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Rare Books and Manuscripts 17,084
Reference Library 160

Creator

Christie & Manson 126
Christie, James, 1773–1831 118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 106
Christie, Manson & Woods 77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803 70
Britton, John, 1771–1857 55
Phillips, H., -1840 42
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 41
Dilnot, John 41
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 35
Sackett, Colin 35
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 32
Douglas, Helen, 1952– 31
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 30
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 30
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022 29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861 28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857 28
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852 27
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 27
Bush, Tracey 25
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863 25
Morris, William, 1834–1896 25
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864 25
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 24
Combe, William, 1742–1823 22
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825 22
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860 22
Burnet, John, 1784–1868 21

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Accessible in the Study Room 17,084
Accessible in the Reference Library 160

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 16,329
Free to Use 755

Image Available

unavailable 16,176
available 908

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 19

Classification

Books 17,084

Collective Title

Period

19th century 9,369
20th century 3,095
18th century 2,264
21st century 701
17th century 386
15th century 309
16th century 154
13th century 1
14th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

wood engraving 1,785
engraving 1,072
aquatint 1,038
lithograph 1,013
auction catalog 779
artists' book 755
chromolithograph 481
etching 465
ephemera 440
woodcut 422
armorial bookplates (provenance) 363
private press books (publishing) 315
exhibition catalog 297
drawing book 277
incunabula 260
fragments (object portions) 247
chromoxylograph 236
accordion fold format (binding) 232
photomechanical print 217
advertisement 190
steel engraving 181
prospectuse 175
catalog 161
map 145
hand coloring 144
publisher's advertisement 143
soft-ground etching 143
publishers' advertisement 141
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 137
poem 125

Genre

Subject Terms

Artists' books -- Great Britain. 698
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 604
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 443
London Institution -- Ownership. 348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph. 343
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 335
Incunabula in Yale Library. 298
Painting, British -- Catalogs. 271
Drawing -- Technique. 258
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 248
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. 226
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 178
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 177
Decorative arts -- Catalogs. 167
Drawing books -- Specimens. 167
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher. 160
Satire, English. 159
Voyages and travels. 154
Fox hunting. 146
Drawing, European -- Catalogs. 142
Horses. 138
Drawing, British -- Catalogs. 132
Women in natural history. 132
Art, Modern -- Exhibitions. 123
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. 119
Painting -- Technique. 119
Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. 108
Art -- Private collections. 106

Subject Period

19th century 1,079
20th century 333
18th century 243
17th century 78
16th century 58
15th century 27
21st century 27
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
19th 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

Associated Places

Great Britain 3,143
England 1,736
London 1,122
London (England) 361
France 230
United States 205
Italy 176
Edinburgh (Scotland) 174
Scotland 147
India 138
Edinburgh 116
Ireland 106
Oxford (England) 91
Europe 86
Wales 77
Waltham Saint Lawrence 76
Germany 56
Egypt 55
Spain 55
Glasgow (Scotland) 53
Middle East 52
China 51
Oxford 51
Brighton (England) 50
Hammersmith 50
Bath (England) 48
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 46
Paris (France) 46
Cambridge (England) 45
Liverpool (England) 45

Associated People

Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 66
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 53
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 32
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 31
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 30
Jesus Christ 29
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926– 28
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 27
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 25
Raphael, 1483–1520 24
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669 24
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 23
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 22
Shirley Smith, Richard 21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 19
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640 18
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 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
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528 13
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 13
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610–1685 13
Procktor, Patrick, 1936–2003 13
Franklin, John, 1786–1847 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) 135
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 92
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 61
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 52
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 39
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 30
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) 21
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 18
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 18
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 14
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08) 13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014) 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
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 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
“Endless forms”: Charles Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts (Yale Center for British Art, February 12, 2009-May 3, 2009) 3
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
Eileen Hogan : Personal Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-05-09 - 2019-08-11) 2
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 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: Relics of Old London (Yale Center for British Art, May 11, 2016-August 14, 2016) 1
English Prize: The Capture of the “Westmorland,” an Episode of the Grand Tour (Yale Center for British Art, October 4, 2012-January 13, 2013) 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 8
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
22738129860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978 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
22709613400008651|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
22711746740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711768080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22781117950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 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

Language

English 14,720
French 455
Latin 312
German 216
Italian 117
Dutch 35
Undetermined 14
Spanish 13
Welsh 10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 9
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 7
English, Middle (1100-1500) 6
Multiple languages 6
Swedish 6
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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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition... [Read more]

[1802]
Accessible in the Study Room
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dean's new magic picture book

[between 1857 and 1865]
Accessible in the Study Room
James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842

This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings... [Read more]

[1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland

1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

The origin and progress of the art of writing

MDCCCLIII [1853]
Accessible in the Study Room
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637

How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses

1599
Accessible in the Study Room
Pigot, James, 1769–1843

J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer

[between 1810 and 1821]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kennion, E

An essay on trees in landscape, or, An attempt to shew the propriety and... [Read more]

1844
Accessible in the Study Room
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838

A progress of female virtue

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Menu

1939
Accessible in the Study Room
Tomlinson, Kellom

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

MDCCXXXV [1735]
Accessible in the Study Room
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

[1828?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Nash, Joseph, 1809–1878

The mansions of England in the olden time

1839-1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow

1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794

Half a cwt. of coals, Mr. Breame's Wharf, near the bridge

[approximately 1845?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Homer

The Iliad of Homer

1715-1720
Accessible in the Study Room
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Letters upon subjects of general interest from John Ruskin to various... [Read more]

1892
Accessible in the Study Room
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013
Accessible in the Study Room
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture,... [Read more]

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Notice, the game within the Manor of Witton cum-Twambrooks,... [Read more]

[1822]
Accessible in the Study Room
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste

MDCCLIV [1754]
Accessible in the Study Room
Josephus, Flavius

The works of Josephus

MDCLXXVI [1676]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901

Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861

1868
Accessible in the Study Room
Hall, Richard, (Boot maker)

Tender feet

[approximately 1851]
Accessible in the Study Room
W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

[1880?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884

London

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
Leighton, John, 1822–1912

Contrasts & conceits for contemplation

[1849?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the... [Read more]

1747
Accessible in the Study Room
Neale, J. P. (John Preston), 1780–1847

Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and... [Read more]

[1829-31]
Accessible in the Study Room
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

[ca. 1885?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

The Alhambra court in the Crystal Palace

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

1992
Accessible in the Study Room
Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

The industrial arts of the nineteenth century

1851-53
Accessible in the Study Room
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

1731
Accessible in the Study Room
Eyre, Vincent, Sir, 1811–1881

Prison sketches

[1843?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Harcourt, Susan Vernon, 1829–1894

Sketches in Madeira

1851
Accessible in the Study Room
Morris, William, 1834–1896

A dream of John Ball and A king's lesson

1892
Accessible in the Study Room
Belisario, Isaac Mendes, 1795–1849

Sketches of character

1837[-1838]
Accessible in the Study Room
Jervis, T. B. (Thomas Best), 1796–1857

Geographical and statistical memoir of the Konkun

1840

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