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[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales].
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Date:
[1590?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([74] leaves) : 34 maps (some folded) ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The ladies history of England : from the descent of Julius Cæsar, to the summer of 1780 : calculated for the use of the ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland : and likewise adapted to general use, entertainment, and instruction / by Charlotte Cowley ...
Creator:
Cowley, Charlotte
Date:
1780 [i.e. 1781]
Physical Description:
vi, 7-704, [12] p., [60] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports., maps. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A survey of the man[o]r of Graney : situat'd in the county of Kildare, belonging to the Right Honble. James Earl of Kildare / by Jno. Rocque ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([1], 14, [13] leaves, bound) : ms., 14 col. maps ; 54 x 75 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Map of China and the adjacent countries : drawn from the latest surveys and other authentic documents ... / by William H. Allen & Co.
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 59 x 74 cm., folded to 19 x 10 cm., in covers 23 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
This newly constructed and extended map of India : from the latest surveys of the best authorities, published principally for the use of the officers of the army in India, is respectfully inscribed to Major General Sir John Malcolm ... / drawn & engraved by John Walker.
Creator:
Walker, John, 1786–1873
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 158 x 151 cm., folded to 26 x 17 cm., in case 27 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666 / gravé par Hollar.
Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Date:
[1666?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 14 x 24 cm., on sheet 37 x 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A plan of the city of Bristol / survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engraved by John Pine, 1742.
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1743
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets ; 100 x 228 cm., sheets 110 x 122 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The environs of London : reduced from an actual survey in 16 sheets / by the late John Rocque ... ; with new improvements to the year 1763.
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[1763]
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets ; 86 x 125 cm., sheets 58 x 79 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Britannia insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia adiacente.
Creator:
Lily, George, active 1528–1559
Date:
MDLVI [1556]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 47.9 x 34.5 cm, on sheet 53.3 x 40.0 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
London : a pilgrimage / by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold.
Creator:
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
Date:
1872
Physical Description:
[14], xii, 191, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Map of the county of Northampton / from actual survey by A. Bryant, in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826.
Creator:
Bryant, A., fl. 1822–1835
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets : hand col., mounted on linen ; 386 x 196 cm., sheets 193 x 98 cm., folded to 25 x 17 cm., in case 27 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A new philosophico chorographical chart of East-Kent / invented and delineated by Christopher Packe, M.D.
Creator:
Packe, Christopher, 1686–1749
Date:
1743
Physical Description:
1 map : mounted on linen ; 122 x 140 cm., folded to 21 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A large and accurate map of the city of London : ichnographically describing all the streets, lanes, alleys, courts, yards, churches, halls, and houses, &c. / actually surveyed and delineated by John Ogilby ...
Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1677]
Physical Description:
1 map : 160 x 255 cm. on 20 sheets 40 x 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A survey of the city and suburbs of Bristol / survey'd by John Rocque ... = Plan de la ville et faubourgs de Bristol / levé par Jean Rocque.
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1750
Physical Description:
1 map ; 48 x 45 cm., on sheet 57 x 78 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A geometrical plan of the city and suburbs of Bristol / survey'd by John Rocque ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[175-?]
Physical Description:
1 map : ill. ; 48 x 45 cm., on sheet 55 x 75 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire : from the latest authorities ... / by J. Rennell.
Creator:
Rennell, James, 1742–1830
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 105 x 124 cm., folded to 27 x 21 cm., in case 27 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bradshaw's Map of the routes in India.
Date:
1857]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 38 x 32 cm., folded to 13 x 8 cm., in covers 14 x 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Map of the routes in India : with tables of distances between the principal towns and military stations.
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 77 x 65 cm., folded to 21 x 13 cm., in covers 22 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington : situé à deux mile de Londres / par Jean Rocque ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[1736?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 28 x 48 cm., on sheet 39 x 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A survey of the house, gardens & park of Claremount : one of the seats of the Right Honble. Lord Clive = Plan des jardins & parc de Claremount : une des maisons de plaisance de Mylord Clive ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
1 map ; 25 x 50 cm., on sheet 39 x 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Outline of the countries between Delhi and Constantinople / by A. Arrowsmith.
Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1814 [i.e. 1821?]
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : hand col., mounted on linen ; 162 x 283 cm., on sheets 79 x 153 cm. and 79 x 138 cm., folded to 26 x 16 cm., in case 27 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The roots of the mountains : wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale, their friends, their neighbours, their foemen, and their fellows in arms / by William Morris.
Creator:
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Date:
MDCCCXC [1890]
Physical Description:
[viii], 424 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions / by John White, esqre., surgeon general to the settlement.
Creator:
White, John, active 1757–1759
Date:
MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
[16], 299, [37] pages, [66] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gems of American scenery : consisting of stereoscopic views among the White Mountains : with descriptive text : illustrations by the Albertype process, Bierstadt Patent, March 21, 1876.
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
[4], 99, [1] pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students / by J.D. Harding, S. Prout, C. Hullmandell, A. Aglio, &c.
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
volumes : all illustrations ; 16 x 26 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
Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera, 1912-1914.
Creator:
Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)
Date:
1912-1914
Physical Description:
.42 linear feet (1 box, 11 items)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
You're never alone in the ocean : life of plankton / Nicholas Phillips.
Creator:
Phillips, Nicholas
Date:
1981.]
Physical Description:
1 v. (4 p.) : ill. ; 18 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...
Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
xii, 159, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c. : relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin ...
Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
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
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
A walk through Wales, in August 1797 / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath.
Creator:
Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
viii, 236 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Rokeby : a poem / by Walter Scott, Esq.
Creator:
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[8], 330, cxvi, 3 p. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Letters from Portugal and Spain, written during the march of the British troops under Sir John Moore. With a map of the route, and appropriate engravings. By an officer.
Creator:
Broughton, Samuel Daniel, 1787–1837
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
xiv p., 1l., 320 p. front., plates, 1 fold. map. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Kafir wars and the British settlers in South Africa / a series of picturesque views from original sketches by T.W. Bowler ; with descriptive letterpress by W.R. Thomson.
Creator:
Bowler, Thomas William, 1813–1869
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
24 leaves, [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Mediciues for horses.
Date:
[approximately 1565?]
Physical Description:
[28] pages : illustration ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus : illustrated with plates and a map : with a sketch of the history of Rutch : and an appendix / by James Burnes.
Creator:
Burnes, James, 1801–1862
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xviii, 168, xviii, 74, 73., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Travels in the interior of southern Africa / by William J. Burchell ; with an entirely new map, and numerous engravings.
Creator:
Burchell, William J. (William John), 1781–1863
Date:
1822-1824
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Views and costumes of the city and neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / from drawings taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain during the years 1819 and 1820, with descriptive explanations.
Creator:
Chamberlain, Lieutenant, 1796–1843
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
41 leaves, [36] leaves of plate (some fold.) : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774, 1774.
Date:
1774
Physical Description:
1 v. (45, [3] p., with blanks) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Italian scenery : representing the manners, customs, and amusements of the different states of Italy : containing thirty-two coloured engravings / by James Godby ; from original drawings by P. Van Lerberghi ; the narrative by M. Buonaiuti.
Creator:
Godby, James, 1767–1949
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[4], 74, [2] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill., music ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Views in the Madeiras.
Creator:
Bulwer, James
Date:
1827
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting now remaining in England.
Creator:
Carter, John, 1748–1817
Date:
1780-1787
Physical Description:
2 vols. in one.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity : and are desirous of inspecting the striking parts of the creation : there is to be seen, at the [blank] the beautiful zebra, or wild ass ... : it was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1762, by Sir Thomas Adams.
Date:
[1773]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph Reed, Yale BA 1954, and Kit Reed
[Coffin furniture: manufacturers' pattern book].
Date:
[ca. 1783]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires : costumes des législateurs, et des autres fonctionnaires publics.
Creator:
Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
One hundred fables, original and selected / by James Northcote, R.A. &c. &c. ; embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood.
Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
iii, [1], 272 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Reese Company
[Catalog for Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory]
Creator:
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory
Date:
[1784?]
Physical Description:
[36] leaves : ill. 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A series of subjects from the works of the late R. P. Bonington : drawn on stone by T. D. Harding.
Creator:
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
Date:
1829
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Chinese landskips.
Date:
[ca. 1752?]
Physical Description:
12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
Creator:
Greenwood, Jonathan
Date:
[1715?]
Physical Description:
[72] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Poems / by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate.
Creator:
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
[2], xiii, [3], 375, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Date:
MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:
[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex : consisting of a set of topographical maps from actual surveys, on a scale of two inches to a mile ... / by J. Edwards, topographer.
Creator:
Edwards, James, 1756–1816
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[3],viii, [1], 31, 86, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates, ([2] folded) : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Annals of the artists of Spain / by William Stirling, M.A.
Creator:
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 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
A picturesque tour through Ireland / by Dennis Sullivan, esq. ; illustrated with numerous coloured views of the most interesting scenery.
Creator:
Sullivan, Dennis
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[52] p., 23, [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Rowlandson's sketches from nature.
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [18] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway : with plates of the coaches, machines, &c., from drawings made on the spot / by Mr. T.T. Bury ; with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway.
Creator:
Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877
Date:
1833 [i.e. 1834]
Physical Description:
2 pt. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Palatial and parliamentary edifices of Westminster.
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
[126] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The cabinet gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign schools : in seventy-three line engravings / with biographical and critical dissertations by Allan Cunningham.
Creator:
Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Barquist
Morris & Company : 449, Oxford Street, London : we beg to call the attention of the public to some of the numerous kinds of goods which we produce.
Creator:
Morris & Co. (London, England)
Date:
not before 1882]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968
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
The absent minded beggar.
Creator:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
Date:
c1899
Physical Description:
1 printed handkerchief : damask cotton ; 62 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
Scotch scenery, circa 1814.
Creator:
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Date:
circa 1814
Physical Description:
1 v. ([35] leaves) : ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay.
Creator:
Luxmoore, Mary
Date:
circa 1830
Physical Description:
1 v. ([20] leaves) : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sketches for college rooms / from the portfolio of a gentleman of the University of Cambridge.
Creator:
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751–1835
Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Toy soldier paper dolls.
Creator:
Sayers, Henry, 1819 or 1820–1891
Date:
ca. 1830
Physical Description:
245 toy soldier paper dolls ; in box 33 x 27 x 9 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
Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and Guatemala City.
Creator:
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Date:
1826-1830
Physical Description:
2 v. + (2 commissions) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts