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1101. Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae), open, and Red Postman (Heliconius erato phyllis), closed; shells, from left: (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778), (cf. Cypraecassis testiculus L. 1758), and (cf. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae), open, and Red Postman (Heliconius erato phyllis), closed; shells, from left: (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778), (cf. Cypraecassis testiculus L. 1758), and (cf. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

1102. Lines on the melancholy catastrophe at Holmfirth : on the fourth of February, by the bursting of the reservoir, causing the loss of upwards of 100 lives.

Lines on the melancholy catastrophe at Holmfirth : on the fourth of February, by the bursting of the reservoir, causing the loss of upwards of 100 lives.
Date:
[ca. 1852]
Physical Description:
([1] page) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1103. Jas. Middleton, portable writing desk and dressing box manufacturer : 8 Lombard Street from the Strand.

Jas. Middleton, portable writing desk and dressing box manufacturer : 8 Lombard Street from the Strand.
Date:
[approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 5 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1104. A Turkish atrocity : where is the victim?

A Turkish atrocity : where is the victim?
Date:
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description:
1 print ; 8 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1105. To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely.

To thee my heart beats with affection sincerely.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 12 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1106. Account book of Joseph English, undertaker.

Account book of Joseph English, undertaker.
Creator:
English, Joseph, 1798 or 1799–1871
Date:
1829-1837
Physical Description:
58 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1107. Greek marine views : from sketches taken by an officer, during a three years cruize in the Mediterranean / arranged by W.J. Huggins, marine painter ; and engraved by Edward Duncan.

No cover image available
Creator:
Huggins, William John, 1781–1845
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
3 leaves, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1108. The areaorama : a view in the Regents Park.

No cover image available
Date:
May 1, 1825
Physical Description:
1 peepshow (7 sheets) : hand-colored etchings ; 11 x 14 cm, 75 cm in depth (extended)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1109. Studio portrait of Emalani Kalanikaumaka'amano Kaleleonalani Na'ea (Queen Emma) of Hawaii.

No cover image available
Creator:
Silvy, Camille-Léon-Louis, 1834–1910
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
1 photograph : albumen print ; 26.5 x 23 cm, mounted on sheet 36 x 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1110. The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.

No cover image available
Creator:
Boazio, Baptista
Date:
[1589?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 40.5 x 52.5 cm., on sheet 41.8 x 55.6 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1111. Illustrations of the rock-cut temples of India : selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore / drawn on stone by Mr. T.C. Dibdin, from sketches carefully made on the spot with the assistance of the camera-lucida in the years 1838-9 ; by James Fergusson, esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Fergusson, James, 1808–1886
Date:
MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1112. The recuyell of the historyes of Troye.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460
Date:
1892]
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1113. Album of pressed botanical specimens from the county of Suffolk.

No cover image available
Date:
circa 1830-1831
Physical Description:
1 volume (6 pages, 86 leaves) ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts