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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Creator
Horl, Mikel
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
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Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
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Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836–1917
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Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
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Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798–1854
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Crowquill, Alfred
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Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
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Hort, John Josiah, 1824–1882
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
1
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
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Mason, Finch
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Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
1
Sallis, William, 1782–1865
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Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
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Smith, Andrew
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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20th century
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18th century
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wood engraving
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artists' book
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etching
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lithograph
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satire
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cartoon
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costume
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ephemera
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stationery
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aquatint
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publishers' advertisement
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caricature
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chromoxylograph
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poem
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steel engraving
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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binders' stamps (binding)
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card game
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clippings (information artifacts)
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coloring book
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English wit and humor.
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Satire, English.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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Caricatures and cartoons.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Costume -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Humor.
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Ballads, English.
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Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
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Horl, Mikel -- Publisher.
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Anecdotes.
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English poetry.
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English wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Horl, Mikel. -- Publisher.
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Humorous poetry, English.
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J. M. Dent and Co. -- Publisher.
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Townsend, J. Barton -- Bookplate.
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Turner & Spears -- Printer.
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Vizetelly Brothers and Co. -- Printer
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19th century
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18th century
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Great Britain
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Dublin
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Egypt
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England
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Ipswich (England)
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London
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Manchester (England)
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New York
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New York (State)
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Rome
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Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
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Associated People
Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
1
Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
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Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788–1841
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Horl, Mikel
1
Jerrold, Douglas, 1803–1857
1
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
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Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
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Liston, John, 1776–1846
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale Class of 1949
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eric Stryker, Yale PhD 2007
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Language
English
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
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Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883
Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people
[approximately 1850]
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Liston's characters
1826
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Morsels for merry and melancholy mortals ..
1815
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836–1917
About buying a horse, &c. &c.
1875
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Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788–1845
The Ingoldsby legends, or, Mirth & marvels
1898
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Smith, Andrew
The bad man chase
1997
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Horl, Mikel
Caveperson
c1988
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Foote, Samuel, 1720–1777
Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook
MDCCCXCIV [1894]
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of Rome
[1852]
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Crowquill, Alfred
Absurdities
1827
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856
The comic history of England
MDCCCXLVII-MDCCCXLIX [1847-1848]
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Commonplace book, with verse, newspaper clippings and prints
circa 1812-1816
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Hort, John Josiah, 1824–1882
The days when we had tails on us
1849
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Burgess, George Henry, 1831–1905
Neilondé
[1860]
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The comic album
1844
20
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872
Model men
[1848?]
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Brighton!!
1830
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The comic album
1843
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Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797–1839
Weeds of witchery
1837
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Horl, Mikel
Horl's outlandish & endangered species
1994
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
Cowper's diverting history of John Gilpin
[1855]
26
Lamb, Charles, 1775–1834
Bon-mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold
MDCCCXCIII [1893]
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Mason, Finch
The run of the season
[1902?]
28
Horl, Mikel
Little King Edward
c1988
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A catalogue raisonée [sic] of the pictures now exhibiting in Pall Mall ..
1816
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Horl, Mikel
Questions? Questions?
1991
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Cowper, William, 1731–1800
John Gilpin
[between 1853 and 1862]
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Rhymes for the Egyptian scrap book
approximately 1860?
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The Vauxhall papers
1841
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
An academy for grown horsemen
1929
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Horl, Mikel
A nook of bon sense
c1990
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Chatto, William Andrew, 1799–1864
The old English 'squire
1821
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Horl, Mikel
Unlikely hero number 00327
1991
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Horl, Mikel
Goose around London
c1985
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Horl, Mikel
Arthur Giraffe is better than none!
1989
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Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
Men & manners
MCMXXVII [1927]
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Blackwood's comic Zadkiel
MDCCLV [1855]
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Whimsical song book for 1814
[1815]
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Croker, Thomas Crofton, 1798–1854
Specimen of the catalogue of the great sale at Gooseberry Hall
[1842]
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The festival of Punch
1951