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1. Alliance ribbon, produced to commemorate the Crimean War.

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Creator:
Hart, James, active 1850s-1870s
Date:
circa 1855
Physical Description:
1 ribbon : machine-woven silk ; 34.5 x 5.5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Drawing book of horses in progressive lessons / by John Sutcliffe.

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Creator:
Sutcliffe, J. V. (John V.)
Date:
[1855?]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves : ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The battles of Balaklava and Inkerman : a military spectacle, in two acts : written expressly for and adapted to Webb's characters & scenes in the same.

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Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
18 pages ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus.

4. D'Albert's Album : 1855.

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Creator:
Albert, Charles d', 1809–1886
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
117 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Voyage aux pays aurifères Afrique, Mexique, Californie, Pérou, Chili, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Australie, Russie par le capitaine A.C. de La Carrières. Illustré de 12 gravures à deux teintes et d'un très-grand nombre de vignettes sur bois. Par J.B. Arnout père.

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Creator:
La Carrières, A. C. de
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
2 p. l., 328 p. front., ill., 11 plates. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Sporting adventures in the new world, or, Days and nights of moose-hunting in the pine forests of Acadia / by Lieut. Campbell Hardy, Royal Artillery ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Hardy, Campbell
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The flowering plants and ferns of Great Britain. By Anne Pratt ...

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Creator:
Pratt, Anne, 1806–1893
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
5 v. front. (v. 1) col. plates. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The task, a poem by William Cowper. Illustrated by Birket Foster.

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Creator:
Cowper, William, 1731–1800
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
8 p.., 263 p. ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Śakoontalá, or, The lost ring : an Indian drama / translated into English prose and verse, from the Sanskrit of Kālidāsa, by Monier Williams, M.A., Professor of Sanskrit at the East-India College, Haileybury, formerly Boden scholar in the University of Oxford.

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Creator:
Kālidāsa
Date:
MDCCCLV [1855]
Physical Description:
xxv, [5], xxvii-xxviii, 227, [1], 24, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Examples of ornament : selected chiefly from works of art in the British Museum, the Museum of Economic Geology, the Museum of Ornamental Art in Marlborough House, and the new Crystal Palace / drawn from original sources by Francis Bedford, Thomas Scott, Thomas Macquoid, and Henry O'Neill ; ... edited by Joseph Cundall.

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Date:
1855
Physical Description:
5, [4] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A panoramic view of the town, harbour, forts & defences of Sebastopol & the siege works of the allied armies of England & France : shewing the trenches, approaches, batteries & the present position of the French & English armies from Balaklava to Sebastopol : also the streets, public buildings, forts, dock yards, recent defences, the town, the redoubts on Mount Sapoune & the approaches of the French for their reduction ...

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Creator:
Packer, Thomas
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
1 sheet : all ill. ; 54 x 77 cm. folded to 19 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Illustrations of missionary scenes : an offering to youth.

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Date:
[approximately 1855]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : 40 illustrations ; 22 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A visit to the exhibition : in eight changeable pictures, showing its beautiful objects of art and how they were made.

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Date:
[approximately 1855]
Physical Description:
8 leaves : 8 color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland / illustrated by Robert William Billings, architect, 1845-52 ; in four volumes.

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Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The geological staircase : containing the steps of rocks and floors of alluvium / by Professor Donaldson ...

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Creator:
Donaldson, John, 1799–1876
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
ix, 525 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), charts ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The arms of the colleges of Oxford / by Henry Shaw, F.S.A. author of Dress and decoration of the Middle Ages, &c. &c. ; with historical notices of the colleges by John W. Burgon, M.A. Fellow of Oriel College.

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Creator:
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[206] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Street architecture; a series of shop fronts and façades, characteristic of and adapted to different branches of commerce, by Victor Delassaux and John Elliott, architects. Engraved on steel by Philip Brannon.

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Creator:
Delassaux, Victor
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
16 p. 22 plates (incl. added t.-p., engr.) 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The coinage of the British Empire : an outline of the progress of the coinage in Great Britain and her dependencies : from the earliest period to the present time / by Henry Noel Humphreys ... ; illustrated by facsimiles of the coins of each period, worked in gold, silver, and copper.

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Creator:
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
160 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Horses and hounds : a practical treatise on their management / by "Scrutator" ; illustrated by Harrison Weir.

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Creator:
Horlock, Knightley William, 1802–1882
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
xii, 302 pages, [4] leaves of plates ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. Catalogue of a collection of works on or having reference to the exhibition of 1851, in the possession of C. Wentworth Dilke.

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Creator:
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789–1864
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 116 p. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The campaign in the Crimea: an historical sketch, by George Brackenbury ... Illustrated by forty plates, from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson.

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Creator:
Brackenbury, George
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
1 p.., [iii]-viii, 112 p. 40 col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Fred. Adam Schwartz & Co. Solenhofen Bavaria : principal owners of the quarries of superior lithographic stones : Vulcan Wharf, 14, Earl Street, Blackfriars, London.

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Creator:
Frederick Adam Schwartz & Co.
Date:
[approximately 1855?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 8 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The poetical works of Lord Byron.

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Creator:
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788–1824
Date:
1855-1856
Physical Description:
6 v. : port. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Assault of Sevastopol : two topographical & panoramic sketches, representing the advanced lines of attack, and the Russian defences, in front of Sevastopol : with a description and remarks / the sketches by Captain M.A. Biddulph.

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Creator:
Biddulph, Michael Anthony Shrapnel
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
3 pt. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The story of the campaign of Sebastopol / written in the camp by Lieut. Col. E. Bruce Hamley ; with illustrations drawn in camp by the author.

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Creator:
Hamley, Edward Bruce, Sir, 1824–1893
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
xv, 339 p. : ill., fold. map. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Embossed picture cards.

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Creator:
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Date:
[1855?]
Physical Description:
16 cards : color illustrations ; each 10 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Souvenir of the North.

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Date:
1855?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([40] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 400 cm., folded to 14 x 10 cm., attached to boards 15 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Hand-book of water-colours : a brief treatise on their qualities and effects when employed in painting : with some account of the general nature of colours / by W. Winsor and H.C. Newton ...

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Creator:
Winsor, W
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Physical Description:
34, [8] p. ; 19 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Four short chapters on horses, hunting, and the turf / by the late Major Rose, 55th Regiment.

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Creator:
Rose, Major (John Baillie), 1809–1854
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, vii p., [1] leaf, 50 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Norge fremstillet i Tegninger med oplysende text.

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Creator:
Tønsberg, Chr. (Christian), 1813–1897
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
72 unnumbered pages plates (some color) 26 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake valley / illustrated with steel engravings and wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy ; including views of Nauvoo and the ruins of the temple, with a historical account of the city ; views of Carthage jail ; and portraits and memoirs of Joseph and Hyrum Smith ; their mother, Lucy Smith ; Joseph and David Smith, sons of the prophet Joseph ; president Brigham Young ; Heber C. Kimball ; Willard Richards ; Jedidiah M. Grant ; John Taylor ; the late chief patriarch, Father John Smith ; and the present chief patriarch, John Smith, son of Hyrum ; together with a geographical and historical description of Utah, and a map of the overland routes to that territory from the Missouri River ; also an authentic history of the Latter-Day Saints' emigration from Europe from the commencement up to the close of 1855, with statistics ; edited by James Linforth.

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Creator:
Piercy, Frederick Hawkins, 1830–1891
Date:
MDCCCLV [1855]
Physical Description:
viii, 120 pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours : avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter / publiée par MM. Firmin Didot frères, sous la direction de M. le Dr Hoefer.

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Date:
1855-1866
Physical Description:
46 volumes ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Catalogue of the celebrated collection of works of art, from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize, of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal ... : also, of the beautiful decorative furniture and service plate : which ... will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the mansion, No. 93, Eaton Square, commencing on Monday, March the 5th, 1855, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
357 pages, [33] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Photographic pleasures : popularly portrayed with pen and pencil / by Cuthbert Bede, B.A., author of "Verdant Green," &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[9], 14-83, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Engelsmännens senaste upptäcktsresor till trakterna kring nordpolen, den Franklinska expeditionens hemlighetsfulla försvinnande, försöken till dess tillrättafinnande samt upptäcken af den nordvestliga genomfarten. Af Dr. Carl Brandes ... Öfversättning från tyskan med några tillägg.

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Creator:
Brandes, Karl Heinrich
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
2 p.., 339, [2] p. front., fold. map. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Wheatsheaf.

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Creator:
Dudson, James, 1812–1882
Date:
ca. 1860
Physical Description:
1 jug : relief-molded white stoneware, glazed ; height 21 cm, width 13 cm (including handle), depth 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.

37. Visitors' souvenir of the sea side.

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Creator:
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Neues Panorama des Rheins und seiner nächsten Umgebungen von Mainz bis Coeln : auf's Neue nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit den interessantesten architektonischen und geschichtlichen Denkmälern als Randbilder geziert = Nouveau panorama du Rhin et de ses environs depuis Mayence jusqu'a Cologne : nouvellement dessiné d'après nature et enrichi des esquisses des monuments, ruines et édifices les plus remarquables, situés sur les deux rives / Friedr. Wilh. Delkeskamp.

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Creator:
Delkeskamp, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1794–1872
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
1 map ; 27 x 215 cm. folded in cover to 27 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin, K.C.H. and the missing crews of H.M. Discovery-ships Erebus and Terror : together with a short account of each drawing / by Commander Walter W. May, R.N., late Lieutenant of H. M. Discovery-ship Assistance (Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.)

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Creator:
May, Walter W.
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
6, [1] p., [xiv] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Studio portrait of a woman.

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Date:
Great Britain,
Physical Description:
1 photograph : ambrotype, in leather case ; visible image approximately 7.2 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate format), in case 9.5 x 8.3 x 0.8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Christmas with the poets : a collection of songs, carols, and descriptive verses relating to the festival of Christmas : from the Anglo-Norman period to the present time / embellished with fifty-three tinted ilustrations by Birket Foster ; and with initial letters and other ornaments.

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Date:
1855
Physical Description:
x, [2], 202 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The history of Sandford and Merton: a book for the young. By Thomas Day.

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Creator:
Day, Thomas, 1748–1789
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
3 p. ., [9]-408 p. front., plates. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. After lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. With historical descriptions by the Revd. George Croly.

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Creator:
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Date:
1855-1856
Physical Description:
6 volumes : color illustrations, 1 portrait, 3 maps (lithographs), plates ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk; : comprising, under a lucid arrangement of subjects, a general survey of the county, and separate histories, & statistical & topographical descriptions of all the hundreds, liberties, unions, ... showing their extent and population ... in one volume, with a map of the county. / By William White ...

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Creator:
White, William M
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[9]-823, [1] p. : 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Set of drawing instruments.

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Creator:
Elliott Brothers (London)
Date:
circa 1860
Physical Description:
14 instruments in 1 case : wood, steel, brass ; 36 cm wide, 11 cm deep, 5 cm high
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The natural history of man : comprising inquiries into the modifying influence of physical and moral agencies on the different tribes of the human family / by James Cowles Pritchard ...

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Creator:
Prichard, James Cowles, 1786–1848
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Landscape scenery : illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor, and Port Jackson, New South Wales.

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Creator:
Terry, Frederick Charles, 1826–1869
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
[39] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Milton's L'allegro and Il penseroso / illustrated with etchings on steel by Birket Foster.

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Creator:
Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:
MDCCCLV [1855]
Physical Description:
[2], 24 leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Greening : tanner, currier, saddler, collar and harness maker : Dorchester.

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Date:
ca. 1855?
Physical Description:
1 printing plate : copper ; 90 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

50. The Sportsman's portfolio of American field sports.

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Date:
1855
Physical Description:
43, [1] p. : illus. ; 21 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts