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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Period 19th century

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Subject Period 17th century

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1. Memoirs of the two last years of the reign of King Charles I., by Sir Thomas Herbert ... To which is added, a particular account of the funeral of the king, in a letter from Sir Thomas Herbert to Sir William Dugdale.

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Creator:
Herbert, Thomas, Sir, 1606–1682
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
viii, 222 p. front. (port.) 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Holmby house, a tale of old Northamptonshire, by G.J. Whyte-Melville ... illustrated by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch.

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Creator:
Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John), 1821–1878
Date:
1860?
Physical Description:
498 p. front., plates. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Imago Regia : the churchman's remembrance of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the decollation of King Charles the First, January the thirtieth, 1649-1899 / by D.M.

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Creator:
Macleane, Douglas
Date:
[1899?]
Physical Description:
35, [1] pages ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.

4. The history of the siege of Manchester by the king's forces, under the command of Lord Strange, 1642. By John Palmer, architect. To which is added, the complaint of Lieutenant Colonel John Rosworm, against the inhabitants of Manchester, relative to that event ...

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Creator:
Palmer, John, 1785–1846
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
2 p. ., iii, 107 p. front. (map) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Memoirs of Count Grammont / by Anthony Hamilton ; to which are prefixed, a biographical sketch of Count Hamilton, and a translation of the epistle to Count Grammont ; illustrated with sixty-four portraits, engraved by Edward Scriven, &c.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, approximately 1646–1720
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 volumes : portraits ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The life of James the Second, King of England : collected out of memoirs writ of his own hand : also, King James's advice to his son : and that monarch's last will, dated November 17, 1688 : the whole to be edited, by order of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, by the Rev. J.S. Clarke, L.L.B. F.R.S., historiographer to the King, chaplain of the household and librarian to His Royal Highness.

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Creator:
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[1] page ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Stories of the Wars. 1574-1658. From the rise of the Dutch republic to the death of Oliver Cromwell. / By John Tillotson ... Numerous illustrations.

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Creator:
Tillotson, John, approximately 1830–1871
Date:
[1864]
Physical Description:
xii, 432 p., [12] leaves of plates (some colored) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A Circumstantial account of the preparations for the coronation of His Majesty King Charles the Second and a minute detail of that splendid ceremony ... To which is prefixed, an account of the landing, reception, and journey of His Majesty from Dover to London. From an original manuscript, by Sir Edward Walker, Knight, Garter Principal King at Arms at that period.

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Creator:
Walker, Edward, Sir, 1612–1677
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
131, [1] p. incl. facsims. 10 plates incl. front. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Windsor Castle : an historical romance / by W. Harrison Ainsworth ...

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Creator:
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[2], x, [2], 324 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

10. Prospectus of a work, (the first part of which will be published on the first of August next) to be entitled, The interregnum; or A history of the civil wars in Great Britain, from their commencement, in the seventeenth year of King Charles I. to the restoration of King Charles II. By John Aikin, M. D.

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Date:
between 1812 and 1819]
Physical Description:
2 p. 27 cm. (in case 29 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The memoirs and travels of Sir John Reresby, bart. : the former containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II : the latter (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation.

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Creator:
Reresby, John, Sir, 1634–1689
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xii, 160, 159-160, [161]-414, [32] p., [39] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoirs of Count Grammont / by Count A. Hamilton ; translated from the French, with notes and illustrations. In three volumes.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646–1720
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts