Creator Gender: unknown / Period: 19th century / Subject Period: 18th century / Classification: Books

1. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:: MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China / by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, A.R.A.

Creator:: Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: [2], ii p., [50] leaves, [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The naval achievements of Great Britain, from the year 1793 to 1817.

Date:: [1817]
Physical Description:: viii, [150] p., [56] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

Creator:: Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: [132] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot : to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the Army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars / by R.H. Colebrook, Lieutenant in the service of the Honourable East-India Company, who attended the Army in the capacity of surveyor.

Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan, from drawings taken on the spot : to which are annexed concise descriptions of the places drawn, with a brief detail of part of the operations of the Army under the Marquis of Cornwallis, during the late war, and a few other particulars / by R.H. Colebrook, Lieutenant in the service of the Honourable East-India Company, who attended the Army in the capacity of surveyor.

Creator:: Colebrook, Robert H.
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.

Creator:: Denon, Vivant, 1747–1825
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 2 v. plates, double map, plans. 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 / by W. H. Maxwell ...

Creator:: Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 477, [1] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

8. The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. : from His Lordship's manuscripts / by the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, F.R.S., Librarian to the Prince, and Chaplain of His Royal Highness's Household, and John M'Arthur, Esq. LL.D., Late Secretary to Admiral Lord Viscount Hood.

The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. : from His Lordship's manuscripts / by the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, F.R.S., Librarian to the Prince, and Chaplain of His Royal Highness's Household, and John M'Arthur, Esq. LL.D., Late Secretary to Admiral Lord Viscount Hood.

Creator:: Clarke, James Stanier, 1765?-1834
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [10] pages, [48] leaves, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Characters / by Williams.

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830
Date:: ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Proposals for publishing by subscription, an engraving from the historical picture painted by John Singleton Copley, R.A. : and now exhibiting in a pavilion, erected through the gracious permission of the King for the purpose, in the Green Park : this work ... is to be placed in the council chamber of Guildhall as a testimony of respect to the late Lord Heathfield, then governor of Gibralter, Earl Howe, commander of the fleet ... for their gallant conduct displayed in the defence and relief of that important fortress.

Date:: [180-]
Physical Description:: [4] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The life of David Garrick : from original family papers, and numerous published and unpublished sources / by Percy Fitzgerald ; in four volumes.

Creator:: Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834–1925
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Prospectus of a new edition of The Anglo-Saxon annals : with an English translation, and notes critical and explanatory, by the Rev. James Ingram, B.D. ...

Date:: [1822?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (2, [2] pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Billesdon Coplow : Monday, February 24th, 1800.

Creator:: Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq., comprising his diary from 1641 to 1705-6 and a selection of his familiar letters, edited by John Evelyn.

Creator:: Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
Date:: [187-?]
Physical Description:: 783 p. ill. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

Creator:: Mason, George Henry
Date:: 1800 [i.e. not before 1821]
Physical Description:: [134] p., 60 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The complete works of Robert Burns / edited from the best printed and manuscript authorities, with a glossarial index and a biographical memoir by Alexander Smith.

Creator:: Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Date:: [1891]
Physical Description:: lxii, [4], 636, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

19. Temple Bar : the city Golgotha : a narrative of the historical occurrences of a criminal character associated with the present Bar / by a member of the Inner Temple.

Creator:: Wilson, James Holbert, 1809–1873
Date:: MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:: [4], 68 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes.

Creator:: Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:: 1817-1858
Physical Description:: 8 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Fabbriche e disegni di Giacomo Quarenghi, architetto di S.M. l'Imperatore di Russia : cavaliere di Malta e di S. Walodimiro / illustrate dal cav. Giulio, suo figlio.

Creator:: Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744–1817
Date:: MDCCCXXI [1821]
Physical Description:: 46 pages, [1], LIX leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 47 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. [Batch of cakes]

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

23. A catalogue of more than five thousand copper plates : engraved by the most esteemed British artists, during the last and present century, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, English, and other schools ... : the copper plates of the whole of these great works, with their impressions ... will be sold without reserve by Robert H. Evans ... on Monday June 1, 1818, and the five following days ... : comprising the entire stock of Messrs. John and Josiah Boydell, deceased ...

Creator:: Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Date:: [1818]
Physical Description:: 58 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Saint James's, or, The court of Queen Anne : an historical romance / by William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., ; author of "The Tower of London," "Windsor Castle," etc. ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; in three volumes.

Creator:: Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

25. Billesdon Coplow, hunt : Monday, February 24th, 1800.

Creator:: Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The costume of the Russian Empire / illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: MDCCCIII [1803]
Physical Description:: [164] p., 73 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century : comprizing biographical memoirs of William Boywer, printer, F.S.A., and many of his learned friends : an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century: and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists : with a very copious index / by John Nichols ...

Creator:: Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:: 1812-1816
Physical Description:: 9 v. : fronts (v. 1-6, 8-9) plates, ports., 2 facsim. (1 fold.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

Creator:: Guy, Thomas, 1645?-1725
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 55, [1], 43, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Boydell's heads of illustrious and celebrated persons, generally connected with the history of Great Britain in the reigns of James I. Charles I. Charles II. and James II. The portraits painted by Van Dyke, Lely, Kneller, Riley, &c. Engraved by John Smith, &c. And revised by Richard Earlom. With biographical memoirs, by John Watkins, LL.D.

Creator:: Boydell and Co
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: viii, 94 p. front. (port.) ports. 48 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The glorious recovery by the Vaudois of their valleys, from the original by Henri Arnaud, their commander and pastor. With a compendious history of that people, previous and subsequent to that event. By Hugh Dyke Acland.

Creator:: Arnaud, Henri, 1641–1721
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: cxxii, xxv, 239, [1] p. front. (map) plates. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Barnaby Rudge : a tale of the riots of 'eighty / by Charles Dickens ; with forty-six illustrations by F. Barnard.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: x, 322 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

32. Costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by uparwards of seventy richly coloured engravings.

Creator:: Harding, Edward
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: [152] p., [71] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The library of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Early English literature, 1519-1700, collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark, jr. ...

Creator:: Clark, William Andrews, 1877–1934
Date:: 1920-25
Physical Description:: 4 v. mounted front. 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. George Selwyn and his contemporaries : with memoirs and notes / by John Heneage Jesse.

Creator:: Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:: 1843-1844
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A day's journal of a sponge / by Peter Pasquin [pseud.].

Creator:: Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Description des tableaux qui ornent le grand appartement de l'Hôtel de Montcalm.

Creator:: Hôtel de Montcalm (Montpellier, France)
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 70 pages ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Appendiculae historicae, or, Shreds of history hung on a horn / by Fred. W. Lucas.

Creator:: Lucas, Fred. W. (Frederic William)
Date:: 1891
Physical Description:: iv, 216 p., [9] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Posthumous memoirs of his own time / by Sir N.W. Wraxall.

Creator:: Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

Creator:: Mason, George Henry
Date:: 1804 [i.e. not before 1819]
Physical Description:: [134] p., 60 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The "Ladies of Llangollen", as sketched by many hands : with notices of other objects of interest in "that sweetest of vales" / by John Hicklin.

Creator:: Hicklin, John
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: 31 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Memoirs of Josias Rogers, esq. commander of His Majesty's ship Quebec. By the late William Gilpin ... Published by his trustees, for the benefit of his school, at Boldre.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., iii, 184 p. front. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians : illustrated in sixty-four coloured engravings, with descriptions.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: v, [132] p., [64] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The stranger in America : containing observations made during a long residence in that country, on the genius, manners and customs of the people of the United States : with biographical particulars of public characters : hints and facts relative to the arts, sciences, commerce, agriculture, manufactures, emigration, and the slave trade / by Charles William Janson, Esq. late of the state of Rhode Island, counsellor at law ; illustrated by engravings.

Creator:: Janson, Charles William
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: xiii, [2], 16-22, 499, [7] pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794 / translated from the German of P.S. Pallas, counsellor of state to His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, Knight, &c.

Creator:: Pallas, Peter Simon, 1741–1811
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with descriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4], iii, [1] iii, [149] p., 73 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq. : the friend and biographer of Cowper / written by himself ; with extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry ; and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley, the young sculptor, edited by J. Johnson.

Creator:: Hayley, William, 1745–1820
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

47. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

Creator:: Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
Date:: [ca. 1827]
Physical Description:: [14] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Essays, biographical, critical and historical illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer & Idler : and of the various periodical papers, which in imitation of the writings of Steele and Addison, have been published .... / by Nathan Drake.

Creator:: Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836
Date:: 1809-1810
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Date:: 1810]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The paradise lost of John Milton : with illustrations by John Martin.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1846
Physical Description:: [8], 373, [2] pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Virgil R. & Mary L. Bierman.

51. Narrative sketches of the conquest of the Mysore, effected by the British troops and their allies in the capture of Seringapatam, and the death of Tippoo Sultaun, May 4, 1799 : with notes, descriptive and explanatory / collected from authentic materials.

Date:: MDCCC [1800]
Physical Description:: 134, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The Virginians : a tale of the last century / by W. M. Thackeray, author of "Esmond," "Vanity Fair," "The Newcomes," &c. &c. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author.

Creator:: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863
Date:: 1858-1859
Physical Description:: 2 v. (24 nos.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

53. A catalogue of the magnificent, rare, and valuable library, (of 20,000 volumes) : illustrated in many instances, with two and three sets of proof and other plates : generally of the most choice editions : selected with great care, and the utmost liberality, during the last forty years : also, of the books of prints, galleries of art, curious missals and manuscripts, the Persian and Chinese drawings, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at the Abbey, on Tuesday, the 9th of September, 1823, and nine following days : on Friday, the 3d of October, & four following days : and on Thursday, 23d October, 1823, & four following days, (Sundays and Mondays excepted) : at half-past twelve each day precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: [12],113, [4], [121]-175, [3], 291-342, [6], 231-278, [1], 176-222, [2], 343-391, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller, Finsbury-Square, London / written by himself ; in forty-seven letters to a friend.

Creator:: Lackington, James, 1746–1815
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: xix, [20]-352 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Specimens of rare and beautiful needlework / designed and executed by Mrs. Delany and her friend the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton ; photographed from the originals in the possession of Lady Hall of Llanover.

Creator:: Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788
Date:: [approximately 1860]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.

Creator:: Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737–1814
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: xcii, 194, [5] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Six picturesque views in North Wales / engraved in aquatinta by Alken, from drawings made on the spot ; with poetical reflections on leaving that country by Brian Broughton.

Creator:: Broughton, Brian, 1767?-1839
Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Memoirs of the reign of George the Second from his accession to the death of Queen Caroline / by John, Lord Hervey ; edited from the original manuscript at Ickworth, by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S. ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696–1743
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American war, from its commencement to the year 1783 / by R. Lamb, late Serjeant in the Royal Welch Fuzileers.

Creator:: Lamb, Roger, 1756–1830
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: iv, xxiv, [1], 6-438 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

Creator:: Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion : twelve plates / designed and etched by D. T. Egerton.

Creator:: Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 12 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Ancient historic ballads.

Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: [4], 236 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The adventures of Commodore Paul : the naval hero.

Date:: [1884]
Physical Description:: 15 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

64. Remarks concerning certain pictures supposed to be photographs of early date / by M.P.W. Boulton.

Creator:: Boulton, M. P. W. (Matthew Piers Watt), -1894
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 74 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with decriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: [164] p., 73 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Costumes of the time of George II : designed for Her Majesty's state ball / by J. & T. Onwhyn.

Creator:: Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: [11] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. An alphabetical catalogue of plates, engraved by the most esteemed artists, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, French, English, and other schools, which compose the stock of John and Josiah Boydell, engravers and printsellers, No. 90, Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; preceded by an account of various works,sets of prints, galleries &c. form,ing a great part of the same stock.

Creator:: Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: xxix, 60 p. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Zbior wzorowy rozmaitych polskick ubiorów : nedzlem znanego malarza Norblin wydanych a przez slawnego Debucourt, na miedzi wyrznielych w. Warszawie = Collection de costumes polanais : dessineés d'après nature / par Norblin et gravés par Debucourt.

Creator:: Norblin de La Gourdaine, Jean-Pierre, 1745–1830
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: [50] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. The punishments of China / illustrated by twenty-two engravings with explanations in English and French.

Creator:: Mason, George Henry
Date:: 1801 [i.e. 1822?]
Physical Description:: [54] p., 22 leaves of plates : 22 col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. The history of Newmarket : and the annals of the turf : with memoirs and biographical notices of the habitués of Newmarket, and the notable turfites, from the earliest times to the end of the seventeenth century / by J.P. Hore ; in three volumes.

Creator:: Hore, John Philip
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tatarischen, Mongolischen und andern Völkern im Russischen Reich / auf einer Reise mit dem Staatsrath von Pallas an Ort und Stelle gezeichnet und auf vierzig kolorirten Kupfern dargestellt von J.G.G. Geissler .. von Friedrich Hempel ..

Creator:: Geissler, Christian Gottfried Heinrich, 1770–1844
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 4 parts : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann ... / now first published from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Waldegrave ; edited by Lord Dover.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: 3 v. : port. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A tale of two cities / by Charles Dickens ; with twenty-five illustrations by F. Barnard.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: [8], 176 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

74. Antiquités d'Herculanum / gravées par Th. Piroli, et publiées par F. et P. Piranesi, frères.

Creator:: Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752–1824
Date:: 1804-1806
Physical Description:: 6 v. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Book for a rainy day, or, Recollections of the events of the last sixty-six years / by John Thomas Smith.

Creator:: Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 306 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

76. A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760 to 1893 / compiled by Algernon Graves.

Creator:: Graves, Algernon
Date:: 1895
Physical Description:: xii, 314 p. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The fine arts of the English school : illustrated by a series of engravings, from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists : with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays, by various authors / edited, and partly written by John Britton, F.S.A.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: [128] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 42 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

Creator:: Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [1], 7 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the reign of George the Third : Accurately described, and methodically arranged / by Jehoshaphat Aspin.

Creator:: Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: viii, [2], 784 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Cross readings : in eight humorous plates / by Peter Pasquin.

Creator:: Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates : all col. ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Mrs. Piozzi : a sketch of her life and passages from her diaries, letters & other writings / edited by L. B. Seeley ... with nine illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zoffany, & others.

Creator:: Seeley, L. B. (Leonard Benton), 1831–1893
Date:: 1891
Physical Description:: x, 336 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Social life in the reign of Queen Anne : taken from original sources / by John Ashton.

Creator:: Ashton, John, 1834–1911
Date:: 1882
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

83. Scottish poetry of the eighteenth century / Edited by George Eyre-Todd.

Creator:: Eyre-Todd, George, 1862–1937
Date:: 1890?
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

84. Eighteenth century vignettes / by Austin Dobson.

Creator:: Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: 261, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (folded) ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

85. A Kentish country house; or, Records of the Hall house, Hawkhurst, and its inhabitants, from the great plague of London to the jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1665-1887. By Mary Adelaide, lady Jennings ...

Creator:: Jennings, Mary Adelaide Smith
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: ix, 197 p. illus., double geneal. tab. 27 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

86. History of England : comprising the reign of Queen Anne until the peace of Utrecht / by Earl Stanhope.

Creator:: Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: xxii, 584 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

87. Catalogve of original and early editions of some of the poetical and prose works of English writers from Langland to Wither. With collations & notes, & 87 facsimiles of titlepages and frontispieces; being a contribution to the bibliography of English literature.

Creator:: Grolier Club
Date:: 1963
Physical Description:: xiii, 240 p. illus., facsims. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

88. An historical view of literature and art in Great Britain from the accession of the house of Hanover to the reign of Queen Victoria; by J. Murray Graham ...

Creator:: Graham, J. Murray (John Murray), 1809–1881
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: xv, 480 p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

89. A bibliographical and critical account of the rarest books in the English language, alphabetically arranged, which during the last fifty years have come under the observation of J. Payne Collier, F.S.A.

Creator:: Collier, John Payne, 1789–1883
Date:: 1866
Physical Description:: 4 v. 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

90. Illustrated Americana of the revolution; a paper read by James F. Hunnewell to the American Antiquarian Society at the annual meeting in Worcester, Oct. 21, 1891 ...

Creator:: Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910
Date:: 1892?]
Physical Description:: 1 p. l., p. 41-51. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

91. The historical and the posthumous memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1772-1784; ed., with notes and additional chapters from the author's unpublished ms., by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. ...

Creator:: Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831
Date:: 1884
Physical Description:: 5 v. 19 ports. (incl. front). 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

92. A history of England in the eighteenth century / by William Edward Hartpole Lecky.

Creator:: Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838–1903
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: 7 v. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

93. The London pleasure gardens of the eighteenth century, by Warwick Wroth, assisted by Arthur Edgar Wroth.

Creator:: Wroth, Warwick William, 1858–1911
Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: xviii, 335 p. illus. (part col.), ports. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

94. Bibliography of eighteenth century art and illustrated books; beinga guide to collectors of illustrated works in English and French of the period; by J. Lewine. With thirty-five plates, giving specimens of the work of the artists of the time.

Creator:: Lewine, J
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: xv p., 1 l. , 615 p. 35 pl. (incl. facsims.) 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

95. Good Queen Anne : or, men and manners, life and letters in England's Augustan age / by W.H. Davenport Adams.

Creator:: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828–1891
Date:: 1886
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

2. A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China / by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, A.R.A.

3. The naval achievements of Great Britain, from the year 1793 to 1817.

4. The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

6. Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni, del Sig. Denon.

7. History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 / by W. H. Maxwell ...

8. The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. : from His Lordship's manuscripts / by the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, F.R.S., Librarian to the Prince, and Chaplain of His Royal Highness's Household, and John M'Arthur, Esq. LL.D., Late Secretary to Admiral Lord Viscount Hood.

9. The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.

10. The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-eight engravings / by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport ; with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice ; with a comment on their moral tendency ; in two volumes.

11. Characters / by Williams.

13. The life of David Garrick : from original family papers, and numerous published and unpublished sources / by Percy Fitzgerald ; in four volumes.

14. Prospectus of a new edition of The Anglo-Saxon annals : with an English translation, and notes critical and explanatory, by the Rev. James Ingram, B.D. ...

15. Billesdon Coplow : Monday, February 24th, 1800.

16. Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq., comprising his diary from 1641 to 1705-6 and a selection of his familiar letters, edited by John Evelyn.

17. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

18. The complete works of Robert Burns / edited from the best printed and manuscript authorities, with a glossarial index and a biographical memoir by Alexander Smith.

19. Temple Bar : the city Golgotha : a narrative of the historical occurrences of a criminal character associated with the present Bar / by a member of the Inner Temple.

20. Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes.

21. Fabbriche e disegni di Giacomo Quarenghi, architetto di S.M. l'Imperatore di Russia : cavaliere di Malta e di S. Walodimiro / illustrate dal cav. Giulio, suo figlio.

22. [Batch of cakes]

24. Saint James's, or, The court of Queen Anne : an historical romance / by William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., ; author of "The Tower of London," "Windsor Castle," etc. ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; in three volumes.

25. Billesdon Coplow, hunt : Monday, February 24th, 1800.

26. The costume of the Russian Empire / illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

28. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

30. The glorious recovery by the Vaudois of their valleys, from the original by Henri Arnaud, their commander and pastor. With a compendious history of that people, previous and subsequent to that event. By Hugh Dyke Acland.

31. Barnaby Rudge : a tale of the riots of 'eighty / by Charles Dickens ; with forty-six illustrations by F. Barnard.

32. Costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by uparwards of seventy richly coloured engravings.

33. The library of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Early English literature, 1519-1700, collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark, jr. ...

34. George Selwyn and his contemporaries : with memoirs and notes / by John Heneage Jesse.

35. A day's journal of a sponge / by Peter Pasquin [pseud.].

36. Description des tableaux qui ornent le grand appartement de l'Hôtel de Montcalm.

37. Appendiculae historicae, or, Shreds of history hung on a horn / by Fred. W. Lucas.

38. Posthumous memoirs of his own time / by Sir N.W. Wraxall.

39. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

40. The "Ladies of Llangollen", as sketched by many hands : with notices of other objects of interest in "that sweetest of vales" / by John Hicklin.

41. Memoirs of Josias Rogers, esq. commander of His Majesty's ship Quebec. By the late William Gilpin ... Published by his trustees, for the benefit of his school, at Boldre.

42. Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians : illustrated in sixty-four coloured engravings, with descriptions.

44. Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794 / translated from the German of P.S. Pallas, counsellor of state to His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, Knight, &c.

45. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with descriptions in English and French.

46. Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq. : the friend and biographer of Cowper / written by himself ; with extracts from his private correspondence and unpublished poetry ; and memoirs of his son Thomas Alphonso Hayley, the young sculptor, edited by J. Johnson.

47. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

48. Essays, biographical, critical and historical illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer & Idler : and of the various periodical papers, which in imitation of the writings of Steele and Addison, have been published .... / by Nathan Drake.

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

50. The paradise lost of John Milton : with illustrations by John Martin.

51. Narrative sketches of the conquest of the Mysore, effected by the British troops and their allies in the capture of Seringapatam, and the death of Tippoo Sultaun, May 4, 1799 : with notes, descriptive and explanatory / collected from authentic materials.

52. The Virginians : a tale of the last century / by W. M. Thackeray, author of "Esmond," "Vanity Fair," "The Newcomes," &c. &c. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author.

54. Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller, Finsbury-Square, London / written by himself ; in forty-seven letters to a friend.

55. Specimens of rare and beautiful needlework / designed and executed by Mrs. Delany and her friend the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton ; photographed from the originals in the possession of Lady Hall of Llanover.

56. Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.

57. Six picturesque views in North Wales / engraved in aquatinta by Alken, from drawings made on the spot ; with poetical reflections on leaving that country by Brian Broughton.

58. Memoirs of the reign of George the Second from his accession to the death of Queen Caroline / by John, Lord Hervey ; edited from the original manuscript at Ickworth, by the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S. ; in two volumes.

59. An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American war, from its commencement to the year 1783 / by R. Lamb, late Serjeant in the Royal Welch Fuzileers.

60. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

61. The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion : twelve plates / designed and etched by D. T. Egerton.

62. Ancient historic ballads.

63. The adventures of Commodore Paul : the naval hero.

64. Remarks concerning certain pictures supposed to be photographs of early date / by M.P.W. Boulton.

65. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with decriptions in English and French.

66. Costumes of the time of George II : designed for Her Majesty's state ball / by J. & T. Onwhyn.

68. Zbior wzorowy rozmaitych polskick ubiorów : nedzlem znanego malarza Norblin wydanych a przez slawnego Debucourt, na miedzi wyrznielych w. Warszawie = Collection de costumes polanais : dessineés d'après nature / par Norblin et gravés par Debucourt.

69. The punishments of China / illustrated by twenty-two engravings with explanations in English and French.

70. The history of Newmarket : and the annals of the turf : with memoirs and biographical notices of the habitués of Newmarket, and the notable turfites, from the earliest times to the end of the seventeenth century / by J.P. Hore ; in three volumes.

72. Letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann ... / now first published from the originals in the possession of the Earl of Waldegrave ; edited by Lord Dover.

73. A tale of two cities / by Charles Dickens ; with twenty-five illustrations by F. Barnard.

74. Antiquités d'Herculanum / gravées par Th. Piroli, et publiées par F. et P. Piranesi, frères.

75. Book for a rainy day, or, Recollections of the events of the last sixty-six years / by John Thomas Smith.

76. A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760 to 1893 / compiled by Algernon Graves.

77. The fine arts of the English school : illustrated by a series of engravings, from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists : with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays, by various authors / edited, and partly written by John Britton, F.S.A.

78. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

79. The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the reign of George the Third : Accurately described, and methodically arranged / by Jehoshaphat Aspin.

80. Cross readings : in eight humorous plates / by Peter Pasquin.

81. Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Mrs. Piozzi : a sketch of her life and passages from her diaries, letters & other writings / edited by L. B. Seeley ... with nine illustrations after Hogarth, Reynolds, Zoffany, & others.