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Smith, Christopher Webb, 1793–1871

Oriental ornithology

(1829)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[13] leaves : illustrations ; 29 x 48 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Indian sports

([1828]-[1829])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations ; 30 x 40 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Turner, F. C. (Francis Calcraft), approximately 1782–1846

Turner's illustrations to Nimrod on the condition of hunters

([1831])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[1], 12 leaves : ill. (lithographs) ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22960485640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Christie, James, 1773–1831

A catalogue of the very choice and highly valuable cabinet of Italian,... [Read more]

([1829])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions11, [1] pages ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

Scraps and sketches

(1828-1832)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions4 parts in 1 volume, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 x 37 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22791630110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century

(1827 [i.e. 1827-1830])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsvi, ii, 172 p., [80] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22829255550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Goodwin, Francis, 1784–1835

Domestic architecture

(1833-1834)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22607646500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Richardson, William, active 1778–1815

A catalogue of portraits, &c.

(1794)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 24, [4] pages 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22964607760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Figures of British land birds

(1800)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 134 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22968157450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812

Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France

(1794)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 56 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22653463510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Farrer, Julia

A broken delivery of the buisiness [sic]

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : chiefly ill. ; 13 cm x 120 cm, folded to 13 cm x 10 cm., London : Tetrad, [1988]
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22979880490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Beechey, Frederick William, 1796–1856

Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's strait

(MDCCCXXXI [1831])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22813417840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Biblia

([2 May 1485])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : woodcuts: illustrations ; 30 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22871929760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850

A guide through the district of the lakes in the north of England

(1835)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxiv, 139 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Amaya, Mario

The obsessive image, 1960-1968;

(1968)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions83 p. illus. 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22811820560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Johnstone, Julie

Landscape

(2010)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions20 pages ; 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22681494960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Burnett

24 caricatures

(1771 [i.e. 1772])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22649662510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791

Rules for drawing caricaturas

(1788)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions38 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666757770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Catalogue of the first fall exhibition of the works of modern artists, at... [Read more]

([1838])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions24 p. ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816

Short stories, in words of two syllables

(1820)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions62, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22834755950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Præterita

(1886-1900)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. : ill., ports ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961178230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

England and Wales

An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches

(1654)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 193-194 p. ; 26 cm. (fol.)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22639244010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830

Characters

(ca. 1800?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22688513970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Phillips, H., -1840

A catalogue of the collection of rare and estimable original drawings,... [Read more]

([1824])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions30 pages ; 26 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22758340180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

National Academy of Design (U.S.)

Catalogue of the Eighteenth Annual Exhibition

(1843)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683

Architettura civile, del padre d. Guarino Guarini cherico regolare

(MDCCXXXVII [1737])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[8], 307, [1] pages, [80] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 41 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22883275780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rolando, Guzman

The modern art of fencing

(1822)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxxi, [1], 240 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22926632670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Sue, Eugène, 1804–1857

The Godolphin Arabian, or, The history of a thorough-bred

(1845)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions116 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22860626210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Audsley, George Ashdown, 1838–1925

The art of chromolithography

(1883)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 p.., 24 p. ill., XLIV plates (part. col.) 42 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

The polite arts, or, A dissertation on poetry, painting, musick, architecture,... [Read more]

(MDCCXLIX [1749])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxii, 160 p. 16 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Daily Mail (London, England)

The Daily Mail exhibition guide

([approximately 1924])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] pages : maps ; 28 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22984186410008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Trery, Henry Charles

Sketches in Lowestoft

(1852)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22940429610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Leighton, John M

Swans's views on the Clyde

([1835?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions44 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857

A catalogue of the library of a well known collector, containing many rare... [Read more]

(1818)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions49, [1] pages ; 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22920527580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822

The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

(1894-1895])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22855239950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793

Collection of drawings of arms

([ca. 1779?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 vols.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22642038550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)

A descriptive and historical account of various palaces and public buildings,... [Read more]

(1810)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsviii, 323 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Herbert, William, 1772–1851

The history and antiquities of the town and port of Hastings

(1824)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3, [1], xiv, [2], 206, [2] p., [20] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22875788710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ferguson, Ken, 1937–

Market visitors

([2015])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 x 35 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22912353090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Edward Foster (Firm)

A catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of pictures, of the... [Read more]

([1835])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions16 pages ; 26 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22912292810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Captain Cook's florilegium

(1973)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 volume (unpaged) 30 col. plates. 62 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22933836300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of the city of Moscow, with the gorgeous entry of His... [Read more]

(1857)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions20 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22830849690008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jullien, Ernest

La chasse

(1868)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsvii, [1], 462 p. ; 24 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22794958000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Enfield, William, 1741–1797

An essay on the cultivation of taste,

(1818)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions16 p. 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Mackay-Smith, Alexander

The colonial quarter race horse

(1983)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxxiii, 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22817039530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761

A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King... [Read more]

(MDCCLXVI [1766])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22777414710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States

Thoroughbred racing & breeding;

(1945])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions239 p. illus. 24 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22803732630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967

Together and alone

(1945)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 5-109, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22932387570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Taylor, Tom, 1817–1880

Handbook of the pictures in the International Exhibition of 1862

(1862)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 202 p. ; 17 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666757460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797

A catalogue of engravers,

(1763)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 p. l., 128, 14, 20 p., 4 leaves. ports. 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22677524230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection