Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Subject Period: 19th century

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

Waldie, Mrs., active 1808

Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde

1808

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]

Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]

A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century

Shoubridge, James

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London

1807

G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]

George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]

Sage, John (Painter)

J. Sage

[approximately 1830]

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Potter, John (Hatter)

Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties

[approximately 1816]

British Fire Office (London, England)

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

March 1st, 1808

Valentine card

mid-19th century

Siddall, Charles, 1804–

Charles Siddall, tailor, &c., Eppleby

March 31st 1840

[Photographic postcard of an unidentified group of people and 4 wheeled wagon]

[approximately 1880-1900?]

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, & c. of Great Britain,

1806

Notebook of recipes and taxidermic instructions

1830-1834

[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]

1814

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

America

MDCLXXI [1671]

We must be united!

mid-19th century

Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751–1835

Sketches for college rooms

[ca. 1820?]

Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne

between 1870 and [1890?]

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[185-?]

Universal building-blocks box =

[late 19th century?]

When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish

mid-19th century

Osborn, Joseph (Maltster)

[Billhead of Joseph Osborn, maltster, for purchases made by H. Brandreth, 1848]

1848

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Catalogue of the exhibition, called Modern Mexico

1824

[Trade card for The London Hotel]

1862

I am thine love

mid-19th century

Apolla Quadrille Party

[approximately 1860?]

The gift receive the deed approved ..

mid-19th century

What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..

mid-19th century

Phoenix (Restaurant : London, England)

The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms

[early 19th century]

Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)

Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester

approximately 1825

W. & T. Gregson (Firm)

W. & T. Gregson

[approximately 1820]

Roberts

Spurgeon's

[approximately 1870]

Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843

1843

Constable & Company (Firm : London, England)

Constable & Compy

[approximately 1850]

T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you

mid-19th century

Molay, A. Jacques

A. Jacques Molay

[1870?-1890?]

Thompson, Miss, active 1889

Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton

April 1889

Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one

1879

Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting

1890

John R. Purssell & Comp.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey

[between 1850 and 1875?]

Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine

mid-19th century

G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial

[approximately 1842]

Kruyff, Cornelis de, 1771–1854

Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses environs

[1825?]

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings

[ca. 1815?]

Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870

Sketches in India

1862

Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst

1819

A faithful tribute of affection! To my love

mid-19th century

United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps

1836

Royal Academy (Gosport, England)

Bill for school expenses from the Royal Academy for Lord Augustus Beauclerk

August 2nd, 1834

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

Miseries of human life

[1808]

Young's London Drapery House (Firm : Tynemouth and Whitley)

Advertisement for Young's London Drapery House

1886

Love has triumphed

mid-19th century

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf

[approximately 1850]

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Six months' residence and travels in Mexico

1824

Valentine card

mid-19th century

Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)

Ancient Chinese

[1926]

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 184-?]

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century

Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park

1851

Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–

Violettes du 20 Mars 1815

20 Mars 1815

Atkinson, George Francklin

"Curry & rice," on forty plates, or, The ingredients of social life at "our station" in India

[1859]

Waddington, George, 1793–1869

Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia

1822

Gibson, Joseph (Merchant)

Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth

1820

Pidcock's Royal Menagerie (London, England)

Pidcock's Royal Menagerie farthing token

[approximately 1800]

Our Boys Clothing Company

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

[ca. 1885?]

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1820?]

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852

The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture

1841

R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799

Reeves & Sons (London, England)

Box of pigments and implements for painting on china

ca. 1880

Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)

Crystal Palace season ticket, 1855

[1855]

Roche, Patrick (Bootmaker)

Billhead recording shoes purchased by Mr. Roberts from P. Roche, boot maker, Liverpool

1850

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched

1808