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Rare Books and Manuscripts 15,404
Reference Library 161

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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 41
Sackett, Colin 35
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 34
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 31
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 31
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 31
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 29
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 29
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 27
Bush, Tracey 25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 25
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 24
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 24
Morris, William, 1834–1896 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 21
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 21
Combe, William, 1742–1823 20
King, Ronald, 1932– 20
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 19
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline 19

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Accessible in the Study Room 15,404
Accessible in the Reference Library 161

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 15,404

Image Available

unavailable 15,250
available 154

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 19

Classification

Books 15,404

Collective Title

Period

19th century 8,876
20th century 3,072
18th century 2,109
21st century 702
17th century 348
15th century 304
16th century 139
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,716
engraving 962
aquatint 944
lithograph 930
auction catalog 773
artists' book 750
chromolithograph 454
etching 417
woodcut 394
ephemera 372
armorial bookplates (provenance) 329
private press books (publishing) 315
exhibition catalog 295
incunabula 257
drawing book 249
fragments (object portions) 245
accordion fold format (binding) 230
chromoxylograph 227
photomechanical print 215
steel engraving 175
prospectuse 160
catalog 159
advertisement 148
map 139
publisher's advertisement 137
publishers' advertisement 131
soft-ground etching 128
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 125
hand coloring 124
poem 121

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 688
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. 306
Incunabula in Yale Library. 293
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 246
Drawing -- Technique. 231
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 169
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 166
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Drawing books -- Specimens. 158
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 154
Satire, English. 154
Fox hunting. 146
Voyages and travels. 145
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 142
Horses. 137
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Women in natural history. 130
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Painting -- Technique. 110
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 107
Art -- Private collections. 106
English poetry. 106

Subject Period

19th century 967
20th century 324
18th century 222
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 2,956
England 1,681
London 1,092
London (England) 334
France 223
United States 201
Edinburgh (Scotland) 172
Italy 164
Scotland 139
Edinburgh 114
Ireland 100
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
Egypt 48
Bath (England) 47
Hammersmith 47
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 20
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 19
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
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 11
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 11
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 11

Exhibition History

Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 116
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 62
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 46
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
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 26
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 11
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 11
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08) 11
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 8
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 3
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 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
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 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 14,021
French 438
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
Portuguese 5
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 4
Japanese 4
Low German 4
Russian 4
Multiple languages 3
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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Accessible in the Study Room
Mr. Ingham, general dealer, Sheffield

[approximately 1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

[1840?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Daylight

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
Emergency bulletin

[1926]
Accessible in the Study Room
Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)

[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New... [Read more]

June 11th, 1828
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Virtual orchard

2009
Accessible in the Study Room
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843

Designs for cottages, cottage farms, and other rural buildings

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Plunge

[2010]
Accessible in the Study Room
Harper & Brothers

Harper's Magazine for September (Vol. 77, No. 460), published Aug. 1888

1888
Accessible in the Study Room
William's return

[18th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hassall, John, 1868–1948

Grosvenor House, July 25th, 1916

1916
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine card

[approximately 1859]
Accessible in the Study Room
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900

Vere Foster's Copy books

[approximately 1897?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bosford, J., active 1850

J. Bosford, bookseller

[approximately 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Narielwalla, Hormazd

Diamond dolls

2021
Accessible in the Study Room
O'Connell, David

Kate Middleton in her own words

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
London

[approximately 1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Norris, Andrew

POETree

2005
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu, airmen's mess

1942
Accessible in the Study Room
Bruce, James, 1730–1794

Travels to discover the source of the Nile

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Britain at home to the world

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)

Festival of Britain

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
Queen Fire Insurance company of Liverpool and London

[approximately 1878?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

The book of 4021 & 4020

2002
Accessible in the Study Room
Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]
Accessible in the Study Room
The particulars and inventories of the estates of the sub-governor, deputy... [Read more]

1721
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

[between 1833 and 1877]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Almanac for 1881]

[1880]
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]
Accessible in the Study Room
Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]
Accessible in the Study Room
Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England)

[Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales... [Read more]

[approximately 1887]
Accessible in the Study Room
Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

The lost rivers of London

1995
Accessible in the Study Room
The low back'd chair

[mid 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bodman, Sarah

The secret garden

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Mockett, Andrew

A chapbook of English tat

[2002]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)

Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler

[approximately 1870?]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Numerical game]

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Thompson, W. P. (William Phillips)

With the best Christmas and New Year's wishes of Wm. P. Thompson, F.C.S.

1894
Accessible in the Study Room
Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bush, Tracey

Cygnea cantio

1997
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, John, 1800–1874

Mexico illustrated

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne

[approximately 1890]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Leda and the swan

[2011]
Accessible in the Study Room
The New album of Waverly views

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Pigot, James, 1769–1843

Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer

[between 1810 and 1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollis, Walford & Co.

Family tea establishment

[after 1842]
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
South Bank Centre

Summer of smiles

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Regency Hotel (Ramsgate, England)

The Regency. Ramsgate

1953
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Pond life

2014
Accessible in the Study Room
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land... [Read more]

MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Black apples

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]
Accessible in the Study Room
Walker Art Gallery

Fourteenth autumn exhibition of pictures in oil and water-colours

[1884]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951
Accessible in the Study Room
John Sanderson & Co

Splendid show of spring fashions

[1890?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dean's new magic picture book

[between 1857 and 1865]
Accessible in the Study Room
Freemasons. Chilterns Lodge, No. 4634 (Buckinghamshire, England)

Ladies' Festival : Wednesday, 6th November, 1929 : Wharncliffe Rooms,... [Read more]

1929
Accessible in the Study Room
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and... [Read more]

[1943]
Accessible in the Study Room
Phillips, Nicholas

You're never alone in the ocean

1981.]
Accessible in the Study Room
Moon, Francis Graham, 1796–1871

The Waterloo banquet at Apsley House

[1846?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Royal Bath Hotel (Bournemouth, England)

[Lunch and dinner menu for the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, August... [Read more]

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
A gentleman's park dissected

18--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Engravings, to be sold by auction, by Mr. Gaskill

[approximately 1825]
Accessible in the Study Room
Printer's sample: "Boots and Shoes neatly mended"

[1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lever Brothers Ltd.

Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap

[approximately 1894?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Winter buds

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
An account of the receipts and expences of the Charity-School at Worfield

[1817]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

The second life of shells

2001
Accessible in the Study Room
Dilnot, John

Weeds and pests

2009
Accessible in the Study Room
Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882–1966

Moor Park, Rickmansworth

1914
Accessible in the Study Room
Coq d'Or (London, England)

Carte du jour

1955
Accessible in the Study Room
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872–1956

Rossetti and his circle

[1922]
Accessible in the Study Room
Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Follow the river

2015-2017
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and... [Read more]

[1748]]
Accessible in the Study Room
Rook, Anne

Apple story

2016
Accessible in the Study Room
Armer's (Flookborough, England]

Armer's, Flookborough

[early 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Lyons & Company

Menu

1934
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Antmothbeetlemillipedespider

2006
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Purssell & Comp.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey

[between 1850 and 1875?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

[late 19th century]
Accessible in the Study Room
[Chinese decorative packaging labels]

[approximately 1950?]
Accessible in the Study Room
The emperor of China's palace at Pekin

MDCCLIII [1753]
Accessible in the Study Room
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796

The soldier's return

[1793]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dison & Co. (Firm : London, England)

Dison & Co., lace manufacturers

[circa 1850?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler,... [Read more]

[approximately 1850]
Accessible in the Study Room
Project Ocean

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879.... [Read more]

1879
Accessible in the Study Room
London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline

Sturgeon

2011
Accessible in the Study Room
A booke of secrets

1596
Accessible in the Study Room
The royal wedding official programme

2011

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