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51. Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched / by W.H. Pyne and aquatinted by J. Hill ; to which are added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray.
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Apple story / Anne Rook.

Apple story / Anne Rook.
Creator:
Rook, Anne
Date:
2016
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (7 panels) : illustrations ; 22 x 48 cm, folded to 22 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk

53. Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes : Saturday, August 3rd, 1935, at 8:45.

Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes : Saturday, August 3rd, 1935, at 8:45.
Date:
[1935]
Physical Description:
[4] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Views in the eastern archipelago : Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan &c. &c. &c. : from drawings made on the spot by Captn. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N.C., Commander L.G. Heath, R.N., and others / the descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John, Esqr., author of manners & customs of the Ancient Greek ; drawn on stone by J.W. Giles.

Views in the eastern archipelago : Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan &c. &c. &c. : from drawings made on the spot by Captn. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N.C., Commander L.G. Heath, R.N., and others / the descriptive letter-press by James Augustus St. John, Esqr., author of manners & customs of the Ancient Greek ; drawn on stone by J.W. Giles.
Creator:
St. John, James Augustus, 1795–1875
Date:
Augt., 1847
Physical Description:
3 portfolios : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture : set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott / by A. Welby Pugin.

The true principles of pointed or Christian architecture : set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott / by A. Welby Pugin.
Creator:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
67, 40 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The cabinet gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign schools : in seventy-three line engravings / with biographical and critical dissertations by Allan Cunningham.

The cabinet gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign schools : in seventy-three line engravings / with biographical and critical dissertations by Allan Cunningham.
Creator:
Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Barquist

57. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Views in India : chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains / taken during tours in the direction of Mussooree, Simla, the sources of the Jumna and Ganges, &c. &c., in 1829-31-32 ; with notes and descriptive illustrations.

Views in India : chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains / taken during tours in the direction of Mussooree, Simla, the sources of the Jumna and Ganges, &c. &c., in 1829-31-32 ; with notes and descriptive illustrations.
Creator:
White, George Francis, 1808–1898
Date:
1836-1837
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. To the Queen's private apartments.

To the Queen's private apartments.
Date:
1843]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.

Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.
Creator:
Oram, William, d. 1777
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
xvi, 104 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Views at Bombay / taken & drawn on stone by J.M. Gonsalv[es].

Views at Bombay / taken & drawn on stone by J.M. Gonsalv[es].
Creator:
Gonsalves, José M.
Date:
[1833?]
Physical Description:
6 leaves : illustrations ; 44 x 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. The maritime flags of all nations.

The maritime flags of all nations.
Date:
4th Jany. 1832
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...
Date:
1647
Physical Description:
[3], 18 [i.e. 33] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The works of Josephus : with great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'andilly ; also the embassy of Philo Judæus to the emperor Caius Caligula, never translated before, with the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper-plates serving to illustrate the history.

The works of Josephus : with great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'andilly ; also the embassy of Philo Judæus to the emperor Caius Caligula, never translated before, with the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper-plates serving to illustrate the history.
Creator:
Josephus, Flavius
Date:
MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[14], 543 [i.e. 545], [7], 557-854 [i.e. 846], [33] p. : ill., 1 folded map. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.

Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.
Date:
1671
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 55 x 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. 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

67. Minton English bone china

Minton English bone china
Creator:
Mintons Ltd
Date:
[between 1960 and 1980]
Physical Description:
[22] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

68. Virtual orchard.

Virtual orchard.
Creator:
Rook, Anne
Date:
2009
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([10] panels) : color illustrations ; 30 x 136 cm, folded to 30 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Britain at home to the world : May-September 1951 : The London Programme.

Britain at home to the world : May-September 1951 : The London Programme.
Creator:
Festival of Britain (1951 : Great Britain)
Date:
1951
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] pages) : illustrations, maps ; 43 x 31 cm folded to 11 x 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood : for the Buxton Bath Charity bazaar.

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood : for the Buxton Bath Charity bazaar.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
6 leaves : all ill. ; 29 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. London & Sunderland royal mail coach : fares to be paid by passengers travelling from Sunderland.

London & Sunderland royal mail coach : fares to be paid by passengers travelling from Sunderland.
Date:
[ca. 1800]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 29 cm..
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Type specimen facsimiles; reproductions of fifteen type specimen sheets issued between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Accompanied by notes mainly derived from the researches of A.F. Johnson [and others] With an introductory essay by Stanley Morison.

Type specimen facsimiles; reproductions of fifteen type specimen sheets issued between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Accompanied by notes mainly derived from the researches of A.F. Johnson [and others] With an introductory essay by Stanley Morison.
Creator:
Dreyfus, John
Date:
1963
Physical Description:
15 typog. specimens and xxviii, 23 p. (in portfolio) 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.

The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.
Creator:
Gascoigne, George, -1577
Date:
[1575]
Physical Description:
[10], 202, 359-362, 205-248, [4] p. : ill. (music) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.
Date:
[approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Principles of beauty, relative to the human head / by Alexander Cozens.

Principles of beauty, relative to the human head / by Alexander Cozens.
Creator:
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
Date:
MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:
[6], 15, [5], 15, [1] p, [3], 2-17 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 53 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. A booke of secrets: shewing diuers waies to make and prepare all sorts of inke, and colours ... and to graue with strong water in steele and iron ... Tr. out of Dutch into English, by W.P. Hereunto is annexed a little treatise, intituled, Instructions for ordering of wines: shewing how to make wine ... Written first in Italian, and now newly tr. into English, by W.P.

A booke of secrets: shewing diuers waies to make and prepare all sorts of inke, and colours ... and to graue with strong water in steele and iron ... Tr. out of Dutch into English, by W.P. Hereunto is annexed a little treatise, intituled, Instructions for ordering of wines: shewing how to make wine ... Written first in Italian, and now newly tr. into English, by W.P.
Date:
1596
Physical Description:
[40] p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting : Whit-Monday, the 26th, May, 1890 : (under Grand National Hunt rules.).

Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting : Whit-Monday, the 26th, May, 1890 : (under Grand National Hunt rules.).
Date:
1890
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Wm. Walker & Son : family grocers & wine merchants : net cash : price list : 78 Main Street, Wexford.

Wm. Walker & Son : family grocers & wine merchants : net cash : price list : 78 Main Street, Wexford.
Creator:
Wm Walker & Son (Firm)
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 29 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

79. Twenty four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European manners in Bengal / drawn on the stone by A. Colin from sketches by Mrs. Belnos.

Twenty four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European manners in Bengal / drawn on the stone by A. Colin from sketches by Mrs. Belnos.
Creator:
Belnos, S. C., Mrs.
Date:
[1832]
Physical Description:
[52] pages, [1], 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps : (established June 15th, 1825,) for the benefit of their apprentices.

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps : (established June 15th, 1825,) for the benefit of their apprentices.
Creator:
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 27 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.
Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Portraits of brood mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court / by C.W.

Portraits of brood mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court / by C.W.
Creator:
C. W
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
[2] p., [24] leaves, [24] leaves plates : ill. ; 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The virtuosi's museum : containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby, Esqr. R.A.

The virtuosi's museum : containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby, Esqr. R.A.
Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:
1778[-1781]
Physical Description:
[222] p., 108 leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.

An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.
Creator:
Parmenter, S., active 1821
Date:
[1821?]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The naval achievements of Great Britain, from the year 1793 to 1817.

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

86. John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey : French and Italian ices to-day.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey : French and Italian ices to-day.
Creator:
John R. Purssell & Comp.
Date:
[between 1850 and 1875?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge.

Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge.
Creator:
Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794
Date:
[approximately 1845]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 60 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one.

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one.
Creator:
Zoological Society of London
Date:
1879
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 70 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A catalogue of a most noble, capital, and valuable collection of antique marble statues and bustoes : with a choice and matchless selection of Etruscan vases, the whole forming a very interesting and magnificent gallery, the property of The Right Hon. Lord Cawdor ...

A catalogue of a most noble, capital, and valuable collection of antique marble statues and bustoes : with a choice and matchless selection of Etruscan vases, the whole forming a very interesting and magnificent gallery, the property of The Right Hon. Lord Cawdor ...
Creator:
Skinner and Dyke
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
10, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The coral aquarium / Mandy Bonnell ; with a poem by Gabriel Gbadamosi.

The coral aquarium / Mandy Bonnell ; with a poem by Gabriel Gbadamosi.
Creator:
Bonnell, Mandy
Date:
[1997]
Physical Description:
[21] leaves : ill. ; 25 x 594 cm, folded to 25 x 33 cm, attached to boards 26 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist; Paul Mellon Fund

91. Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight.

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Creator:
Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)
Date:
[late 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 tariff card : map ; 76 x 114 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick.

A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick.
Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
x, 525, [1] p. ill. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...

Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...
Creator:
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Date:
1675
Physical Description:
[8], 110, [2], [4], 39, [2] p., [31] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. In montibus sanctis : studies of mountain form and of its visible causes : collected and completed out of Modern painters / by John Ruskin.

In montibus sanctis : studies of mountain form and of its visible causes : collected and completed out of Modern painters / by John Ruskin.
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Letters upon subjects of general interest from John Ruskin to various correspondents.

Letters upon subjects of general interest from John Ruskin to various correspondents.
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
xii, 101, [3] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. 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

98. Annals of the artists of Spain / by William Stirling, M.A.

Annals of the artists of Spain / by William Stirling, M.A.
Creator:
Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Historical and descriptive essays accompanying a series of engraved specimens of the architectural antiquities of Normandy. Ed. by John Britton ... the subjects measured and drawn by Augustus Pugin, architect ... and engraved by John and Henry Le Keux.

Historical and descriptive essays accompanying a series of engraved specimens of the architectural antiquities of Normandy. Ed. by John Britton ... the subjects measured and drawn by Augustus Pugin, architect ... and engraved by John and Henry Le Keux.
Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
3 p.., [v]-viii, xx, 40, 4 p. 73 plates (2 col., 6 double) incl. plans. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia" : in the dining room at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, August 22, 1955.

Children's tea party held on board R.M.S. "Ivernia" : in the dining room at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, August 22, 1955.
Creator:
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Date:
1955
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 16 x 26 cm, folded to 16 x 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts