Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: England / Image Available: Unavailable

1. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert, Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

Creator:: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:: [1819?]
Physical Description:: [2] leaves, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

Creator:: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [2] leaves, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The harbours of England / engraved by Thomas Lupton, from original drawings made expressly for the work by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. ; with illustrative text by J. Ruskin ...

Creator:: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: [2], vii, [1], 53, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Turner's rivers of England : sixteen drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., and three by Thomas Girtin / mezzotinted by Thomas Lupton, Charles Turner, and other engravers ; with descriptions by Mrs. Hofland.

Creator:: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: vii, [40] pages, 19 leaves of plates : 19 illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:: MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The complete writings of William Blake : with all the variant readings / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMLVII [1957]
Physical Description:: xv, [3], 936, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The note-book of William Blake : called the Rossetti manuscript / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMXXXV [1935]
Physical Description:: xii, 162, [1] pages, [120] pages of facsimile : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Poetry and prose of William Blake / edited by Geoffrey Keynes ; complete in one volume.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 1152 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 38, [14] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The writings of William Blake / edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMXXV [1925]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

11. Hop-o' my-thumb and the seven league boots / edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank.

Date:: [1853]
Physical Description:: 30, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer.

12. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: 143 pages, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

13. An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches : Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council.

Creator:: England and Wales
Date:: 1654
Physical Description:: [2], 193-194 p. ; 26 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Coaching days and coaching ways / by W. Outram Tristram ; with 214 illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton.

Creator:: Tristam, W. Outram (William Outram)
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 376 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson

15. Novel designs for cottages and schools / with observations thereon by John Hall, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes.

Creator:: Hall, John, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [3], 8-11, [1] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution / by Anders Sparrman ; introduction & notes by Owen Rutter ; wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

Creator:: Sparrman, Anders, 1748–1820
Date:: 1944
Physical Description:: 218, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, maps, music ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Gloucestershire collections, per T. P.

Creator:: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872
Date:: 18--]
Physical Description:: 12 p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A descriptive and historical account of Dudley Castle : and its surrounding scenery : with graphic illustrations / by the Rev. Luke Booker.

Creator:: Booker, Luke, 1762–1835
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: x, 144, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates, ([2]) folded : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

19. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 16 p., [20] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Catalogue of the beautiful collection of modern pictures, water-colour drawings, and objects of art of Charles Dickens, deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... on Saturday, July 9, 1870 at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. [Four sporting prints].

Date:: [between 1754 and 1764]
Physical Description:: 4 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Adrian de Menasce, 1925-1995 : late oil paintings.

Creator:: Mayor Gallery
Date:: ©1996
Physical Description:: [20] pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

23. Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday : a drama, in one act : adapted to the scenes and characters.

Date:: , [between 1866 and 1880]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

24. A catalogue of a collection of fine proofs, and early impressions of Sir R. Strange's works : the property of the late Sir Robert Strange : consisting of proofs, of Charles I, in his robes : Charles, with the Marquess of Hamilton and Henrietta Maria : Death of Dido : Venus and Adonis : fine early impressions of all the plates, and two complete sets of the works : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, April 27, 1836, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A catalogue of the genuine and valuable library of books of the Rt Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, deceased : brought from His Lordship's late residence, Coombe Wood, Surrey : comprising an excellent assemblage of history, English antiquities, Law, Divinity, General Science, Voyages and Travels, French and Italian Literature, Greek and Latin Classics, Lexicons, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 19th of November, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 36 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A catalogue of a superb assemblage of ornamental Parisian furniture and porcelain : a few drawings and miniatures, and three cabinets of conchology : of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, no. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, April the 5th, 1827, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 22 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Bernard Delfont & Tom Arnold present Harry Secombe in Pickwick : a new musical.

Creator:: Saville Theatre (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1963?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

28. A catalogue of a valuable and extensive collection of ancient and modern prints, the property of a nobleman of high rank : consisting of the Dutch and Flemish schools which contain a valuable and interesting series of painters' etchings, including the best works of Berghem, Karl Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Ostade, Waterlook, Swaneveldt, &c, proofs and fine impressions of the principal productions of Visscher and Suyderhoef, a large assemblage of the works of Rubens and Van Dyck ... foreign portraits particularly French ... engravings by Raffaelle Morghen ... some fine productions of the modern Italian & French schools by Anderloni, Volpato, Desnoyers, Müller &c. which together with the portfolios which contained this collection will be sold by auction / by Mr. Phillips.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 81 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester : manuscript.

Creator:: Chetham's Hospital (Manchester, England)
Date:: 1797? December 4
Physical Description:: 1 item ; 25 x 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Strickland's lithographic drawing of the ancient painted ceiling in the nave of Peterborough Cathedral. Together with descriptive letterpress.

Creator:: Strickland, William, 1787–1854
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 12 p. fold. col. plate. 43 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

Creator:: Edwards, Edward, 1812–1886
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, [2], [11]-376 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The children of Thespis : a poem.

Creator:: Pasquin, Anthony, 1761–1818
Date:: 1786-1788
Physical Description:: 3 pts. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

Creator:: Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [6], 20, [4], 21, [1] p., XL leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 59 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Williams, D. E
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

35. [Prospectus for Somerset Struben de Chair's The silver crescent]

Creator:: Golden Cockerel Press
Date:: [1943]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Catalogue of a remarkably choice collection of old Sèvres porcelain, the property of a well-known collector ... : also a small collection of Dresden and other porcelain and ornamental objects and a choice collection of old English porcelain, the property of a lady / which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... March 19, 1874.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: 1874
Physical Description:: 16 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Lady Sidney Sherrard, lately deceased; (being part of the collection of the Right Hon. Jocelyn Earl of Leicester, late of Penshurst in the County of Kent, deceased) : consisting of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Guido, Tintoret, C. Lorraine, Sal. Rosa, Vandyck, D. Teniers, Elsheimer, Sir P. Lely : also of a sixteen month repeating clock, by Tompion, of most exquisite workmanship, in an ebony case, elegantly enriched with silver and other ornaments : which (by order of the Hon. Lady Yonge) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 10th of this instant May 1764 : the same may be viewed on Tuesday the 8th Instant, and till the time of sale, which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Date:: [1764]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A catalogue of the curious museum of a Gentleman, deceased : consisting of a collection of cabinet pictures, drawings, fine prints, framed and glazed, bronzes, marbles, carvings in ivory, roman earthen ware, curious and valuable shells, minerals, fossils, and petrifactions, fine dresden, oriental, and old Chelsea ornamental procelane, some pieces of engraved crystal, a few volumes of very rare scarce books, two library book cases, a paair of elegnat inlaid commodes, curious old Japan cabinets, a capital piece of grotto work, and other valuable miscellaneous articles : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at this Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Wednesday, May 11th."

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1791]
Physical Description:: [13]-[14], 15-19, [1] pages ; 22 x 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A catalogue of the library of a well known collector, containing many rare and curious articles particularly in early French and Italian literature ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 26, Pall-Mall, on Thursday next, April 23, and four following days.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 49, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The complete modern joiner, or, A collection of original designs in the present taste for chimney-pieces and door-cases : with their mouldings and enrichments at large, frizes, tablets, ornaments for pilasters, bases, sub-bases and cornices for rooms, &c. : with a table shewing the proportion of chimneys with their entablatures to rooms of any size / by N. Wallis, Architect.

Creator:: Wallis, N
Date:: [1772]
Physical Description:: [4] p., 36 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after.

Creator:: Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Date:: [between 1726 and 1736]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A catalogue of a known capital collection of pictures, in which are the works of the following masters : Raphael, Titian, Guido, P. Veronese, An. Del Sarto, L. Jordano, C. Maratti, C. Dolci, Spagnoletto, Ciro Ferri, Battolomeo, Bourgognone, F. Mola, P. Panini, Marieski, Amiconi, Rubens, Van Dyke, Teniers, Bergham, Ruysdael : also of the capital antique and modern busts, figures, &c. the whole property of a nobleman brought from his seat in Oxfordshire : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Walsh, at his room, opposite Mr. Almack's, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 12, 1775, and the following day : to be viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding the sale.

Creator:: Walsh, Mr.
Date:: [1775]
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The ratcatcher's daughter : illustrated ... / by [Gamma].

Creator:: Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:: [approximately 1842]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A catalogue of the superlative collection of cabinet pictures and miniatures, beautiful Roman missals, most superbly illuminated, a few bronzes, carvings in ivory, specimens of stained glass from the earliest periods of the art, drawings, books of prints and port folios, a beautiful impression Macklin's Bible and a small library of books : the property of, and selected with equal taste and judgment by, the late John Edward Breen, Esq., deceased, of Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street : which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Co. on Tuesday the 28th of May, 1805, and four following days, at twelve o'clock, at the Great Room, No. 25, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, near Bond Street, by order of the executors and trustees : among the pictures are a cabinet jewel of a Virgin and Child by Raphael : a Head of the Virgin by Carlo Dolci, from Lord Godophin's collection : the Virgin Child, St John and Angel by L. D'Vinci ... the Adoration of the Magi by N. Poussin : a portrait by Denner ... : the Marriage of St. Catharine by Titian : the Birth of Adonis by Albano ... : cabinet landscape by Claude : a ditto by Wynants, and many others, in the most perfect preservation, by the following esteemed Masters : Correggio, P. Cortona, Solimena, Sal Rosa, Carracci, Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Van Huysum, Phillippo Laura, Teniers, Claude, Paul Brill, Poelemburgh, Ostade, Wouvermans, Vanderwerff, T. Mieris, G. Douw, Pynaker, Breughel, &c. : in the collection of miniatures are the works of Petitot, Zinck, Cooper, Oliver, Hoskins, Hilliard, Holbein, Rosalba, &c.

Creator:: Skinner, Dyke & Skinner (London, England)
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 28 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A catalogue of a select and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the whole the property of a Gentleman, collected at great expence : and consisting of the works of Bassan, Marratti, Bamboccio, Rubens, V. Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Ostade, V. De Velde, Bedael, Mignon, Vernet : among which are many very desirable high-finished cabinet gems, in fine preservation : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, February the 8th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 7, [1]pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Catalogue of the very choice collection of works of art of Francis Broderip, Esq., deceased : comprising pictures, drawings, miniatures, engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and objects of art and vertu : which (by order of the Executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, February 6, 1872, and eight following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 91 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

Creator:: Daily Mail (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1924]
Physical Description:: [4] pages : maps ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A catalogue of the collection of rare and estimable original drawings, antient & modern prints, and books of prints : which has been formed during the last thirty years by selections from the most renowned cabinets and collections in France, Italy, and England, and materially assisted by the great events which have occurred during that period on the continent : comprising fine productions of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French & British schools by Marc Antonio, Bonasone, Rembrandt, Sharpe, Wierix, Desnoyers, Goltzius, Earlom, Bartolozzi, Schiavonetti, Laugier, Browne, Heath, Strange, Woollett &c. &c. &c. : many of which are proofs, and all fine impressions : some choice specimens by Raphael Morghen : fine portraits and topographical prints : a numerous collection of English and foreign vignettes : among the books of prints are some curious and rare : also, a collection of prints, drawings, and books of prints, of a nobleman, who purchased them last season and did not pay for, or clear them : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Room, 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, 1st of March, 1824, & three following days, at one o'clock : may now be viewed, and catalogues (at 1s. each) had at Mr. Phillip's, New Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A catalogue of a table service of valuable plate ... tables and dessert services of Worcester and other porcelaine ; ... ; a small choice of pictures by ancient masters : including a fine cabinet painting by Wouvermans, a ditto by Mieris, a fine copy by Mengs, of the marriage at Cana ; and others by Claude Lorraine, Salvator Rosa, Le Sœur, Canaletti, &c. : together with about fifty dozen of claret, port, champagne, and hock : the genuine property of a Baronet, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Squibb, on the premises, no. 20, Albemarle Street, on Friday, June 29th, 1832, at one o'clock, by order of the executors : to be viewed till the sale, and catalogues, had on the premises, and of Mr. Squibb, Saville-Row.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 7 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A catalogue of the interesting collection of paintings, by the most eminent Masters of the several schools of art : the genuine property of Madame La Comtesse De Dillon : particularly two grand historical pictures, by N. Poussin : original portraits, by Rembrandt and others : authentic portrait of Mary Queen of Scots : Virgin with Angels by Antonello De Messina : a church piece by De Lorme, the figures by Terburg : and others of equal marit by Rubens, Holbein Ruysdael, A. V. Velde, Cuyp, Capella, Wouvermans, Vanderneer, Teniers, Bega, Metzu, Weenix, Canaletto, Moucheron, Verbeckhoeven, three by Robbe, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his great rooms, 73, Bond Street, on Friday the 12th day of June, 1835, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. A catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of pictures, of the first class in the Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Flemish schools, selected with great judgment and discrimination from celebrated galleries and collections both at home and abroad ... : and undoubted specimens of Du Jardin, Wouvermans, Vander Heyden, A. Ostade, Teniers, P. Potter, Swaneveldt, Pynacker, Dominichino, A. V. De Velde, Vander Neer, Berchem, Cuyp, Jan Stein, Q. Matsys, Netscher, Bega, Dusart, Poelemburg, Stainwick ... : also a collection of Etruscan vases, Italian bronzes, Sèvres dinner service, and antiques, being the entire property of Charles O'Neil, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. E. Foster and Son, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Friday, the 3d of July, 1835, and following day at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A catalogue of a valuable collection of ancient and modern prints, beautiful high-finished drawings, coloured etchings, &c. elegantly framed and glazed : comprising a capital proof impression of the Descent from the Cross, after Rubens : high-finished drawings, by Clevely, Serres, and Atkins : two views of the source of the Rivers Arr and Rhone : fine impressions of the Death of Wolfe : Battles of the Boynes and La Hogue : the Resurrection, after Peters, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Monday, January the 19th, 1795, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Together and alone : two short novels / by Christopher Whitfield ; with engravings by John O'Connor.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1945
Physical Description:: [2], 5-109, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter ...

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1763
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., 128, 14, 20 p., 4 leaves. ports. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Redditus sequentes ex antiquo manuscripto continente tota Biblia, olim penes Henricum Spilman [sic], excerpti sunt.

Creator:: Walsingham Priory
Date:: 1823?]
Physical Description:: 4 p. 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Handbook of the pictures in the International Exhibition of 1862 / by Tom Taylor ...

Creator:: Taylor, Tom, 1817–1880
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: [4], 202 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. A catalogue of a very select and valuable collection of prints, recently consigned from Holland : (the property of a Burgomaster of Amsterdam, lately deceased) : comprising the works of Rubens, and his schools : among which are many proofs and curious variations by Bolswert, Pontius, Vosterman, &c. : etchings by Rembrandt, Ostade, Du Sart, Bega, Everdingen, and other Masters, chiefly in the first state : fine proofs by Cornelius Visscher : the works of Wouverman, Teniers, &c. : and of the principal painters of the French school, including a beautiful set of the Battles of Alexander, by Gerard Audran : together with a nearly complete set of Houbraken proofs : portraits after Sir Joshua Reynolds : theatrical and other portraits : and engravings by Strange, Woollett, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Thursday, April 17th, 1828, and three following days, (Sunday excepted,) at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Stewart, Wheatley & Adlard
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 34, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Catalogue of Flemish, Dutch, French, and English pictures, of the highest class, the property of Edward W. Lake, Esq. : who had decided on retaining only his examples of Italian art : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, July the 11th, 1845, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 41, [3] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. An exhibition of 19th & 20th century European prints and modern British prints : 18 June-30 July 1986.

Date:: 1986
Physical Description:: 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

63. British Isles.

Creator:: Keystone View Company
Date:: [1895-1913]
Physical Description:: 99 photographs in 1 box : gelatin silver prints on card mounts ; mounts 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format), box 20 x 10 x 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Montaigne's essays : John Florio's translation / edited by J. I. M. Stewart

Creator:: Montaigne, Michel de, 1533–1592
Date:: MCMXXXI [1931]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. A rapture / by Thomas Carew ; with engravings by J.E. Laboureur.

Creator:: Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?
Date:: MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. An historical antiquarian and picturesque account of Kirkstall Abbey : embellished with engravings / from original drawings by W. Mulready, R.A. and C. Cope.

Creator:: Mulready, William, 1786–1863
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: iv, 227 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: xx, 163 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A journey from Ecton, through London, to Bath, and from there, back again, through Cirencester, and Banbury, to Daventry, and Northampton : from August the 3d to October the 12th, 1785.

Creator:: Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: 1 v. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. The Fairway : South Bank Exhibition : Festival of Britain 1951.

Creator:: Valentine & Sons
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : photograph ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Denise René back in London presents her artists 21 years on : 7 June - 12 July 1989.

Creator:: Redfern Gallery
Date:: 1989
Physical Description:: 36 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

71. Original letters relating to the hospitals in the diocese of Exeter : communicated at the instance of Seth [Ward] Lord Bishop of that see. Anno MDCLXV.

Date:: 1728]
Physical Description:: [2], 7, [1] p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : made with great judgement and considerable expence by that most ingenious artist, the late Mr. Guy Head, deceased, during his residence on the Continent : comprising the works of the following great and admired Masters : Raphael, Corregio, Parmegiano, Titian, Guido, Tintoretto, Dominichino, Murillo, Spagnoleto, S. Rosa, Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Rembrandt, Berghem, Ruysdael, Pynaker : which (by order of the sole executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April the 3d, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of an eminent collector : comprising the works of the following great and celebrated Masters : Titian, Giorgione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Bassano, Cara Baggio, Parmegiano, Carraci, Guido, Guercino, Dominichino, Lanfranco, Albano, S. Rosa, Le Seuer, Rubens, Vandyke, Jordaens, D. Teniers, Van Eyck, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Zuccarelli, &c. &c. &c. : among which are particularly valuable : Our Saviour Bearing His Crross, Rubens : from the Vituri Collection-Capital : the famous White Horse, by Jordaens : the Tent of Darius, by Dominichino : a finely coloured subject, Rombout, Curious, and further valuable from a design introduced in it with singular poetical taste, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : also, four capital pictures, by P. Veronese, Carraci, and Guercino : the complete furniture of the Chapel of a religious house in the Ferarese, &c. : recently consigned to this country : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 17, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Miss Carter came with us.

Creator:: Bradley, Helen, 1900–1979
Date:: 1973
Physical Description:: 31 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

75. Game & the English landscape : the influence of the chase on sporting art and scenery / Anthony Vandervell & Charles Coles. Foreword by the Duke of Wellington.

Creator:: Vandervell, Anthony
Date:: 1980
Physical Description:: 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

76. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: vii, 293 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Three Victorian engravings : three wood-engravings printed in a limited edition of 100 impressions by Christopher Bacon at the Bewick Studios, from the original blocks lent by Robin de Beaumont.

Date:: [ca. 2000?]
Physical Description:: 3 plates : all ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Just published, in large folio, complete in sixty-four maps, price six guineas, half-bound, a new and greatly improved edition of Lavoisne's genealogical, historical, chronological, & geographical atlas, by C. Gros and J. Aspin : containing the creation, the dispersion of mankind, the origin of nations, the establishment, continuation, and decline of empires and states, the genealogy, direct and collateral, of all the sovereigns and potentates, from the beginning of time to the year 1813 : forming the most complete system of history and geography ever produced.

Creator:: Barfield, John, active 1790–1842
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: [4] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The first Saturday in May : an echo of A Shropshire lad / J. L. Carr.

Creator:: Carr, J. L. (Joseph Lloyd), 1912–1994
Date:: 1993
Physical Description:: 22 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Allotments / text and poems by R.P. Lister ; wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor.

Creator:: Lister, R. P. (Richard Percival), 1914–
Date:: 1985
Physical Description:: [39] p. : ill. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Minxes admonished, or, Beauty reproved : an album of deplorable caprices / faithfully narrated & modestly embellished by William Russell Flint

Creator:: Flint, W. Russell (William Russell), Sir, 1880–1969
Date:: MCMLV [1955]
Physical Description:: [13],16-123, [5] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. A descriptive, explanatory, and critical, catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures contained in the National gallery of Great Britain. By John Landseer ...

Creator:: Landseer, John, 1769–1852
Date:: 1834
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [vii]-xxviii, 424 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Pictures at Middle Hill. 1862.

Creator:: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872
Date:: 1863]
Physical Description:: 3 p. 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts, collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1765-1771 [i.e. 1765-1780]
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ports. ; 45 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The bottle / by George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: [9] leaves, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 x 45 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Official handbook of the Air Union, 1927 : the first air line in the world.

Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: 48 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.

87. A catalogue of all the finished drawings in water colours, by John Glover, Esq. : so eminently distinguished for his great superiority in that department of the art, consisting of many of his most magnificent and favorite productions, hitherto reserved by him as the finest specimens of his talents : abounding in the romantic and beautiful scenery of the mountains and lakes of England, Scotland, Wales, and Switzerland : which it is acknowledged he portrays with a fidelity that rivals nature : and with these will be found, numerous Claude-like Italian views, highly interesting for their classical characters, their sweetness and amenity : also, the remainder of his paintings in oil, rich beyond example in those fairy scenes of lochs and glens, of woods and mountains, enriched with gleams of sun-shine, in which the artist so remarkably excels : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Tuesday the 18th of May, 1830, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Stanley, George (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Lorenzo's critical letters (second series) : on the exhibition of the Worcester institution / by Wm. Carey, H.M.P.A.A., &c. &c.

Creator:: Carey, William, 1759–1839
Date:: 1834-1835
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The exhibition of the Society of British Artists : Suffolk Street, Pall-Mall East, MDCCCXXXII, the ninth.

Creator:: Royal Society of British Artists
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: 48 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Prospectus for publishing by subscription, Laporte's progressive lessons in landscape, from nature, in imitation of pencil, from the original drawings : to be contained in six numbers, price to subscribers nine shillings each.

Creator:: Griffiths, Thomas (Publisher)
Date:: February, 1815
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The national memorial to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.

Date:: 1873
Physical Description:: [9], viii, 100 pages, 24 [i.e. 25] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 65 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire / by Tho. Blore, of the Society of the Middle Temple, and F.S.A.

Creator:: Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
Date:: MDCCXCCIII [1793]
Physical Description:: [2], 100, [2] pages, [3], IV leaves of plates ([2]) folded : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

93. Annual report / the Royal Veterinary College.

Creator:: Royal Veterinary College (London, England)
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A catalogue of a capital, and truly valuable assemblage of Chinese drawings, paintings, natural and artificial curiosities : the property of A. E. Van Braam, Esq. : Chief of the direction of the Dutch East India Company at Canton, and second in the Dutch Embassy, to the Court of Pekin, in the years 1794 and 1795, of which, Mr. Van Braam will speedily publish an authentic account : the whole of which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February the 15th, 1799, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, sold by order of the assignees of Mr. Michael Bryan : also a select and truly capital collection of chiefly cabinet Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures of the purest class, the genuine property of a collector : distinguished for his refined taste : comprising the choicest specimens of the following celebrated Masters, in the highest preservations, viz : Bassano, Schidone, Garofolo, Carracci, Domenichino, Guido, Guercino, Lanfranco, Murillo, Poussin, S. Bourdon, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniersm Bauwer, V. de Velde, V. der Heyde, J. Stein, Pynaker, Both, Hobbima, Wouvermans, Le Nain, Schulken : and an assemblage of bronzes and ancient and modern sculpture : and five capital oriinal pictures, viz. Diogenes and Heraclitus, by S. Rosa ... : Venus requesting armour for Æneas, Rubens : Susannah & he Elders, Jordaens : and Venus & Satyr, Rombout : the property of the late Marquis of Lansdowne, and removed from Lansdowne House : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May he 25th, 1810 and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A catalogue of an assemblage of Spanish and Italian pictures: being a late consignment of the schools of Seville and Valencia, in their original state : and many pleasing works of admired French, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters : with some prints, framed and glazed : which will be sold by auction, without reserve, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, December the 29th, 1810, precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Photograph album of scenes in the Lake District, Cheshire, Scotland, and Wales.

Creator:: Mudd, James, 1821–1906
Date:: 1860s
Physical Description:: 1 album (40 photographic prints) : albumen prints from wet collodion negatives ; prints 30 x 38 cm, or smaller, in album 38 x 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. [Label of the White Swan Hotel : Stratford On Avon].

Date:: [approximately 1950?]
Physical Description:: 1 label : color illustrations ; 10 x 11 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

99. A catalogue of a valuable collection of original drawings, by the greatest Masters of all the schools : particularly the Dutch and Italian, and abounding in choice specimens of the most celebrated artists : the property of a nobleman : also, a few prints, and books of prints, including a capital collection of the works of Jac. Callot ... : with the portfolios that contained the collection, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his new and more extensive premises, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Tuesday, the 8th day of June, 1819, and four following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: [2], 37, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Proposals, for publishing by subscription, in ten monthly parts, forming one handsome volume, the Costume of Yorkshire : illustrated by forty highly-finished and coloured engravings, fac-similes of original drawings, descriptive of the peculiar dress, occupation and manners of various inhabitants of that extensive and populous County : the first part to be published on the first of September, 1813.

Date:: [1813?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert, Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

2. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

3. The harbours of England / engraved by Thomas Lupton, from original drawings made expressly for the work by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. ; with illustrative text by J. Ruskin ...

4. Turner's rivers of England : sixteen drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., and three by Thomas Girtin / mezzotinted by Thomas Lupton, Charles Turner, and other engravers ; with descriptions by Mrs. Hofland.

5. Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.

6. The complete writings of William Blake : with all the variant readings / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

7. The note-book of William Blake : called the Rossetti manuscript / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

8. Poetry and prose of William Blake / edited by Geoffrey Keynes ; complete in one volume.

9. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

10. The writings of William Blake / edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes.

11. Hop-o' my-thumb and the seven league boots / edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank.

12. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

13. An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches : Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council.

14. Coaching days and coaching ways / by W. Outram Tristram ; with 214 illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton.

15. Novel designs for cottages and schools / with observations thereon by John Hall, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes.

16. A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution / by Anders Sparrman ; introduction & notes by Owen Rutter ; wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

17. Gloucestershire collections, per T. P.

18. A descriptive and historical account of Dudley Castle : and its surrounding scenery : with graphic illustrations / by the Rev. Luke Booker.

19. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

20. Catalogue of the beautiful collection of modern pictures, water-colour drawings, and objects of art of Charles Dickens, deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... on Saturday, July 9, 1870 at one o'clock precisely.

21. [Four sporting prints].

22. Adrian de Menasce, 1925-1995 : late oil paintings.

23. Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday : a drama, in one act : adapted to the scenes and characters.

27. Bernard Delfont & Tom Arnold present Harry Secombe in Pickwick : a new musical.

29. Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester : manuscript.

30. Strickland's lithographic drawing of the ancient painted ceiling in the nave of Peterborough Cathedral. Together with descriptive letterpress.

31. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

32. The children of Thespis : a poem.

33. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

34. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

35. [Prospectus for Somerset Struben de Chair's The silver crescent]

40. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

41. A catalogue of the library of a well known collector, containing many rare and curious articles particularly in early French and Italian literature ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 26, Pall-Mall, on Thursday next, April 23, and four following days.

43. A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after.

46. The ratcatcher's daughter : illustrated ... / by [Gamma].

50. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

56. Together and alone : two short novels / by Christopher Whitfield ; with engravings by John O'Connor.

57. A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter ...

58. Redditus sequentes ex antiquo manuscripto continente tota Biblia, olim penes Henricum Spilman [sic], excerpti sunt.

59. Handbook of the pictures in the International Exhibition of 1862 / by Tom Taylor ...

62. An exhibition of 19th & 20th century European prints and modern British prints : 18 June-30 July 1986.

63. British Isles.

64. Montaigne's essays : John Florio's translation / edited by J. I. M. Stewart

65. A rapture / by Thomas Carew ; with engravings by J.E. Laboureur.

66. An historical antiquarian and picturesque account of Kirkstall Abbey : embellished with engravings / from original drawings by W. Mulready, R.A. and C. Cope.

67. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

68. A journey from Ecton, through London, to Bath, and from there, back again, through Cirencester, and Banbury, to Daventry, and Northampton : from August the 3d to October the 12th, 1785.

69. The Fairway : South Bank Exhibition : Festival of Britain 1951.

70. Denise René back in London presents her artists 21 years on : 7 June - 12 July 1989.

71. Original letters relating to the hospitals in the diocese of Exeter : communicated at the instance of Seth [Ward] Lord Bishop of that see. Anno MDCLXV.

74. Miss Carter came with us.

75. Game & the English landscape : the influence of the chase on sporting art and scenery / Anthony Vandervell & Charles Coles. Foreword by the Duke of Wellington.

76. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

77. Three Victorian engravings : three wood-engravings printed in a limited edition of 100 impressions by Christopher Bacon at the Bewick Studios, from the original blocks lent by Robin de Beaumont.

79. The first Saturday in May : an echo of A Shropshire lad / J. L. Carr.

80. Allotments / text and poems by R.P. Lister ; wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor.

81. Minxes admonished, or, Beauty reproved : an album of deplorable caprices / faithfully narrated & modestly embellished by William Russell Flint

82. A descriptive, explanatory, and critical, catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures contained in the National gallery of Great Britain. By John Landseer ...

83. Pictures at Middle Hill. 1862.

84. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts, collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.

85. The bottle / by George Cruikshank.

86. Official handbook of the Air Union, 1927 : the first air line in the world.

88. Lorenzo's critical letters (second series) : on the exhibition of the Worcester institution / by Wm. Carey, H.M.P.A.A., &c. &c.

89. The exhibition of the Society of British Artists : Suffolk Street, Pall-Mall East, MDCCCXXXII, the ninth.

90. Prospectus for publishing by subscription, Laporte's progressive lessons in landscape, from nature, in imitation of pencil, from the original drawings : to be contained in six numbers, price to subscribers nine shillings each.

91. The national memorial to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.

92. An history of the manor, and manor-house, of South Winfield, in Derbysire / by Tho. Blore, of the Society of the Middle Temple, and F.S.A.

93. Annual report / the Royal Veterinary College.

97. Photograph album of scenes in the Lake District, Cheshire, Scotland, and Wales.

98. [Label of the White Swan Hotel : Stratford On Avon].