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1. Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons : by Thomas Archer.

Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons : by Thomas Archer.
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
1 handbill ; 11 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Blackout in London.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983
Date:
1939 December
Physical Description:
pages 551-558 : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

No cover image available
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. New picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious,medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis : presenting a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement, to which is subjoined, a description of the environs.

No cover image available
Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Physical Description:
viii, 496 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A day's journal of a sponge / by Peter Pasquin [pseud.].

No cover image available
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The new album of London.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1882?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] p.) : all ill. ; 17 x 163 cm, folded to 17 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

7. Strange's pocket scrap book for young ladies and gentlemen : containing views of all the public places of amusement, watering places, etc. etc. : part IV.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1841 and 1849]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
S. W., active 1801–1820?
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2, 196 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise and progress of the metropolis to the present period : with a full description of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Woolwich, Greenwich, Chelsea, and other places in the environ, useful to the visitor : the whole embellished with fifty-nine engravings of public buildings : a route for viewing the whole in seven days : to which is annexed a new and superior map, with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
xii, 294, 14, [1] p. : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. London exhibited in 1851 : elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture : its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization : its social, literary, and scientific institutions : and its numerous galleries of fine art : with 205 illustrations, executed by Mr. Robert Branston, Mr. O. Jewitt, Mr. J.R. Jobbins, and others : including a newly-constructed map, engraved by Mr. Wilson Lowry.

No cover image available
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
910, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Pigot & Co.'s metropolitan guide & book of reference : to every street, court, lane, passage, alley and public building : in the cities of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and their respective suburbs.

No cover image available
Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
154 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity : illustrated by maps, plans, and views.

No cover image available
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
xv, 391, 16 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

No cover image available
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise, and progress of the metropolis to the present time : embellished with numerous engravings of public buildings, ground plans of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, with its chapel, aisles, etc. : descriptions of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Kew Gardens, Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, etc. : to which is annexed a superior coloured map of London : with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
vii, [xix]-xxiv, 324, [12] p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Views in London : consisting of the most remarkable buildings : with an historical description of each.

No cover image available
Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
26, 11 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. London and its environs : including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc. : handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker.

No cover image available
Creator:
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
x, 366 p., [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.+ [1] folded map (73 x 94 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

17. Leigh's new picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious, medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis : presenting a luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement, to which is subjoined, a description of the environs.

No cover image available
Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1825-5
Physical Description:
vii, 520, 35 p., [40] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. London : illustrated by twenty bird's-eye views of the principal streets : also a map showing its chief suburbs and environs : and by a street-map of central London by Herbert Fry.

No cover image available
Creator:
Fry, Herbert, 1830–1885
Date:
1889
Physical Description:
xviii, 286, viii, [22] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities : illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others : and a new complete map, engraved by Lowry.

No cover image available
Creator:
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
910 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A tour to London, or, New observations on England and its inhabitants / by M. Grosley ... ; translated from the French by Thomas Nugent ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Grosley, Pierre Jean, 1718–1785
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Postcards of the British royal family, ca. 1897-ca. 2013.

No cover image available
Date:
ca. 1897-ca. 2013
Physical Description:
1 linear foot (approximately 1,000 postcards)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler

22. Picturesque sketches of London : past and present / by Thomas Miller ; with numerous engravings of churches, public buildings, antiquities, street views, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1807–1874
Date:
[1852]
Physical Description:
306, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Memories of London : a picture souvenir of the world's greatest city.

No cover image available
Date:
[1951]
Physical Description:
32 pages : illustrations ; 13 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The British metropolis in 1851 : a classified guide to London, so arranged as to show, in separate chapters, every object in London interesting to special tastes and occupations.

No cover image available
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
xx, 299, 16, [14] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

No cover image available
Creator:
Grant, James, 1802–1879
Date:
[1837-1838]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. ([4], viii, 408 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. London [graphic].

No cover image available
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
20 pictures on 2 joined sheets : chromolithograph ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 76 cm, accordion folded to 13 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. All about the Diamond Jubilee : with large-scale plan of London : fully illustrated.

No cover image available
Date:
[1897]
Physical Description:
[2], 77, [1] p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Notes sur mon voyage en Angleterre (Ier) et ... en Irelande et Ecosse : du 3 juin 1835 au 9 aout.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lefort, Pierre Alexandre Francisque, 1809–1878
Date:
1835, June 3-1851, September 12
Physical Description:
1 v. (86, [28] p.) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Guide du voyageur à Londres et dans ses environs : précédé d'un itinéraire topographique des diverses routes de Paris à Londres : et comprenant, 1 ̊une notice détaillée de Londres ... 2 ̊l'indication complète des hôtels, messageries, voitures de cette capitale, 3 ̊toutes les lignes de chemins de fer ... / par Lake ; revu et corrigé par Richard.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lake, J. W
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
563 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., col. maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Evelyn Adams diary.

No cover image available
Creator:
Adams, Evelyn, fl. 1888–1925
Date:
1888 May 24-1925 June 30
Physical Description:
1 v. ([98] p.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. England at war : life goes on in the dark.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983
Date:
1940 January 1
Physical Description:
pages 40-47 : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The sphere.

No cover image available
Date:
1900-1964
Physical Description:
257 v. : ill. ; 37-47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Routledge's guide to London and its suburbs : comprising description of all its points of interest : with original illustrations, a map, and index.

No cover image available
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
xvi, 202 p., [17] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The new picture of London : being a complete guide & hand-book to all that can amuse, interest, and instruct in this vast metropolis : and a useful and entertaining companion to the exhibitions and public buildings, sights and amusements, for the stranger, resident, and visitor.

No cover image available
Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
xii, 276 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Kidd's new guide to the "lions" of London, or, The stranger's directory to the Tower, ST. Paul's, the parks, the theatres, the bazaars, the diorama, the colosseum, Thames tunnel, the Zoological gardens, Regent's park, the Surrey zoological gardens, Westminster abbey, etc. etc. : with numerous illustrations of the different places and objects, designed and engraved by G.W. Bonner.

No cover image available
Creator:
Kidd, William, 1803–1867
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
70, 8 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Hand-book of London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
liv, 602 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. [Shelter pictures by Bill Brandt and Henry Moore]

No cover image available
Creator:
Brandt, Bill, 1904–1983
Date:
1942 December
Physical Description:
pages 473-482 : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

No cover image available
Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Vues d'Angleterre.

No cover image available
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
1 v. ([26] leaves) : ill. ; 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Robin's panoramic excursion from London-Bridge to Ramsgate [graphic] : including Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Broadstairs, and Margate : with every other place, or object of interest, to be seen during the voyage : the whole extending to twelve feet in length.

No cover image available
Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
[1839]
Physical Description:
1 print on 20 joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 8 x 320 cm, accordion folded to 8 x 16 cm + 1 pamphlet (8, [24] pages ; 9 x 16 cm)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The campagna of London, or, Views in the different parishes within the circumference of twenty-five miles from that metropolis : with some account of the history and topography of each parish, and biographical anecdotes of persons who have resided in them. The whole collected from authentic records, and from local and personal information / by William Ellis ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Ellis, William, 1747–1810
Date:
[1791-1793]
Physical Description:
152 p., 26 [i.e. 25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

43. The exhibition and grand London sights.

No cover image available
Date:
[1856]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Veuës de diverses belles maisons, eglises & cathedrales de la ville de Londres & d'Angleterre.

No cover image available
Physical Description:
[28] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 19 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The court and city register for the year 1751 ; containing 1. new and correct lists of both Houses of Parliament. II. The Court register. III. Lists of the Army and Navy.

No cover image available
Date:
[1751?]
Physical Description:
[8], 207, [1] p., [1] folded leaves of plates : ill. : 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The panorama of London, or, Visitor's guide / by T. Allen ; with numerous engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Allen, Thomas, 1803–1833
Date:
1828]
Physical Description:
318 p., [32] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., map ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A handbook for London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
2 volumes (933 pages) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.