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1. "Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.
Creator:
Our Boys Clothing Company
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.

Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
[50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.
Creator:
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
38, [2] pages, 24 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

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

9. To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. 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.

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

11. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.

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

14. A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.
Creator:
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.

Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.
Creator:
Dinsdale, John
Date:
[1886]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. 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.

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

17. [Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]

[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
Creator:
Dean & Son
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 card ; illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The youths drawing book complete.

The youths drawing book complete.
Creator:
Fussell, Joseph, 1818–1912
Date:
[1832?]
Physical Description:
v. ; illustrations ; 15 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.

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

20. Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.

Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.
Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
[ca. 1826]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 38 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.
Date:
January 1, 1802
Physical Description:
14, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., port., map, 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.
Creator:
Girmondi, M
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.

The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.
Creator:
Thornhill, R. B. (Richard Badham)
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
xvi, ix, [1], 432 p., [8] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.
Creator:
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket : engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.

A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.
Creator:
Richardson, Andrew Hude
Date:
[ca. 1830]
Physical Description:
8 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion : containing a compendious view of the game laws : a description of the various kinds of dogs : and the best mode of breeding, rearing, and training them : with an account of the diseases to which they are liable, and the best methods of cure : to which are added, directions for grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, hare, and wild duck shooting : particular instructions for the young sportsman : and much miscellaneous information on the choice of guns, gunpowder, shot, &c. &c. / by B. Thomas.

No cover image available
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, 304 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A treatise on the æropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air : by means of kites, or buoyant sails : with a description of the charvolant, or kite carriage : and containing numerous most amusing and interesting anecdotes connected with several extraordinary excursions both by sea and land : with characteristic illustrations, drawn on stone by Rose Gilbert ; from designs by David Cox, jun.

No cover image available
Creator:
Pocock, George
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
54 p., [7] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena : for manly and defensive exercises, equestrian, chivalric, and aquatic games, and skilful and amusing pastimes : at the residence of the late Lord Cremorne : on a space of twenty-four acres, extending from the King's Road, Chelsea, to the Thames, and distant less that 2 1/2 miles from Piccadilly.

No cover image available
Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
36 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

30. [Le beau monde].

No cover image available
Date:
1823?]
Physical Description:
[19] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The training of a craftsman / written by Fred Miller ; illustrated by many workers in the art crafts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miller, Fred, decorative artist
Date:
1898
Physical Description:
x, 249, [1], 9, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Sciography, or, Radial projection of shadows / by R. Campbell Puckett.

No cover image available
Creator:
Puckett, R. Campbell (Robert Campbell)
Date:
1871
Physical Description:
xiv, 52 p., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Art embroidery : a treatise on the revived practice of decorative needlework / by M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister ; with nineteen plates printed in colours from designs by Thomas Crane.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lockwood, Mary S. (Mary Smith), 1831–1922
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
83 pages, XIX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

34. Rural sports / by the Rev. Wm. B. Daniel.

No cover image available
Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A treatise on the theory and practice of the art of fencing : illustrated with 12 highly finished plates / by George Roland.

No cover image available
Creator:
Roland, George
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xi, 181 p., [12] plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Fair nature : postcard painting album.

No cover image available
Date:
[1805?]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The manse garden / by Nathaniel Paterson, D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Glasgow.

No cover image available
Creator:
Paterson, N. (Nathaniel), 1787–1871
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
x, [11]-262, 2 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm : an agricultural fragment / by C.W.H.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
viii, 237, [3], 4 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

41. 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

42. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Modern horsemanship : a new method of teaching riding and training by means of pictures from the life / by Edward L. Anderson, author of 'A System of School Training for Horses,' 'The Gallop,' etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Anderson, Edward L. (Edward Lowell), 1842–1916
Date:
MDCCCLXXXVI [1886]
Physical Description:
xiii, [3], 168, 20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Cassell's sixpenny drawing copies. Series A. : Floral & vegetable forms.

No cover image available
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Delineations of British field sports : together with the various methods of poachings / drawn in lithography by Samuel Alken.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[14] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Liston's characters : six coloured engravings.

No cover image available
Date:
1826
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Celebrated & extraordinary exhibition, patronized by the royal families of England, France, Belgium, &c. &c. &c. of the industrious fleas : from Regent Street, is now exhibiting at Somerset Gallery, Strand.

No cover image available
Date:
[183-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Duncan, John Shute, 1769–1844
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Air-navigation, by means of the rotary balloon / by John Luntley ; provisionally registered, April 26th, 1851.

No cover image available
Creator:
Luntley, John, b. 1820
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
20 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Twelve crochet edgings, with illustrative engravings / edited by G. Curling Hope, author of "The Art of Crochet," "My Working Friend," Etc.

No cover image available
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
25, [7] pages, [1], ([1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Absurdities : in prose and verse / written and illustrated by A. Crowquill.

No cover image available
Creator:
Crowquill, Alfred
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[2], x, [2], 132 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Lights in art : a review of ancient and modern pictures : with critical remarks on the present state, treatment, and preservation of oil paintings / by George William Novice, artist.

No cover image available
Creator:
Novice, George William
Date:
1874
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 368 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. [Calling card for Mr. John A. May, Miss May, [... E. May] : The Brooklands.

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. 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

56. Album of photo-lithographic views of Liverpool & district.

No cover image available
Date:
[1886?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] p.) : ill. ; 21 x 372 cm, folded to 21 x 31 cm, attached to boards 23 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. A synoptical compend of British botany : (from the class Monandria to polygamia inclusive) arranged after the Linnean system : and containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures / by John Galpine.

No cover image available
Creator:
Galpine, John, 1769–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Figure training, or, Art the handmaid of nature / by E.D.M.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1865 and 1873]
Physical Description:
125, [1] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Collins' national drawing books / designed by D. Mackinlay.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description:
36 pt. : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. British ferns : their classification, structure, and functions : together with the best methods for their cultivation / by Mrs. Lankester. ; author of "Wild flowers worth notice.".

No cover image available
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
1884
Physical Description:
[4], 127, [1] p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Entomology in sport, and Entomology in earnest / by the Honorable Mrs. W. and Lady M.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
20, 48 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world / by the author of "The heir of Redclyffe" and "The herb of the field" ; illustrated with 31 colored plates ; arranged by Robert M. Stark, Fellow of The Botanical and Royal Physical Societies, Edinburgh, author of "A Popular History of British Mosses.".

No cover image available
Creator:
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
22, [2] p., xxxi leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Characters / by Williams.

No cover image available
Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830
Date:
ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The modern art of fencing : agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters in Europe / by le sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Academie des Armes ; carefully revised and augmented with a technical glossary, etc. by J. S. Forsyth ; embellished with numerous plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
Rolando, Guzman
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xxxi, [1], 240 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. J.D. Harding's early drawing-book.

No cover image available
Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The experiences of an amateur artist / by C. M. W.

No cover image available
Creator:
Webber, Catherine Mary, 1831–1900
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
34 leaves : all ill. ; 10 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Tatting, or, Frivolité / by Mrs. Mee and Miss Austin, 71, Brook Steet, Grosvenor Square, London (late of Bath).

No cover image available
Creator:
Mee, Cornelia, 1815–1875
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 10-21, [3] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 10 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Nicotiana, or, The smoker's and snuff-taker's companion : containing the history of tobacco, culture, medical qualities and the laws relative to its importation and manufacture : with an essay in its defence : the whole elegantly embellished and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes, being intended as an amusing and instructive volume for all genuine lovers of the herb / by Henry James Meller ...

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Creator:
Meller, Henry James
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
viii, 128, 36 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Extraordinary exhibition! : under the patronage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, the nobility, gentry, &c. &c. : 209, Regent Street, the industrious fleas : performing most astonishing feats : the whole different from last season.

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Date:
1833?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Characters in the grand fancy ball given by the British ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the conclusion of the carnival 1826 : in thirteen highly coloured plates : with a description of the entertainment of that occasion.

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Date:
MDCCCXXVII [1828]
Physical Description:
16 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Flowers from nature : with the botanical name, class, and order ; and instructions for copying : lithographed and coloured from drawings / by Anne Everard ; dedicated, by permission, to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

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Creator:
Everard, Anne
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[8] p., 13 leaves, 13 leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The fern garden, how to make, keep, and enjoy it, or, Fern culture made easy / by Shirley Hibberd ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and forty wood engravings.

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Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
vi, 148, [6] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. [Batch of cakes]

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Date:
1818?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. List of articles from Mechi, 4 Leadenhall St., London : inventor of the Mechian dressing case, and various improvements in articles of cutlery.

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Creator:
J.J. Mechi
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
16 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

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Creator:
Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage : the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sports / embellished with thirteen colored plates, designed from nature, and etched by Theodore Lane ; dedicated to Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
MDCCCXXVII [1827]
Physical Description:
viii, 304, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

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Creator:
Phillipps, Charles Spencer March
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
xiv, 131 ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Hardy ferns : how I collected and cultivated them / by Nona Bellairs ; with a frontispiece.

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Creator:
Bellairs, Nona Maria Stephenson
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
128, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Cambridge University boating costumes.

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Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : all ill. ; 32 x 39 cm, folded to 10 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The boat race and who went to it.

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Date:
[between 1868 and 1885]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([16] panels) : illustrations ; 29 x 89 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Photographic pleasures : popularly portrayed with pen and pencil / by Cuthbert Bede, B.A., author of "Verdant Green," &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[9], 14-83, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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

84. English society at home : from the collection of "Mr. Punch" / by George du Maurier.

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Creator:
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
[8] p., 63 leaves, [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The art of sketching flowers from nature : with coloured illustrations / by R. Willett Lucas.

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Creator:
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
iv, 45 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 1853.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. The comic album : a book for every table.

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Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[140] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours : containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery / by John Clark ; illustrated by fifty-five views from nature, descriptive objects, &c. mounted in imitation of drawings.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
4 pt. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. The betting-book / by George Cruikshank ; with cuts.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
31, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

89. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

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Creator:
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A narrative of the Grand Festival at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814 : with an appendix containing copies of all the handbills which were published on the occasions : a list of the xubscribers : and an account of the expenditure.

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Creator:
Cory, Robert
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
72 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The little sketch book : a course of very easy lessons in landscapes, figures, &c. First series, for young beginners.

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Creator:
Childs, George
Date:
[between 1832 and 1839]
Physical Description:
28 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 14 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. An account of the grand musical festival, held in September, 1823, in the cathedral church of York : for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the general infirmaries at Leeds, Hull, and Sheffield : to which is prefixed, a sketch of the rise and progress of musical festivals in Great Britain : with biographical and historical notes / by John Crosse, F.S.A., F.R.S.L., M.G.S. ...

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Creator:
Crosse, John, 1786–1833
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 436, xxvi, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

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Creator:
Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
xiv, 401 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The surprise art album : a new book containing over one hundred amusing and interesting picture puns / by W.H. Soulby.

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Creator:
Soulby, W. H
Date:
[1900]
Physical Description:
[26] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Cassell's sixpenny drawing copies. Series C. Landscape drawing.

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Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. The new guide to knitting & crochet / by Marie Jane Cooper.

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Creator:
Cooper, Marie Jane
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[4], 68 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Oriental tooth paste : an unrivalled preparation for cleansing, beautifying & preserving the teeth & gums.

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Creator:
J. & E. Atkinson's Perfumery
Date:
[188-?]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Specimens of riding near London / drawn from life by Henry Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[3] pt. : all ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Spooner's Changing drolleries : no. 2 : choosing a husband : mercy on us what a set of frights! Ah, there's a decent looking portrait at last I declare!

No cover image available
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
1 sheet : col. ill. ; 30 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts