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Rare Books and Manuscripts 16,182
Reference Library 162

Creator

Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 99
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
King, Ronald, 1932– 21
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 20
Combe, William, 1742–1823 20

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Accessible in the Study Room 16,182
Accessible in the Reference Library 162

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 16,179
Free to Use 3

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unavailable 16,182

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 19

Classification

Books 16,182

Collective Title

Period

19th century 8,812
20th century 3,024
18th century 2,099
21st century 675
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 1,706
engraving 952
aquatint 943
lithograph 926
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 163
catalog 159
publisher's advertisement 137
map 134
publishers' advertisement 131
soft-ground etching 128
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 126
hand coloring 120
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. 107
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) 324
France 223
United States 204
Edinburgh (Scotland) 171
Italy 164
Scotland 140
Edinburgh 114
Ireland 98
India 94
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 64
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 36
Jesus Christ 29
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 28
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 28
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 27
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 26
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 26
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 25
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 22
Raphael, 1483–1520 22
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 22
Shirley Smith, Richard 21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 18
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, 17
Britton, John, 1771–1857 16
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 16
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 15
Blake, William, 1757–1827 14
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895–1952 14
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 13
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 13
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 13
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 12
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 12
Glover, John, 1767–1849 12
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 12
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 11
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 11
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 10

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) 10
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
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 13,897
French 437
Latin 301
German 211
Italian 113
Dutch 35
Undetermined 13
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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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and... [Read more]

1819
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and... [Read more]

[1819?]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Stubbs

1984
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour

[between 1862 and 1868]
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

George Stubbs, 1724-1806

1984
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

English landscape

[1845]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Constable with his friends in 1806

1981
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Constable, John, 1776–1837

Various subjects of landscape, characteristic of English scenery

1833
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[1863]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Indian Journal

1953
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

1856]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Book of nonsense

[1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

A book of nonsense

[between 1868 and 1871]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c.

1852
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrated excursions in Italy

MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in the seven Ionian islands

December 1st, 1863
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots

1978
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Lear in Sicily

1938
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journals of a landscape painter in Albania, &c.

1851
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

St. Kiven and the gentle Kathleen

1973
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Edward Lear's journals

1952
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica

1870
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense"

[approximately 1908?]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

The book of nonsense

[approximately 1916?]
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Nonsensus

1988
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Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Teapots and quails

1953
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1849?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of Mr. Hogarth moralized

[183-?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth, from the original plates restored by James... [Read more]

[1837?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth,

[between 1837 and 1848]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

1824
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Prints published by W. Hogarth

1762
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Original and genuine works

1820-1822
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth restored

1812
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

[1833]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

[between 1860 and 1870?]
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The beggar's opera by Hogarth and Blake

1965
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The complete works of William Hogarth

1838
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

MDCCLII. [1753]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1819
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Seven discourses delivered in the Royal Academy

1778
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

1842
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the... [Read more]

MDCCLXIX [1769]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the... [Read more]

M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

1801
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the... [Read more]

M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the... [Read more]

M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes and observations on pictures

1859
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, October 16,... [Read more]

M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792

A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the... [Read more]

MDCCLXXII [1772]

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