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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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20,180
Reference Library
175
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
104
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
52
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
50
Clark, Thomas A
50
Dilnot, John
50
Phillips, H., -1840
42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Bush, Tracey
39
Rocque, John, -1762
37
Sackett, Colin
37
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
35
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
32
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
32
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
31
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
30
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
29
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987
On-site Access
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20,180
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
175
Image Use
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20,180
Image Available
Unavailable
19,519
Available
661
New Additions
2023-2024
158
Classification
Books
16,332
Archives & Manuscripts
736
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
657
Prints
644
Maps & Atlas (printed)
432
Music (printed)
243
Periodicals
180
Articles & Chapters
174
Drawings & Watercolors
136
Postcards
127
Photographs
116
Visual Materials
65
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
36
Musical Sound Recordings
6
Videos
6
Paintings
3
Computer Files
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Kits
1
Creator Gender
unknown
20,177
female
3
Period
19th century
11,045
20th century
4,032
18th century
2,516
21st century
902
17th century
484
15th century
318
16th century
173
14th century
2
13th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
22
ceramic (material)
11
daguerreotype (process)
9
molding (forming)
9
watercolor (paint)
8
ink
6
albumen process
5
paper
5
engraving (action)
4
graphite (color)
4
silk (textile)
4
graphite (mineral)
3
lithography
3
weaving
3
cardboard
2
glue
2
graphite
2
ivory (material)
2
laid paper
2
photographic paper
2
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Materials & Techniques
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Work Type
wood engraving
1,809
engraving
1,318
lithograph
1,213
ephemera
1,090
aquatint
1,036
artists' book
898
auction catalog
775
chromolithograph
649
etching
545
map
419
woodcut
418
armorial bookplates (provenance)
353
accordion fold format (binding)
327
private press books (publishing)
315
photograph
312
exhibition catalog
305
photomechanical print
302
recreation
295
drawing book
268
memorial card
261
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Subject Terms
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
856
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
669
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
663
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
601
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
442
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
419
London Institution -- Ownership.
344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
339
Incunabula in Yale Library.
289
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
284
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Grief.
264
Drawing -- Technique.
249
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
242
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
229
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Women in natural history.
211
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
188
Satire, English.
184
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
166
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Subject Period
19th century
1,401
20th century
504
18th century
308
17th century
88
16th century
59
21st century
35
15th century
26
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Silurian
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th century,
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
4,358
England
1,945
London
1,168
London (England)
481
France
304
United States
242
Italy
215
Edinburgh (Scotland)
188
Scotland
182
Europe
127
Edinburgh
124
Ireland
122
India
121
Wales
114
Oxford (England)
92
Germany
88
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Switzerland
73
Spain
64
Paris (France)
63
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
87
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
72
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
41
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
39
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
35
Jesus Christ
32
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
30
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
29
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
29
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
29
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841–1910
26
Shirley Smith, Richard
24
Raphael, 1483–1520
23
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952
21
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
20
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830
19
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
18
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936
18
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
123
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
86
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
83
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
62
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
54
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
43
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
30
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
17
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
16
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
14
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
13
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
13
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
12
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
9
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
7
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
7
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
5
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11)
5
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
5
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
4
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson in memory of her father Frederick Herbert Dawson and grandmother Plessy Dawson
219
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
164
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
136
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
129
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
117
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
87
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
69
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
55
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
49
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
33
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
23
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Language
English
17,473
French
530
Latin
364
German
265
Italian
131
Dutch
50
No linguistic content
39
Undetermined
34
Spanish
23
English, Middle (1100-1500)
10
Swedish
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
9
Welsh
9
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
8
Japanese
6
Multiple languages
6
Portuguese
5
Russian
5
Danish
4
Efik
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
2
Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)
Ancient Chinese
[1926]
3
Underwood & Underwood
Sun Sculpture stereoscope
not before 1901
4
Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings
[ca. 1815?]
5
First lessons in plain sewing for home or school
[approximately 1900?]
6
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)
Dinner
1951
7
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
8
Bill for building expenses
1760
9
In remembrance of the late Robert Minto of Barton-Upon-Humber
1857
10
Album of seaweed specimens, in scallop shell binding
mid-19th century
11
Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap
[approximately 1894?]
12
May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys con-neck-tie-dly be collared all by thee!
[approximately 1875?]
13
Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne
between 1870 and [1890?]
14
Macdonald, Thomas (Engraver)
Thomas Macdonald, sketch maker & designer
[approximately 1880?]
15
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
16
A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too
mid-19th century
17
Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)
[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]
[early 19th century]
18
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements
1914?
19
In memory of the late John Distance
1854
20
Office Anthem
[approximately 193-?]
21
Swaine, Alport & Lothian (London, England)
[Billhead of Swaine, Alport & Lowthian, distillers, London, recording gin purchased by Thomas Tebbitt, 1828]
1828
22
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Savoy Hotel
[192-?]
23
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
24
In loving memory of Herbert, eldest son of Henry and Sarah Adlington, (of Croft House, Ripley,)
1896
25
Valentine card
mid-19th century
26
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
The absent minded beggar
c1899
27
Sage, John (Painter)
J. Sage
[approximately 1830]
28
George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)
Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.
[not before 1875]
29
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
30
Waldie, Mrs., active 1808
Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school, Hendersyde
1808
31
Open house London
[2011]
32
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker
[1850?]
33
Cullum (Firm)
The most extensive and cheapest establishment in the West of England
[1840s?]
34
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Antiquities of Ionia,
1769-1915
35
Mathiss, Madeleine
Album of pressed seaweed specimens
1869
36
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)
May Christmas bring you many blessings
[1880?]
37
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
38
Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square
[1789]
39
In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875
1892
40
Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world
[ca. 1820]
41
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
42
Potter, John (Hatter)
Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties
[approximately 1816]
43
Dempsey & Carroll
Prince Albert
between 1878 and 1900?
44
British Fire Office (London, England)
[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
March 1st, 1808
45
Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company
Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered
1851
46
Valentine card
mid-19th century
47
Bush, Tracey
The pocket book of sea creatures
1997
48
Register of criminal offenders in Nottingham, England
circa 1879-circa 1921
49
Whitbread and Company
The Harrow, Wateringbury
[between 1949 and 1955]
50
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
51
In ever loving memory of William George Banks
1928
52
In affectionate remembrance of Mary, the beloved wife of Joseph Hardy, of Alston
1870
53
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
54
A booke of secrets
1596
55
Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
Are you ready?
[1880]
56
[Victorian pop-up Valentines Card]
[approximately 1875]
57
Armer's (Flookborough, England]
Armer's, Flookborough
[early 19th century]
58
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society
[approximately 1914]
59
[3 postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition]
[1908]
60
Morrison, S. G.
[Billhead of S.G. Morrison, general merchant in Fraserburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Bird, 1911 : with advertisement for Lipton's Tea]
1911
61
Osborn, Joseph (Maltster)
[Billhead of Joseph Osborn, maltster, for purchases made by H. Brandreth, 1848]
1848
62
Pigot, James, 1769–1843
J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer
[between 1810 and 1821]
63
Universal building-blocks box =
[late 19th century?]
64
Royal Navy & Military Tournament
[approximately 1910]
65
When the hearts feeling burns with concealing, oh, what an anguish silent to languish
mid-19th century
66
[Six mid-19th century silhouette cut-outs]
mid-19th century
67
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
[approximately 1855]
68
J. Smithson, dealer in every description of watches, jewellery, plated goods &c.
[1850?]
69
Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
70
J. Grossmith & Son
Phul-nana perfume
[ca. 1926?]
71
Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital"
1837
72
For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester
May 1792
73
J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850
1850
74
An artistic calendar
[approximately 1950?]
75
Kindergarten and transition class
[approximately 1900]
76
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
77
The Princes Restaurant, Piccadilly
[191-?]
78
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield
[approximately 1840?]
79
Parkinson, W. (William), 1871–1927
Westminster Abbey fund
1920
80
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
81
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
82
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802
Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime
circa 1763
83
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
To George Dance Esquire R.A., architect to the city of London, &c., these six views of the metropolis of the British Empire are respectfully dedicated
January 1st, 1805
84
J. Fallon & Co. (Leek, England)
[Billhead of J. Fallon & Co., fish merchant, Leek, Staffordshire, for purchases made by Mr. Russell, 1887]
1887
85
Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843
1843
86
South Bank Centre
Summer of smiles
2011
87
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)
The Regency. Ramsgate
1953
88
G. W.'s transparencies
[approximately 1840?]
89
John Sanderson & Co
Splendid show of spring fashions
[1890?]
90
Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C
The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)
c1977
91
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Della architettura militare
mid-16th century
92
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps
1836
93
Souvenir greeting card
[approximately 1890]
94
Cockburn, Julie
Butterflies
2004
95
Visit of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen to the City of Liverpool
1886
96
Whitstable in an oyster shell
[approximately 1930]
97
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
98
S.A., her book
approximately 1920?
99
We must be united!
mid-19th century
100
Eastwood and Taylor (Firm)
Eastwood and Taylor
[approximately 1870]
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