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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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19,527
Reference Library
175
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
104
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
52
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
50
Clark, Thomas A
50
Dilnot, John
43
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Sackett, Colin
37
Rocque, John, -1762
36
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
35
Bush, Tracey
32
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
32
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
29
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
29
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
28
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987
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19,527
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
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Under Certain Circumstances
19,519
Free to Use
8
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19,527
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2023-2024
158
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Books
16,186
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
605
Archives & Manuscripts
554
Prints
523
Maps & Atlas (printed)
429
Music (printed)
243
Periodicals
178
Articles & Chapters
172
Postcards
113
Drawings & Watercolors
112
Photographs
93
Visual Materials
55
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
31
Musical Sound Recordings
6
Videos
6
Paintings
3
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
Creator Gender
unknown
19,524
female
3
Period
19th century
10,635
20th century
3,910
18th century
2,462
21st century
856
17th century
467
15th century
314
16th century
168
13th century
1
14th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
21
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
watercolor (paint)
7
ink
6
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
silk (textile)
4
albumen process
3
lithography
3
weaving
3
graphite
2
graphite (mineral)
2
ivory (material)
2
laid paper
2
sterling silver
2
transfer printing
2
wove paper.
2
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,793
engraving
1,239
lithograph
1,166
aquatint
1,033
artists' book
858
auction catalog
774
ephemera
754
chromolithograph
604
etching
535
woodcut
411
map
400
armorial bookplates (provenance)
351
private press books (publishing)
314
accordion fold format (binding)
309
exhibition catalog
305
photomechanical print
286
photograph
281
drawing book
268
recreation
256
incunabula
254
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
820
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
669
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
662
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
601
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
442
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
389
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Incunabula in Yale Library.
289
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Drawing -- Technique.
249
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
249
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
242
Grief.
235
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
225
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
197
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
186
Satire, English.
177
Women in natural history.
174
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
166
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Subject Period
19th century
1,228
20th century
483
18th century
290
17th century
83
16th century
58
21st century
35
15th century
26
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th century,
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,996
England
1,898
London
1,150
London (England)
445
France
298
United States
239
Italy
210
Edinburgh (Scotland)
186
Scotland
173
Edinburgh
124
Europe
123
India
117
Ireland
116
Wales
110
Oxford (England)
90
Germany
85
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
71
Spain
63
Paris (France)
62
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
86
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
67
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
41
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
35
Jesus Christ
32
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
31
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
29
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
25
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
24
Shirley Smith, Richard
24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Raphael, 1483–1520
22
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
19
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
18
Blake, William, 1757–1827
17
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
123
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
81
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
61
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
53
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
42
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
41
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
23
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
17
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
15
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
12
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
11
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
7
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
5
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
4
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
4
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016)
4
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08)
3
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
218
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
136
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
127
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
124
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
117
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
86
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
67
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
51
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
48
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
47
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
22
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Language
English
16,860
French
520
Latin
361
German
262
Italian
129
Dutch
50
No linguistic content
38
Undetermined
34
Spanish
23
Swedish
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
9
Welsh
9
English, Middle (1100-1500)
8
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
7
Multiple languages
6
Japanese
5
Portuguese
5
Russian
5
Danish
4
Efik
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Geographers' A-Z Map Company
Centre section of the 9 sheet master plan of London
[1995]
402
Phillips, Mr.
A catalogue of an important collection of pictures, of the highest class
[1850]
403
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
A hand-book of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc
[1854?]
404
Christie & Manson
Catalogue of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the very highest class
[1852]
405
Metal Box Company
19th annual dinner
1951
406
Fob seal depicting the Novelty steam locomotive
1829?
407
H. M. Trotter & Co.
Industrial Hall
[1904]
408
Christie & Manson
Catalogue of the important gallery of Italian, German, and Flemish pictures
[1853]
409
Christie, Manson & Woods
Catalogue of the small but highly important collection of motion pictures of that well-known amateur, George Young, Esq.
[1866]
410
Shebbeare, John, 1709–1788
Letters on the English nation
1755
411
Winkles, Benjamin
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales;
1836-42
412
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Variety: a collection of essays
1788
413
Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
The pictorial gallery of arts
[1845?]-47
414
Bromley, William, 1664–1732
Remarks in the grande tour of France & Italy
1692
415
George Jackson & Sons
Part of the collection of releivo decorations
1849
416
London Cabinet Makers
The London cabinet makers' book of prices, for the most improved extensible dining tables,
1815 [i.e. 1816]
417
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Moralities: or, Essays, letters, fables;
1753
418
St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625–1715
Visitatio heraldica Comitatus Wiltoniæ, A. D. 1623 ..
1828
419
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
The citizen and countryman's experienced farrier
1839
420
Composition/Structure
1987]
421
Butsch, A. F. (Albert Fidelis)
Die Bucher-Ornamentik der Renaissance
1878-[1921-22]
422
Lothian, John
Lothian's historical atlas of Scotland
1826
423
Hartmann, photographer
Album of Demerara
[18--]
424
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850
Three views in Italy
1818
425
Turner, Dawson, 1775–1858
Account of a tour in Normandy
1820
426
Hartley, Greens, and Co
Designs of sundry articles of Queens or cream colour'd earthenware
1783
427
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817–1894
Monuments of Nineveh
1849
428
Merigot, James
Treatise on practical perspective
1819
429
Mitchell, Philip, 1814–1896
Twelve views of the picturesque scenery of Plymouth, Devonport, and the neighbourhood
[1848 or 1849]
430
Morton, John Chalmers, 1821–1888
The Prince Consort's farms
1863
431
Winsor & Newton
Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials
[1878?]
432
Spectator
1718
433
Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm
1852
434
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
[Lecture notes for a group of his Slade Lectures on the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds given at Oxford in 1875 when he was Slade Professor of Art.]
[1875]
435
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
A topographical dictionary of England
1831
436
Pawson, Mark
All my rubberstamps
1995
437
Dilnot, John
Through the forest
1994
438
Dilnot, John
15 cows
1994
439
Sabretache, b. 1867
More shires & provinces
1928
440
Harral, Thomas, -1853
Picturesque views of the Severn
1824
441
[Drawing book of wild boars]
[ca. 1770?]
442
Scott, Michael, 1789–1835
Tom Cringle's log
1895
443
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
The poetical works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
1881
444
Bush, Tracey
The Thames pH book
445
Ackroyd, Norman, 1938–
Norman Ackroyd
2005
446
Wilson, Harriette, 1786–1846
Memoirs of Harriette Wilson
[1825?]
447
Miller, Fred, decorative artist
The training of a craftsman
1898
448
Newdegate, Charles Newdigate, 1816–1887
Sketches from the Washington Races on October 1840
[ca. 1841]
449
Huggins, William John, 1781–1845
Greek marine views
1827
450
Designer Bookbinders newsletter
1975-
451
Ircastrensis
A short excursion in France, 1814
1814
452
Phillips, H., -1840
A catalogue of the highly valuable and splendid pictures, of the Italian, Venetian & Flemish schools, the property of R. Westall, esq. R.A.
[1830]
453
J. Green & Son (Firm)
[Paper label from a ream of paper produced by J. Green & Son, Hayle Mill, Maidstone, Kent]
[approximately 1875?]
454
Little Ben's first packet of puzzles
1806
455
Nuts to crack;
[between 1830 and 1834]
456
Malkin, Benjamin Heath, 1769–1842
Essays on subjects connected with civilization
1795
457
Reveley, Henry
Notices illustrative of the drawings and sketches of some of the most distinguished masters in all the principal schools of design,
1820
458
Thames Tunnel Company
The Thames Tunnel
1835
459
Lindsley, Kathleen
Pub signs for Samuel Webster
April 1983
460
St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625–1715
The Cambridgeshire visitation
1840
461
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster
1836
462
Pindar, Peter, 1738–1819
More lyric odes to the Royal academicians
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
463
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
[A descriptive catalogue of Mr. Haydon's great picture of Raising of Lazarus,
1823]
464
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825–1899
Beauties of English landscape
1874
465
Holman, James, 1786–1857
Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover ..
1834
466
Richards, Charles
1816. To Attornies, Merchants, Tradesmen, and all persons of business. This day is published ... Richards's Daily Remembrancer, for 1816.
1816
467
Barry, James, 1741–1806
Lectures, delivered in the Royal Academy
1811
468
Salmon, N. (Nathaniel), 1675–1742
The history of Hertfordshire; describing the county and its antient monuments, particularly the Roman
M.DCC.XXVIII.[1728]
469
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Catalogue of works of antient and mediaeval art
1850
470
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
The coinage of the British Empire
1855
471
Keble, John, 1792–1866
The Christian year
1859
472
Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor, 1814–1885
Guide de l'amateur d'objets d'art et de curiosité
1877
473
Hymns and pictures
[1861]
474
Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
A critical examination of those two paintings on the cieling [sic] of the banqueting-house at Whitehall
1754
475
British Institution
An account of all the pictures exhibited in the rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823
1824
476
Payne, John
The art of painting in miniature, on ivory,
1812
477
Blashfield, John Marriott
Ancient and modern pottery
[1859]
478
Pine, John, 1690–1756
Procession and ceremonies of the knights companions
1730
479
Hone, William, 1780–1842
The every-day book and table book ;
1830
480
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
W.H. Pyne on rustic figures
1817
481
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape
1800
482
Rowe, Jacob
All sorts of wheel-carriage, improved
1734
483
Borrer, Dawson
A journey from Naples to Jerusalem by way of Athens, Egypt, and the Peninsula of Sinai
1845
484
Rumball, Thomas
Longitudinal section of the Thames tunnel
1844
485
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1825
The art of drawing in its various branches
1825
486
Hay, D. R. (David Ramsay), 1798–1866
A nomenclature of colours, hues, tints, and shades
1845
487
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820–1876
Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844
1845
488
The nobleman and gentleman's director and assistant, in the true choice of their wheel-carriages
1763
489
Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Felix Summerly's hand-book for Westminster Abbey
1842
490
Strutt, Jacob George, 1790–1864
Sylva Britannica, or, portraits of forest trees ..
1826
491
Cutts, Simon, 1944–
Mackintosh buttons
1976
492
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq.,
[187-?]
493
Coleman, John
Work from common knowledge
1985
494
Conran, Anthony
Anthony Conran's claim, claim, claim
1969
495
National Gallery (Great Britain)
A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery
1845
496
Violi, Paul, 1944–2011
The hazards of imagery
c1998
497
Chapman, A. P. F. (Arthur Percy Frank)
The game of cricket,
1930
498
Museum Disneianum
1846-1849
499
Collins' national drawing books
[ca. 1880]
500
Batey, Jackie
Evil eyes
[2006]
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