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Period 19th century

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Subject Terms Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

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1. G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker : Albion House, Walworth : family mourning.

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker : Albion House, Walworth : family mourning.
Creator:
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Many happy returns of the day.

Many happy returns of the day.
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

4. The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.

The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 37 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Happy may they birthday be.

Happy may they birthday be.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 item : color illustrations ; 22 x 8 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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

7. [Silver metallic cut paper album card].

[Silver metallic cut paper album card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 13 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. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
Creator:
British Fire Office (London, England)
Date:
March 1st, 1808
Physical Description:
4 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843.
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.

Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.
Creator:
Constable & Company (Firm : London, England)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 100 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. 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

13. Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings : [game]

Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings : [game]
Date:
[ca. 1815?]
Physical Description:
[26] pictorial cards : ill. ; 65 x 45 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.

W. & T. Gregson : wholesale grocers, & roaster of coffee : 69, Lord Street. Liverpool.
Creator:
W. & T. Gregson (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1820]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 40 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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

16. Universal building-blocks box = Boite à construction en bois = Universal-Holzbaukasten.

Universal building-blocks box = Boite à construction en bois = Universal-Holzbaukasten.
Date:
[late 19th century?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (63 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 17 x 24 x 5
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. Happy families [game] : a new and most diverting game for juveniles : forty-four grotesque characters, beautifully colored.

Happy families [game] : a new and most diverting game for juveniles : forty-four grotesque characters, beautifully colored.
Date:
[186-?]
Physical Description:
1 card game (44 cards) : col. ill. ; in box 10 x 8 x 3 cm. + 1 instruction card (93 x 65 mm.), 1 instruction sheet (1 folded sheet ([4] p. ; 19 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. 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

24. By His Majesty's Royal Letter Patent : , J.G. Christ & Co., No. 12 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden : London copper plate printers in gold, silver &c., & manufacturers of enamelled visiting and other cards-glazed and ornamental papers for drawing, painting etc.

By His Majesty's Royal Letter Patent : , J.G. Christ & Co., No. 12 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden : London copper plate printers in gold, silver &c., & manufacturers of enamelled visiting and other cards-glazed and ornamental papers for drawing, painting etc.
Date:
[not after 1837]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Skelton, copper plate printer : no. 8 Leicester Street, Leicester Square : opposite Sidney's Alley,

Skelton, copper plate printer : no. 8 Leicester Street, Leicester Square : opposite Sidney's Alley,
Creator:
Skelton, William, 1763–1848
Date:
[approximately 1800?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 10 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. 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

27. [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

28. 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

29. Bill for clothes, buttons and trimmings.

Bill for clothes, buttons and trimmings.
Creator:
Leaf, Edward (Tailor)
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 15 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Trade cards for Van Houten's cocoa.

Trade cards for Van Houten's cocoa.
Creator:
Van Houten (Firm)
Date:
[ca. 1880?]
Physical Description:
3 trade cards : color illustrations, 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

31. Crosse & Blackwell : purveyors by appointment to the Queen : Soho Square, London.

Crosse & Blackwell : purveyors by appointment to the Queen : Soho Square, London.
Creator:
Crosse & Blackwell
Date:
[1876?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustration ; 77 x 118 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. [Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].

[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].
Creator:
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 18 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. 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

37. Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851.

Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851.
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 folding fan : ill. ; 24 x 40 cm. folded to 24 x 3 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. 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

39. [Three-dimensional cut-paper album card].

[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card].
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 album card : color illustrations ; 100 x 60 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. 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

41. Paper doll.

Paper doll.
Date:
approximately 1830?
Physical Description:
1 paper doll (4 pieces) ; 80 x 110 mm, in envelope 120 x 400 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. [Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]

[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 6 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Visiting card for Mansfield Stone Quarries for a visit by Mr. W. Williams on Feb. 18th, 1870.

Visiting card for Mansfield Stone Quarries for a visit by Mr. W. Williams on Feb. 18th, 1870.
Creator:
Mansfield Stone Quarries
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
1 visiting card : photograph ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. 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

45. With love and good wishes for a happy New Year.

With love and good wishes for a happy New Year.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 pop-up card : color illustrations ; 15 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. P. J. Lara : house agent, funeral economist & licensed appraiser : 4, Warwick Place, Kingsland Road & no. 6 Oxford Street, Mile End.

P. J. Lara : house agent, funeral economist & licensed appraiser : 4, Warwick Place, Kingsland Road & no. 6 Oxford Street, Mile End.
Creator:
P. J. Lara (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1860-1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Album of comic sketches.

Album of comic sketches.
Creator:
A.J.K.H.
Date:
1869-1873
Physical Description:
1 album (91 drawings) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Henry Halvoet & Cie. : negt. en poissons : Edmonds Place, Aldersgate Street, No. 36, city, Londres / Daveluy, Lith. du Roi, Bruges.

Henry Halvoet & Cie. : negt. en poissons : Edmonds Place, Aldersgate Street, No. 36, city, Londres / Daveluy, Lith. du Roi, Bruges.
Creator:
Daveluy, Édouard, 1812–1894
Date:
[approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.

Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.
Creator:
Jones & Halton (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking. London, and Liverpool.

Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking. London, and Liverpool.
Creator:
Day and Martin
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. 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

52. 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

53. Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801.

Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801.
Creator:
Watson (Clothier)
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 24 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Funeral biscuits : made by A. Butterworth, Confectioner, Ardwick.

Funeral biscuits : made by A. Butterworth, Confectioner, Ardwick.
Date:
[approximately 1825]
Physical Description:
1 biscuit wrapper ; 110 x 100 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking, London and Liverpool.

Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking, London and Liverpool.
Creator:
Day and Martin
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. 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

57. [Metallic cut paper greeting card].

[Metallic cut paper greeting card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : color illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The Eastern puzzle.

The Eastern puzzle.
Date:
[approximately 1885]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.

Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[4] p. : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. 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

61. Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress.

Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress.
Date:
circa 1860
Physical Description:
1 v. ([32] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The hand-book of useful and ornamental amusements and accomplishments : including artificial flower making, engraving, etching, painting in all its styles, modelling, carving in wood, ivory, and shell, also fancy work of every description / by a lady.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lady
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
xviii, 315, 24 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. 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

64. 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

65. Pyramiden Spiel = Jeu de pyramides.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1835?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (54 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 18 x 23 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The instructive picture book, or, Lessons from the vegetable world / by the author of "The heir of Redclyffe" and "The herb of the field" ; illustrated with 31 colored plates ; arranged by Robert M. Stark, Fellow of The Botanical and Royal Physical Societies, Edinburgh, author of "A Popular History of British Mosses.".

No cover image available
Creator:
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823–1901
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
22, [2] p., xxxi leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Characters / by Williams.

No cover image available
Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830
Date:
ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour : containing, facetiae, under the heads of pasquinades, anecdotes, jeu d'esprits, witticisms : mornings at Bow Street, new punning songs, broad grins, maxims, irish bulls, conundrums, anagrams, enigmas, bon mots, whims, tid bits, curious epitaphs, brevities, yarns, miseries, long bows, puzzles, &c., &c., : embellished with forty-eight numerous wood engravings by the most eminent artists.

No cover image available
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Roses and holly, and Pen and pencil pictures from the poets / profusely illustrated by Gourlay Steell, R.S.A., R. Herdman, R.S.A., Clark Stanton, A.R.S.A., Samuel Bough, A.R.S.A., John M'Whirter, A.R.S.A., John Lawson, and other eminent artists ; engraved by R. Paterson.

No cover image available
Date:
[1881?]
Physical Description:
xii, 148, viii, 152 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

70. A treatise on deportment, fencing, etc. : including the science of horsemanship; being a complete manual of instruction for the use of young persons, in the acquirement of those accomplishments; as well as a self-monitor in the exercise and duties of a cavalry soldier, for the use of gentlemen who are members of yeomanry corps : comprising likewise, instructions for the lance and carbine exercises. Also, the description of a military game resembling the game of chess, calculated to initiate young gentlemen who are designed for the army, in the science of tactics or military manœuvres. With copperplate engravings, illustrative of the various subjects described in the work / by Samuel Gribble, Regimental Serjeant-Major of the Corps of Sherwood Rangers.

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Creator:
Gribble, Samuel
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 14-147, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. 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

72. Routledges's every girl's annual / edited by Alicia A. Leith ; illustrated.

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Date:
[1880]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 524 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Hunting in the golden days / by Hubert Garle ; illustrated by Finch Mason.

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Creator:
Garle, Hubert
Date:
1896
Physical Description:
100, [6] pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The young artist.

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

75. The race and the road : Epsom, 1851.

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Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 print on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored etching ; sheets end-to-end 12 x 210 cm, accordion folded to 12 x 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Cambridge customs and costumes : containing upwards of one hundred and fifty vignettes / by the author of "Familiar illustrations of the language of mathematics."

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Creator:
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
[2] p., 9 leaves : ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Nimrod's hunting tours : interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings and doings of sporting men : including notices of the principal crack riders of England, with analytical contents and general index of names.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
xx, [2], 294 pages, [23] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. The art of sketching flowers from nature : with coloured illustrations / by R. Willett Lucas.

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Creator:
Lucas, Ralph Willett, 1796–1874
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
iv, 45 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 1853.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Lessons in flower painting. : a series of easy and progressive studies, drawn and coloured after nature. / by James Andrews.

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Creator:
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
4 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Confessions of an Oxonian : in three volumes : embellished with thirty-six coloured plates.

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Creator:
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
3 v. ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Present pastimes of merrie England / interpreted from ancient mss. and annotated by F.C. Burnand ; with illustrations drawn from ye quicke by J.E. Rogers, author of "Ridicula rediviva".

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Creator:
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836–1917
Date:
one thousand eight hundred and seventy three [1873]
Physical Description:
[4], 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The changing companions : comic metamorphosis = Die veränderlichen Gesellschafter : komische Verwandlungen = Les compagnons inconstants : métamorphoses comiques / G.W. Faber.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 game (48 pieces) ; in wooden box 20 x 21 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. [Embossed and metallic cut paper album card].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are / drawn by M.E. Esq.

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Creator:
Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[23] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Involuntary thoughts.

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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

88. Rock's Royal Bristol & Clifton cabinet album.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1884 and 1896]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([12] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 162 cm, folded to 19 x 14 cm, attached to boards 20 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. Royal cabinet album of Isle of Wight.

No cover image available
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([24] p.): chiefly ill. ; 15 x 130 cm, folded to 15 x 11 cm, in covers 15 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. 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

91. Moveable shadows / by W. Newman (of Punch).

No cover image available
Creator:
Newman, William
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[1], [9] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Lumps of pudding [graphic] / H.W. Bunbury Esqr. delin. ; etch'd by W. Heath.

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Creator:
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:
[15 August 1811]
Physical Description:
1 print on 5 sheets : etching ; sheets 34 x 51 cm or smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Strange's pocket scrap book for young ladies and gentlemen : containing views of all the public places of amusement, watering places, etc. etc. : part IV.

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Date:
[between 1841 and 1849]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. Vere Foster's drawing copy book.

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Creator:
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 18 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Photographic pleasures : popularly portrayed with pen and pencil / by Cuthbert Bede, B.A., author of "Verdant Green," &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[9], 14-83, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. London and its environs : including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc. : handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker.

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Creator:
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
x, 366 p., [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.+ [1] folded map (73 x 94 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

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

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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

98. Fashion and folly, or, The buck's pilgrimage [graphic]

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Creator:
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
24 pictures on 1 joined sheet : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 617 cm, in cylindrical case 16 cm x 7 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The comic album : a book for every table.

No cover image available
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[140] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts