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Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
2
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
2
Allard, Hugo, approximately 1628–1691
1
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
1
Basil, Simon, -1615
1
Beckman, Martin, -1702
1
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
1
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
1
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
1
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
1
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
1
Erich, Adolar, 1559–1634
1
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
1
Francquart, Jacques, 1577–1651
1
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
1
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
1
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
1
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644
1
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
63
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Books
38
Maps & Atlas (printed)
17
Archives & Manuscripts
7
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
6
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
5
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Prints
3
Articles & Chapters
1
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unknown
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17th century
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16th century
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Materials & Techniques
ceramic (material)
4
throwing (pottery technique)
4
polychromy
1
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engraving
38
map
22
etching
14
watercolor
10
ink drawing
9
woodcut
8
armorial bookplates (provenance)
5
ceramic (material)
4
delftware
4
drawing book
4
drug jar
4
handbooks and manual
4
tin glaze
4
view
4
atlase
3
volvelle
3
broadside
2
ephemera
2
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
2
manuscript map
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Fortification -- Great Britain.
6
Great Britain -- Defenses.
6
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714.
5
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
4
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
4
Drawing -- Technique.
3
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
3
Hull (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
3
Hull (England) -- Maps.
3
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3
Painting -- Technique.
3
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
3
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
3
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
2
Death -- Great Britain.
2
Fortification -- Early works to 1800.
2
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
2
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
2
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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17th century
8
18th century
6
19th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
20
England
5
Africa
3
America
3
Hull (England)
3
London (England)
3
Netherlands
3
Oxford (England)
2
Arctic regions
1
Atlantic Ocean
1
Belgium
1
Boston (Mass.)
1
Brandenburg (Germany)
1
Bristol (England)
1
Brussels
1
Canada
1
Caribbean Area
1
Cheshire (England)
1
Chester (England)
1
China
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Aesop
1
Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria, 1559–1621
1
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652
1
Barentsz, Willem, ca. 1550–1597
1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668
1
Braun, Samuel, 1580–1668
1
Braythwait, Thomas, d. 1607
1
Collingwood, Daniel, 1634?-1681
1
Comberford, Nicholas, -1673
1
De Ruyter, Michael, 1607–1676
1
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528
1
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601
1
Ferrar, John, 1590?-1657
1
Gendt, Willem Joseph, baron van, 1626–1672
1
George, Saint, d. 303
1
Granger, David, 1611–1675
1
Harvey, Elizabeth
1
Harvey, Mary, -1680
1
Hermite, Jacques l', 1582–1624
1
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
1
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
3
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
3
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
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
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce Marshall Rare Books
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971
1
Language
English
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Latin
14
French
3
German
2
Dutch
1
Italian
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Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C
1683
2
Ointment pot
between 1650 and 1700
3
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent
MDCLXXVI [1676]
4
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern
MDCLXIV [1664]
5
Map of North America
not before 1634
6
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa
MDCXXXII [1632]
7
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads
1679
8
Stalker, John
A treatise of japaning and varnishing
1688
9
[India Orientalis]
1597[-1628]
10
Vignola, 1507–1573
Vignola, or the compleat architect
1655
11
Kip, William
Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova tabula ad usum studiosorum emendate accomodate
An 1602
12
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching
1675
13
Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers
1671
14
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt
1646
15
Josephus, Flavius
The works of Josephus
MDCLXXVI [1676]
16
Neade, William
Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto
[approximately 1630]
17
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire
1680 April 1
18
Pricke, Robert
The architects store-house
1674
19
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743
[ A Ballad singer
[1680?]
20
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Gerardi de Lairesse, Leodiensis pictoris, Opus elegantissimum
[ca. 1690?]
21
Wet drug jar
circa 1660
22
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing
1673
23
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie
1670. (fol.)
24
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
25
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
America
MDCLXXI [1671]
26
[Panorama of popular printed images]
[circa 1680]
27
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664
Americae pars meridionalis
[between 1641 and 1680]
28
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644
Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
[ca. 1681]
29
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie de 1666
[1666?]
30
King, Daniel, died 1664
The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated
1656
31
[The Popish Plot]
[1679?]
32
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
33
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
34
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
A direction for the English traviller
1643
35
Memento mori ring
1689
36
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
37
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,
1647
38
Winstanley, Henry, 1644–1703
Advertisement
1670s?]
39
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
The art of dravving vvith the pen,
1607
40
[Thomas Braythwait writing his will]
ca. 1607
41
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
A new system of geography
[1685]
42
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts
1669
43
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Africa
MDC LXX [1670]
44
Aesop's Fables
1687
45
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[The travellers guide
[1686?]
46
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Kyngeston vpon Hvll
circa 1642
47
Marshal, Alexander
St. George and the dragon
circa 1630-1682
48
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649–1702
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes
ca. 1682]
49
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
A large and accurate map of the city of London
1677]
50
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554
The first[-fift] booke of architecture
1611
51
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
Africa
[ca. 1686?]
52
Wet drug jar
between 1675 and 1680
53
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre
1696
54
Webb, John, 1611–1672
John Webb account book
1630s
55
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
The characters of the passions
[17--]
56
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
A new map of the English empire in America
[ca. 1695]
57
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents
MDCLVIII [1658]
58
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
59
Francquart, Jacques, 1577–1651
Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq[ue] principis Alberti Pii, Archiducis Austriae, ducis Burg. Bra. &c.
MDCXXIII [1623]
60
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
61
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
62
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis
1622
63
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
64
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine
[1612]
65
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne
1639
66
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.
1625
67
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture
not before 1611
68
Dry drug jar
between 1665 and 1680
69
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne
1661
70
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
The compleat gentleman
[1622]
71
Overton, John, 1640–1708?
[Composite world atlas]
[1686?]
72
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618–1679
Novi Belgii Novaeque, Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula
[ca. 1684]
73
Erich, Adolar, 1559–1634
Thuringia landgraviatus
[1650?]
74
Cowper, William, 1666–1709
The anatomy of humane bodies,
1698
75
Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
America
[ca. 1686]
76
Allard, Hugo, approximately 1628–1691
[Chart of the Thames estuary with a view of the English fleet burning in the Medway]
1667
77
A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695
1695
78
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations
[169-?]
79
Blaeu, Joan, 1596–1673
Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae
[1649]
80
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Plans for the fortifications at Hull
1681-1682