Lara : house agent, funeral economist & licensed appraiser : 4, Warwick Place, Kingsland Road & no. 6 Oxford Street, Mile End.
Creator:
P. J. Lara (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1860-1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Billhead of S. Dixon, carver and gilder, looking glass and picture frame manufacturer, recording purchase made by Lady Hartland on May 25th, 1835]
Creator:
Dixon, S. (Carver)
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 13 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]
Creator:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date:
1805-1834 [i.e. 1834-1835?]
Physical Description:
65 maps on 66 sheets : mounted on linen ; sheets 69 x 98 cm, or smaller + index.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Advantages of the Cremerian Boot : to elevate the wearer : to improve the instep : to produce an arched and hollow waist : to give a symmetrical form to the foot.
Creator:
Cremer & Co. (Firm : London, England)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Post Office Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage at South Kensington Museum, 2nd July, 1890.
Date:
[1890]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 11 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Creator:
Taylor, Isaac, 1759–1829
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 p., [29] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cobweb three-dimensional watercolor.
Physical Description:
1 item : ill. ; 23 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Haustellata lepidoptera diurna.
Creator:
Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853
Date:
circa 1839
Physical Description:
1 v. (169 pages, some blank) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 14 x 22
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Spooner's transformations.
Date:
1838 [-39]
Physical Description:
col. plates : 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children / by Rev. W. Houghton ... ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.
Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
vi, 154 p.,, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and gentlemen, in England ...
Creator:
Neale, J. P. (John Preston), 1780–1847
Date:
[1829-31]
Physical Description:
3 v. plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of comic sketches.
Creator:
A.J.K.H.
Date:
1869-1873
Physical Description:
1 album (91 drawings) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts