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1. William Stevenson Owen, judge.

William Stevenson Owen, judge.
Date:
between 1884 and 1909
Physical Description:
1 bookplate : engraving ; 115 x 78 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

2. A collection of English grasses.

A collection of English grasses.
Creator:
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Date:
circa 1792-1808
Physical Description:
1 v. ([1], 105 leaves) : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams.

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Creator:
Romney, George, 1734–1802
Date:
1794-1796
Physical Description:
1 volume ([4], 85, [57] pages) (many pages blank) ; 41 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery from the drawings and sketches of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. : in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, George Hibbert Esq., Dr. Monro, and several other gentlemen.

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Creator:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. An illustrated lecture on sketching from nature in pencil and water colour : with hints on light and shadow, on a method of study, etc., to be practically illustrated, when possible, by a series of lessons out of doors / by George Stubbs, of Alexander Square, Brompton ; with seventeen plates in tinted and chromo-lithography.

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Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
[between 1862 and 1868]
Physical Description:
12 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense" : to Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances, Countess Waldegrave / edited by Lady Strachey of Sutton Court ; illustrated.

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Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:
[approximately 1908?]
Physical Description:
xl, 327 pages, [21] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

7. Book of nonsense.

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Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
Date:
[1846]
Physical Description:
2 volumes ([74] leaves) : illustrations ; 15 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Observations on fox-hunting and the management of hounds in the kennel and the field : addressed to a young sportsman, about to undertake a hunting establishment / by Colonel Cook, H.P. 28th Dragoons.

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Creator:
Cook, John, 1773–1829
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
xvi, 292 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A description of the Spanish islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies / compiled from authentic memoirs, revised by gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish settlements ; and illustrated with thirty-two maps and plans, chiefly from original drawings taken from the Spaniards in the last war, and engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
1762
Physical Description:
[4], xxiv, 106, [2] pages, 32 folded leaves of plates : maps, plans ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The Godolphin Arabian, or, The history of a thorough-bred / by Eugène Sue.

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Creator:
Sue, Eugène, 1804–1857
Date:
1845
Physical Description:
116 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Myttonian feats : the sketches from nature / by Captain Parr ; furnished (along with many authentic anecdotes) to Nimrod (Charles Apperley, Esq.), for his work, "The life and death of John Mytton, Esq., of Halston Hall, Shropshire.".

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Creator:
Parr, Frederick, 1806–1871
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[26] leaves : ill. ; 30 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Deer stalking].

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Date:
[ca. 1810]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 39 x 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book : in four parts / by Thomas Sheraton, cabinet-maker ; recommended by many workmen of the first abilities in London, who have themselves inspected the work.

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Creator:
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
viii, viii, [1], 6-120, 171-446, [3], 4-60, 24 pages, [124] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Leonora / translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher by W.R. Spencer, Esq. ; with designs by the Right Honourable Lady Diana Beauclerc.

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Creator:
Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747–1794
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
[10], 35, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Journal of a tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the years 1813 and 1814 / by J.T. James, Esq. student of Christ Church, Oxford.

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Creator:
James, John Thomas, 1786–1828
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
viii, [4], 527, [1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts