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Rare Books and Manuscripts 16,176
Reference Library 160

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Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 98
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Britton, John, 1771–1857 51
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 41
Dilnot, John 37
Sackett, Colin 35
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 34
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 33
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 31
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 30
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 28
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 27
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 27
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 26
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 25
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 24
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 24
Bush, Tracey 22
Morris, William, 1834–1896 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 21
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 20
Combe, William, 1742–1823 20
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 20

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Accessible in the Study Room 16,176

Accessible in the Reference Library 160

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 16,172
Free to Use 4

Image Available

unavailable 16,176

Provenance

New Online Additions

2025 - 2026 1

Classification

Books 16,176

Collective Title

Period

19th century 8,813
20th century 3,022
18th century 2,099
21st century 674
17th century 348
15th century 304
16th century 138
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,708
engraving 952
aquatint 942
lithograph 925
auction catalog 773
artists' book 727
chromolithograph 445
etching 415
woodcut 390
armorial bookplates (provenance) 329
private press books (publishing) 313
ephemera 299
exhibition catalog 295
incunabula 257
drawing book 249
fragments (object portions) 245
chromoxylograph 227
accordion fold format (binding) 215
photomechanical print 211
steel engraving 175
prospectuse 164
catalog 160
publisher's advertisement 137
map 134
publishers' advertisement 131
soft-ground etching 128
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 126
hand coloring 121
poem 116
lithotint 114

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 671
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 669
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 662
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 600
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 442
London Institution -- Ownership. 344
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 339
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 305
Incunabula in Yale Library. 293
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 246
Drawing -- Technique. 231
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 224
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 169
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 166
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Drawing books -- Specimens. 159
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 154
Satire, English. 152
Fox hunting. 146
Voyages and travels. 145
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 142
Horses. 137
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Women in natural history. 118
Painting -- Technique. 110
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 106
Art -- Private collections. 106
English poetry. 106

Subject Period

19th century 948
20th century 314
18th century 223
17th century 74
16th century 54
21st century 27
15th century 26
11th century 7
15th and 16th centuries 4
12th century 3
Alfred, 871-899 3
13th century 2
14th century 2
17th-18th centuries 2
Description and travel 2
Elizabeth II 2
To 500 2
To 510 B.C 2
16th-18th centuries 1
17th cenury 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
58 B.C.-511 A.D 1
6th century 1
Civil War, 49-45 B.C 1
Early church, ca. 30-600 1
Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C 1
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 1
Republic, 265-30 B.C 1
Republic, BC 510-30 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 2,897
England 1,667
London 1,083
London (England) 326
France 223
United States 204
Edinburgh (Scotland) 171
Italy 164
Scotland 140
Edinburgh 114
Ireland 99
India 93
Oxford (England) 86
Europe 85
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Wales 69
Germany 55
Glasgow (Scotland) 52
Spain 52
Middle East 50
Oxford 49
Brighton (England) 48
Hammersmith 48
Bath (England) 47
Egypt 46
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 46
Cambridge (England) 45
Liverpool (England) 44
Paris (France) 44
Russia 44

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 65
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 53
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 31
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Jesus Christ 29
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 28
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 27
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 27
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 25
Raphael, 1483–1520 24
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 24
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 22
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 22
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 22
Shirley Smith, Richard 21
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 18
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 18
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 17
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 15
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 15
Blake, William, 1757–1827 14
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 14
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685 13
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 13
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 13
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528 12
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 12
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 12
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 120
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 69
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 41
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 34
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 26
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 25
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 13
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 12
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 9
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 7
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 3
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 2
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 2
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 2
“The Poet of Them All”: William Shakespeare and Miniature Designer Bindings from the Collection of Neale and Margaret Albert (Yale Center for British Art, June 16, 2016-August 21, 2016) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19) 1
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1

Credit Line

22960487070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 15
22968197670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 13
22709619840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
22738171720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22770980730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 9
22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22709619660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709619750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22709639120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22960434330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22709619420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709621880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22709624340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809639860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22809664000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22836619370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5
22861662870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 5
22644345570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709619930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22709620320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711768080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 4
22809659210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22826513210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer 4
22826544530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22651990110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22651992110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22709613400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711725610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3

Language

English 13,896
French 437
Latin 301
German 211
Italian 113
Dutch 35
Undetermined 14
Spanish 12
Welsh 9
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 8
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
English, Middle (1100-1500) 6
Swedish 6
Multiple languages 5
Portuguese 5
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Japanese 4
Low German 4
Russian 4
Scots 3
Danish 2
Hebrew 2
Norwegian 2
Polish 2
Romance (Other) 2
Czech 1
Efik 1
Elamite 1
Germanic (Other) 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Smith, Christopher Webb, 1793–1871

Oriental ornithology

1829
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D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Indian sports

[1828]-[1829]
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Turner, F. C. (Francis Calcraft), approximately 1782–1846

Turner's illustrations to Nimrod on the condition of hunters

[1831]
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Christie, James, 1773–1831

A catalogue of the very choice and highly valuable cabinet of Italian,... [Read more]

[1829]
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878

Scraps and sketches

1828-1832
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Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century

1827 [i.e. 1827-1830]
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Goodwin, Francis, 1784–1835

Domestic architecture

1833-1834
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Richardson, William, active 1778–1815

A catalogue of portraits, &c.

1794
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Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Figures of British land birds

1800
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Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812

Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France

1794
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Young painters

[London] :
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Longman & Co

Early in the spring of 1815 will be published ... A history and... [Read more]

1815
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Praeterita verbo[rum]

xxi. supra ses[qui]millesimu[m] nostr[ae] redemptionis anno [1521]
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Williams, W

Transparency painting on linen

1856
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Cochrane, Charles Stuart

Journal of a residence and travels in Colombia during the years 1823 and... [Read more]

1825
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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Report from the committee appointed to inspect Lords journals, respecting... [Read more]

[1810]
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Klenze, Leo, Ritter von, 1784–1864

Sammlung architektonischer entwurfe

1847
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Polybius

Polybiou tou Lykorta Megalopolitou istorion ta sozomena =

MDCLXX [1670]
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Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852

Glossary of ecclesiastical ornament and costume,

1846
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St. John, Spenser, Sir, 1826–1910

Life in the forests of the Far East;

M.DCCC.LXIII. [1863]
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Cole, Christopher

Illustrative account of the capture of the island of Banda, etc

1811
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Liberty & Co.

"Orientals" Swimming Club's annual dinner held at the St. Stephen's Restaurant,... [Read more]

[1887]
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Virginian

The American wanderer

MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
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Patten, Edmund

Sketches of characters in common life

1844
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Le corps humain

[1914]
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Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817–1894

Nineveh and its remains

1852
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Klide, Alan M

Veterinary acupuncture

1977
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Warner, Richard, 1763–1857

Excursions from Bath

1801
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Dresser, Christopher

Principles of decorative design

[187-?]
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The National Geographic book of dogs

c1958
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Plutarch

La primera parte de Plutharcho

[y] se acabro de imprimir a dos dias del mes de Iulio. de .Mccccxcj. años. [2 July 1491]
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Aiken, Edmund, 1780–1820

An essay on the Doric order of architecture

1810
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Liberal Party (Great Britain)

Defence Defence Defence

[approximately 1964?]
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Cairnie, J

Essay on curling, and artificial pond making

1833
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The Sphere

February 1, 1936
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Nicholson, George

Lithography

1822
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Churchill Downs Incorporated

Official program, Derby Day, Saturday, May 19, 1923

1923
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Busby, C. A. (Charles Augustin), 1786–1834

A collection of designs for modern embellishments suitable to parlours,... [Read more]

[1834?]
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Rossell, John Ellis

The Maryland Hunt Cup

1975
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Tugwell, George, 1829 or 1830–

A manual of the sea-anemones commonly found on the English coast,

1856
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Grand, Gordon

Old man and other Colonel Weatherford stories /by Gordon Grand ; paintings by... [Read more]

1934
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Mason, William Shaw, 1774–1853

A survey of Tullaroan, or Grace's parish, in the cantred of Grace's... [Read more]

1819
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Blome, Richard, 1635–1705

A description of the island of Jamaica

1672
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Christie, Manson & Woods

Catalogue of a valuable collection of ancient and modern engravings

[1874]
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The hive of ancient & modern literature

1812
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Cartwright, Joseph, 1789–1829

Cartwright's views in the Ionian Islands

1821
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Christie & Manson

A catalogue of a very valuable and highly important collection of pictures chiefly... [Read more]

[1839]
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Kemplen, Tony

Blythes scythes

1996
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Baillet de Saint Julien, Louis Guillaume, Baron, fl. 1748–1775

Lettre sur la peinture, sculpture, et architecture à M. ***

1748
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A map of the city and county of New York, with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn... [Read more]

1850-1851

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