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1. Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse.

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse.
Creator:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:
[1753]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (2 pages) : autograph letter signed ; 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29.

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29.
Creator:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:
1773 January 29
Physical Description:
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 38 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, and glands / illustrated by twenty-four plates by George Stubbs, painter.

The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins, and glands / illustrated by twenty-four plates by George Stubbs, painter.
Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
68 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number / the whole executed by George Stubbs, author of "The anatomy of the horse."

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number / the whole executed by George Stubbs, author of "The anatomy of the horse."
Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 29 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.
Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Letter to John Thomas Smith.

Letter to John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Constable, John, 1776–1837
Date:
1797, between January 16 and March 23
Physical Description:
1 item (1 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Views in Rome and its environs.

Views in Rome and its environs.
Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:
1841
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Alphabet.

Alphabet.
Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
1 v. ([26] leaves) : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...

Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
xxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.

Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington : occasion'd by his publishing Palladio's designs of the baths, arches, theatres, &c. of ancient Rome / by Mr. Pope.

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington : occasion'd by his publishing Palladio's designs of the baths, arches, theatres, &c. of ancient Rome / by Mr. Pope.
Creator:
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
Date:
1731
Physical Description:
14, [1] p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap.

Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap.
Creator:
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Date:
[approximately 1894?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Views of Blaise Hamlet, Henbury Church, etc.

Views of Blaise Hamlet, Henbury Church, etc.
Date:
[1840?]
Physical Description:
[5] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia / by George Waddington ... and the Rev. Barnard Hanbury ... ; with maps and other engravings.

Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia / by George Waddington ... and the Rev. Barnard Hanbury ... ; with maps and other engravings.
Creator:
Waddington, George, 1793–1869
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 333, [3] p., [18] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital" : manuscript.

Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital" : manuscript.
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
4 items ; various sizes
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.
Creator:
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:
circa 1768
Physical Description:
20 drawings : watercolor and gouache over graphite on parchment.
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)

18. An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...

An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...
Creator:
Mudford, William, 1782–1848
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], xviii, [2], 368 p., [32] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. 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

20. An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry : theoretical and practical : together with the descriptions, causes, and methods of removing, or relieving the disorders peculiar to pregnant and lying-in women, and new-born infants : interspersed with several new improvements; ... all drawn up and illustrated with several curious observations, and eighteen copper-plates in four parts / by John Burton.

An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry : theoretical and practical : together with the descriptions, causes, and methods of removing, or relieving the disorders peculiar to pregnant and lying-in women, and new-born infants : interspersed with several new improvements; ... all drawn up and illustrated with several curious observations, and eighteen copper-plates in four parts / by John Burton.
Creator:
Burton, John, 1710–1771
Date:
1751
Physical Description:
xix, [5], 391, [25] p., [18] leaves of plate (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.

Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.
Creator:
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Date:
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
Physical Description:
[22], 134 p., 20 leaves of double plates : ill. ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque : during four-and-twenty years in the East : with revelations of life in the zenāna / by [Fānī Pārks] ; illustrated with sketches from nature.

Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque : during four-and-twenty years in the East : with revelations of life in the zenāna / by [Fānī Pārks] ; illustrated with sketches from nature.
Creator:
Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Gothic architecture decorated : consisting of a large collection of temples, banqueting, summer and green houses, gazebo's, alcoves; faced garden and umbrello'd seats, terminari's, and rustic garden seats, rout houses, and hermitages for summer and winter, obelisks, pyramids, &c. Many of which may be executed with pollards, rude branches and roots of trees. Being a taste entirely new. Likewise designs of the Gothic orders, with their proper ornaments, and rules for drawing them / the whole engraved on twelve copper plates designed by P. Decker.

Gothic architecture decorated : consisting of a large collection of temples, banqueting, summer and green houses, gazebo's, alcoves; faced garden and umbrello'd seats, terminari's, and rustic garden seats, rout houses, and hermitages for summer and winter, obelisks, pyramids, &c. Many of which may be executed with pollards, rude branches and roots of trees. Being a taste entirely new. Likewise designs of the Gothic orders, with their proper ornaments, and rules for drawing them / the whole engraved on twelve copper plates designed by P. Decker.
Creator:
Decker, Paul
Date:
1759
Physical Description:
2 pts. in 1 v. ([1],12, [1], 12 leaves) : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Whitstable in an oyster shell.

Whitstable in an oyster shell.
Date:
[approximately 1930]
Physical Description:
1 postcard : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The cabinet : containing portraits of Sir R. Peel, The Duke, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Sir H. Hardinge, Earl Aberdeen, Sir J. Graham / drawn on stone by Charles J. Basebé.

The cabinet : containing portraits of Sir R. Peel, The Duke, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Sir H. Hardinge, Earl Aberdeen, Sir J. Graham / drawn on stone by Charles J. Basebé.
Creator:
Basebé, Charles Jones, approximately 1818–1880
Date:
[1841?]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; 26 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well.

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well.
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. We must be united!

We must be united!
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
1 card ; 14 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. [Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]

[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
Creator:
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration, 11 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Savoy Hotel : London.

Savoy Hotel : London.
Creator:
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Date:
[192-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 15 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

30. Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.
Creator:
Baldwin, Thomas
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[3], viii, [1], 360 [i.e. 361], [1] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Thomas Sydney Cooper's cattle subjects.

Thomas Sydney Cooper's cattle subjects.
Creator:
Cooper, Thomas Sidney, 1803–1902
Date:
[Published by E. Gambart & Co.],
Physical Description:
30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 x 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. S.A., her book.

S.A., her book.
Date:
approximately 1920?
Physical Description:
1 bookplate : lithograph ; 65 x 61 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

33. Visit of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen to the City of Liverpool : the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. David Radcliffe, requests the honor of the company of [Jw Buras] to meet Their Royal Highnesses The Duke of Connaught, K.G. and Prince Henry of Battenberg, K.G. at a banquet to be given in the Town Hall on Tuesday, 11th May, 1886 at eight o'clock, P.M.

Visit of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen to the City of Liverpool : the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. David Radcliffe, requests the honor of the company of [Jw Buras] to meet Their Royal Highnesses The Duke of Connaught, K.G. and Prince Henry of Battenberg, K.G. at a banquet to be given in the Town Hall on Tuesday, 11th May, 1886 at eight o'clock, P.M.
Date:
1886
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 18 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Wild flowers and their teachings.

Wild flowers and their teachings.
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
iv, 94 pages, [37] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. [Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.].

[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.].
Date:
[approximately 1930?]
Physical Description:
1 bill ; 14 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

36. Portrait plate of Albert Smith.

Portrait plate of Albert Smith.
Creator:
W.T. Copeland & Sons
Date:
circa [1859?]
Physical Description:
1 plate : ceramic, transferware ; 23 cm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A collection of select views from the different seats of the nobility and gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland / engraved by Thomas Milton. From original drawings, by the best masters.

A collection of select views from the different seats of the nobility and gentry in the Kingdom of Ireland / engraved by Thomas Milton. From original drawings, by the best masters.
Creator:
Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827
Date:
[1783-1793]
Physical Description:
xlvii, [5] p., xxiv leaves of plates : ill ; 21 x 27cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850.

Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850.
Creator:
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 26 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. An artistic calendar : well hung in your customer's house cannot fail to effectively advertise your business from one year's end to the other.

An artistic calendar : well hung in your customer's house cannot fail to effectively advertise your business from one year's end to the other.
Date:
[approximately 1950?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illlustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

40. For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester : the Commissioners do give notice, that for coaches, chaises, and other travelling carriages, the following are the tolls payable at the said gates, viz.

For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester : the Commissioners do give notice, that for coaches, chaises, and other travelling carriages, the following are the tolls payable at the said gates, viz.
Date:
May 1792
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 34 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Kindergarten and transition class : Collegiate House, Leicester : Principal, Miss. L. Crossley.

Kindergarten and transition class : Collegiate House, Leicester : Principal, Miss. L. Crossley.
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Physical Description:
[4] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

42. 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

43. Marchionatus Brandenburgicus / authore Olao Iohannis Gotho, Gustavi Mag. R.S. Cosmographo.

Marchionatus Brandenburgicus / authore Olao Iohannis Gotho, Gustavi Mag. R.S. Cosmographo.
Creator:
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644
Date:
[ca. 1681]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 46 x 52 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. [Catalogue of specimens of iron and brass castings : from the Coalbrookdale Company Foundry, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire]

[Catalogue of specimens of iron and brass castings : from the Coalbrookdale Company Foundry, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire]
Creator:
Coalbrookdale Company
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
37 leaves : all ill. ; 22 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Topographical sketches of Brighthelmston and its neighbourhood / by E.W. Brayley ... ; illustrated with twelve engravings by R. Havell, jun.

Topographical sketches of Brighthelmston and its neighbourhood / by E.W. Brayley ... ; illustrated with twelve engravings by R. Havell, jun.
Creator:
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
82, [2] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Line of march of a Bengal regiment of infantry.

Line of march of a Bengal regiment of infantry.
Date:
[1845?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([22] p.) : ill. ; 8 x 711 cm. folded to 8 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. De humana physiognomonia : libri IIII ... / Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani.

De humana physiognomonia : libri IIII ... / Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani.
Creator:
Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615
Date:
1586
Physical Description:
265 [i.e. 272] p. : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. 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

49. London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563 [cartographic material] / Radulphus Aggus.

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563 [cartographic material] / Radulphus Aggus.
Creator:
Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621
Date:
October 30th, 1789
Physical Description:
1 map ; 38 x 104 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms.

The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms.
Creator:
Phoenix (Restaurant : London, England)
Date:
[early 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts