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1. "Stage whispers" and "shouts without" : a book about plays and playgoers, actors and actresses / with coloured costumes by Archibald Chasemore ; heads by Alfred Bryan ; comic scenes by Judy's artists ; and chatter at the wing by Charles H. Ross.

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Creator:
Ross, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1842?-1897
Date:
[1882]
Physical Description:
100 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to "enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition / by Henry Mayhew, and George Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

3. [Advertisement for Cramers' Pianoforte Gallery].

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Date:
[after 1870]
Physical Description:
[4] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Artificial slate roofs].

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Creator:
Searles, Michael, fl. 1779–1781
Date:
178-?]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Carriage and harness manufacturer's pattern book].

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Date:
[179-?]
Physical Description:
[41] folded leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Catalogue of prints for books]

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Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
[54] p. : all ill. ; 27 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Collection of engravings on wood and steel].

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Creator:
Morton, William
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
[128] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. [Collection of printed ephemera : trade bills, receipts, advertising cards, etc.]

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Date:
[1808-1849]
Physical Description:
23 pieces ; ill. ; 8-25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [Cost of artificial slate in roofing compared with that of plain tiles and that of slate].

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Creator:
Searles, Michael, fl. 1779–1781
Date:
1779?]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. [Engraver's sample book].

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Creator:
Kirchner, John, fl. 1840's
Date:
1860]
Physical Description:
[39] leaves : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Specimens of illustrated works] / published by Messrs. Longman, Brown, & Co., London.

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Creator:
Longman (Firm)
Date:
[1849?]
Physical Description:
[170] p. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Ten illustrations by Harry Furniss, made for Gilbert Abbott à Beckett's Comic Blackstone].

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Creator:
Furniss, Harry, 1854–1925
Date:
[1887?]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves of plates : all col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A biographical peerage of the Empire of Great Britain : in which are memoirs and characters of the most celebrated persons of each family.

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Creator:
Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762–1837
Date:
1808-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A blackbird singing / R. S. Thomas ; wood engraving by Christopher Wormwell.

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Creator:
Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913–2000
Date:
[1989]
Physical Description:
[2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A brief account of Ibbetson's Geometric Chuck, manufactured by Holtzapffel & Co. : with a selection of specimens illustrative of some of its powers / by John Holt Ibbetson, Esq.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, John Holt
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
47, [1] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A child's history of England / by Charles Dickens ; with fifteen illustrations by J. McL. Ralston.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
[1878?]
Physical Description:
vii, [3], 190 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

17. A famous fox-hunter : reminiscences of the late T.A. Smith, Esq., or, The pursuits of an English country gentleman / by Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.

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Creator:
Eardley-Wilmot, John E. (John Eardley), Sir, 1810–1892
Date:
1893
Physical Description:
vii, [5], 212 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke, Esq., author of "The history of the peerage and baronetage," "of the extinct and dormant peerage," &c.

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
MDCCCXXXIV-MDCCCXXXVIII [1834-1838]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...

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Creator:
Burke, John, 1787–1848
Date:
1833-1838
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A memoir of Edward Calvert, artist / by his third son ; illustrated with reproductions from his own paintings and sketches.

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Creator:
Calvert, Samuel
Date:
1893
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 236 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A memoir of George Cruikshank / by Frederic G. Stephens ; and an Essay on the genius of George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray.

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Creator:
Stephens, Frederic George, 1828–1907
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
xii, 144 p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

23. 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

24. A prospectus, &c. of the British School : His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, patron.

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Creator:
British School
Date:
[1802?]
Physical Description:
20 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. 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

26. A selection of vases, statues, busts, &c., from terra-cottas / by J.M. Blashfield.

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Creator:
Blashfield, John Marriott
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
[4], 4 p., [103] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. 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

28. A succinct description of that elaborate pile of art, call'd the microcosm.

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Date:
1760
Physical Description:
32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A treatise on Cobbett's corn : containing instructions for propagating and cultivating the plant, and for harvesting and preserving the crop; and also an account of the several uses to which the produce is applied, with minute directions relative to each mode of application / by William Cobbett.

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Creator:
Cobbett, William, 1763–1835
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
iv p., [146] leaves : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A visit to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.

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Creator:
Bishop, James
Date:
[between 1854 and 1856]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Abridgement of the history of England : from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II / by Dr. Goldsmith ; and continued by an eminent writer to the peace of Amiens, in the year 1802 ; with heads by Bewick.

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Creator:
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
323 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. 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

33. Advertisement for Pears' transparent soap.

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Creator:
A. & F. Pears Limited
Date:
ca. [1879?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 39 x 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. All about the Diamond Jubilee : with large-scale plan of London : fully illustrated.

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Date:
[1897]
Physical Description:
[2], 77, [1] p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. All sorts of wheel-carriage, improved : wherein it is plainly made appear, that a much less than the usual draught of horses, &c. will be requir'd, in waggons, carts, coaches, and all other wheel vehicles, as likewise all water-mills, wind-mills and horse-mills ... The whole illustrated with copper plates ... And an explanation of the structure of a coach and cart, according to this method / by Jacob Rowe, Esq;.

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Creator:
Rowe, Jacob
Date:
1734
Physical Description:
[4], 38, [2] p. (last leaf blank), [5] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. American notes : Pictures from Italy : A child's history of England : The life of our Lord.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
xxii, 891, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling : The annals of horsemanship : containing accounts of accidental experiments and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful : communicated by various correspondents to the author / Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. ; Riding master, Master of the Horse, and Grand Equery tp the Doge of Venice ; illustrated with cuts, by the most eminent artists.

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Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
[4], 140 pages, [29] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. An authentic account of the Chinese commission : which was sent to report on the Great Exhibition : wherein the opinion of China is shown as not corresponding at all with our own / the whole from the Chinese reports now collated by Sutherland Edwards, and by him translated and put into rhyme ; with about enough reason to suit the demands of the holiday season.

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Creator:
Edwards, H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland), 1828–1906
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
32 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day / by Delabere P. Blaine ... ; illustrated by six hundred engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc.

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Creator:
Blaine, Delabere P. (Delabere Pritchett)
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 1240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. An epitome, historical and statistical, descriptive of the Royal Naval Service of England / by E. Miles ; with the assistance of Lieutenant Lawford Miles, R.N. ; embellished with eight highly-finished, coloured, engraved views of shipping, by W. Knell ; besides fourteen coloured illustrations of the flags, pendants, and ensigns, as worn by Her Majesty's ships and vessels in commission.

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Creator:
Miles, Edmund
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
xii, 184, 14 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. An essay on design in gardening.

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Creator:
Mason, George, 1735–1806
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
[iv], 54 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. An essay on warm, cold and vapour bathing : with practical observations on sea bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints, and dropsy / by Sir Arthur Clarke ...

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Creator:
Clarke, Arthur, Sir, 1778–1857
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
232 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. An historical and descriptive account of Brimham Rocks in the West Riding of Yorkshire : intended as a guide to visitors.

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Date:
1839
Physical Description:
24 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Ancient streets and homesteads of England / by Alfred Rimmer ; and an introduction by the Very Rev. J.S. Howson ... ; with one hundred and fifty illustrations from drawings by the author ; engraved by J.D. Cooper.

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Creator:
Rimmer, Alfred, 1829–1893
Date:
1879
Physical Description:
xxii, 350 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts : also, a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole ; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ; ... in three volumes.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. 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

47. 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

48. Arliss's funny library, of wit, satire, and humour : containing, facetiae, under the heads of pasquinades, anecdotes, jeu d'esprits, witticisms : mornings at Bow Street, new punning songs, broad grins, maxims, irish bulls, conundrums, anagrams, enigmas, bon mots, whims, tid bits, curious epitaphs, brevities, yarns, miseries, long bows, puzzles, &c., &c., : embellished with forty-eight numerous wood engravings by the most eminent artists.

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Date:
1832
Physical Description:
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Artistic amusements : being instructions for a variety of art work for home employment, and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars. : illustrated.

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Date:
[1879?]
Physical Description:
[2], 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Artistic anatomy of the human figure / by Henry Warren ... ; with twenty-three illustrations drawn on wood by the author.

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Creator:
Warren, Henry, 1794–1879
Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
72 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts