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1. "Baxter" colour prints : extracts from press opinions / printed by J.M. Kronheim & Co. ...

No cover image available
Date:
1909
Physical Description:
15 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. "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

3. [Notices of the annual dinners and balls of the Licensed Victuallers Association, Stamford and District].

No cover image available
Date:
[1872-1885]
Physical Description:
7 pieces ; 21-29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Three little kittens]

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Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
24 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A book of favourite modern ballads : the illustrated poetical gift book / illustrated with engravings from drawings by J.C. Horsley, Edward Duncan, G.H. Thomas, Edwin H. Corbould, Birket Foster, C.W. Cope, Harrison Weir, etc. ; printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

No cover image available
Date:
[186-?]
Physical Description:
84 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A Book of favourite modern ballads. Illustrated with fifty engravings, from drawings by the first artists.

No cover image available
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
xiii, [1] p., 1 leaf, 167, [1] p. incl. front. ill. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A chronicle of England, B.C. 55-A.D. 1485 / written and illustrated by James E. Doyle ; the designs engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

No cover image available
Creator:
Doyle, James E. (James Edmund), 1822–1892
Date:
1864
Physical Description:
viii, 462 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A complete guide to the English lakes / by Harriet Martineau ; illustrated with coloured prints, outlines of mountains, and a map coloured geologically by John Ruthven ; to which are added an account of the flowering plants, ferns, and mosses of the district.

No cover image available
Creator:
Martineau, Harriet, 1802–1876
Date:
[1858]
Physical Description:
71, [7] p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A guide to water colour painting / by R.P. Noble ; with an illustration in colours.

No cover image available
Creator:
Noble, R. P
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
iv, 60, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South sea islands : with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants / by John Williams ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.

No cover image available
Creator:
Williams, John, 1796–1839
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
xviii, 589, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A narrative of the Greek mission; or, Sixteen years in Malta and Greece ... By the Rev. S.S. Wilson ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Wilson, S. S. (Samuel Sheridan)
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
1 p.l., xiii, 596 p. col. front. illus., 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A narrative of the persecution of the Christians in Madagascar; with details of the escape of six Christians refugees now in England. By J.J. Freeman and D. Johns.

No cover image available
Creator:
Freeman, J. J. (Joseph John), 1794–1851
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
1 p. l., viii, 298 p. col.front. 20cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A picturesque guide through Dublin / by N. Whittock, Esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
[1846]
Physical Description:
vi, 140 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., plan ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. A tour through the valley of the Meuse: with the legends of the Walloon country and the Ardennes. By Dudley Costello ...

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Creator:
Costello, Dudley, 1803–1865
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [v]-xiii, 316 p. col. front., ill. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A world of wonders revealed by the microscope : a book for young students / with coloured illustrations by the Hon. Mrs. W.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
56, [4] p., 14 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A. Gotelee, bookseller, stationer, binder and a general printer, Post Office, Oldham : begs to announce that his Christmas Sale will be opened on Tuesday, November 22nd, 1892, and following days, when a choice selection of English & foreign goods, suitable for presents, will be on view.

A. Gotelee, bookseller, stationer, binder and a general printer, Post Office, Oldham : begs to announce that his Christmas Sale will be opened on Tuesday, November 22nd, 1892, and following days, when a choice selection of English & foreign goods, suitable for presents, will be on view.
Creator:
A. Gotelee (Oldham, England)
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

18. Against women : a satire / translated from the old Welsh by Gwyn Williams ; engravings by John Petts.

No cover image available
Date:
1953
Physical Description:
25, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Alpine plants : figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the Alpine flowers / edited by David Wooster.

No cover image available
Date:
1872
Physical Description:
xii, 152 p., 54 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Aunt Louisa's Alphabet book : comprising alphabet of fruits, country alphabet, London alphabet, alphabet of games & sports / with twenty-four pages of illustrations printed in colours by Evans and Kronheim.

Aunt Louisa's Alphabet book : comprising alphabet of fruits, country alphabet, London alphabet, alphabet of games & sports / with twenty-four pages of illustrations printed in colours by Evans and Kronheim.
Creator:
Valentine, L. (Laura), d. 1899
Date:
[1870?]
Physical Description:
[58] leaves : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Aunt Louisa's Sunday picture book : comprising Joseph and his brethren, The story of Kind David, The wonders of providence, and The proverbs of Solomon / printed in colours by Evans.

No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine, L. (Laura), d. 1899
Date:
1867
Physical Description:
[76] leaves : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Aunt Louisa's Zoological gardens : comprising the lion, the tiger, the wolf, the polar bear, the orang-outang, the buffalo ... : with twenty-four pages of illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim.

No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine, L. (Laura), d. 1899
Date:
[187-?]
Physical Description:
[3], 6, [1], 6, [1], 6, [1], 6 leaves, [24] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Autumnal leaves / by Francis George Heath ... ; with twelve coloured plates produced in facsimile from leaves collected and arranged by the author ; four page and fourteen vignette wood illustrations of New Forest scenery engraved from drawings by Frederick G. Short by James D. Cooper ; and twelve initial-letter leaf designs by the author.

No cover image available
Creator:
Heath, Francis George, 1843–1913
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
352, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Babes in the wood.

No cover image available
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
[10] leaves : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Beach rambles in search of seaside pebbles and crystals : with some observations on the origin of the diamond and other precious stones / [by J.G. Francis].

No cover image available
Creator:
Francis, John George
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
iv, 186 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Beauty and the beast : an old tale new-told with pictures / by E.V.B.

No cover image available
Creator:
E. V. B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle), 1825–1916
Date:
[1875]
Physical Description:
[6], 57 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Beeton's book of home pets : showing how to rear and manage, in sickness and in health, birds, poultry, pigeons, rabbits ... inhabitants of the aquarium, etc. ; illustrated by upwards of two hundred woodcuts from designs principally by Harrison Weir, and several coloured illustrations from water-colour sketches mostly by the same artist ; with a chapter on ferns.

No cover image available
Date:
[186-?]
Physical Description:
xv, 832 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Brambles and bay leaves : essays on things homely and beautiful / by Shirley Hibberd ...

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Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Date:
1872
Physical Description:
vi, 312 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. British butterflies : figures and descriptions of every native species : with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture and preservation, etc. / by W.S. Coleman ; with illustrations by the author ; printed in colours by Edmund Evan.

No cover image available
Creator:
Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829–1904
Date:
1867
Physical Description:
vii, 179 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. British ferns and their allies : an abridgement of the "Popular history of British ferns," and comprising the ferns, club-mosses, pepperworts, & horsetails./ By Thomas Moore ... With illustrations by W. S. Coleman, printed in colours by Evans,

No cover image available
Creator:
Moore, Thomas, 1821–1887
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
iv, 187, [1] p., XII leaves of colored plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. British fresh-water fishes / by the Rev. W. Houghton ... Illustrated with a coloured figure of each species drawn from nature by A. F. Lydon, and numerous engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
[pref. 1879]
Physical Description:
2 v. col. fronts., illus., col. plates. 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. British fresh-water fishes. By the late Rev. W. Houghton ... Illustrated with numerous engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
1895
Physical Description:
3 p.l., [vii]-xxviii, 231 p. illus., col. plates (incl. front.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. British India in its relation to the decline of Hindooism, and the progress of Christianity: containing remarks on the manners, customs, and literature of the people ... By the Rev. William Campbell ... Illustrated with engravings on wood, by G. Baxter.

No cover image available
Creator:
Campbell, William, 1799–1878
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
2 p.l., [iii]-xii, 596 p. : col. front., plates ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Brown's Self-interpreting family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments : to which are annexed marginal references and illustrations, an exact summary of the several books, a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts, explanatory notes, evangelical reflections ... / by Rev. John Brown ... ; with many additional references and numerous illustrations.

No cover image available
Date:
[187-?]
Physical Description:
lxxxii, [4], 25, 1123, 74 p., [21] leaves of plates : col. ill., maps ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Buds and blossoms, or, Stories for children.

No cover image available
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
[160] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Captain Cook's three voyages round the world : with a sketch of his life / edited by Charles R. Low ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Cook, James, 1728–1779
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
512 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Catalogue of the remaining stock of Mr. Geo. Baxter's valuable collection of oil pictures : together with the very important plant / which will be sold by auction by order of the proprietor, who is retiring from his artistic labours, by Southgate and Barrett ; at their rooms, 22 Fleet street, London ; on Tuesday evening, May 8th, 1860, and eleven following evenings, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, at six for half-past six o'clock each evening ...

Catalogue of the remaining stock of Mr. Geo. Baxter's valuable collection of oil pictures : together with the very important plant / which will be sold by auction by order of the proprietor, who is retiring from his artistic labours, by Southgate and Barrett ; at their rooms, 22 Fleet street, London ; on Tuesday evening, May 8th, 1860, and eleven following evenings, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, at six for half-past six o'clock each evening ...
Creator:
Southgate and Barrett (Firm)
Date:
[1860]
Physical Description:
iv, 80 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Caterpillars, butterflies, & moths : an account of their habits, manners, and transformations / by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby ... ; with illustrations by Emily Bolingbroke.

No cover image available
Creator:
Kirby, Mary, 1817–1893
Date:
[1860]
Physical Description:
158 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.

China : its state and prospects : with especial reference to the spread of the gospel : containing allusions to the antiquity, extent, population, civilization, literature, and religion of the Chinese / by W.H. Medhurst ... ; illustrated with engravings on wood by G. Baxter.
Creator:
Medhurst, Walter Henry, 1796–1857
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 592 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
x, [2], 202 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 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 illustrations by Birkett Foster ; and with initial letters and other ornaments.

No cover image available
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Coates & Yates, artistic printers : 20, Yorkshire Street, Rochdale.

Coates & Yates, artistic printers : 20, Yorkshire Street, Rochdale.
Creator:
Coates & Yates (Rochdale, England)
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 13 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

43. Colour and progressive sheets : Baxter colour prints.

No cover image available
Date:
[1909]
Physical Description:
[20] leaves : all ill. (some col.) ; 27 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Common wayside flowers. By Thomas Miller. Illustrated by Birket Foster.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1807–1874
Date:
1860
Physical Description:
5 p. ., 3-185, [1] p. col. ill. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Country rambles in England, or, Journal of a naturalist / with notes and additions by the author of "Rural hours"

No cover image available
Creator:
Knapp, J. L. (John Leonard), 1767–1845
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
x, [1], 12-336, [2] pages, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Country walks of a naturalist with his children / by W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S., Rector of Preston on the Wild Moors, Shropshire ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.

No cover image available
Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
MDCCCLXIX [1869]
Physical Description:
vi, 154 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Curiosities of ornithology : with beautifully-coloured illustrations / from drawings by T.W. Wood, and other eminent artists.

No cover image available
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
64 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Curiosities of savage life. By James Greenwood ... With woodcuts and designs by Harden S. Melville; engraved by H. Newsom Woods. And coloured illustrations from water-colour drawings by F. W. Keyl and R. Huttula.

No cover image available
Creator:
Greenwood, James
Date:
1863
Physical Description:
xiv, 418 p. ill., 9 col. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. English lake scenery / illustrated with a series of coloured plates from drawings by A.F. Lydon.

No cover image available
Date:
1880
Physical Description:
48 p., [51] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. English scenery : one hundred and twenty chromo views.

No cover image available
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
[60], [60], [11] leaves : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts