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Rare Books and Manuscripts 54
Reference Library 1

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Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 4
Stow, John, 1525?-1605 3
Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709–1781 2
Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520–1575 2
Lirer, Thomas, active 12th? century 2
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889 2
Alexander, of Hales, approximately 1185–1245 1
Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389–1459 1
Caponigro, Paul, born 1932 1
Castanheda, Fernão Lopes de, -1559 1
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492 1
Commynes, Philippe de, approximately 1447–1511 1
Donne, John, 1572–1631 1
Ellis, George, 1753–1815 1
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? 1
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547 1
Hone, William, 1780–1842 1
Kettenbach, Heinrich von, fl. 1522 1
Legrand, cit., 1737–1800 1
Lingard, John, 1771–1851 1
Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522 1
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533–1592 1
Rastell, John, d. 1536 1
Reissner, Adam, 1500–1572 1
Reynolds, Ernest Edwin, 1894– 1
Robertson, William, 1721–1793 1
Robinson, Duncan 1
Sadler, Ralph, Sir, 1507–1587 1
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452–1498 1
Sharp, Thomas, 1770–1841 1

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 54
Accessible in the Reference Library 1

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 54

Image Available

unavailable 54

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 54

Collective Title

Period

19th century 16
16th century 12
20th century 12
15th century 7
18th century 7
17th century 3
21st century 3

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

woodcut 11
wood engraving 10
fragments (object portions) 6
incunabula 6
correspondence 3
private press books (publishing) 3
aquatint 2
armorial bookplates (provenance) 2
dust jackets (binding) 2
engraving 2
etching 2
hand coloring 2
vellum printings (printing) 2
annotations (provenance) 1
chromoxylograph 1
chronicle 1
cut-paper work 1
model 1
page proofs (printing) 1
photomechanical print 1
pigskin bindings (binding) 1
poem 1
prospectuse 1
publishers' advertisement 1
recreation 1
subscription lists (publishing) 1
typefaces (type evidence) 1
vues d'optique 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Incunabula in Yale Library. 6
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 6
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 -- Correspondence. 4
Bembo, Pietro, 1470–1547. Correspondence. 3
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100–1500. 3
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509–1547. 3
Italy -- Intellectual life -- 1268–1559 -- Sources. 3
Liechtenstein, House of -- Bookplate. 3
London (England) -- Description and travel. 3
London (England) -- History -- 16th century. 3
Papal States -- Nobility -- Correspondence. 3
Arenberg, House of -- Ownership. 2
Church history -- Middle Ages, 600–1500. 2
Clothing and dress -- History -- Medieval, 500–1500. 2
Decoration and ornament, Medieval. 2
English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism. 2
English poetry -- 16th century. 2
Field of the cloth of gold, France, 1520. 2
France -- History -- House of Valois, 1328–1589. 2
Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Charles V, 1519–1556. 2
Humanists -- Italy -- Correspondence. 2
London (England) -- History -- 17th century. 2
Military art and science -- Holy Roman Empire. 2
Military law -- Holy Roman Empire. 2
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English -- History and criticism. 2
Nobility -- Italy -- Papal States -- Correspondence. 2
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 2
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. 2
Royer de Nommcy, Carolus Desiderius -- Bookplate. 2
Swabia (Germany) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800. 2

Subject Period

16th century 54

Associated Places

Great Britain 8
Italy 5
England 3
France 3
London (England) 3
Papal States 3
Holy Roman Empire 2
London 2
Scotland 2
Swabia (Germany) 2
Waltham Saint Lawrence 2
America 1
Cambridge (England) 1
Cologne (Germany) 1
Cornwall (England : County) 1
Coventry 1
Edinburgh 1
Edinburgh (Scotland) 1
England Scotland 1
Europe 1
Ferrybridge (England) 1
Florida 1
Germany 1
Germany. Cologne. Koelhoff, Johann, the younger. August 23, 1499 1
Germany. Nuremberg. Koberger, Anton. 1481-82 1
Germany. Ulm. Dinckmut, Conrad. January 12, 1486 1
Greenland 1
Harrow 1
India 1
Indonesia 1

Associated People

Bembo, Pietro, 1470–1547 4
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519 4
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833–1898 1
Donne, John, 1572–1631 1
Frundsberg, Georg von, 1473–1528 1
Frundsberg, Kaspar von, active 1520–1540 1
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547 1
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 1
Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480–1521 1
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535 1
Morris, William, 1834–1896 1
Rastell, John, d. 1536 1
Robin Hood (Legendary character) 1
Sadler, Ralph, Sir, 1507–1587 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 1
Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500–1542 1

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 1
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 1

Credit Line

22711752780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711752810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22607832970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22616082140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631673850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632119280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634570860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971 1
22677552890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22682100860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699888880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22705396970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22706495820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22714066490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22727411080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22727575360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22728968520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22744281100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22754865420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22766327550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22775359280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22785327640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger Pattenden 1
22810360400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22819549880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss 1
22829254770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22843381800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22843381820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22869366610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Caponigro 1
22869986300008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22871871860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22909012780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 38
German 9
Latin 4
Italian 2
Spanish 1

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Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Classification: Books
Subject Period: 16th century
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Solís, Antonio de, 1610–1686

Historia de la conquista de Mexico, problacion, y progressos de la... [Read more]

1704
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Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of... [Read more]

[1519?]
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Styward, Thomas

The pathwaie to martiall discipline

[1582]
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Donne, John, 1572–1631

The love poems of John Donne

1923
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Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519

Messer Pietro mio

1985
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Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520–1575

Kriegssbuch

1573
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Lingard, John, 1771–1851

The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church

1806
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Owain Miles and other inedited fragments of ancient English poetry

MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
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Montaigne, Michel de, 1533–1592

Montaigne's essays

MCMXXXI [1931]
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Smith, Charles Hamilton

Selections of the ancient costume of Great Britain & Ireland

1814 [i.e. 1815?]
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

2006
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Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889

Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages

1843
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Footsteps of the reformers in foreign lands

1862
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Views of Robin Hood's house

[1805]
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Robinson, Duncan

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and the Kelmscott Chaucer

1982
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605

A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark

1754-1755
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Commynes, Philippe de, approximately 1447–1511

Historia

MDLXVI [1566]
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Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709–1781

Historical description of an ancient picture in Windsor-Castle

[1771?]
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Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519

The prettiest love letters in the world

1987
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Hie fahet an der helden bůch das man nennet den wolfdieterich

[approximately 1479]
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Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522

De Moluccis insulis

Anno uirginei partus. MDXXIII mense Ianuario [1523]
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Kettenbach, Heinrich von, fl. 1522

Eyne predigt auff den achten Sutag nach de Pfingstag uber das Evangelion Mattei am... [Read more]

1525
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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492

Vocabulary in French and English

1964
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Ellis, George, 1753–1815

Specimens of early English metrical romances,

1848
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Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of... [Read more]

1609
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Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452–1498

Libro di Frate Hieronymo da Ferrare ...

1516
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Hone, William, 1780–1842

Ancient mysteries described

1823
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Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709–1781

An historical description of an ancient picture in Windsor Castle

1773
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Condemnations for heresy at Pavia, 1580, &c

18--]
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Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889

Dresses and decorations of the middle ages

1843 [i.e. ca. 1872]
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Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?

Here begynneth the prologe of Syr Johan Froissart of the Chronicles of... [Read more]

1897
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Reissner, Adam, 1500–1572

Historia Herrn Georgen Vnnd Herrn Casparn von Frundsberg

MDLXVIII [1568]
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Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389–1459

Summarium primi voluminis partis hystorialis domini Antonini... [Read more]

Anno incarnate deitatis. m.cccc.lxxxiiij die vltima Iulij [31 July 1484]
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Castanheda, Fernão Lopes de, -1559

The first booke of the Historie of the discouerie and conquest of the East... [Read more]

1582
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Alexander, of Hales, approximately 1185–1245

[Summa universae theologiae]

[29th November 1481-23d August 1482]
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599

The wedding songs of Edmund Spenser

[1923]
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547

Miscellaneous writings of Henry the Eighth, king of England, France &... [Read more]

mcmxxiv [1924]
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Rastell, John, d. 1536

The four elements

1971
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605

The survey of London

1633
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Ziegler, Jacob, 1480–1549

Quae intus continentur.

MDXXXII. [1532]
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Die Cronica van der hilliger Stat va[n] Coelle[n]

[23 August 1499]
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Robertson, William, 1721–1793

The history of Scotland

1759
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Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520–1575

Kriegssbuch

1573
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Caponigro, Paul, born 1932

Stone churches of Ireland

c2007
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Lirer, Thomas, active 12th? century

[I]n Gottes Namen Amen

[17 August 1486]
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Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519

The prettiest love letters in the world

1987
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Legrand, cit., 1737–1800

Fabliaux or tales

1815
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Sadler, Ralph, Sir, 1507–1587

The state papers and letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, knight-banneret

1809
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Reynolds, Ernest Edwin, 1894–

The trial of St. Thomas More

1964
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Lirer, Thomas, active 12th? century

Chronik von allen Königen und Kaisern

[January 12, 1486]

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