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D. Orme, historical engraver to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Creator:
Orme, Daniel, 1766–1837
Date:
[between 1792 and 1797]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 13 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
Etchings of remarkable beggars, itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its environs / by John Thomas Smith, draughtsman and etcher of London and Westminster topography.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
[1815]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves : all. ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Studio portraits of two women.
Date:
Great Britain,
Physical Description:
2 photographs : ambrotypes, in leather case ; visible images approximately 55 x 45 mm (ninth plate format), in case 75 x 60 x 15 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Festival of Britain : May 3-September 30 : Britain at home to the world.
Creator:
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Date:
1951
Physical Description:
[20] pages : illustrations ; 24 x 21 cm folded to 24 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Plans for the fortifications at Hull.
Creator:
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Date:
1681-1682
Physical Description:
13 sheets : pen and ink and watercolor ; sheets 68 x 72 cm, or smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The railway companion : describing an excursion along the Liverpool Line : accompanined with a succint and popular history of the rise and progress of rail-roads : illustrated with several lithographic views / by a tourist.
Creator:
Tourist
Date:
MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
Physical Description:
46, [2] p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Original Menagerie, New Road, near Fitzroy Square, London : revived by the late Mr. Brooks's son, Paul.
Creator:
Brookes's Menagerie (London, England)
Date:
between 1803 and 1813?
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 25 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Nouveau livre de vases / par F. Bo...
Creator:
Boucher, François, 1703–1770
Date:
Oct. 22, 1771
Physical Description:
1, [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1712. The Kinora.

The Kinora.
Date:
[1911?]
Physical Description:
1 mutoscope : mahogany, steel, glass ; 16 cm wide x 32 cm deep x 27 cm high (unfolded)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Examples of encaustic tiles, drawn on stone, by Owen Jones, for J.M. Blashfield.
Creator:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
1 p.., 16 col. plates. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
West Indian scenery : illustrations of Jamaica in a series of views, comprising the principal towns, public buildings, estates, and most picturesque scenery of the island / by Joseph B. Kidd ...
Creator:
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew
Date:
1838-1840
Physical Description:
50 leaves : lithographs ; 73 x 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Record books.
Creator:
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Date:
1829-1864
Physical Description:
2 volumes (171, 60 leaves) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute] / written, designed and printed by Ken Campbell, London 1992.
Creator:
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish.
Creator:
Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592
Date:
1592
Physical Description:
1 v. (38 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A. Gotelee, bookseller, stationer, binder and a general printer, Post Office, Oldham : begs to announce that his Christmas Sale will be opened on Tuesday, November 22nd, 1892, and following days, when a choice selection of English & foreign goods, suitable for presents, will be on view.
Creator:
A. Gotelee (Oldham, England)
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Many happy returns of the day.
Date:
[1896?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 12 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Rose Bruce, of Dublin.
Creator:
Andras, Catherine, 1775–1860
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
1 sculpture : painted wax ; figure 18 cm high x 19 cm wide (at base), in shadow box 33 x 28 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Polyorama, or, Endless changes of landscapes.
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
16 pts. in case. ill. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bernardi Siegfried Albini Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani.
Creator:
Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697–1770
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
[94] pages, XXV [i.e. 40] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 72 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae / ad praesentis temporis faciem expressum a Ioanne Blaeu, Amstelaedamensi.
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Date:
[1649]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([470] pages) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Joyful mystery birthday card jig-saw puzzle.
Date:
[approximately 1930]
Physical Description:
1 puzzle (20 pieces) : card ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Naval woolwork.
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
1 embroidered panel, with tintype : wool and silk on linen backing ; 38 x 34 cm, in frame 41 x 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne : enrichie de planches / par le sr. de la Serre ...
Creator:
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Date:
1639
Physical Description:
72 p., [9] leaves of plates (some folded) : port., ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Here in thys boke afore ar contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng with other plesuris dyuerse as in the boke apperis and also of cootarmuris a nobull werke. ...
Creator:
Berners, Juliana, 1388?-
Date:
[1486]
Physical Description:
[180] p. : ill. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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

1733. Pond life.

Pond life.
Creator:
Dilnot, John
Date:
2014
Physical Description:
[12] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Bradshaw's Map of the routes in India.
Date:
1857]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 38 x 32 cm., folded to 13 x 8 cm., in covers 14 x 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
List of dances.
Date:
[ca. 1920?]
Physical Description:
[4] p. : ill. ; 116 x 63 cm + 1 graphite pencil
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Eastern puzzle.
Date:
[approximately 1885]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Picturesque antiquities of Bristol / drawn from nature & on stone by J.S. Prout.
Creator:
Prout, J. S. (John Skinner), 1806–1876
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
29 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gladiatoria fencing manual.
Date:
1440s
Physical Description:
1 v. ([86] p.) : ill. ; 18 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Wallis's new dissected map of America : engraved from the latest authorities, for the use of young students in geography [cartographic material].
Creator:
Wallis, J. (John), -1818
Date:
[between 1812 and 1818]
Physical Description:
1 jigsaw puzzle (39 pieces) : paper on wood, hand colored ; 26 x 21 cm, on sheet 28 x 23 cm, in wooden box 16 x 13 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Miss Cooper educates a limited number of young ladies.
Creator:
Cooper, Miss, active 19th century
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([2] leaves) ; 19 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / by Sir Robert Ker Porter ; with numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.
Creator:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777–1842
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Rodwell and Martin's Lithographic drawing book for students / by J.D. Harding, S. Prout, C. Hullmandell, A. Aglio, &c.
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
volumes : all illustrations ; 16 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Account book, trade cards, and printed labels of George Sprackett, chemist and druggist, of Bristol, England.
Creator:
Sprackett, George
Date:
1853 January 1-1882 May 1
Physical Description:
1 volume (195 pages) ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Illustrations of the mission, the camp and the Zenána / drawn by Mrs. Colin Mackenzie.
Creator:
MacKenzie, Colin, Mrs.
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
[21] pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Avril Winks
Bill for school expenses for Cyrill Clough, at Henry Lloyd's school.
Creator:
Lloyd, Mr., active 1795
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 pages) ; 25 x 42 cm, folded to 25 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Sutherland.
Creator:
Walker, Augustine
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
1 diorama ; 50 x 60 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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
Billhead recording coal purchased by W. Walters from W. Stobart Junr. & Co.
Creator:
W. Stobart Junior & Co.
Date:
[1840?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 11 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Drawings of London street life.
Creator:
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
1 volume (37 drawings) : pen and black ink ; 8.3 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ysgol Sabbothol Eglwys : Rhymney.
Creator:
White, M. W.
Date:
[1890?]
Physical Description:
1 card.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
Sketches of character : in illustration of the habits, occupation, and costume of the Negro population, in the island of Jamaica / drawn after nature, and in lithography, by I.M. Belisario.
Creator:
Belisario, Isaac Mendes, 1795–1849
Date:
1837[-1838]
Physical Description:
[20] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ten views in the island of Antigua : in which are represented the process of sugar making, and the employment of the Negroes, in the field, boiling-house and distillery / from drawings made by William Clark.
Creator:
Clark, W. A. V. (William A. V.)
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[10] p., 10 leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
In loving memory of Ellen Rosa Garrard, who departed this life October 11th, 1923 : aged 39 years : interred in Watford Cemetery.
Date:
1923
Physical Description:
1 folded card : illustrations ; 70 x 120 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Floral tableaux / drawn and coloured by James Andrews ; with poetical illustrations.
Creator:
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:
MDCCCXLVII [1847]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[4] p. : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Crystal Palace game : a voyage round the world, an entertaining excursion in search of knowledge, whereby geography is made easy / by Smith Evans, F.R.G.S.
Creator:
Evans, Henry Smith
Date:
[1854?]
Physical Description:
1 game : color, mounted on linen ; 45.5 x 65 cm, folded to 20.3 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
[Numerical game]
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
2 sheets. ill. 43 x 43 cm. fold. to 10 x 10 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress.
Date:
circa 1860
Physical Description:
1 v. ([32] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Dandelion] : [Taraxacum officinale].
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
2005-2006
Physical Description:
1 collage ; 40 x 39 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

1767. Tygress.

Tygress.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
ca. 1798
Physical Description:
1 needlework picture : wool ; image 46 x 59 cm, in frame 61 x 74 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The shepherd's tower : a series of photographs of the sculptures of Giotto's tower : to illustrate part VI of Mornings in Florence / by John Ruskin ...
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
iv p., [29] leaves of plates : chiefly photographs ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Map of the routes in India : with tables of distances between the principal towns and military stations.
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 77 x 65 cm., folded to 21 x 13 cm., in covers 22 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Greeting card with movable flower].
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 greeting card : color illustrations ; 17 x 12 cm, mounted on 21 x 16 cm manila paper.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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)
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
Views of the South of Germany, the Tyrol and Italy / drawn on stone by J.D. Harding, W. Westall, & C. Hullmandel, from sketches by C. Hullmandel.
Creator:
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850
Date:
[1825]
Physical Description:
[20] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Going to a fight : the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst.
Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789–1856
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
42 pictures on 8 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatints ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 360 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 10 x 5 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The lost rivers of London.
Creator:
Bush, Tracey
Date:
1995
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : ill. ; 11 cm. x 54 cm., folded to 11 cm. x 9 cm., in covers 12 cm. x 10 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts