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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Creator
Boazio, Baptista
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Carlell, Lodowick, 1602?-1675
2
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616–1703
2
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, approximately 1646–1720
2
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
2
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
2
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
1
Baillet de Saint Julien, Louis Guillaume, Baron, fl. 1748–1775
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Barbet, Jean, 1597?-1654
1
Bertram, Charles, 1723–1765
1
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
1
Blount, Thomas, 1618–1679
1
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609
1
Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
1
Bullock, William, b. 1617?
1
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
1
Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?
1
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674
1
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
98
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
3
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
88
Free to Use
10
Image Available
Unavailable
83
Available
15
Classification
Books
78
Maps & Atlas (printed)
5
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
4
Archives & Manuscripts
3
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
3
Prints
2
Articles & Chapters
1
Periodicals
1
Postcards
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
17th century
31
18th century
24
19th century
18
20th century
16
16th century
8
15th century
2
21st century
1
Work Type
engraving
24
private press books (publishing)
12
woodcut
9
map
8
etching
7
armorial bookplates (provenance)
6
wood engraving
6
poem
5
watercolor
5
ink drawing
4
aquatint
3
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
3
history
3
armorial bindings (binding)
2
drama
2
ephemera
2
game
2
mezzotint
2
playing card
2
prospectuse
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Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
9
English poetry -- 17th century.
8
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
5
America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
4
Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
4
West Indies Expedition, 1585-1586 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
4
Art, Modern -- 17th century -- France.
3
Art, Modern -- 18th century -- France.
3
Bigges, Walter, -1586. Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage.
3
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596.
3
English drama -- 17th century.
3
English poetry.
3
Fortification -- Great Britain.
3
France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
3
Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621-1707.
3
Great Britain -- Defenses.
3
Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
3
Great Britain -- History -- Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
3
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
3
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1485-1603.
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17th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
47
England
12
France
7
London
7
America
6
Netherlands
4
Europe
3
London (England)
3
Waltham Saint Lawrence
3
Atlantic Ocean
2
Cambridge (England)
2
Great Britain America
2
Latin America
2
Oxford (England)
2
Saint Augustine (Fla.)
2
Spain
2
Turkey
2
West Indies
2
Worcester (England)
2
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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Bigges, Walter, -1586
3
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649
3
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596
3
Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621–1707
3
Charles II, King of England, 1630–1685
2
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601
2
Adams, Robert, -1595
1
Aikin, John, 1747–1822
1
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507–1536
1
Arnald, George, 1763–1841
1
Bado Aureo, Johannes de
1
Boazio, Baptista
1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668
1
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500–1558
1
De Britaine, William
1
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
1
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596
1
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
1
Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595
1
Gay, John, 1685–1732
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
4
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
1
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mikael Ahlund.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nigel Hamway.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
1
Language
English
79
Latin
7
French
6
Dutch
2
English, Middle (1100-1500)
1
German
1
Italian
1
Japanese
1
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