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1. "Coming home" : a comic panorama / drawn by "Leech" ; delineating, with irresistible humour, the fun, mishaps, and queer occurrences, to which the votaries of the sports are subjected "Coming Home" from the races ; exhibiting the laughter-moving effects of this talented artist's comic pencil, presented to the public in a perfectly novel and unique style of elegance ; suitable for the drawing-room, and in price adapted to the cottage.

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Creator:
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[1] folded sheet ([15] p.): ill. ; 107 x 11 cm., folded to 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. "Hawbuck Grange," or, The sporting adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. / by the author of "Handley Cross," "Sponge's Sporting Tour," etc., etc. ; with illustrations by Phiz.

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Creator:
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
Date:
[1888?]
Physical Description:
[8], 329, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

3. "Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.
Creator:
Our Boys Clothing Company
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

5. [A cat playing with a ball of string].

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Creator:
Dobbs, Henry
Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustration ; 5 x 8 cm, on card 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Album card with cut paper lace overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 130 x 90 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Album card with silver edged cut paper overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. [Album of views of Tenby, Wales]

No cover image available
Date:
between 1899 and 1920?]
Physical Description:
[12] p. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [Batch of cakes]

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Date:
1818?]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. [Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].

[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].
Creator:
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 18 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Calling card for Colonel Lowther : 31, Bruton Street].

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Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. [Calling card for Mr. John A. May, Miss May, [... E. May] : The Brooklands.

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Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. [Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]

[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
Creator:
Dean & Son
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 card ; illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of ships of the Royal Navy].

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1895]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of the Drum and Fife Band of the Grenadier Guards].

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Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap].

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Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. [Die-cut embossed chromolithgraph scrap-sheet of the Mounted Troopers of the 1st Lifeguards].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. [Embossed album card with cut paper overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1860]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. [Embossed and metallic cut paper album card].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
Creator:
British Fire Office (London, England)
Date:
March 1st, 1808
Physical Description:
4 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

23. [Le beau monde].

No cover image available
Date:
1823?]
Physical Description:
[19] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. [Metallic cut paper greeting card].

[Metallic cut paper greeting card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : color illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. [Paper quillwork picture of a flower vase] [realia]

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Date:
[ca. 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 paper quillwork picture ; 17 x 20 x 1 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

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Creator:
John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[4], 8 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. [Silver metallic cut paper album card].

[Silver metallic cut paper album card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. [Sketches of fairy land, or, A comparison between England & Lilliput].

No cover image available
Creator:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Date:
1810]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. [Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]

[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 6 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. [Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]

[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. [The essayists]

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Creator:
Lisle, Joe
Date:
[1828-1830]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. [Three-dimensional cut-paper album card].

[Three-dimensional cut-paper album card].
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 album card : color illustrations ; 100 x 60 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. [Victorian greeting card].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 folded greeting card : chromolithographs ; 100 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. [White and gold metallic cut paper card]

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : chromolithograph ; 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.
Creator:
Girmondi, M
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A course of water-colour painting / by R.P. Leitch.

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Creator:
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:
[1884?]
Physical Description:
36, [4] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

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Creator:
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
36 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A day at the Derby.

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Date:
ca. 1835?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([9] panels) : ill. ; 10 x 130 cm., folded to 10 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.
Creator:
Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.

A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.
Creator:
Richardson, Andrew Hude
Date:
[ca. 1830]
Physical Description:
8 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A descriptive guide to Guy's Cliff : with an authentic catalogue of the paintings.

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Date:
MDCCCXLIV [1844]
Physical Description:
[2], 27, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A leap-year's proposal / illustrated and written by Harry B. Neilson.

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Creator:
Neilson, Harry B. (Harry Bingham), 1861–
Date:
[1889]
Physical Description:
[48] pages : illustrations ; 18 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A narrative of the Grand Festival at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814 : with an appendix containing copies of all the handbills which were published on the occasions : a list of the xubscribers : and an account of the expenditure.

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Creator:
Cory, Robert
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
72 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A nineteenth century, and familiar history of the lives, loves, and misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa : a matchless pair, who flourished in the twelfth century : a poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated with ten engravings / by Robert Rabelais, the younger.

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Creator:
Rabelais, Robert, the younger
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvii, 384 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

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Creator:
Pretty, Edward, 1792–1865
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
28 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A practical guide for the tailor's cutting-room : being a treatise on measuring and cutting clothing in all styles, and for every period of life from childhood to old age / by Joseph Couts ; with numerous diagrams and pictorial illustrations.

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Creator:
Couts, Joseph
Date:
[1848]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 166 p., xxvii, 17 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts