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Reference Library
34,766
Rare Books and Manuscripts
14,690
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Christie, Manson & Woods
214
Sotheby's (Firm)
158
Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
150
Victoria and Albert Museum
144
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
138
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
121
John Murray (Firm)
102
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
79
Blake, William, 1757–1827
78
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
63
Ward, Lock & Co
63
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
61
Britton, John, 1771–1857
57
Arts Council of Great Britain
51
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc
51
Fine Art Society
51
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
50
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
49
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349
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
34,766
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
14,690
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Under Certain Circumstances
48,638
Free to Use
658
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Unavailable
48,494
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802
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2023-2024
203
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20th century
23,364
21st century
13,372
19th century
10,400
18th century
2,003
17th century
249
16th century
52
15th century
36
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wood engraving
1,733
exhibition catalog
1,177
auction catalog
1,079
aquatint
997
lithograph
925
engraving
903
artists' book
742
history
564
chromolithograph
458
ephemera
435
etching
415
catalog
397
armorial bookplates (provenance)
323
private press books (publishing)
314
drawing book
272
chromoxylograph
232
accordion fold format (binding)
221
photomechanical print
210
advertisement
188
criticism, interpretation, etc
183
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Painting, European -- Catalogs.
1,037
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
851
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Catalogs.
738
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
683
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
678
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
665
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
599
Rare books -- Catalogs.
582
Great Britain.
533
Art, British -- Catalogs.
489
Furniture -- Catalogs.
416
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
376
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
353
London Institution -- Ownership.
348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
343
Auction catalogs.
340
Art auctions -- Catalogs.
320
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
273
Drawing -- Technique.
258
Art, British -- Exhibitions.
242
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19th century
3,225
20th century
3,200
18th century
1,256
17th century
593
21st century
296
16th century
237
15th century
47
17th-18th centuries
18
11th century
13
15th and 16th centuries
13
12th century
6
14th century
6
Geschichte
6
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
Justinian I, 527-565
2
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2
To 500
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Great Britain
7,524
England
5,503
London
1,786
London (England)
948
Scotland
603
United States
533
Ireland
418
Europe
406
India
298
Italy
284
France
248
Wales
228
Australia
223
Edinburgh (Scotland)
190
Edinburgh
171
England London
124
Oxford (England)
111
Middle East
107
Canada
96
New York (State)
79
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
351
Blake, William, 1757–1827
320
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
167
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
161
Constable, John, 1776–1837
152
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
136
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
122
Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999
122
Morris, William, 1834–1896
119
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
114
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834–1903
109
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986
106
Kahn, Louis I., 1901–1974
95
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992
88
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
80
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
75
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828–1882
71
Hockney, David, born 1937
68
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942
66
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898
64
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
125
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
80
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
59
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
52
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
27
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
27
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
20
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
15
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
15
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
13
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
13
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
6
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
6
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
3
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown.
153
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
119
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
93
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
90
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
81
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
72
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
52
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David A. Richards.
40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Scott Wilcox.
34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martina Droth.
33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Coplans Trust.
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
26
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McCann, Alison
A short history of Chichester Greyfriars and Priory Park
[19??]
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Dolls in wonderland
19--]
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The superb six
197?
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Nathan, Janet, 1938–
Janet Nathan
1997
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Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
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Lefèvre, Raoul, active 1460
Here begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye
[1473 or 1474]
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Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
[T]o the right noble, right excellent prince George duc of Clarence ..
31 Mar. 1474
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Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The Canterbury tales
1477]
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Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ..
[not after 18 November 1477]
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
13
Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde or thymage of the same
1481]
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Hannapes, Nicolas de, 1225?-1291
Incipiu[n]t exe[m]pla sacre sc[ri]pture ex utroq[ue] testame[n]to secund[dum] ordin[em] l[itte]ra[rum] coll[e]c[t]a [et] p[rimo] de abstine[n]tia
anno d[omi]ni m.cccc.lxxxi [1481]
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William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130–approximately 1190
Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne, the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Jherusalem ..
20 Nov. 1481
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