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1. A pottle of strawberries, to beguile a short journey, or a long half hour / by Albert Smith ; with illustrations by Gilbert and Henning.

A pottle of strawberries, to beguile a short journey, or a long half hour / by Albert Smith ; with illustrations by Gilbert and Henning.
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
MDCCCXLVIII [1848]
Physical Description:
62 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Date:
MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:
[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

3. A slice of bread and butter / cut by G. Cruikshank ; being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institution.

A slice of bread and butter / cut by G. Cruikshank ; being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institution.
Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
Date:
[1857]
Physical Description:
16 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

4. Advertisement for hats and caps sold by John Perring, 85 Strand, London.

Advertisement for hats and caps sold by John Perring, 85 Strand, London.
Creator:
Perring, John
Date:
between 1834-1845
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 28 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.
Creator:
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Archbald, the property of Mr. George Wilson, of Walkington, will serve mares this season, 1839, at one guinea and a-half each.

Archbald, the property of Mr. George Wilson, of Walkington, will serve mares this season, 1839, at one guinea and a-half each.
Date:
[1839]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Blanchet, artistes capillaires : hair cutter.

Blanchet, artistes capillaires : hair cutter.
Creator:
Blanchet, Etienne
Date:
not before 1866?
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 19 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler : wholesale rope, canvas & oil merchant and general inronmonger : warehouses 48 & 51 Strand : 14 & 45 Adelaid St., Swansea.

Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler : wholesale rope, canvas & oil merchant and general inronmonger : warehouses 48 & 51 Strand : 14 & 45 Adelaid St., Swansea.
Creator:
Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)
Date:
[approximately 1870?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration ; 9 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

9. Carte du jour : le 11 aôut 1959.

Carte du jour : le 11 aôut 1959.
Creator:
Coq d'Or (London, England)
Date:
1955
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 42 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Cocking and its votaries.

Cocking and its votaries.
Creator:
Taylor, S. A
Date:
1885]
Physical Description:
36, i-iv p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.
Creator:
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
38, [2] pages, 24 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Now publishing in numbers, price 1s. and in monthly parts, at 2s. each, Commemoration of Hogarth by an edition of his works, commenced exactly a century after their first appearance.

Now publishing in numbers, price 1s. and in monthly parts, at 2s. each, Commemoration of Hogarth by an edition of his works, commenced exactly a century after their first appearance.
Creator:
Jones and Co. (London, England)
Date:
[1833?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Prospectus and catalogue of the British School : instituted for the perpetual exhibition and sale of the original works of modern artists : under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ...

Prospectus and catalogue of the British School : instituted for the perpetual exhibition and sale of the original works of modern artists : under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ...
Creator:
British School
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
45 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing and painting : no. 99 Long Acre, London, W.C.

Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing and painting : no. 99 Long Acre, London, W.C.
Creator:
Roberson & Company
Date:
[not before 1862]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.

Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Creator:
Taylor, Isaac, 1759–1829
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 p., [29] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The seaweed collector : a handy guide to the marine botanist : suggesting what to look for, and where to go, in the study of the British algae, and the British sponges / by Shirley Hibberd ...

The seaweed collector : a handy guide to the marine botanist : suggesting what to look for, and where to go, in the study of the British algae, and the British sponges / by Shirley Hibberd ...
Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
vii, 152 p. illus., 8 col. pl. (incl. front) 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The second life of shells / etchings [by] Mandy Bonnell ; poem [by] Gabriel Gbadamosi.

The second life of shells / etchings [by] Mandy Bonnell ; poem [by] Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
2001
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([20] p.) : ill. ; 30 x 440 cm.. folded to 30 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Woodcuts of British fishes / engraved by Thomas Bewick.

Woodcuts of British fishes / engraved by Thomas Bewick.
Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : all ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts