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1. 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.".

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

2. Buenos Ayrès et le Paraguay, ou, Histoire, moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cette partie de l'Amérique / par Ferdinand Denis.

Creator:: Denis, Ferdinand, 1798–1890
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The history of the flea : with notes and observations / by L. Bertolotto.

Creator:: Bertolotto, L
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.

Creator:: Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: viii, 55, [1] pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Thomas Mason, May 9th, 1891 from the Phœnix Fire Office]

Creator:: Phœnix Fire Office (Firm : London, England)
Date:: 1891-1892
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 52 x 38 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Collection of 11 engravings and 5 original drawings].

Date:: 1818?]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves, [9] leaves of plate : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The journal and letters of the late Thomas Browne Parker, of Sweeney in the County of Salop, Esq. : during a tour with his friend Edward Joshua Cooper of Markree Castle in the Co. of Sligo, Esqre. M.P. : through Bavaria, Austria, Prussia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, & the Crimea, in the years 1824, 1825, & 1826 / transcribed, arranged, and illustrated (with copies of the drawings made during the tour by the artist Sig. Bossi, sketches in the Crimea by T.B.P. &c., and insertion of portraits, prints, &c. collected by T.B.P. in his travels) by his affectionate sister Mary Leighton, Loton Park, 1835.

Creator:: Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 3 volumes (544 pages) ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Flower and fruit decoration : with some remarks on the treatment of town gardens, terraces, &c., and with many illustrations of colour and contrast applicable to both subjects / by T.C. March.

Creator:: March, T. C
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: vii, 112, 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A voyage to the South Sea : undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh : including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies.

Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: [10], 264 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker : 59, South Street, Exeter, opposite Palace Gate / Smith sc., Exeter.

Creator:: Banke, A. de
Date:: between and 1840 and 1850?
Physical Description:: 1 trade card ; 49 x 87 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A specimen of ancient carpentry : consisting of variety of designs for roofs ... : collected by James Smith : to which are added designs of frontispieces to doors, gateways, piers ... : & other useful decorations never before published by Jones ; the whole illustrated with 66 copper plates nearly engraven.

Creator:: Smith, James, writer on carpentry
Date:: 1736
Physical Description:: [5], [3], [66] leaves of plates in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Historica relación del reyno de Chile : y delas missiones, y ministerios que exercita en el la Compañia de Iesvs : a nvestro señor Iesv Christo, Dios hombre y ala Santissima Virgen, y Madre Maria, Señora del cielo, y dela tierra, y alos santos Ioseph, Ioachin, Ana, sus padres, y aguelos / [Por] Alonso de Ovalle.

Creator:: Ovalle, Alonso de, 1601–1651
Date:: 1646
Physical Description:: [5], 455, 12, [22] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Letters and journals of Lord Byron : with notices of his life by Thomas Moore.

Creator:: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Date:: MDCCCXXXIII [1833]
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The history of the British plantations in America : with a chronological account of the most remarkable things, which happen'd to the first adventurers in their several discoveries of that new world : Part I. Containing The history of Virginia; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony / by Sir William Keith, Bart.

Creator:: Keith, William, Sir, 1680–1749
Date:: MDCCXXXVIII [1738]
Physical Description:: [8], 187, [1] pages, ([2] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect.

Creator:: Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834
Date:: [not before 1819]
Physical Description:: 25 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Collins' national drawing books / designed by D. Mackinlay.

Date:: [ca. 1880]
Physical Description:: 36 pt. : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. [Selections from a new book of landskips].

Date:: [1776]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves, [9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Creator:: Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A natural and civil history of California : containing an accurate description of that country, its soil, mountains, harbours, lakes, rivers, and seas : its animals, vegetables, minerals, and famous fishery for pearls : the customs of the inhabitants, their religion, government and manner of living, before their conversion to the Christian religion by the missionary Jesuits : together with accounts of the several voyages and attempts made for settling California and taking actual surveys of that country, its gulf, and coast of the south sea : illustrated with copper plates, and an accurate map of the country and the adjacent seas / translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas, a Mexican Jesuit, published at Madrid 1758.

Creator:: Venegas, Miguel, 1680–1764
Date:: 1759
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations, map ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A collection of ornamental designs after the manner of the antique : composed for the use of architects, ornamental painters, statuaries, carvers, casters in metal, paper makers, carpet, silk, and calico manufacturers, and every trade dependent on the fine arts / by G. Smith ; engraved on forty-three plates.

Creator:: Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty
Date:: [1812]
Physical Description:: [1], [43] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The rose, shamrock, & thistle.

Date:: [1815]
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving ; plate mark 17 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The official illustrated guide to the London and South-Western, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and West Cornwall railway : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with 280 engravings and map.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1864]
Physical Description:: lii, 475, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The official illustrated guide to the Northern Railway of France, with six days in Paris / by George Measom ... ; embellished with one hundred engravings and map.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1858]
Physical Description:: x, [1], 164, 110, [8] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A voyage round the world by way of the great South Sea : perform'd in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 guns and 100 men, (under His Majesty's commission to cruize on the Spaniards in the late war with the Spanish crown) till she was cast away on the island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720 : and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia, &c. / by Capt. George Shelvocke, Commander of the Speedwell, Recovery, &c. in this expedition.

Creator:: Shelvocke, George
Date:: MDCCXXVI [1726]
Physical Description:: [8], xxxii, [4], 468 pages, [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The present state of the European settlements on the Missisippi : with a geographical description of that river / illustrated by plans and draughts by Captain Philip Pittman.

Creator:: Pittman, Philip, active 1760–1770
Date:: MDCCLXX [1770]
Physical Description:: viii, 99, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates (7 folded) : maps, plans ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte : designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader / G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The post and the paddock : with recollections of George IV, Sam Chifney and other turf celebrites / by the Druid.

Creator:: Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: [8], 376, xxxii pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Stokes, maker, 52 Cheapside.

Creator:: Stokes, Edward (Hatter)
Date:: [approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illlustrations ; 50 x 40 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

30. Rokeby : in six cantos : the vision of Don Roderick / by Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Creator:: Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Date:: MDCCCXXXVI [1836]
Physical Description:: [4], 320 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Illustrations of Japan : consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan : a description of the feasts and ceremonies observed throughout the year at their court : and of the ceremonies customary at marriages and funerals : to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, and explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. / by M. Titsingh ; formerly chief agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki ; translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl ; with colored plates ; faithfully copied from Japanese original designs.

Creator:: Titsingh, Isaac, 1744–1812
Date:: MDCCXXII [1822]
Physical Description:: xvi, 325, [3] pages, [13] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Geoffrey Gambado's surprising feats in horsemanship : exemplified in a series of very laughable caricatures.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : all color illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Sketches of little girls : the good-natured little girl, the thoughtless, the vain, the orderly, the slovenly, the forward, the snappish, the persevering, the modest, and, the awkward little girl / by Solomon Lovechild.

Creator:: Lovechild, Mrs., 1743–1813
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 63, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Country vignettes : descriptive passages selected from the writings of Richard Jefferies : with seven engravings by Anthony Christmas.

Creator:: Jefferies, Richard, 1848–1887
Date:: 1991
Physical Description:: [30] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. An introduction to the study of perspective : elucidated by easy and familiar examples in question and answer : so as to enable the student of drawing, to apply the principles of the science with facility, to sketching from nature / by Stephen Humble ; teacher of drawing and painting, Edinburgh ; illustrated with seventeen copperplates.

Creator:: Humble, Stephen
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 27, [1] p., 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Billhead of John Connell, cheesemonger, Edinburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Cadell, 1829.

Creator:: Connell, John
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 28 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, during the last four years : comprising a series of views of the principal places, battles, etc. connected with those events : together with a history of those momentous transactions, compiled from official and other authentic documents.

Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: [2], 32, 20 pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Life and adventures of Peter Porcupine : with other records of his early career in England & America : viz: Life & adventures, The scarecrow, Remarks of the pamphlets, Talleyrand: a spy, Farewell to America, A court-martial, A retrospect / by William Cobbett.

Creator:: Cobbett, William, 1763–1835
Date:: MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description:: [6], 163, [1] pages : color illustration ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Cambridgeshire.

Creator:: Moule, Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 27 x 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

40. The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use / by a Lady ; designed for domestic use.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 55, [9] p., XXVII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The official illustrated guide to the South-Eastern Railway and its branches : including the North Kent and Greenwich lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with two hundred engravings and map.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1858]
Physical Description:: [16], 324 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Costumi della corte pontifica [graphic].

Date:: 1846
Physical Description:: 31 pictures on 7 joined sheets : hand-colored engravings ; sheets end-to-end 11 x 233 cm, accordion folded to 11 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

Creator:: Martin, William, 1801–1867
Date:: [between 1837 and 1845]
Physical Description:: [4], 268 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line) : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with numerous engravings and maps.

Creator:: Measom, George S
Date:: [1865]
Physical Description:: xxxii, 436 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. [Pattern book for cast iron stoves and other furniture, from the foundry of James Yates, Effingham Works, Rotherham]

Creator:: Yates, James, 1798–1881
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: [192] leaves (one folded) : all ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. H. Molyneux (wholesale & retail) : linen & woollen draper, silk mercer & hoster.

Creator:: H. Molyneux (Firm)
Date:: [between 1820-1825]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

Creator:: Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A second edition of the Anecdotes and history of Cranbourn Chase / by William Chafin, clerk ; with additions, and a continuation of the said history to some extent ; to which are added, some scenes in, and anecdotes of Windsor forest ; by the same author.

Creator:: Chafin, William, 1733–1818
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: [2],103, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Description de la Fête des vignerons, célébrée à Vevey, les 8 et 9 août 1833 : précédée d'une notice sur l'origine et l'institution de cette société qui porte maintenant le nom d'Abbaye des Vignerons, et de la manière dont procèdent les Conseillers lors des récompenses à donner et des médailles à décerner : suivie du tableau de la procession de la fête, dans son ordre de marche.

Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: 52 pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm, plates 20 x 51 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Designs of fashionable furniture / by J. Taylor, upholsterer.

Creator:: Taylor, J
Date:: [18--?]
Physical Description:: [38] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. The ladies' pocket book of etiquette / by A. F. (1838) ; with engravings by Hester Sainsbury.

Creator:: Freeling, Arthur
Date:: MCMXXVIII [1928]
Physical Description:: [10], 55, [3] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Cottage architecture : being a supplement to the first [-second] series of Goodwin's Rural architecture, lately published : this supplement contains designs of peasants' cottages, both plain and ornamental, separate and in groups, gate lodges, small dairy farm houses, &c. with specifications and estimates of each design : the whole planned and carefully revised in aid of the improving state of rural economy / by Francis Goodwin.

Creator:: Goodwin, Francis, 1784–1835
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Oliver Twist.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxviii, 418, [2] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. A characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte / designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader ; G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

Creator:: Reader, Edward Francis Stratton, -1872
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving ; sheet 323 x 252 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Copper plate used to print a trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

Date:: 1860s?
Physical Description:: 1 printing plate : copper ; 9.7 x 13.3
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. C. Barr & Co. : brass & zinc plate engravers : 36, Chandos Street, Strand.

Creator:: C. Barr & Co
Date:: [approximately 186-?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. 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.

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

58. The Cabinet of modern art and literary souvenir.

Date:: 1825-37
Physical Description:: 13 volumes : illustrations ; 14-20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The cries of London : drawn from life.

Creator:: Busby, Thomas Lord
Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: [24] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

61. Journal of an excursion in the Lady Melville hatch boat / by T.G.W., London.

Creator:: Whitmore, Thomas Greenslade, 1799–1855
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: 1 volume ([4], 154 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Recollections of Bala and neighbourhood.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([24] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 167 cm, folded to 19 x 14 cm, in covers 19 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

Creator:: Dixon, Henry Hall, 1822–1870
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: [2], iv, [4], 398, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Memoirs of Buonaparte : his imperial family, great officers of state, and great military officers.

Date:: [approximately 1814]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration ; 45 x 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. The elements of botany : with illustrations / by Mrs. E.E. Perkins, professor of botanical flower painting.

Creator:: Perkins, Elizabeth Steele
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: xxiii, [1], 268 p., [1], 18 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Astley's system of equestrian education : exhibiting the beauties and defects of the horse, with serious and important observations on his general excellence, preserving him in health, grooming, &c. : with plates.

Creator:: Astley, Philip, 1742–1814
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: [6], xii, 197, [3] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales : presenting under each article respectively, the population of the towns and parishes, according to the Census of 1831 : and the state of the elective franchise, as fixed by the provisions of the Reform Bill / by James Bell ; illustrated by a series of maps, forming a complete county atlas of England.

Creator:: Bell, James, 1769–1833
Date:: 1835-1836
Physical Description:: 8 pts. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

Creator:: Greenwood, George, 1799–1875
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 110, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. [Candelabra and glass chandelier pattern book].

Date:: [ca. 1834]
Physical Description:: [23] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The ex-emperor in a bottle [graphic]

Date:: August 25th, 1815
Physical Description:: 1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 28 x 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Sports of love : in six poems and six etchings / by W.M. Craig.

Creator:: Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: [4], iii-21, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Nouvelles courses de Newmarchet, ou bien, La poste aux anes : jeu (tout comme un autre).

Date:: [approximately 1825]
Physical Description:: 1 game ; in box 24 x 15 x 3 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France [graphic] : from the year 1808 to 1814 : under the command of Englands great captain, Arthur, Duke of Wellington / edited, published and sold by Edwd. Orme.

Creator:: Orme, Edward, 1775–1848
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 13 prints : hand-colored aquatints ; sheet 66 mm diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

Date:: 1860s?
Physical Description:: 1 trade card ; 9.1 x 12.6 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Ancient legends, or, Interesting and moral tales.

Creator:: Kerr, John, active 1814–1834
Date:: [1818]
Physical Description:: 12 pt. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: iv pages, [54] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Memoir of the conquest of Java : with the subsequent operations of the British forces, in the Oriental archipelago : to which is subjoined a statistical and historical sketch of Java with an account of its dependencies / by Major William Thorn, Late Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the forces serving in Java ; illustrated by plans, charts, views, ec.

Creator:: Thorn, William
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xxiv, 369, [1] pages, [36] leaves of plates (16 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Illustrations of the field movements of cavalry : in a series of copper plate engravings : with an introductory chapter, illustrated by engravings upon wood : intended for the use of yeomanry and volunteer cavalry : and also of noblemen and gentlemen, who, contemplating service in this force, or from whatever other motive, may wish to acquire a knowledge of cavalry tactics / by Captain John Bamford.

Creator:: Bamford, John, Captain
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: xvi, 18, [2] p., 13 leaves of plates : ill. ; 53 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The seasons / by James Thomson.

Creator:: Thomson, James, 1700–1748
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [i-v] vi-xii [1-3] 4-215 p., [6] leaves of plates : illlustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

81. California : a history of Upper and Lower California from their first discovery to the present time, comprising an account of the climate, soil, natural productions, agriculture, commerce, &c. : a full view of the missionary establishments and condition of the free and domesticated Indians : with an appendix relating to steam navigation in the Pacific : illustrated with a new map, plans of the harbours, and numerous engravings / by Alexander Forbes, Esq.

Creator:: Forbes, Alexander, 1778–1862
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: xvi, 352 pages, [11] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. 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.

Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: 128 p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. 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.

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

84. 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.

Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: 18 p., xxx double leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

Creator:: Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [1], 6-72 pages, [1] leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide, or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture : in the newest and most approved taste, displaying a great variety of patterns ... : also the plan of a room, shewing the proper distribution of the furniture ... / from drawings by A. Heppelwhite and Co. cabinet-makers.

Creator:: A. Hepplewhite and Co
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: iv, 24, [1] p., 125 plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Encore une crinoline! [graphic].

Date:: [1860?]
Physical Description:: 1 print : hand-colored engravings ; sheets end-to-end 7 x 172 cm, rolled (in case) to 7 x 4 cm (scroll format)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Rumley & Co.'s collection of ornaments.

Creator:: Rumley & Company
Date:: [1838]
Physical Description:: 20 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A map of the kingdom of France : according to the Treaty of Paris, November 20th. 1815 / divided into departments and districts from the map of M. Cassini de Theury.

Creator:: Cassini, César-François, 1714–1784
Date:: Augt. 2nd. 1838
Physical Description:: 1 map : 121 x 121 cm on sheet 126 x 126 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Sundry landscapes for learners.

Creator:: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778
Date:: 1775
Physical Description:: 5 plates : engravings ; 18 cm, mounted on 27 cm album leaves
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A narrative of the mutiny : on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty : and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat : from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies / written by Lieutenant William Bligh ; illustrated with charts.

Creator:: Bligh, William, 1754–1817
Date:: MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:: iv, 88 pages, [4] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : maps ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Book of games and sports.

Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: 4-17 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Countryman in London [graphic].

Date:: [ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 18 x 21 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The Bulgarian's horror : the Bulgarian leaves his home with his whole family but, where is the cat?

Date:: [ca. 1876]
Physical Description:: 1 card ; illustrations ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Alfred Crowquill's guide to the watering places : with illustrations / by Alfred Crowquill.

Creator:: Crowquill, Alfred
Date:: [between 1830 and 1837]
Physical Description:: [2], 50, [10] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A journal of a voyage to, and residence in, the island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805 : and of subsequent events in England from 1805 to 1811 / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834
Date:: MDCCCXXXIX [1839]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. The Sampler, or, A system of teaching plain needlework in schools / by a Lady.

Creator:: Finch, Elizabeth, -1879
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 103, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Sketches illustrative of the manners and costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy / by R. Bridgens.

Creator:: Bridgens, Richard
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [4], iv, [2] p., [45] leaves, [49] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Fashion and folly : illustrated in a series of twenty-one humorous coloured engravings / by W. Heath.

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary / by Mrs. A. Walker ; all that regards regimen and health being furnished by medical friends ; and revised by Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S. Vice President of the College of Surgeons, &c. &c. &c. ; illustrated by coloured drawings of heads by J.W. Wright, and of figures by E.T. Parris.

Creator:: Walker, A., Mrs
Date:: 1837
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 432 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2. Buenos Ayrès et le Paraguay, ou, Histoire, moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cette partie de l'Amérique / par Ferdinand Denis.

3. The history of the flea : with notes and observations / by L. Bertolotto.

4. Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.

5. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Thomas Mason, May 9th, 1891 from the Phœnix Fire Office]

6. [Collection of 11 engravings and 5 original drawings].

8. Flower and fruit decoration : with some remarks on the treatment of town gardens, terraces, &c., and with many illustrations of colour and contrast applicable to both subjects / by T.C. March.

10. A. de Banke, milliner and dress maker : 59, South Street, Exeter, opposite Palace Gate / Smith sc., Exeter.

13. Letters and journals of Lord Byron : with notices of his life by Thomas Moore.

15. A collection of designs for modern embellishments : suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes &c. : on 25 plates / by C.A. Busby, architect.

16. Collins' national drawing books / designed by D. Mackinlay.

17. [Selections from a new book of landskips].

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

21. The rose, shamrock, & thistle.

22. The official illustrated guide to the London and South-Western, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and West Cornwall railway : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with 280 engravings and map.

23. The official illustrated guide to the Northern Railway of France, with six days in Paris / by George Measom ... ; embellished with one hundred engravings and map.

25. The present state of the European settlements on the Missisippi : with a geographical description of that river / illustrated by plans and draughts by Captain Philip Pittman.

26. Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte : designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader / G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

27. The post and the paddock : with recollections of George IV, Sam Chifney and other turf celebrites / by the Druid.

28. Stokes, maker, 52 Cheapside.

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

30. Rokeby : in six cantos : the vision of Don Roderick / by Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

32. Geoffrey Gambado's surprising feats in horsemanship : exemplified in a series of very laughable caricatures.

33. Sketches of little girls : the good-natured little girl, the thoughtless, the vain, the orderly, the slovenly, the forward, the snappish, the persevering, the modest, and, the awkward little girl / by Solomon Lovechild.

34. Country vignettes : descriptive passages selected from the writings of Richard Jefferies : with seven engravings by Anthony Christmas.

36. Billhead of John Connell, cheesemonger, Edinburgh, for purchases made by Mr. Cadell, 1829.

38. Life and adventures of Peter Porcupine : with other records of his early career in England & America : viz: Life & adventures, The scarecrow, Remarks of the pamphlets, Talleyrand: a spy, Farewell to America, A court-martial, A retrospect / by William Cobbett.

39. Cambridgeshire.

41. The official illustrated guide to the South-Eastern Railway and its branches : including the North Kent and Greenwich lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with two hundred engravings and map.

42. Costumi della corte pontifica [graphic].

43. The book of sports, games, and athletic exercises / by William Martin, author of The Parlour Book, &c. &c. &c.

44. The official illustrated guide to the Great Eastern Railway (Colchester line) : including descriptions of some of the most important manufactories in the towns on the lines / by George Measom ... ; embellished with numerous engravings and maps.

45. [Pattern book for cast iron stoves and other furniture, from the foundry of James Yates, Effingham Works, Rotherham]

46. H. Molyneux (wholesale & retail) : linen & woollen draper, silk mercer & hoster.

48. A second edition of the Anecdotes and history of Cranbourn Chase / by William Chafin, clerk ; with additions, and a continuation of the said history to some extent ; to which are added, some scenes in, and anecdotes of Windsor forest ; by the same author.

50. Designs of fashionable furniture / by J. Taylor, upholsterer.

51. The ladies' pocket book of etiquette / by A. F. (1838) ; with engravings by Hester Sainsbury.

53. Oliver Twist.

54. A characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte / designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader ; G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

55. Copper plate used to print a trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

56. C. Barr & Co. : brass & zinc plate engravers : 36, Chandos Street, Strand.

58. The Cabinet of modern art and literary souvenir.

59. The cries of London : drawn from life.

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

61. Journal of an excursion in the Lady Melville hatch boat / by T.G.W., London.

62. Recollections of Bala and neighbourhood.

63. Silk and scarlet / by the Druid.

64. Memoirs of Buonaparte : his imperial family, great officers of state, and great military officers.

65. The elements of botany : with illustrations / by Mrs. E.E. Perkins, professor of botanical flower painting.

66. Astley's system of equestrian education : exhibiting the beauties and defects of the horse, with serious and important observations on his general excellence, preserving him in health, grooming, &c. : with plates.

68. Hints on horsemanship, to a nephew and niece, or, Common sense and common errors in common riding / by Colonel George Greenwood ...

69. [Candelabra and glass chandelier pattern book].

70. The ex-emperor in a bottle [graphic]

71. Sports of love : in six poems and six etchings / by W.M. Craig.

72. Nouvelles courses de Newmarchet, ou bien, La poste aux anes : jeu (tout comme un autre).

73. The battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France [graphic] : from the year 1808 to 1814 : under the command of Englands great captain, Arthur, Duke of Wellington / edited, published and sold by Edwd. Orme.

74. Trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

75. Ancient legends, or, Interesting and moral tales.

76. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

79. The seasons / by James Thomson.

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

82. 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.

84. 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.

85. To China and back : being a diary kept, out and home / by Albert Smith.

87. Encore une crinoline! [graphic].

88. Rumley & Co.'s collection of ornaments.

89. A map of the kingdom of France : according to the Treaty of Paris, November 20th. 1815 / divided into departments and districts from the map of M. Cassini de Theury.

90. Sundry landscapes for learners.

91. A narrative of the mutiny : on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty : and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat : from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies / written by Lieutenant William Bligh ; illustrated with charts.

92. Book of games and sports.

93. Countryman in London [graphic].

94. The Bulgarian's horror : the Bulgarian leaves his home with his whole family but, where is the cat?

95. Alfred Crowquill's guide to the watering places : with illustrations / by Alfred Crowquill.

96. A journal of a voyage to, and residence in, the island of Jamaica, from 1801 to 1805 : and of subsequent events in England from 1805 to 1811 / by Maria, Lady Nugent ; in two volumes.