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The naval achievements of Great Britain, from the year 1793 to 1817.
Date:
[1817]
Physical Description:
viii, [150] p., [56] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.
Creator:
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[132] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
To all who are possessed of a laudable curiosity : and are desirous of inspecting the striking parts of the creation : there is to be seen, at the [blank] the beautiful zebra, or wild ass ... : it was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, in the year 1762, by Sir Thomas Adams.
Date:
[1773]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph Reed, Yale BA 1954, and Kit Reed
Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan; from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Home; with historical descriptions.
Creator:
Home, Robert, 1752–1834
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
2 p.., [v]-vii p., 1 leaf, 48 p. 29 plates, fold. map, 3 fold plans. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China / by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, A.R.A.
Creator:
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
[2], ii p., [50] leaves, [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The costume of China : illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings / by William Alexander.
Creator:
Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[10] pages, [48] leaves, [48] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The rice manufactury in China : from the originals brought from China.
Date:
[1770?]
Physical Description:
24 leaves : all ill. ; 25 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 : with memoirs of the union, and Emmett's insurrection in 1803 / by W. H. Maxwell ...
Creator:
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 477, [1] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Some account of London / Thomas Pennant.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
vi, [4], 479, [9] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1762
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Vanbrugh, John, 1664–1726
Date:
MCMXXVII-MCMXXVIII [1927-1928]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Anburey, Thomas, author
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Date:
[1891]
Physical Description:
lxii, [4], 636, [4] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
No cover image available
Creator:
Beatson, Robert, 1742–1818
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 211, [1], 372, 117, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Date:
1994
Physical Description:
[24] p. : ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
No cover image available
Creator:
Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Date:
1787-1794
Physical Description:
2 v. ([4], 88; viii, 23 p.) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Mason, William, 1725–1797
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
16 p. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Noorthouck, John, 1746?-1816
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 ([4], viii, [4], 902, [42] p., [42] leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill., map, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Clark, William Andrews, 1877–1934
Date:
1920-25
Physical Description:
4 v. mounted front. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Harding, Edward
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[152] p., [71] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:
1843-1844
Physical Description:
4 volumes : portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605–1682
Date:
1923
Physical Description:
[1], 4-67, [9] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1744
Physical Description:
2 p.l., 180 [i.e. 186] p., [1] l. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm. in folder 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : ill. ; 23 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1779-1781
Physical Description:
10 v. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts