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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

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1. "The greatest plague of life", or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant / by one who has been "almost worried to death" ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Augustus, 1826–1875
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[6] parts : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

2. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

3. Ancient mysteries described : especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testatment story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British Museum; including notices of ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and asses--The English boy bishop--The descent into hell--The lord mayor's show--The guildhall giants--Christmas carols, &c. / by William Hone ; with engravings on copper and wood.

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Creator:
Hone, William, 1780–1842
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[2], 298, 2 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

4. Cinderella and the glass slipper / edited and illustrated with ten subjects ; designed and etched on steel by George Cruikshank.

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Date:
[1854]
Physical Description:
31 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

5. Helps and hints how to protect life and property : with instructions in rifle and pistol shooting, &c. / by Lt. Col. baron de Berenger ; the embellishments by Mr. Bonner and others ; after designs by Messrs. G. and R. Cruikshank, Alken, Haghe, Fussell, and de Berenger.

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Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 286, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (two folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

6. More mornings at Bow street : a new collection of humorous and entertaining reports / by John Wight, of the Morning Herald ; with twenty-five illustrations by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Wight, J. (John)
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xvi, 264, [8] p., [9] leaves of plates : il. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

7. Points of humour : illustrated by the designs of George Cruikshank.

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Date:
1823-1824
Physical Description:
2 pt. : ill. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

8. The bachelor's own book : being the progress of Mr. Lambkin, (gent.) in the persuit of pleasure and amusememt [sic] : and also in search of health and happiness / designed, etched & published by George Cruikshank ; August 1st 1844.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[1844]
Physical Description:
[1], 12 leaves : illustrations ; 14 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

9. The life of Sir John Falstaff / illustrated by George Cruikshank ; with a biography of the knight from authentic sources, by Robert B. Brough.

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Creator:
Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828–1860
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
2, [xi]-xx, 196 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

10. The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d family : in a series of poetical epistles / by Christopher Anstey, esq.

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Creator:
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
lxxvi, 176 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

11. The Yule log, for everybody's Christmas hearth : showing where it grew, how it was cut and brought home ; and how it was burnt / by the author of "The chronicles of the Bastille" ; iIllustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Chamerovzow, Louis Alexis
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
[6], 190, [4] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

12. Tough yarns : a series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head / by the old sailor, author of "Greenwich hospital," &c. ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Old Sailor, 1790–1846
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[8], 351, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

13. Whom to marry and how to get married, or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good husband / edited by the brothers Mayhew ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Date:
[1856]
Physical Description:
[4], 271 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer