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1. Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...

Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
xxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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.

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 ; 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Domestic architecture : a series of views of cottages and farmhouses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the house of Stuart : from drawings by S. Prout, R.C. Burney, A. Pugin, C. Varley, J.J.Chalon, W. De La Motte, R. Hills, W.H. Pyne, and others / the plates etched by Francis Stevens.

Domestic architecture : a series of views of cottages and farmhouses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the house of Stuart : from drawings by S. Prout, R.C. Burney, A. Pugin, C. Varley, J.J.Chalon, W. De La Motte, R. Hills, W.H. Pyne, and others / the plates etched by Francis Stevens.
Creator:
Stevens, Francis, 1781–1823
Date:
[between 1844 and 1850]
Physical Description:
iv, 36 p., [53] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.
Creator:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Date:
March 1st 1807
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [17] leaves of plates : ill ; 20 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].
Creator:
Howle, J. (Tailor)
Date:
[approximately 1820-1830]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Scotia depicta, or, the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns, and picturesque scenery, of Scotland : illustrated in a series of finished etchings / by James Fittler, A.R.A. and engraver to His Majesty, from accurate drawings made on the spot by John Claude Nattes ; with descriptions, antiquarian, historical, and picturesque.

Scotia depicta, or, the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns, and picturesque scenery, of Scotland : illustrated in a series of finished etchings / by James Fittler, A.R.A. and engraver to His Majesty, from accurate drawings made on the spot by John Claude Nattes ; with descriptions, antiquarian, historical, and picturesque.
Creator:
Fittler, James, 1758–1835
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
[52] leaves, 48 [that is, 49] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico : and the surrounding scenery / painted on twenty-seven hundred square feet of canvass by Robert Burford, Esq. ; from drawings made on the spot, at the request of the Mexican government, by Mr. W. Bullock, Junior.

Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico : and the surrounding scenery / painted on twenty-seven hundred square feet of canvass by Robert Burford, Esq. ; from drawings made on the spot, at the request of the Mexican government, by Mr. W. Bullock, Junior.
Creator:
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
16 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, plan ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.

Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1810 [that is, 1813?]
Physical Description:
2 volumes (xvi, 350 pages, 69 leaves of plates) : 69 illustrations (engraving, aquatint, some color) ; 59 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...

An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...
Creator:
Mudford, William, 1782–1848
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], xviii, [2], 368 p., [32] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.

The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.
Creator:
Gruner, Ludwig, 1801–1882
Date:
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages, 15 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.

Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.
Date:
MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 59, [1] pages, [1], 90 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.

Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.
Creator:
Oram, William, d. 1777
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
xvi, 104 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Rowlandson's sketches from nature.

Rowlandson's sketches from nature.
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [18] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.

Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Creator:
Taylor, Isaac, 1759–1829
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 p., [29] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 62 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the appearance of persons after death, for the purpose of detecting murders, forewarning death, and discovering hidden treasures / by C. Williams, author of numerous popular works.

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the appearance of persons after death, for the purpose of detecting murders, forewarning death, and discovering hidden treasures / by C. Williams, author of numerous popular works.
Creator:
Williams, C., active 1840
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
24 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cornelius Osgood, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

20. Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land of Mexico / drawn by Mrs. H.G. Ward, and engraved by Mr. Pye ; with a statistical account of each.

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land of Mexico / drawn by Mrs. H.G. Ward, and engraved by Mr. Pye ; with a statistical account of each.
Creator:
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 x 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Views in Sussex : consisting of the most interesting landscape and marine scenery in the Rape of Hastings / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., illustrated by historical descriptions ; the plates engraved by W.B. Cooke, and published under the auspices of John Fuller, esq. of Rose Hill ; the scientific and explanatory notices of the drawings by R.R. Reinagle, A.R.A.

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Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[4], 20, [10] pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. 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.

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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

23. The geometric tracery of Brancepeth Church, in the county of Durham. / Illustrated by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
[2], 14, [2] p., [XX] leaves of plates, : ill., ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A treatise on painting. In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools. By John Burnet ...

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Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1880
Physical Description:
4 v. in 1. ill., 33 plates (part col.) 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Introductory lessons with familiar examples in landscape : for the use of those who are desirous of gaining some knowledge of the pleasing art of painting in water colours : to which are added some clear and simple rules, exemplified by suitable sketches and more finished painting : as this work is chiefly intended for the mere beginner, the rules are both familiar and progressive : to which are added, instructions for executing transparencies, in a style both novel and easy / by James Roberts.

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Creator:
Roberts, James, 1753–approximately 1809
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Miscellanea graphica: representations of ancient, medieval, and renaissance remains in the possession of Lord Londesborough. Drawn, engraved, and described, by Frederick W. Fairholt ... The historical introduction by Thomas Wright.

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Creator:
Londesborough, Albert Denison, Baron, 1805–1860
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
3 p. l., 84 p., 44 l. front., illus., XLIV pl. (part. col.) 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. History of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster. By Edward Baines ... The biographical department by W. R. Whatton ...

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Creator:
Baines, Edward, 1774–1848
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
4 v. fronts., ill. (part col.) plates, ports., maps (part col., part fold., part double) plans, facsim., geneal. tables. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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.

29. Remarks on rifle guns : being the result of sixty years' practice and observation : with specific remarks on fowling pieces, the percussion lock, and fire-arms in general : to which are subjoined descriptions of a new bullet mould and clipper, various improvements in gun and door locks, and spring bolts : a description of fire-arms deposited in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, including all the improvements and inventions for which three silver medals have been awarded by the Society of Arts : together with tables of weights of balls, descriptive plates, &c. / by Ezekiel Baker ; gun and rifle maker to His Majesty, the Honorable Board of Ordnance, and the Honorable East India Company.

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Creator:
Baker, Ezekiel, 1758–1836
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
269, [5] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. An account of the Kingdom of Nepal, : and of the territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha. / By Francis Hamilton, (formerly Buchanan,) ... Illustrated with engravings.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Francis, 1762–1829
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 364 p., [4], [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

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Creator:
Duncan, John Shute, 1769–1844
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The art of engraving : with the various modes of operation : ... illustrated with ten specimens of the different styles of engraving / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
vii, 109 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales delineated: historical entertaining & commercial. Alphabetically arranged / by Thomas Dugdale ... ; assisted by William Burnett.

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Creator:
Dugdale, Thomas
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
11 v. (l586) p., [232] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The history of Wisbech, and the Fens. / By Neil Walker, and Thomas Craddock ...

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Creator:
Walker, Neil
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
viii, 564 p., [18] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., charts, map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The life of Sir John Falstaff / illustrated by George Cruikshank ; with a biography of the knight from authentic sources, by Robert B. Brough.

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Creator:
Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
2, [xi]-xx, 196 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

36. Elements of drawing and painting in water colours; being supplement to the Elements of drawing and perspective, pub. in Chambers's educational course.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
xii, 212 p. plates (part. col.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The history of Richmond : in the county of York / by Christopher Clarkson ...

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Creator:
Clarkson, Christopher, 1758–1833
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 446, cxxxii p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, geneal. tables, facsims. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Carthage and her remains : being an account of the excavations and researches on the site of the Phoenician metropolis in Africa, and other adjacent places / conducted under the auspices of Her Majesty's government by Dr. N. Davis ...

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Creator:
Davis, N. (Nathan), 1812–1882
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
504, [2] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
vi, 381 p. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. London out of town, or, The adventures of the Browns at the seaside / by Luke Limner, esq.

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Creator:
Leighton, John, 1822–1912
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[3], [3] p., [xvi] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 11 cm. x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Whom to marry and how to get married, or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good husband / edited by the brothers Mayhew ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Date:
[1856]
Physical Description:
[4], 271 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

42. Principles of perspective : with a sketch of some Irish antiquities : and a few thoughts on rustic embellishment and the picturesque : as connected, and contrasted, with each other.

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Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[27], 24-30 pages, [1], 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 x 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Sketches in outline / drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.

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Creator:
Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870
Date:
1808]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 21 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The Royal Polytechnic Institution, for the advancement of the arts and practical science; especially in connexion with agriculture, mining machinery, manufactures, and other branches of industry, 309 Regent Street, and 5 Cavendish Square. Catalogue for 1843.

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Creator:
City of London Polytechnic
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
91 p. front., ill., plates. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Puss in boots / edited and illustrated with etchings on steel by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[1864]
Physical Description:
40 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The book of trades, or, Circle of the useful arts : illustrated by engravings and woodcuts.

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Date:
1837
Physical Description:
[2], x, 388 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Rambling recollections of a soldier of fortune / by W.H. Maxwell ... ; with a portrait of the author, and illustrations by H.K. Browne.

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Creator:
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 296 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The gallery of British artists : illustrated by upwards of one hundred steel engravings : from their most popular works, as exhibited at the National Gallery, Royal Academy ... / with biographical sketches and critical remarks by John Sherer ...

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Creator:
Sherer, John
Date:
[1879-1880]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Egypt : a series of one hundred and ten engravings exhibiting the antiquities, architecture, inhabitants, costume, hieroglyphics, animals, scenery, &c. of that country, with accompanying descriptions and explanations in French and English, selected from the celebrated work detailing the expedition of the French / by Baron Vivant Denon ... ; engravings are by ... Middiman, Cardon, Audinet, Comte, Mitan, Newton, Cooke, Taylor, Smith, Armstrong, Dadley, Morris, Wise, Roffe, Poole, Pollard, &c.

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Creator:
Denon, Vivant, 1747–1825
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
iv, 146 pages, [2] pages, 111 unnumbered leaves of plates (10 folded) : illustrations, portrait, maps ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A series of etchings / by James Barry ; from his original and justly celebrated paintings, in the great room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi.

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Creator:
Barry, James, 1741–1806
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[14], 2, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 66 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John E. Hankins

51. The world's fair; or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein; with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them; and how they live when at home.

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Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
2 p. ., [3]-106 p. col. front., ill. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland: and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with Berwick Upon Tweed, and brief notices of celebrated places on the Scottish border. ... / By E. Mackenzie, ...

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Creator:
Mackenzie, E. (Eneas), 1778–1832
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
2 v., [17] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map , plans, port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The bibliographical decameron, or, Ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography / by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. The history and antiquities of Suffolk : Thingoe hundred / by John Gage.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xxvii, 538 p. : geneal. tables., ill., ports., maps, plans, facsims. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A companion to Mr. Bullock's London Museum and Pantherion : containing a brief description of upwards of fifteen thousand natural and foreign curiosities, antiquities, and productions of the fine arts, collected during seventeen years of arduous research, and at an expense of thirty thousand pounds : and now open for public inspection in the Egyptian Temple, just erected for its reception, in Piccadilly, London, opposite the end of Bond-Street / by Wm. Bullock ...

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Creator:
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
xii, 57, [1], vi, [2], 136 pages, [32] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A guide to Kenilworth : containing a brief historical account of the castle, priory, and church : with a particular description of the present state of the castle, and notices of the priory ruins, and the church ...

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Date:
[1825]
Physical Description:
52 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Traité d'architecture : contenant les principes de l'art, cassines, mausolées, portes de Palladio, arcs de triomphe en cinquante-trois planches / par Chambers architecte du roi d'Angleterre, des Académies de Paris, Florence, Stockholm, &c. ; traduit de l'Anglais après la seconde édition par LeRouge, Ingénieur-Géogaphe du Roi.

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
[not before 1815?]
Physical Description:
[1], 52 [i.e. 53] leaves : all illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion : containing a compendious view of the game laws : a description of the various kinds of dogs : and the best mode of breeding, rearing, and training them : with an account of the diseases to which they are liable, and the best methods of cure : to which are added, directions for grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, hare, and wild duck shooting : particular instructions for the young sportsman : and much miscellaneous information on the choice of guns, gunpowder, shot, &c. &c. / by B. Thomas.

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Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, 304 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xvi, 46, [2], viii pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

60. Journal of a voyage to Brazil and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 / by Maria Graham.

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Creator:
Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 335, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Chubb's drawing book, and artists' assistant : illustrated with nearly sixty well-executed copper plate engravings of the human figure.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
77, [3] pages, [50] leaves of plates (in various foliations) : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life

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Creator:
Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
[23] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Ancient mysteries described : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testatment story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and asses--The English boy bishop--The descent into hell--The lord mayor's show--The guildhall giants--Christmas carols, &c. / by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.

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Creator:
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[2], 298, 2 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

64. A collection of designs for the use of upholsterers, decorators, gilders, &c. : consisting of outlines from the original ornaments manufactured by the Haselden and company in the new papier maché applicable to every description of interior decorations.

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Creator:
Haselden and Company
Date:
[1836?]
Physical Description:
[4] p., 22 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Short stories, in words of two syllables / by the author of Short stories, in one syllable, Godmothers' tales, Cup of sweets.

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Creator:
Semple, Elizabeth, active 1804–1816
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
62, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The history, antiquities, and topography of the county of Sussex. By Thomas Walker Horsfield ...

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Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas Walker, -1837
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v., front., plates, port., folded maps, plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Captain Macheath, or, The highwayman of a century since! : interspersed with numerous racy sketches of celebrated male and female characters / by Pierce Egan ... ; the whole of the designs drawn and etched by Pierce Egan the younger.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Portfolio, second edition, with additions, of fragments, relative to the history and atiquities of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster ... / by Matthew Gregson ... in three parts with addition, stitched, and two large pedigrees, portraits, prints, a large sheet map of the county, and upwards of 1600 engraved coats of arms and quarterings of Lancashire families and their alliances.

No cover image available
Creator:
Gregson, Matthew, 1749–1824
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
4, [vii]-viii, [v]-vii, [3], vii-x, 302 (i.e.324), cviii p. : ill. (some fold.) ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. "The greatest plague of life", or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant / by one who has been "almost worried to death" ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[6] parts : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

70. Mechanical perspective, or, description and uses of an instrument for sketching from nature, accurately and conveniently, every kind of object : and of a machine for drawing in perspective architectural and other subjects, from measurement, or from ground plans and elevations : in two parts / by Francis Ronalds.

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Creator:
Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788–1873
Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828, i.e. 1829?]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 36, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Ippologia, ossia Trattato universale de' cavalli / Opera compilata da Gio. Anto. Maria Gazzola di Torino, antico uffiziale di cavalleria in ritiro.

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Creator:
Gazzola, Giovanni Antonio Maria
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
[2], 576 p., [36] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:
1810-1819
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

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Date:
1801
Physical Description:
xvii, [2], 26-184 pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

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Creator:
Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [1], 6-115, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings, in fresco : discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the chapel of the Trinity, belonging to the Gild of the Holy Cross, at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire / from drawings made at the time of their discovery by Thomas Fisher ... ; also, a plan of the Chapel, facsimiles of various grants and indulgences to the gild ; with representations of one hundred and fifty public and private seals appended to them, facsimile extracts from the register of the gild ...

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Creator:
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
[6], 8 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., plan, facsims. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. A walk round the walls and city of Chester. By John Broster.

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Creator:
Broster, John, -1853
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
1 p. ., ii, 118 p. ill. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Household furniture and interior decoration / executed from designs by Thomas Hope.

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Creator:
Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 53, [1] pages, [1], LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1813-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The history of Samuel Titmarsh and the great Hoggarty diamond / by W.M. Thackeray ...

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Creator:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
xi, 189, [5] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Antiquities historical, architectural, chorographical, and itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the adjacent counties : comprising the histories of Southwell (the Ad Pontem) and of Newark (the Sidnacester, of the Romans) interspersed with biographical sketches, and profusely embellished with engravings : in four parts / by William Dickinson.

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Creator:
Dickinson, William, 1756–1822
Date:
1801-1819
Physical Description:
4 pts. in 2 v. : port., plans, geneal. tables ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Contrasts, or, A parallel between the noble edifices of the Middle Ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day : shewing the present decay of taste : accompanied by appropriate text / by A. Welby Pugin, architect.

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Creator:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
v, [1], 104 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

82. Forty etchings from sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 / by Captain Basil Hall, R.N.

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Creator:
Hall, Basil, 1788–1844
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, map ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The British sportsman.

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Creator:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Date:
published March 1st, 1800
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [72] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A catalogue of pictures by British artists, in the possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart.: with etchings from the whole collection. Including the pictures in his gallery at Tabley House, Cheshire; executed by permission of the proprietor; and accompanied with historical and biographical notices. / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

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Creator:
De Tabley, John Fleming Leicester, Baron, 1762–1827
Date:
April 2, 1821
Physical Description:
[8], 31, [3] pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

85. Oesterreichisches naturhistorisches Bilder-Conversations-Lexicon. Ein unentbehrliches Handbuch zur Verbreitung gemeinnütziger Kenntnisse und zur Unterhaltung für alle Stände in alphabetischer Ordnung aus dem Thier- Pflangen- und Mineralreiche : nach den neuesten und Zuverlässigsten Entdeckungen, Erfahrungen u. Beobachtungen in dem Gebiethe der drey Naturreiche von einem Gelehrten-Vereine geordnet, vermehrt und bereichert ...

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Date:
1835-1839
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. An history of the original parish of Whalley : and honor of Clitheroe in the counties of Lancaster and York : to which is subjoined an account of the parish of Cartmell / by Thomas Dunham Whitaker ...

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Creator:
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, 1759–1821
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
viii, 568 p., [57] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map, plan, geneal. tables ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Cathedral cities, Ely & Norwich / drawn and etched by R. Farren ; with introduction by Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L.

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Creator:
Farren, Robert
Date:
1883
Physical Description:
17, [5] pages, [1], 35 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. South Yorkshire. The history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York. By the Rev. Joseph Hunter ...

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Creator:
Hunter, Joseph, 1783–1861
Date:
1828-31
Physical Description:
2 v. front. (port.) illus., 15 pl., 2 maps, plan, geneal. tables. 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A collection of Gloucestershire antiquities / by Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 38, [4] p., 110 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 58 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Architectural illustrations, history and description of Carlisle cathedral, by Robert William Billings.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
vi, 92 p. illus., XLV pl. (1 col.) incl. front., plan, 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with the addition of many subjects not before collected.

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Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 65 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa / by Edward Daniel Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
1810-1823
Physical Description:
6 v., fronts. (v. 1 port.) illus., plates, maps (part fold.) fold. plans, fold. facsim. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Turner and his works : illustrated with examples from his pictures, and critical remarks on his principles of painting / by John Burnet, F.R.S. ... ; the memoir by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. ... ; re-edited by Henry Murray, F.S.A.

No cover image available
Creator:
Burnet, John, 1784–1868
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], 121, [1] pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The civil costume of England : from the conquest to the present time : drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts, portraits, etc. / by Charles Martin ; etched by Leopold Martin.

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Creator:
Martin, Charles, 1810–1906
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
vi, [61] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Thirty-five years in the East : adventures, discoveries, experiements, and historical sketches, relating to the Punjab and Cashmere : in connection with medicine, botany, pharmacy, etc. : together with an original materia medica; and a medical vocabulary, in four European and five eastern languages / by John Martin Honigberger ...

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Creator:
Honigberger, John Martin, 1795–1869
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Cinderella and the glass slipper / edited and illustrated with ten subjects ; designed and etched on steel by George Cruikshank.

No cover image available
Date:
[1854]
Physical Description:
31 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

97. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham / by George Lipscomb.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lipscomb, George, 1773–1846
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours : with introductory illustrations on perspective and drawing with pencil.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
32 p., [19] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The theory and practice of painting in oil and water colours for landscape and portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles,varnishes, etc., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : remarks on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, etc. : and a manual of lithography : illustrated with plain and coloured plates / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
[i-v], vi-xii, [1], 2-236 p., [12], [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. A series of etchings, representing the power and progress of genius.

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Creator:
Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770–1840
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[14] leaves, [1], 24 leaves of plates : etchings ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts