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401. The inhabitants, customs, idolatries &c. of Abbeokuta, (West Africa) : in six illustrations with letter-press descriptions / by the Revd. H. Townsend.

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Creator:
Townsend, Henry, 1815–1886
Date:
[188-?]
Physical Description:
[12] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

402. The Venture; an annual of art and literature.

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Date:
[1903-1905]
Physical Description:
2 v. illus., fronts., plates (part col., part mounted) 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

403. The plan of a dictionary of the English language; addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield ...

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Physical Description:
1 p.l., 34 p. 26 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

404. ... Ordonnance du roi, du 6 décembre 1829 : sur l'exercice et les évolutions de la cavalerie.

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Creator:
France. Sovereign (1824–1830 : Charles X)
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
xxiii, 390, [3] p. ; 35 cm.+ 1 atlas ( 7 p., 130 plates (8 folded) 16 p. of music ; ill., music ; 35 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

405. Letters between the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and James Boswell, esq.

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Creator:
Erskine, Andrew, 1739–1793
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
[3], 156 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

406. In the sand parishes / Kenneth White ; designed and printed by Ronald King.

In the sand parishes / Kenneth White ; designed and printed by Ronald King.
Creator:
White, Kenneth, 1936–
Date:
1990
Physical Description:
[6] p., [1] folded leaf of plate : map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

407. Four views of Cape Town : Cape of Good Hope / drawn from nature by T.W. Bowler ; and lithographed by Day and Haghe, lithographers to the Queen, London.

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Creator:
Bowler, Thomas William, 1813–1869
Date:
[1844]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

408. Versailles illustrated, or Divers views of the several parts of the royal palace of Versailles : as likewise of all the fountains, groves, parterras, ye labyrinth & other ye most beautiful parts of the gardens, wherein are represented whatever is remarkable, whether statues, groups of figures, water falls, pleasure houses &c. : drawn on the spot by the order & with the approbation of the French king.

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Date:
1726
Physical Description:
[29] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

409. Illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakespeare.

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Creator:
Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
2 v.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

410. Views in the Mauritius, or, Isle of France / drawn from nature by T. Bradshaw ... ; and on stone by William Rider ; with a memoir of the island, and a description of each view.

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Creator:
Bradshaw, T.
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
8 p., [41] p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

411. Practical hints on light and shade in painting : illustrated by examples from the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
vi, [1], 45 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

412. 62 steel engravings for "Childe Harold."

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Creator:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Date:
[ca. 1835]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

413. A treatise on the æropleustic art, or, Navigation in the air : by means of kites, or buoyant sails : with a description of the charvolant, or kite carriage : and containing numerous most amusing and interesting anecdotes connected with several extraordinary excursions both by sea and land : with characteristic illustrations, drawn on stone by Rose Gilbert ; from designs by David Cox, jun.

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Creator:
Pocock, George
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
54 p., [7] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

414. A panorama of London [graphic] / taken from nature by R. Havell, Jun.

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Creator:
Havell, Robert, -1832
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
1 print on 6 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 9 x 420 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 9 x 6 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

415. The Compton Marbling portfolio of patterns.

The Compton Marbling portfolio of patterns.
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
1 portfolio ([76] pages): 17 samples ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.

416. 24 costumes suisses [graphic].

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Date:
[1840s?]
Physical Description:
24 pictures on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored lithographs ; sheets end-to-end 12 x 216 cm, accordion folded to 12 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

417. A voyage of discovery to the southern hemisphere : performed by order of the Emperor Napoleon, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 / prepared for the press by M. F. Peron ... ; translated from the French.

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Creator:
Péron, François, 1775–1810
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-314 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

418. Environs of London.

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
5 volumes.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

419. Akvareller och teckningar av Elias Martin : ett urval reproduktioner i färgfaksimil och svarttryck / förord av överintendent Erik Wettergren ; inledning av intendent Ragnar Hoppe ; beskrivande katalog av amanuens Gunnar Jungmarker.

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Date:
[1943]
Physical Description:
31 pages, XVI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

420. Recollections of Tunbge Wells.

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Date:
[between 1845 and 1866]
Physical Description:
16 pictures on 2 joined sheets : engravings ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 75 cm, accordion folded to 58 x 50 mm, in boards 65 x 53 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

421. Views in South America.

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Creator:
Ouseley, William Gore, Sir, 1797–1866
Date:
1852
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

422. Political magazine.

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Date:
1809-1811
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

423. An account of the statues, bas-reliefs, drawings, and pictures in Italy, France, &c. with remarks / by Mr. Richardson, Sen. and Jun.

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Creator:
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Date:
1754
Physical Description:
[2], [50], 357, [5] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

424. Pr[a]eterita verborum : Gra[m]maticae prima pars Roberti Whitintoni L.L. nuperrime recensita. Liber quintus, de verboru[m] pr[a]eteritis & supinis cu[m] co[m]mento necnon interliniari dictionum interpretatione. Authoris tetrastichon. Aucti[us] exit op[us], facit hoc mihi Zoil[us] acer arbiter. is credit nil sine teste mihi. Imprude[n]s p[er]agit quod nolit, na[m]q[ue] nocendo prosit. quod cupio conciliatq[ue] mihi. Humiliabit calumniatorem.

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Creator:
Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560
Date:
xxiiij. supra sesquimillesimu[m] nostr[a]e redemptionis anno [1524]
Physical Description:
[40] pages ; 19 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

425. Minutes of the evidence given before the Committee of Privileges : to who the petition of the person claiming to be Earl of Banbury was referred.

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Date:
1808
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

426. Monastic ruins of Yorkshire.

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Creator:
Richardson, W
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
2 v.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

427. Hudibras, a poem / by Samuel Butler. With notes selected from Grey and other authors, to which are prefixed a life of the author, and a preliminary discourse on the Civil War, &c. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]

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Creator:
Butler, Samuel, 1612–1680
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

428. A picturesque promenade round Dorking, in Surrey.

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Creator:
Timbs, John, 1801–1875
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xv, 248 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

429. R. Ackermann's repository of fashions : containing elegant coloured engravings, with descriptions of fashionable female costumes, English and French.

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Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
9 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

430. Inkwell & paperweight / Simon Cutts.

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Creator:
Cutts, Simon, 1944–
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
[36] leaves ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

431. The man.

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Creator:
Kemplen, Tony
Date:
[1997]
Physical Description:
[32] p. : ill. ; 8 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

432. William Hermes album drawing copies : figures.

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Creator:
Hermes, Wilhelm
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

433. Dictionary of Greek and roman geography and mythology. / Ed. by William Smith ... Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood ...

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Creator:
Smith, William, 1813–1893
Date:
1846-1850
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

434. The gentleman's recreation : in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing. Wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore. Whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation. With an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.

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Creator:
Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673–1721
Date:
1686
Physical Description:
[10], 158, [10], 187, [5], 78; [2], 98 p., [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

435. Fair Diana / by "Wanderer," ; author of "Across country" ; with illustrations by G. Bowers.

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Creator:
D'Avigdor, Elim Henry, 1841–1895
Date:
1884
Physical Description:
viii, 360 pages, [22] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

436. Stable and saddle, by Lt.-Col. M. F. McTaggart ... illustrated by Ludwig Koch.

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Creator:
McTaggart, M. F. (Maxwell Fielding), 1874–1936
Date:
[1929]
Physical Description:
x, 207, [1] p. incl. ilus., plates. col. front. (port.) pl. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

437. Picturesque views of the city of Paris and its environs : consisting of views on the Seine, public buildings, characteristic scenery, etc. with appropriate descriptions / the original drawings by Mr. Frederick Nash ; the literary department by Mr. John Scott, author of "A visit to Paris," and "Paris revisited" ; translated into French by M. P.B. de La Boissière ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Scott, John, 1784–1821
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

438. Nine little goslings / by Susan Coolidge, author of "The New Year's Bargain," "Mischief's Thanksgiving," "What Katy did," "What Katy did at School" ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey, 1835–1905
Date:
1875
Physical Description:
[10], 289, [5] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

439. Song of the thrush / Telfer Stokes.

Song of the thrush / Telfer Stokes.
Creator:
Stokes, Telfer
Date:
1998]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves, [96] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds

440. English sacred poetry, of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth & nineteenth centuries / selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott, M. A. incumbent of Bear Wood ; illustrated by Holman Hunt, J.D. Watson, John Gilbert, J. Wolf, etc. ; engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

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Date:
MDCCCLXII [1862]
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 387, [1] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

441. The order to be observed in the publick funeral procession of the late Vice-Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson : from Greenwich Hospital to Whitehall Stairs, and thence to the Admiralty, on Wednesday the 8th day of January 1806, and, on the following day, from the Admiralty to St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[14] p. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

442. The paste papers of the Golden Hind Press / by James H. Fraser.

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Creator:
Fraser, James H. (James Howard), 1934–2013
Date:
1983
Physical Description:
17 pages, [9] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.

443. A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful : with an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions.

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Creator:
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
ix, [7], 342, [2] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

444. ABPC on CD-ROM [electronic resource].

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Date:
1994-
Physical Description:
CD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

445. A series of views in the city of Bath / drawn on stone by Gauci and other artists ; from originals by R. Woodroffe.

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Date:
[ca. 1840]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [18] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

446. Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena : for manly and defensive exercises, equestrian, chivalric, and aquatic games, and skilful and amusing pastimes : at the residence of the late Lord Cremorne : on a space of twenty-four acres, extending from the King's Road, Chelsea, to the Thames, and distant less that 2 1/2 miles from Piccadilly.

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Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
36 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

447. Race horse training / by Robert W. Collins (Venture All)

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Creator:
Collins, Robert W
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
[10], 312, [6] p. (last is blank) ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

448. From Gladiateur to Persimmon; turf memoires of thirty years. With illustrations in colours.

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Creator:
Dixon, Sydenham
Date:
1901
Physical Description:
304 p. illus.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

449. Famous foxhunters, compiled by Lionel Edwards, illustrated from contemporary pictures and from original drawings by the author.

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Creator:
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966
Date:
1932
Physical Description:
xvi, 103 p. col. front., plates, ports. (part col.) 29 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

450. Horses and horsemanship through the ages [by] Luigi Gianoli & Mario Monti [and others] Translated by Iris Brooks.

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Creator:
Gianoli, Luigi
Date:
[1969, c1967]
Physical Description:
441 p. illus. (part col.), ports. (part col.) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

451. Horses and courses; a pictorial history of racing. Photos. by Fred Mayer. Foreword by John Hislop.

Horses and courses; a pictorial history of racing. Photos. by Fred Mayer. Foreword by John Hislop.
Creator:
Hedges, David, 1930–1988
Date:
[1972]
Physical Description:
220 p. illus. (part col.) 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

452. The Heythrop Hunt / by G.T. Hutchinson.

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Creator:
Hutchinson, George Thomas, 1880–1948
Date:
1935
Physical Description:
x, 214 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., map., col. ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

453. Marshall Blucher, Prince of Wagstadt, commander in chief of the Prussian army [graphic] : who so bravely assisted the British in defeating the French, 18 June, 1815, at the Battle of La Belle-Alliance & restoring to Europe peace and commerce / painted by W.B. Walker, 4 Fox and Knot Court, Cow Lane, London.

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Creator:
Walker, W. B
Date:
[1815?]
Physical Description:
1 print : verre églomisé ; 26 x 35 cm, in frame 29 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952

454. The art of horsemanship.

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Date:
1896
Physical Description:
p. 139-162 ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

455. The manse garden / by Nathaniel Paterson, D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Glasgow.

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Creator:
Paterson, N. (Nathaniel), 1787–1871
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
x, [11]-262, 2 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

456. Her Majesty's racing and breeding studs

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Physical Description:
v. ill.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

457. [Engravings of horses]

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Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706–1774
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
8 prints : engravings ; plate marks 14 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

458. [Notice for permission to open grave for burial].

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Date:
March 6th, 1863
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 15 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

459. A catalogue of the capital collection of pictures, pketches, and high-finished drawings, the property of the late much esteemed artist, John Baptiste Cipriani Esq. deceased : consisting of a few finished pictures, and many of his sketches in oil : a small collection of old Masters, among which is a Magdalen by A. Furini, remarkably fine : a high-finished Portrait of Prince Rupert by Verelst : a capital Head of Vasari by Himself : Marc Anthony and Cleopatry by A. Veronese : a numerous collection of high finished drawings, sketches, &c. that inestimable high finish-finished Drawing of the Diploma, done for the Royal Academy : a finished drawing in colors of the Death of Dido : and many of his large cartoons &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall on Wednesday March the 22d, 1786 and three following days : to be publickly viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803, e publisher
Date:
[London] :
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

460. A catalogue of all the valuable copper plates, with their etchings, proofs, and impressions : an assemblage of original drawings, finished in the finest stile of the several admired Masters : viz. Cipriani, Morland, Wheatley, Angelica, Benwel, Bellange, Westall, Hamilton, &c. &c. &c. : a few pictures and many capital prints, framed and glazed : French and English printing paper, &c.: being the entire stock of Mrs. Diemar, Printseller and Publisher of the Strand : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1799 : to begin precisely at twelve o'clock, on account of the number of lots : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had a the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : at Mrs. Diemar's Strand : and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

461. Advertising pamphlet for Dunbar Hay Ltd.

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Creator:
Fleece Press
Date:
2016
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] pages) : color illustrations ; 10 x 130 cm, folded to 10 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Julian Francis Collection of Prints and Illustrated Books

462. Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen = Le dès en 6 divers jeux = The die in 6 different plays.

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Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 game (36 cubes) : wood, color ; in box 18 x 18 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

463. A catalogue of a valuable and pleasing collection of chiefly high-finished Flemish and Dutch pictures, the property of Mrs. Harritz, of Limehouse, deceased : this very select assemblage comprises many exquisite specimens of the most esteemed Masters of the above schools, particularly a church piece, interior, P. Neess : two heads, Rembrandt : Landscape and fruit and flowers, by. V. Os : a charming landscape, Poelemberg : and various by Albano, S. Rosa, Vernet, Rubens, Teniers, Breughel, Ostade, Brauwer, Dusart, Wouvermans, Claude, Potter, Cuyp, V. De Velde, Backhuysen, De Vlieger, Everdingen, V. Der Heyde, Mieris, Schalken, Dietrich, Minon, Omeganck, Pforr, Moland : also, eight grand chef d'œuvres of Murillo, illustrative of the Life of the Virgin : ... and a few pictures from Bath House : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 16th, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

464. A catalogue of the very choice collection of modern pictures, which have constituted the very distinguished and universally admired gallery of that accomplished and truly spirited patron of the arts, the Rt. Hon. Lord de Tabley, deceased, at no. 24, Hill Street, Berkely Square : formed by his Lordship with the finest taste, and at the most liberal expense, with a view to displaying the perfection of the fine arts in this country, and the genius and talent of British artists : they comprise favourite and very popular specimens of Wilson, Gainsborough, Loutherbourg, Sir J. Reynolds, Romney, Hoppner, Northcote, Fuseli, West, Opie, Shee, Owen, Thomson, Howard, Hilton, Ward, Turner, Collins, Callcott, Landseer, Pether, Barker, Atkinson, Devis, Leslie and Russell : also, the state chair of Sir Joshua Reynolds's studio, which was bequeathed by him to Barry : a fine marble bust of the late president West, by Behnes : and a cast from the hand of the president West, by Behnes : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, no. 24, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, on Saturday, July 7, 1827, precisely at one o'clock : may be publicly viewed two days preceding : catalogues may be had (at one shilling each) on the premises, and at Mr. Christie's, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

465. A Catalogue of sixty eight pictures descriptive the scenery & customs of the inhabitants of Van Dieman's Land : together with views in England, Italy, &c., painted by John Glover, Esq., now exhibiting at no. 106, New Bond Street : hours, from 10, till 6.

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Date:
1835
Physical Description:
10, [2] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

466. [Peep show].

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Creator:
Gaskell, Anna
Date:
[2001]
Physical Description:
1 peepshow ; 16 x 18 x 2 cm (closed), expanding to 16 x 18 x 23 cm (open)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miko McGinty, Yale BA 1993, MFA 1998, in honor of Elisabeth Fairman.

467. To consumers of tobacco ... : be particular to ask for Briggs' Tobacco : I hereby guarantee that the tobacco sent out by is, is perfectly genuine ... and in case of seizure I hereby indemnify the parties against all forfeitures and penalties. (Signed) John Briggs, 32, Pavement, York.

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Creator:
Briggs, John, active 1840
Date:
[approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:
1 handbill ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

468. A catalogue of the valuable collection of engravings, the property of the late John Hoppner, Esq. R.A., sold by order of the executors : consisting of a very choice series of portraits after Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : ... nearly complete set of the engravings from Mr. Hoppner's own works : Dutch etchings, works of the old masters, &c. : copper plates, with duplicate impressions, amongst which is an unpublished one of the late Mr. Pitt : books, and sets of prints, &c. : also the engravings of the late Rev. Dr. Willis ... comprising scarce British & foreign portraits, specimens of the Italian and German Masters : drawings, capital modern productions of Raphael Morghen, Wille, Strange, Wollett, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, 22d May 1820, and three following days at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
40 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

469. Catalogue of the valuable Italian, Spanish and Dutch pictures of a collector, of great taste and judgment : among the leading works will be found The Triumphal Entry of a Warrior into Rome, Rembrandt : Adam and Eve, by C. Cignani ... : Christ Mocked, Luini : Ceres, by L. Da Vinci ... : St. Katherine, Domenichino ... : The Entombment, by Caracci ... : Holy Family, Innocenzo Da Imola : Dead Christ and Angels, Murillo : Portrait of Velasquez, by himself ... another of Rembrandt, by Maas : and another by G. Douw, by himself : A Virgin and Child, by Schidone : Madonna, S. Ferrato : Portrait of Lord Strattford, Vandyck : The Bowl Players, by David Teniers : Landscapes, by Moucheron, Both, J. and S. Ruysdael : Sea Pieces by Backhuysen and Vernet : Study for La Cruche Cassee, by Greuze : together with ... examples by Salvator Rosa, Garofalo, Tiepolo, Le Duc, Morone, De Vlieger, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his Great Rooms, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, 30th of April, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

470. Fragments / Norman Ackroyd.

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Creator:
Ackroyd, Norman, 1938–
Date:
2018
Physical Description:
12 prints : aquatints ; plate marks 14 x 22 cm, on sheets 23 x 28 cm, in box 26 x 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist in memory of Jason Bacon, Yale BA 1956

471. A catalogue of the select and reserved collection of very capital and valuable pictures, of Mr. Woodburn, Senior, retiring to the country, removed from his house at Knightsbridge : comprising a few grand specimens of the most celebrated Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Masters ... : among them are particularly valuable, Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus, by Titian " The return of the Holy Family out of Egypt, by Vandyck : The Virgin and Child by Corregio ... : some singularly rare and curious portraits, among which are : Leonardo Da Vinci, painted by himself ... : Cardinal Borgia, by G. Romano : ... portrait of Endymion Porter, page of honor to Charles I, by Dobson : and others by Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Parmegiano, Schidone, Baroccio, Carracci, Domenichino, N. Poussin, Holbein, Rubens, V. Dyck, Snyders, Rembrandt, Bol, Brauwer, Waterloo, Sir J. Reynolds, Barret, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1821, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

472. Crystal Palace paper knife.

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Date:
not before 1851
Physical Description:
1 paper knife : ivory with engraving ; 18 cm long x 2 cm wide
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler

473. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper : a fairy drama, in three acts : adapted for the scenes and characters in the miniature theatre.

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Date:
[between 1868-1885]
Physical Description:
16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

474. Mattia Moreni.

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Date:
[1960]
Physical Description:
[6] unnumbered pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

475. Set of type for raised letters.

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Date:
19th century?
Physical Description:
52 pieces of type, in wooden case ; case 36 x 39 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

476. Twin Towers.

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Creator:
Russell, Georgia, 1974–
Date:
2002
Physical Description:
1 sculpture : hand-cut paper (2 U.S. two dollar bills), mounted in Perspex box ; 40 x 40 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of our grandparents, who called New York "home"

477. Botany study cards : manuscript.

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Date:
early 19th century
Physical Description:
22 cards : watercolors ; 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

478. [Anatomical and physiological model of the horse]

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Date:
[1900?]
Physical Description:
V leaves : color illustrations ; in covers 48 x 105 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

479. Iosephi historiog[ra]phi viri clarissimi prologus in libros antiquitatum vigi[n]ti incipit feliciter.

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Creator:
Josephus, Flavius
Date:
Anno a natiuitate currente dominica Millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimo kale[n]das vero iulias quarto [28 June 1470]
Physical Description:
[404] p. ; 39 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

480. Muybridge's Complete human and animal locomotion : all 781 plates from the 1887 Animal locomotion / by Eadweard Muybridge ; introd. to the Dover edition by Anita Ventura Mozley.

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Creator:
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830–1904
Date:
c1979
Physical Description:
3 v. (xlii, 1597 p.) : chiefly ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

481. Painting, and the fine arts: being the articles under those heads contributed to the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia britannica, by B. R. Haydon ... and William Hazlitt.

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Creator:
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
227 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

482. Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie / par MM. Eydoux et Souleyet.

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Creator:
Eydoux, Fortuné, 1802–1841
Date:
1841-1852
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26-53 cm. + 1 atlas (8 p., 99 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 53 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

483. Designs for shop fronts, doors, door-cases, book-cases, roofs & c. With the details to each plate and various useful and ornamental designs for internal and external finish of houses. Also, the Grecian orders of architecture. By T. Faulkner ...

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Creator:
Faulkner, T
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
1 p.., XXIV plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

484. The school of Raphael, or, The student's guide to expression in historical painting : illustrated by examples engraved by Duchange, and others, under the inspection of Sir Nicholas Dorigny, from his own drawings, after the most celebrated heads in the cartoons at the Queen's palace : to which are now added, the outlines of each head, and also several plates of the most celebrated antique statues, engraved by an eminent artist : with instructions for young students in the art of designing : and the passions, as characterised by Raphael in the cartons / described and explained by Benjamin Ralph.

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Creator:
Ralph, Benjamin, active 1763–1770
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages, [102] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

485. The workman's guide to the study of old English architecture. In sketches of enriched ceilings, cornices & friezes, carved woodwork, furniture, &c. &c. &c. of the reigns of Elizabeth and James 1st. By Charles James Richardson ...

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Creator:
Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806–1871
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
3 p.., 12 col. plates. 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

486. The theory of perspective demonstrated; in a method entirely new. By which the several planes, lines, and points, made use of in this art, are shewn in the true positions in which they are to be considered. Invented, and now published for the use of the Royal Academy at Woolwich. By John Lodge Cowley ...

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Creator:
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719–1797
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
2 v. plates. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

487. Observations on Ackermann's patent movable axles, for four wheeled carriages, containing an engraved elevation of a carriage, with plans and sections, conveying accurate ideas of this superior improvement.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
2 p.., 54 p. 4 plates. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

488. Description of the field of battle, and disposition of the troops engaged in the action, fought on the 18th of June, 1815, near Waterloo; illustrative of the representation of that great event, in the Panorama, Leicester-Square ...

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Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
12 p. fold. plate. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

489. The excellency of the pen and pencil, exemplifying the uses of them in the most exquisite and mysterious arts of drawing, etching, engraving, limning. Painting in oyl, washing of maps & pictures ... Collected from the writings of the ablest masters, both antient and modern, as Albert Durer, P. Lomantius, and divers others. Furnished with divers cuts in copper, being copied from the best masters ...

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Date:
1668
Physical Description:
8 p.., 121 p. ill., fold. plates. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

490. The spirit of nations. Translated from the French.

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Creator:
Espiard, François Ignace d', Abbé, 1707–1777
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
xvi, 406 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

491. Bewick's woodcuts: impressions of upwards of two thousand wood-blocks, engraved, for the most part, by Thomas & John Bewick ... including illustrations of various kinds of books, pamphlets, and broadsides ... with an introduction, a descriptive catalogue of the blocks, and a list of the books and pamphlets illustrated. By Thomas Hugo ...

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Creator:
Hugo, Thomas, 1820–1876
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
vii p.,1 leaf, 28 p. front. (port.) 247 plates. 39 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

492. Chipping-Norton register.

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Creator:
Chipping Norton (England)
Date:
1830]
Physical Description:
4 p. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

493. Catalogue of the library of the rev. Thomas Wigan, given to the parish of Ribbesford, Co. Worcester.

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Creator:
Wigan, Thomas, 1743 or 4–1819
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 11 p. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

494. The book of English trades, and library of the visual arts. With seventy engravings.

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Date:
1821
Physical Description:
2 p. ., [vii]-viii, 374 p. front., plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

495. History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; collected from public records, private manuscripts, and other authentic sources. With an account of parochial and other charities, never before published; and a chronological register of important events to the year 1815. Illustrated with five etchings, by G. Cuitt.

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Creator:
Pigott, John Margaret Becker
Date:
1815 [i. e. 1816]
Physical Description:
2 p. l., iii, 334, ii p. front., plates. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

496. Human nature displayed in the history of Myddle. By Richard Gough.

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Creator:
Gough, Richard, 1634–1723
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 80 p. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

497. The west of England and the exhibition, 1851. By Herbert Byng Hall ... With illustrations.

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Creator:
Hall, Herbert Byng, 1805?-1883
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. col. fronts., ill., plates. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

498. An accurate account and description of Dolgelley and Caernarvon, the lofty mountains of Cader Idris and Snowdon; and other romantic sceneries in the counties of Merioneth and Caernarvon ...

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Creator:
Jones, R., publisher, Dolgellau, Wales
Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
108 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

499. The English humourists in art; a catalogue of the exhibition, containing 100 pages of illustrations.

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Creator:
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour (Great Britain)
Date:
1889
Physical Description:
36, 96 p. ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

500. To be published in July 1830, No. I. of A dictionary of the architecture and archaeology of the Middle Ages; : including the words used by old and modern authors in treating of architectural and other antiquities: with etymology, definition, description, and historical elucidation. Also biographical notices of antient architects. Illustrated by numerous engravings, by J. Le Keux, of all the members and varieties of architecture. / By John Britton ...

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1830]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 25 cm. (in case 28 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts