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Rare Books and Manuscripts 2,263
Reference Library 74

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Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 22
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 20
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751 18
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 17
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 16
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797 12
Great Britain. Parliament 11
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850 10
Mr. Langford and Son 9
Pain, William, 1730?-1790? 9
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792 8
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 8
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 7
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774 7
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754 7
Rocque, John, -1762 7
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779 7
Trimmer, Sarah, 1741–1810 7
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771 6
Boswell, James, 1740–1795 6
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 6
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760 6
Gay, John, 1685–1732 6
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755 6
I. and J. Taylor (Firm) 6
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 6
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774 6
Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813 6
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745 6

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Accessible in the Study Room 2,263
Accessible in the Reference Library 74

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 2,181
Free to Use 155

Image Available

unavailable 2,171
available 165

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Classification

Books 2,336

Collective Title

Period

18th century 2,336

19th century 119
20th century 84
17th century 29
16th century 15
15th century 8
21st century 4

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

engraving 261
auction catalog 141
aquatint 127
armorial bookplates (provenance) 124
etching 118
wood engraving 79
drawing book 75
handbooks and manual 45
annotations (provenance) 38
map 33
woodcut 33
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 32
catalog 25
early work 22
soft-ground etching 20
publishers' advertisement 19
mezzotint 18
ephemera 14
stipple engraving 14
subscriber's list 14
travel literature 14
prospectuse 13
armorial bindings (binding) 12
broadside 12
hand coloring 10
pattern book 9
publisher's advertisement 9
subscribers' list 9
advertisement 8
booksellers' advertisement 8

Genre

Subject Terms

Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 120
London Institution -- Ownership. 113
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 113
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 109
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 105
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 80
Drawing -- Technique. 77
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 76
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 69
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 62
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 57
Painting -- Early works to 1800. 48
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. 43
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 37
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 36
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 36
Building -- Early works to 1800. 32
Art. 28
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 28
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. 26
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. 24
Roads -- Great Britain. 24
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800. 23
Cadell, T. -- Publisher. 23
Painting -- Technique. 22
Prints, European -- Catalogs. 22
Sayer, Robert -- Publisher. 22
Perspective -- Early works to 1800. 21
Art -- Early works to 1800. 20
Watercolor painting -- Technique. 19

Subject Period

18th century 127
19th century 36
17th century 23
16th century 7
11th century 2
15th century 2
17th-18th centuries 2
12th century 1
15th and 16th centuries 1
Alfred, 871-899 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 405
England 237
London 144
London (England) 81
France 49
Italy 39
Scotland 29
Wales 22
Bath (England) 21
Oxford (England) 21
Ireland 19
United States 18
Dublin (Ireland) 17
Edinburgh (Scotland) 15
Paris 15
Europe 14
Dublin 11
Oceania 11
West Indies 11
York (England) 11
Cambridge (England) 10
India 10
Rome 10
Westminster (London, England) 10
Netherlands 9
Salisbury (England) 9
Canada 8
China 8
Germany 8
Oxford 8

Associated People

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 16
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 10
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 8
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754 6
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733 6
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690–1771 5
Hare, Francis, 1671–1740 5
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744 5
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813 4
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713–1792 4
Cook, James, 1728–1779 4
Pearson, Eglington Margaret, -1823 4
Pearson, James, -1805 4
Raphael, 1483–1520 4
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 4
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676–1745 4
Aesop 3
Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742–1802 3
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734–1802 3
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 3
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649 3
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 3
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse, 1611–1665 3
Homer 3
Horace 3
Louis XV, King of France, 1710–1774 3
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745 3
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711–1779 3
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 3
Vertue, George, 1684–1756 3

Exhibition History

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 42
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 10
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 6
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 5
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 5
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 3
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 3
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 3
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 2
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 2
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 1
English Prize: The Capture of the “Westmorland,” an Episode of the Grand Tour (Yale Center for British Art, October 4, 2012-January 13, 2013) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 1
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 1
William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20) 1
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 14
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22960488460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651992280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653393270008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653454510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653460100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653463430008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22653463510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709601630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22709620350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22738165790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22770966170008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773871040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773910510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22773935650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809621220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22809625210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809646310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809676930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22818958990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22826545440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22899959190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22960465300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2

Language

English 2,005
French 158
Latin 37
Italian 30
German 26
Dutch 14
Spanish 3
Danish 1
Elamite 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Hebrew 1
Japanese 1
Multiple languages 1
Portuguese 1
Undetermined 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Witton, Philip Henry

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =

1791 [i.e. 1792]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Edward, 1752–1824

Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bards

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c.

MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

1731
Accessible in the Study Room
Rogissart, sieur de, fl. 1706

Les delices de l'Italie

1707
Accessible in the Study Room
Blunt, John, surgeon

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory

MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750–1788

Museum Britannicum

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771

Beauties of Stow, or, A description of the most noble house, gardens & magnificent... [Read more]

[1753]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are... [Read more]

MDCCLII [1752]
Accessible in the Study Room
Wharam, Ann

Riding. To the public in general, but more particularly to lovers, learners,... [Read more]

[1790?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Chinese landskips

[ca. 1752?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems

MDCCIX [1709]
Accessible in the Study Room
A Set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the... [Read more]

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
The compleat drawing-book

MDCCLV [1755]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect

MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Accessible in the Study Room
The picturesque beauties of Shakspeare

[1787]
Accessible in the Study Room
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674

The history of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641

1702-1704
Accessible in the Study Room
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771

The beauties of Stow, or, A description of the pleasant seat, and noble gardens, of... [Read more]

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

The virtuosi's museum

1778[-1781]
Accessible in the Study Room
The emperor of China's palace at Pekin

MDCCLIII [1753]
Accessible in the Study Room
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796

The soldier's return

[1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste

MDCCLIV [1754]
Accessible in the Study Room
Britannia illustrata, or, Views of all the palaces, several seats and other... [Read more]

1724
Accessible in the Study Room
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam,... [Read more]

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the... [Read more]

1747
Accessible in the Study Room
Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils... [Read more]

[1796]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cowper, William, 1666–1709

Myotomia reformata

1724
Accessible in the Study Room
Greenwood, Jonathan

The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are... [Read more]

[1715?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720–1778

Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte... [Read more]

MDCCLXIX [1769]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785

1785
Accessible in the Study Room
Stowe

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824

A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Great Britain. Admiralty

Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet

[approximately 1711]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gough, Richard, 1735–1809

Sepulchral monuments in Great Britain;

1786-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Moll, Herman, -1732

Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps

[174-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Darly, M. (Mary)

A book of caricaturas

[1762]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730–1803

Campi Phlegraei

MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789

A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship

[1783]
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and... [Read more]

[1748]]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691

Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works : applied to the arts of... [Read more]

1703
Accessible in the Study Room
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806

The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

1744
Accessible in the Study Room
Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, William, -1757

The gentlemen's or builder's companion

1736]
Accessible in the Study Room
For the use of schools ... The young artist's complete magazine, for the... [Read more]

[1788]
Accessible in the Study Room
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802

The botanic garden

MDCCXCI [1791]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

1784

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