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1. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.

Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.
Creator:
MacKenzie, David Maitland, 1800–1875
Date:
May, 1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.
Creator:
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
38, [2] pages, 24 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. "Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.
Creator:
Our Boys Clothing Company
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.

Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.
Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
[ca. 1826]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 38 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.
Creator:
Ingpen, Abel, -1854
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
106 p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Date:
MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:
[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

13. A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.
Creator:
Girmondi, M
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., port., map, 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.

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

17. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.
Date:
January 1, 1802
Physical Description:
14, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The youths drawing book complete.

The youths drawing book complete.
Creator:
Fussell, Joseph, 1818–1912
Date:
[1832?]
Physical Description:
v. ; illustrations ; 15 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.

Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.
Creator:
Dinsdale, John
Date:
[1886]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.

The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.
Creator:
Thornhill, R. B. (Richard Badham)
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
xvi, ix, [1], 432 p., [8] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.
Creator:
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.

Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
[50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. [Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]

[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
Creator:
Dean & Son
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 card ; illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. 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

27. The courser's guide : containing names, pedigrees, performances, and running weights of the principal greyhounds that have run for the last fity years : particulars of the Waterloo Cup and enclosed meetings from the commencement : descriptive tables of light and heavy weights and perfomances : dogs against bitches / by Thomas Jones, of Cawney Bank House, Dudley, Worcestershire.

No cover image available
Creator:
Jones, Thomas, active 1896
Date:
1896
Physical Description:
496 pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. 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

29. The melange of humour : a series of fifty coloured engravings, comprising a great variety of comic subjects / by the most popular artists of the present day.

No cover image available
Date:
[1824?]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [50] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A leap-year's proposal / illustrated and written by Harry B. Neilson.

No cover image available
Creator:
Neilson, Harry B. (Harry Bingham), 1861–
Date:
[1889]
Physical Description:
[48] pages : illustrations ; 18 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Drawing for schools : containing expositions of the method of teaching drawing in schools ; a full explanation of the practice of model drawing after the method of Dupuis, as first practised at the Battersea Training College ; the principles and practice of outline and perspective drawing : together with numerous illustrations and drawing exercises / by Thomas Tate, F.R.A.S., of Kneller Training College, Twickenham; late mathematical professor and lecturer on chemistry in the National Society's Training College, Battersea. Author of "The principles of the differential and integral calculus;" " A treatise on the strength of materials;" "The principles of geometry and mensuration," etc. etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
[4], 45, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The modern art of fencing : agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters in Europe / by le sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Academie des Armes ; carefully revised and augmented with a technical glossary, etc. by J. S. Forsyth ; embellished with numerous plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
Rolando, Guzman
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xxxi, [1], 240 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Modern horsemanship : a new method of teaching riding and training by means of pictures from the life / by Edward L. Anderson, author of 'A System of School Training for Horses,' 'The Gallop,' etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Anderson, Edward L. (Edward Lowell), 1842–1916
Date:
MDCCCLXXXVI [1886]
Physical Description:
xiii, [3], 168, 20 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. English society at home : from the collection of "Mr. Punch" / by George du Maurier.

No cover image available
Creator:
Du Maurier, George, 1834–1896
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
[8] p., 63 leaves, [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Souvenir of the North.

No cover image available
Date:
1855?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([40] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 400 cm., folded to 14 x 10 cm., attached to boards 15 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The whist-player : the laws and practice of short-whist explained and illustrated / by Lieut.-Colonel B****.

No cover image available
Creator:
Blyth, Augustus Frederick
Date:
MDCCCLVI [1856]
Physical Description:
72 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Album of Melbourne views.

No cover image available
Date:
1886]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([15] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 210 cm, folded to 18 x 14 cm, attached to boards 19 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Riding and driving / by "Stonehenge," author of "The Horse," "British Rural Sorts," etc., etc. ; with illustrations.

No cover image available
Creator:
Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810–1888
Date:
[1863]
Physical Description:
91, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The Royal cabinet album of Winchester.

No cover image available
Date:
[1881?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 132 cm, folded to 14 x 12 cm, in boards 15 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The wreath, or, Ornamental artist : containing instructions for making flowers of wax, rice-paper, lamb's-wool, and cambric, with a great variety of articles : for charitable repositories / by a Lady.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lady
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 92, [2] pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.

No cover image available
Creator:
Dinsdale, John, active 1884–1890
Date:
[1886]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 14 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The young artist's progressive drawing-book of easy subjects.

No cover image available
Date:
[186-?]
Physical Description:
parts : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The young artist.

No cover image available
Date:
[1865?]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The hand book on making paper flowers ... / by Foster, Son, & Duncan, of 16 Wigmore Street, artificial florists & plumassiers, importers & manufacturers of materials used by artifical flower makers.

No cover image available
Creator:
Foster, Son & Duncum
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
2, 6 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Lights in art : a review of ancient and modern pictures : with critical remarks on the present state, treatment, and preservation of oil paintings / by George William Novice, artist.

No cover image available
Creator:
Novice, George William
Date:
1874
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 368 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Artistic amusements : being instructions for a variety of art work for home employment, and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars. : illustrated.

No cover image available
Date:
[1879?]
Physical Description:
[2], 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Elegant arts for ladies : ... profusely illustrated.

No cover image available
Date:
[1861]
Physical Description:
viii, 227, [5] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing : in thirteen parts / by J. H. Burgess.

No cover image available
Creator:
Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
13 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective : calculated for young students, and to be acquired without a tutor / by Elias Taylor.

No cover image available
Creator:
Taylor, Elias
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
viii, 74, [2] p., 25 leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The art of modelling flowers in paper to imitate nature.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1870?]
Physical Description:
8 p., 6 p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. How to sketch from nature, or, Perspective and its application / by Newton Fielding.

No cover image available
Creator:
Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Date:
[1856]
Physical Description:
54 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Date:
[ca. 1828]
Physical Description:
[34] leavesof plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Involuntary thoughts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1823-1824
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion : containing a compendious view of the game laws : a description of the various kinds of dogs : and the best mode of breeding, rearing, and training them : with an account of the diseases to which they are liable, and the best methods of cure : to which are added, directions for grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, hare, and wild duck shooting : particular instructions for the young sportsman : and much miscellaneous information on the choice of guns, gunpowder, shot, &c. &c. / by B. Thomas.

No cover image available
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, 304 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports : caught in Leicestershire, &c. / by Henry Alken.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
[2] p., [42] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

No cover image available
Creator:
Member of the Save-all Club
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 240 [i.e. 196], [2] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Hood's drawing book / with designs and suggestions by an artist of long and varied experience.

No cover image available
Date:
C.I. Hood Co.,
Physical Description:
21 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

62. Tatting, or, Frivolité / by Mrs. Mee and Miss Austin, 71, Brook Steet, Grosvenor Square, London (late of Bath).

No cover image available
Creator:
Mee, Cornelia, 1815–1875
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 10-21, [3] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 10 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Rock's Royal Leeds Cabinet Album.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1884 and 1896]
Physical Description:
10 pictures on 1 folded sheet : photolithographs ; 16 x 133 cm, accordion folded to 16 x 11 cm, in boards 17 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974

64. Rock's Royal Cardiff Cabinet Album.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1884 and 1896]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([13] pages) : photolithographs : 16 x 169 cm, folded to 16 x 11 cm, in boards 17 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974

65. Morning calls.

No cover image available
Date:
[1830s?]
Physical Description:
[15] leaves : illustrations ; 12 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Our lace sampler : second series / by Mrs. Mee & Miss Austin ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Mee, Cornelia, 1815–1875
Date:
[approximately 1870]
Physical Description:
16, [4] pages, [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. The home knitter : a manual for making useful articles for the family / by a lady.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lady
Date:
[1876]
Physical Description:
32 pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The lady's book of useful and ornamental knitting and netting work : containing upwards of one hundred receipts for executing elegant and useful articles : including polka dresses, ladies' scarfs, shawls, toilet covers, purses, handkerchiefs &c. &c. : with six beautiful designs of lace collars / by Miss Ronaldson, teacher of needle-work in the Edinburgh Ladies' Institution for the Southern Districts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ronaldson, Miss
Date:
MDCCCXLIX [1849]
Physical Description:
x, [6], 176 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Parlour magic.

No cover image available
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
vii, [2], iv-viii, [2],183, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The new guide to knitting & crochet / by Marie Jane Cooper.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cooper, Marie Jane
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[4], 68 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The stocking-knitter's manual : a handy book for the work-table / by Mrs. George Cupples.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cupples, George, Mrs., 1839–1898
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
32 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.

No cover image available
Date:
[1892]
Physical Description:
iv, 136 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. H. Simpkins's illustrated pocket keepsake and book of amusements for 1882 : contains almanack for 1882, tide-table, historical events, pretty songs, parlour pastimes, funny tales, jokes and conundrums, ball room companion, with many interesting illustrations.

No cover image available
Date:
[1881]
Physical Description:
[32] pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. [Calling card for Mr. John A. May, Miss May, [... E. May] : The Brooklands.

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. [Calling card for Colonel Lowther : 31, Bruton Street].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The Windsor double check washing-book for ladies.

No cover image available
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
[26] leaves ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. The practical paper fruit maker : a new and original kindergarten occupation for girls and infants / by Veronica Vassey, author of "The practical paper flower maker."

No cover image available
Creator:
Vassey, Veronica
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Physical Description:
xi, [2], 14-52, [12] pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The boat race and who went to it.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1868 and 1885]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([16] panels) : illustrations ; 29 x 89 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Twelve crochet edgings, with illustrative engravings / edited by G. Curling Hope, author of "The Art of Crochet," "My Working Friend," Etc.

No cover image available
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
25, [7] pages, [1], ([1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The ladies' knitting and netting book : first series / by Miss Watts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Watts, Miss
Date:
[approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
xiii, [1], 136, [2] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The ladies' knitting and netting book : second series / by Miss Watts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Watts, Miss
Date:
[approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 129, [3] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The instructive reading society.

No cover image available
Creator:
Instructive Reading Society (Surrey, England)
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
[4] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

84. One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls / described by Mme. Marie Schild.

No cover image available
Creator:
Schild, Marie
Date:
[approximately 1884]
Physical Description:
141, [5] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Rossmore : Friday October 5th 1877.

No cover image available
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
1 dance card ; 110 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

No cover image available
Creator:
Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

No cover image available
Creator:
Powell, Joseph, 1780–1834
Date:
1820-1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : all illustrations ; 23 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The commercial tourist, or, Gentleman traveller : a satirical poem : in four cantos : embellished with colored engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hempel, Charles William, 1777–1855
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[4], 140 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The manual of oil-painting, for young artists and amateurs : condensed from the works of Bouvier, Merimee, Montabert, and other distinguished Continental artists : with a glossary of terms of art.

No cover image available
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
128 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The Album of Bath views.

No cover image available
Date:
[187-?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([21] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 256 cm, folded to 21 x 16 cm, in boards 23 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

No cover image available
Creator:
Phillipps, Charles Spencer March
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
xiv, 131 ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The betting-book / by George Cruikshank ; with cuts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
31, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

94. Helps and hints how to protect life and property : with instructions in rifle and pistol shooting, &c. / by Lt. Col. baron de Berenger ; the embellishments by Mr. Bonner and others ; after designs by Messrs. G. and R. Cruikshank, Alken, Haghe, Fussell, and de Berenger.

No cover image available
Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 286, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (two folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

95. Figure training, or, Art the handmaid of nature / by E.D.M.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1865 and 1873]
Physical Description:
125, [1] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. The training of a craftsman / written by Fred Miller ; illustrated by many workers in the art crafts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miller, Fred, decorative artist
Date:
1898
Physical Description:
x, 249, [1], 9, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The Instructive picture book, or, Progressive lessons from the natural history of animals and plants / edited by Adam White ; and Robert M. Stark ; vol. I, lessons from the animal world--fourfooted animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, with 10 elementary plates of miscellaneous objects.

No cover image available
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
18 p., xxx double leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Investigation, or, Travels in the boudoir / by Caroline A. Halsted, author of "The little botanist."

No cover image available
Creator:
Halsted, Caroline Amelia, -1851
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
xiv, [2], 296 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts