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Exhibition History Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

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101. Book of games and sports.

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Date:
1856
Physical Description:
4-17 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

102. River gardens : being an account of the best methods of cultivating fresh-water plants in aquaria : in such a manner as to afford suitable abodes to ornamental fish, and many interesting kinds of aquatic animals / by H. Noel Humphreys ...

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Creator:
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
vii, 107, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

103. Juvenile games, for the four seasons.

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Date:
[not before 1819]
Physical Description:
132 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

104. Alfred Crowquill's guide to the watering places : with illustrations / by Alfred Crowquill.

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Creator:
Crowquill, Alfred
Date:
[between 1830 and 1837]
Physical Description:
[2], 50, [10] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. Changeable portraits of ladies.

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Date:
1819
Physical Description:
84 pieces (ports.) 9 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

106. The works of George Cruikshank : illustrated by a series of over three thousand original etchings, woodcuts, coloured plates and other engravings.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[191-?]
Physical Description:
12 v. : ill., ports. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

107. The beauties of Tom Brown : consisting of humerous pieces, in prose and verse, selected from the works of that satirical and lively writer : to which is prefixed, A Life of the author, by the late Charles Henry Wilson.

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Creator:
Brown, Thomas, 1663–1704
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 231 p., [1] leaf of folded plates ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

108. Elton's miniature transparent orrery.

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Date:
1817
Physical Description:
1 model : paper, col. ; in box, 25 x 20 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

109. Shampooing; or, Benefits resulting from the use of the Indian medicated vapour bath ... Containing a brief but comprehensive view of the effects produced by the use of the warm bath, in comparison with steam or vapour bathing ...

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Creator:
Mahomed, S. D. (Sake Deen)
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
2 p.., [vii]-xiii, [15]-186, 4 p. front. (port.) plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

110. Costume of Yorkshire illustrated by a series of forty engravings.

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Date:
1814
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

111. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
iv p., [54] leaves of plates, [8] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

112. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. Pierce Egan's Finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through life in and out of London / illustrated by the pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank, in 36 scenes from real life, & enriched with several designs on wood by the same artist.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xvi, 368 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

114. Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises : as taught and practised in the gymnastic institutions of Germany : designed as well for colleges, schools, and other places of education, as for private use. With eleven illustrative plates / by a Military officer.

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Creator:
Military officer
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
[1], xii, 99, [1] p., 11 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

115. Lillywhite's illustrated hand-book of cricket : containing portraits of Pilch, Box, A. Mynn, Esq. C. Taylor, Esq. Lillywhite, Cobbett, G. H. Langdon, Esq. R. Kynaston, Esq. : also, the laws of cricket and other useful information / edited by a Cantab.

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Creator:
Lillywhite, William, 1792–1854
Date:
[1844]
Physical Description:
22, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., ports. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

116. Humorous sketches.

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Creator:
Morner, C. H
Date:
1832
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

117. The aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea. By Philip Henry Gosse ...

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Creator:
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810–1888
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 304 p. 14 plates (part col., incl. front.) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

118. The new cubic metamorphoses : der Thierbändiger Charles : neues Verwandlungsspiel mit Quatraten = le vainqueur d'animaux Charles : moderne jeu de métamorphoses aux carré.

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Date:
184-?]
Physical Description:
3 jigsaw puzzles (27 pieces) : wood, col. ; in box, 16 x 16 x 3 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts