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201. The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.
Creator:
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649
Date:
MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Physical Description:
196, [4] pages : maps ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

202. Panorama of the Rhine and the adjacent country from Cologne to Mayence / drawn from nature by F. W. Delkeskamp ; engraved by John Clark ; to which are now added maps showing the routes from Calais, Ostend, and Rotterdam, to Cologne, and from Mayence to the sources of the Rhine, together with the steam boat companion, describing the places between Rotterdam and Mayence.

Panorama of the Rhine and the adjacent country from Cologne to Mayence / drawn from nature by F. W. Delkeskamp ; engraved by John Clark ; to which are now added maps showing the routes from Calais, Ostend, and Rotterdam, to Cologne, and from Mayence to the sources of the Rhine, together with the steam boat companion, describing the places between Rotterdam and Mayence.
Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:
[between 1834 and 1839]
Physical Description:
3 prints on 6 sheets : engraving ; sheets end-to-end 284 x 28 cm, accordion folded to 19 x 23 cm, in covers 21 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

203. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.
Creator:
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

204. The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland : with descriptive illustrations / by Walter Scott.

The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland : with descriptive illustrations / by Walter Scott.
Creator:
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
2 v. (lii, 208 p., [2] leaves, [52] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

205. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

206. Specimens of continental architecture / by Robert Smirke, Junr. F.A.S.

Specimens of continental architecture / by Robert Smirke, Junr. F.A.S.
Creator:
Smirke, Robert, Sir, 1780–1867
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 4 pages, VIII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

207. One hundred new fables : embellished with designs to each fable / by James Northcote, R.A.

One hundred new fables : embellished with designs to each fable / by James Northcote, R.A.
Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Date:
1817-1825
Physical Description:
331, 4 p. : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

208. Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository of elegance, taste, and entertainment : containing a new and complete collection of superb views of all the most remarkable ruins and antient buildings, such as abbeys, castles, monasteries, priories ... : accompanied by elegant letter-press descriptions ... a complete set of county-maps ... together with an authentic account of Doomsday-Book ... / published under the inspection of Henry Boswell ... assisted by Robert Hamilton ... and other ingenious gentlemen ...

Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository of elegance, taste, and entertainment : containing a new and complete collection of superb views of all the most remarkable ruins and antient buildings, such as abbeys, castles, monasteries, priories ... : accompanied by elegant letter-press descriptions ... a complete set of county-maps ... together with an authentic account of Doomsday-Book ... / published under the inspection of Henry Boswell ... assisted by Robert Hamilton ... and other ingenious gentlemen ...
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth Langhorne

209. Della architettura militare : manuscript.

Della architettura militare : manuscript.
Creator:
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Date:
mid-16th century
Physical Description:
1 volume : 85 drawings, one print ; 43 cm + 8 items
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

210. Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre : divisez en trois parties ... : ouvrage enrichi de plus de quatre-cens planches gravées en taille-douce / par Allain Manesson Mallet ...

Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre : divisez en trois parties ... : ouvrage enrichi de plus de quatre-cens planches gravées en taille-douce / par Allain Manesson Mallet ...
Creator:
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Date:
1696
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., plans ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

211. A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.

A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
89 p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

212. Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate [cartographic material] / W. Kip sculp.

Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate [cartographic material] / W. Kip sculp.
Creator:
Kip, William
Date:
An 1602
Physical Description:
1 map ; 80 mm in diameter, on sheet 13 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

213. Practical farriery, or, The complete directory : in whatever relates to the food, management, and cure of the diseases incident to horses ; the whole alphabetically digested, and illustrated with copper-plates / by John Blunt, surgeon, at Leominster, Hereforshire.

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory : in whatever relates to the food, management, and cure of the diseases incident to horses ; the whole alphabetically digested, and illustrated with copper-plates / by John Blunt, surgeon, at Leominster, Hereforshire.
Creator:
Blunt, John, surgeon
Date:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
viii, 316, [8] p., III leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

214. Indenture placing Elizabeth Richardson into the service of Jane Horam.

Indenture placing Elizabeth Richardson into the service of Jane Horam.
Date:
1769 January 4
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 33 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

215. Panorama, Leicester-Square [graphic] : (by Royal Patent) is open every day (Sundays excepted) from ten till seven : admittance one shilling : the present subject is a view of the Grand Fleet, moored at Spithead, being the Russian armament in 1791, taken from the centre, together with Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and entire surrounding objects / the painting, by Mr. Barker, contains above ten thousand square feet, and every object appears as large as reality, by effect of the pencil only.

Panorama, Leicester-Square [graphic] : (by Royal Patent) is open every day (Sundays excepted) from ten till seven : admittance one shilling : the present subject is a view of the Grand Fleet, moored at Spithead, being the Russian armament in 1791, taken from the centre, together with Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and entire surrounding objects / the painting, by Mr. Barker, contains above ten thousand square feet, and every object appears as large as reality, by effect of the pencil only.
Date:
[1793]
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; 27.5 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

216. Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : includung observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings / by James Forbes ; ... in four volumes.

Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : includung observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings / by James Forbes ; ... in four volumes.
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
1813 [i.e. 1839]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

217. Jersey algae.

Jersey algae.
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
1 volume (21 leaves) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

218. [Views of the cities of Westminster and London taken from the opposite bank of the Thames]

[Views of the cities of Westminster and London taken from the opposite bank of the Thames]
Creator:
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
1 panorama on 5 sheets : engraving ; full panorama 31 x 395 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

219. Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer : no. 11, Fountain Street, Manchester.

Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer : no. 11, Fountain Street, Manchester.
Creator:
Pigot, James, 1769–1843
Date:
[between 1810 and 1821]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 60 x 78 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

220. Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds : with additional watercolors and engravings by Eleazar Albin.

Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds : with additional watercolors and engravings by Eleazar Albin.
Creator:
Edwards, George, 1694–1773
Date:
approximately 1746
Physical Description:
1 volume (53 leaves, with blanks) : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

221. Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
54, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

222. [Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel).

[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel).
Creator:
Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)
Date:
[188-?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 90 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

223. Twelve prints of sea engagements [graphic].

Twelve prints of sea engagements [graphic].
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

224. Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855.

Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855.
Creator:
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 47 x 86 mm, in folded wallet 55 x 92 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

225. The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates [graphic].

The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates [graphic].
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 26 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

226. Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies.

Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies.
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

227. [Printed invoice and promotional handbill of Hafod Arms Hotel].

[Printed invoice and promotional handbill of Hafod Arms Hotel].
Creator:
Hafod Arms Hotel (Ceredigion, Wales)
Date:
[184-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 17 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

228. The Westminster Hotel : (two doors from general railway station)

The Westminster Hotel : (two doors from general railway station)
Creator:
Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)
Date:
[189-?]
Physical Description:
1 tradecard : illustrations ; 50 x 90 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

229. Twelve prints of Pamela : representing the principle actions of her life.

Twelve prints of Pamela : representing the principle actions of her life.
Date:
published 25 June 1774
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

230. King's Arms & Castle Hotel : Kenilworth : Mrs. Adams, Proprietress.

King's Arms & Castle Hotel : Kenilworth : Mrs. Adams, Proprietress.
Creator:
King's Arms & Castle Hotel (Kenilworth, England)
Date:
[May 15th, 1891]
Physical Description:
1 tradecard : illustrations ; 80 x 1200 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

231. [Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]

[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]
Creator:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date:
1805-1834 [i.e. 1834-1835?]
Physical Description:
65 maps on 66 sheets : mounted on linen ; sheets 69 x 98 cm, or smaller + index.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

232. Twelve prints, representing the surprising events in the life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe [graphic].

Twelve prints, representing the surprising events in the life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe [graphic].
Date:
publish'd as the act directs, 18 Jan. 1783
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

233. Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver lacemen, London, for purchases made by Barrington Buggin Esq., May 13th, 1772.

Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver lacemen, London, for purchases made by Barrington Buggin Esq., May 13th, 1772.
Creator:
Corrall, Christopher, active 1772
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

234. The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors : which set out from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, London, through the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk & Norfolk / V. Woodthorpe sc. 27 Fetter Lane.

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors : which set out from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, London, through the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk & Norfolk / V. Woodthorpe sc. 27 Fetter Lane.
Creator:
Boulton, George
Date:
[between 1796 and 1809]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 26 x 20 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

235. Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of the late Sir Musgrave Brisco in Carlisle from July 21, 1886 to December 19, 1886.

Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of the late Sir Musgrave Brisco in Carlisle from July 21, 1886 to December 19, 1886.
Creator:
W. & J. Proud, coach builder
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) : illustrations ; 34 cn
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

236. In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875.

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875.
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 110 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

237. W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.

W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.
Creator:
W. & T. Gregson (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1820]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 40 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

238. [Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55].

[Billhead of John R. Barklie, Proprietor, 99 Grafton Street, Dublin for items purchased by Mrs. Brewster of 9 Prince Edwards Terrace on March 15/55].
Creator:
Barklie, John R.
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 30 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

239. [Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New Phaeton for Miss Robinson, Hammerton Hall]

[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New Phaeton for Miss Robinson, Hammerton Hall]
Creator:
Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)
Date:
June 11th, 1828
Physical Description:
1 billhead ; 24 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

240. Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.

Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.
Creator:
Jones & Halton (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

241. Vere Foster's Copy books : Original series.

Vere Foster's Copy books : Original series.
Creator:
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Date:
[approximately 1897?]
Physical Description:
[24] pages : illustrations ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

242. Violettes du 20 Mars 1815 / Cana fecit.

Violettes du 20 Mars 1815 / Cana fecit.
Creator:
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
Date:
20 Mars 1815
Physical Description:
1 print : hand colored engraving. ; 14 x 10 cm, on sheet 25 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

243. Pike & Garnham, linen drapers, silk mercers & hosiers : 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn.

Pike & Garnham, linen drapers, silk mercers & hosiers : 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn.
Creator:
Pike & Garnham
Date:
[1830?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 90 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

244. Hinton & Lock : toy makers, at the sign of the Orange Tree, the corner of Craborn Alley, in Little Newport Street near Leicester Fields.

Hinton & Lock : toy makers, at the sign of the Orange Tree, the corner of Craborn Alley, in Little Newport Street near Leicester Fields.
Creator:
Darly, M. (Mary)
Date:
[not after 1778]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

245. 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

246. A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital : to be preach'd by the Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, at St. Andrew's Church, Holbourn, on Thursday the 5th of March, 1752 ... there will be a full band of vocal and instrumental musick by the first performers, to accompany the service at church.

A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital : to be preach'd by the Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, at St. Andrew's Church, Holbourn, on Thursday the 5th of March, 1752 ... there will be a full band of vocal and instrumental musick by the first performers, to accompany the service at church.
Date:
[1752]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching, engraving ; plate mark 10 x 13 cm, on sheet 12 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

247. Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books.

Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books.
Creator:
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892
Date:
ca. 1844-1865
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

248. Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.

Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.
Creator:
Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 18 x 11 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

249. 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

250. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

251. The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste / by William Hogarth.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
xxii, [4], 153, [5] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

252. Industry and idleness [graphic] / design'd by Wm. Hogarth.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

253. Letter ordering a camera obscura for Count Alessandro Baldeschi Eugeni.

No cover image available
Date:
Florence?,
Physical Description:
1 item ([4] pages) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

254. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [1], 6-72 pages, [1] leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

255. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:
1871
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 110, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

256. The complete farrier and British sportsman : containing a systematic enquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse, the causes, symptoms, and most approved methods of prevention and cure for every disease to which he is liable : a detection and exposure of the erroneous and bad methods of treatment generally adopted, with numerous approved and original recipes for various diseases : the whole rendered easy and familiar, with a view to general utility, and founded on the latest discoveries and experimental facts, to which the progress of improvement for the last twenty years in the veterinary act has led : including a faithful delineation of the various dogs used in the sports of the field, with canine pathology : interspersed with sporting anecdotes, and an account of the most celebrated horses, dogs, &c. &c. : equally important and interesting to The British Sportsman : as well as inn-keepers, coach-masters, farmers, owners of stage-waggons, &c. : embellished with a series of engravings, executed in the first style of the art, from original drawings in the possession of noblemen and Gentlemen of the Turf, and compiled, by permission, exclusively for this work / by Richard Lawrence ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Lawrence, Richard, active 1801–1816
Date:
[1816?]
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-510 pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

257. Ferdinand VII.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1814]
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; 23 x 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

258. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal, the horse; together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening : necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject : with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
300 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

259. Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836.

No cover image available
Creator:
Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Date:
1708-1875,
Physical Description:
2.0 linear feet (6 boxes)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

260. The gentleman's new pocket companion : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue or on a journey : the construction and management of stables : different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse, from three to nine years old : with a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is most subject, with such remedies as long experience has proven effectual / by Richard Mason, of Surry County, Virginia.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[2], 4, [1], iv-vii, 176, [3], 11, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

261. The gentleman's new pocket farrier : comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal the horse : together with the quickest and simplest mode of fattening, necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue, or on a journey, the construction and management of stables, different marks for ascertaining the age of a horse : also, a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is subject, with such remedies as long experience has proved to be effectual / by Richard Mason ; to which is added a prize essay on mules and an appendix containing observations and receipts for the cure of most of the common distempers incident to horses, oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, swine, dogs, &c., selected from different authors ; also, an addenda, containing annals of the turf, American stud book, rules for training, racing, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mason, Richard, active 1808–1861?
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
388 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

262. Topographia Helvetiæ, Rhætiæ et Valesiæ : das ist, Beschreibung vnnd eygentliche Abbildung der vornemsten Stätte vnd Plätze in der hochlöblichen Eydgnossschafft, Graubündten, Wallis, vnd etlicher zugewandten Orthen / M.Z.

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Creator:
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Date:
Im Jahr MDCLIV [1654]
Physical Description:
90, [8] p., [80] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings), maps, plans ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

263. British family antiquity : illustrative of the origin and progress of the rank, honours, and personal merit of the nobility of the United Kingdom : accompanied with an elegant set of chronological charts / by William Playfair.

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Creator:
Playfair, William, 1759–1823
Date:
1809-1811
Physical Description:
9 volumes : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

264. Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris : das ist Beschreibung der vornehmsten Stätte vnnd Plätz in dem hochl: Nider Sachs: Crayss.

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Creator:
Zeiller, Martin, 1589–1661
Date:
MDCLIII [1653]
Physical Description:
242 [i.e. 218], [6] p., [41] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings), maps, plans ; 39 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

265. [Drawing book of wild boars].

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Date:
[ca. 1770?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : all ill. ; 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

266. Perspective made easie, or, The art of representing all manner of objects as they appear to the eye in all scituations : containing the elements of designing and painting : illustrated with above fifty figures in copper / written originally in French by Bernard Lamy, Priest of the Oratory, and faithfully translated into English, by an officer of Her Majesties Ordnance.

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Creator:
Lamy, Bernard, 1640–1715
Date:
MDCCX [1710]
Physical Description:
[16], 174, [8] p., 31 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

267. The poetical works of Lord Byron / edited, with a critical memoir, by William Michael Rossetti ; illustrated by Ford Madox Brown.

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Creator:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
[2], xx, 604 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

268. Dante's Inferno / translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., from the original of Dante Alighieri ; and illustrated with the designs of Gustave Doré.

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Creator:
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321
Date:
[1866]
Physical Description:
[2], xxiv, 183, [1] p., [75] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

269. A map of the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple.

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Creator:
Popple, Henry, -1743
Date:
[1739]
Physical Description:
1 map on 20 sheets ; sheets 53 x 72 cm or smaller, bound 53 x 41 cm. + 1 key map (48 x 47 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

270. The complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : with illustrations.

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Creator:
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807–1882
Date:
[c1894]
Physical Description:
xvi, [2], 677, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

271. Instructions in brigade drill for the practice of regiments and depots of infantry.

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Date:
1852
Physical Description:
53, [1] p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

272. Descriptive guide of Leamington Priors : containing a brief account of that celebrated and fashionable spa : with general rules for drinking the waters, and the use of the baths : (as recommended by the most eminent physicians,) : comprising also various interesting county sketches, including a particular account of Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, Stonley-Abbey, Off-Church, Guy's Cliff, Birmingham, Coventry, Ragley Park, and Stratford-on-Avon, &c. : illustrated with elegant vignettes and a perspective view of the castle and borough of Warwick : likewise with views of the Royal Pump Room and New Baths, of the Assembly Rooms, the theatre, and other superb embellishments / by J. Bisset, (Late of Birmingham,) proprietor of the historic picture gallery, of the Public Reading Room, and the Museum of Natural History at Leamington ; with a map of ten miles round the spa.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 114, [12] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map : 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

273. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Thomas Mason, May 9th, 1891 from the Phœnix Fire Office]

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Creator:
Phœnix Fire Office (Firm : London, England)
Date:
1891-1892
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 52 x 38 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

274. The Art Student : an illustrated monthly magazine of the fine & industial arts and guide to their principles and practice.

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Date:
1864-1865
Physical Description:
17 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

275. Thomas Gillbank, basket maker and turner : 50 Grays Inn Lane.

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Creator:
Gillbank, Thomas
Date:
[approximately 1808]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 80 x 100 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

276. A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly : very proper for all to draw after who are willing to excel in the noble arts of painting, engraving, &c.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1730]
Physical Description:
11 leaves : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

277. Hubert von Herkomer archive, 1862-1943.

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Creator:
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Date:
1862-1943
Physical Description:
21 linear feet
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius

278. Advertisement for riding belt, waistband, and waistcoat back, sold by Henry Adcock, London.

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Creator:
Adcock, Henry, active 1824
Date:
approximately 1824?
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

279. A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker : 59, South Street, Exeter, opposite Palace Gate / Smith sc., Exeter.

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Creator:
Banke, A. de
Date:
between and 1840 and 1850?
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 49 x 87 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

280. The journal and letters of the late Thomas Browne Parker, of Sweeney in the County of Salop, Esq. : during a tour with his friend Edward Joshua Cooper of Markree Castle in the Co. of Sligo, Esqre. M.P. : through Bavaria, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, & the Crimea, in the years 1824, 1825, & 1826 / transcribed, arranged, and illustrated (with copies of the drawings made during the tour by the artist Sig. Bossi, sketches in the Crimea by T.B.P. &c., and insertion of portraits, prints, &c. collected by T.B.P. in his travels) by his affectionate sister Mary Leighton, Loton Park, 1835.

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Creator:
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
3 volumes (544 pages) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

281. An atlas, comprising maps of the several counties, divided into unions, and of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man : with a map of England and Wales, and a plan of London and its environs.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
1 atlas (57 maps) ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

282. Stokes, maker, 52 Cheapside.

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Creator:
Stokes, Edward (Hatter)
Date:
[approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illlustrations ; 50 x 40 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

283. An introduction to the study of perspective : elucidated by easy and familiar examples in question and answer : so as to enable the student of drawing, to apply the principles of the science with facility, to sketching from nature / by Stephen Humble ; teacher of drawing and painting, Edinburgh ; illustrated with seventeen copperplates.

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Creator:
Humble, Stephen
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
27, [1] p., 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

284. Billhead of John Connell, cheesemonger, Edinburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Cadell, 1829.

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Creator:
Connell, John
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 28 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

285. The history and present state of Virginia : in four parts : I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time -- II. The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement -- III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. -- IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land / by a native and inhabitant of the place.

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Creator:
Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673–1722
Date:
MDCCV [1705]
Physical Description:
[12], 104, 40, 64, 83, [1], 16, [4] pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

286. An inquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse : comprehending the diseases to which his limbs and feet are subject, with proper directions for shoeing : and pointing out a method for ascertaining his age until his twelfth year : to which is added, an attempt to explain the laws of his progressive motion, on mechanical and anatomical principles : illustrated by seventeen copper plates / by Richard Lawrence ...

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Creator:
Lawrence, Richard, active 1801–1816
Date:
[approximately 1804]
Physical Description:
[3], vi-xxiv, 224, [30] pages, 15 (i.e. 17) leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

287. A complete round of cyphers for the use of engravers, painters, sculptors, jewellers, hair workers, enamellers, pattern-drawers, &c. : consisting of six hundred examples for the forming of cyphers of every denomination. / designed and engraved by Garnet Terry.

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Creator:
Terry, Garnet
Date:
[1795]
Physical Description:
26, [1] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

288. Observations on the mechanism of the horse's foot : its natural spring explained, and a mode of shoeing recommended, by which the foot is defended from external injury, with the least impediment to its spring : illustrated by copperplates / by Strickland Freeman, Esq.

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Creator:
Freeman, Strickland, 1754?-1821
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, 107, [33] pages, 16, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

289. A sentimental journey through France and Italy / by Laurence Sterne ; with six engravings on copper by J.E. Laboureur.

No cover image available
Creator:
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Date:
MCMXXVIII [1928]
Physical Description:
151, [3] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

290. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater ... : illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals ; executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations, 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

291. The ladies' pocket book of etiquette / by A. F. (1838) ; with engravings by Hester Sainsbury.

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Creator:
Freeling, Arthur
Date:
MCMXXVIII [1928]
Physical Description:
[10], 55, [3] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

292. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

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Creator:
Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [4], 398, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

293. An analysis of horsemanship : teaching the whole art of riding, in the manege, military, hunting, racing, and travelling system : together with the method of breaking horses, for every purpose to which those noble animals are adapted / by John Adams, ridingmaster ; in three volumes.

No cover image available
Creator:
Adams, John (Riding master)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

294. Enoch Arden / by Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. Poet-Laureate.

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Creator:
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
vi, 3-57, [1] leaves, [18] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

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

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

296. Ulick and Soracha / by George Moore.

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Creator:
Moore, George, 1852–1933
Date:
MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:
[6], 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

297. The American military pocket atlas : being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies ; especially those which now are, or probably may be the theatre of war : taken principally from the actual surveys and judicious observations of Engineers de Brahm and Romans ; Cook, Jackson, and Collet ; Maj. Holland, and other officers, employed in His Majesty's fleets and armies.

No cover image available
Date:
[1776]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([3], vi-viii, [2] pages, [6] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

298. Boxiana, or, Sketches of ancient and modern pugilism ... / by P. Egan.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1823-1829
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

299. A brief narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay : through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the year MDCCCXXIV / by Captain G.F. Lyon, R.N. ; with a chart and engravings.

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Creator:
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Date:
MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:
xvi, 198, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

300. The anatomy of an horse : containing an exact and full description of the frame, situation and connexion of all his parts, (with their actions and uses) exprest in forty nine copper-plates : to which is added an appendix, containing two discourses: the one, of the generation of animals; and the other, of the motion of the chyle, and the circulation of the bloud / by Andrew Snape, Jun. Farrier to His Majesty.

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Creator:
Snape, Andrew, 1644–
Date:
An. Dom. 1683
Physical Description:
[14], 237, [1], 45, [7] p., XLIX leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts