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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Subject Terms Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

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1. [A cat playing with a ball of string].

No cover image available
Creator:
Dobbs, Henry
Date:
[ca. 1820]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustration ; 5 x 8 cm, on card 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Album card with cut paper lace overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 130 x 90 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Album card with silver edged cut paper overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].

[Billhead of F. Henderson, clothier & outfitter, recording purchases by Mr. G. Duncan, Imperial Hotel, 1888].
Creator:
Henderson, F. (Clothier)
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 18 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Calling card for Colonel Lowther : 31, Bruton Street].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Calling card for Mr. Edmund Goodwin : Ducie House, Manchester].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Calling card for Mr. John A. May, Miss May, [... E. May] : The Brooklands.

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. [Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]

[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
Creator:
Dean & Son
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 card ; illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [Embossed album card with cut paper overlay].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1860]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. [Embossed and metallic cut paper album card].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]

[Fire insurance policy for Mr. Robert Gibbs, March 1, 1808, from British Fire Office]
Creator:
British Fire Office (London, England)
Date:
March 1st, 1808
Physical Description:
4 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. [Fire insurance policy for Mr. Thomas Mason, May 9th, 1891 from the Phœnix Fire Office]

No cover image available
Creator:
Phœnix Fire Office (Firm : London, England)
Date:
1891-1892
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 52 x 38 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. [Metallic cut paper greeting card].

[Metallic cut paper greeting card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : color illustrations ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. [Silver metallic cut paper album card].

[Silver metallic cut paper album card].
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 album card : chromolithograph ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. [Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]

[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 6 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. [Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]

[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. [Victorian greeting card].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 folded greeting card : chromolithographs ; 100 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. [White and gold metallic cut paper card]

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1875]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : chromolithograph ; 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.
Creator:
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket : engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Ballycastle golf links on the Antrim Coast : Midland Route via Heysham & Belfast.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 postcard : chromolithography ; 90 x 140 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Bill for a coffin for Doctor Thompson : manuscript.

No cover image available
Creator:
Lavey, John
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 12 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Bill for clothes, buttons and trimmings.

Bill for clothes, buttons and trimmings.
Creator:
Leaf, Edward (Tailor)
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 15 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801.

Bill for clothes, notions, and fabrics, 1801.
Creator:
Watson (Clothier)
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 24 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party.

By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party.
Date:
between 1792 and 1818?
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 8 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.

Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.
Creator:
Constable & Company (Firm : London, England)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 100 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking, London and Liverpool.

Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking, London and Liverpool.
Creator:
Day and Martin
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking. London, and Liverpool.

Day & Martin : proprietors of the real Japan blacking. London, and Liverpool.
Creator:
Day and Martin
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker : Albion House, Walworth : family mourning.

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker : Albion House, Walworth : family mourning.
Creator:
G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. H. Molyneux (wholesale & retail) : linen & woollen draper, silk mercer & hoster.

No cover image available
Creator:
H. Molyneux (Firm)
Date:
[between 1820-1825]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Happy may they birthday be.

Happy may they birthday be.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 item : color illustrations ; 22 x 8 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.

Jones & Halton : furnishing undertakers, and funeral feathermen : 11 & 12 Church Row, Islington.
Creator:
Jones & Halton (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Many happy returns of the day.

Many happy returns of the day.
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

34. P. J. Lara : house agent, funeral economist & licensed appraiser : 4, Warwick Place, Kingsland Road & no. 6 Oxford Street, Mile End.

P. J. Lara : house agent, funeral economist & licensed appraiser : 4, Warwick Place, Kingsland Road & no. 6 Oxford Street, Mile End.
Creator:
P. J. Lara (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1860-1880]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Pawson & Lewis, undertakers : upholsterers, auctioneers, appraisers, house and estate agents : accountants & undertakers : 27 Chichester Place, Gray's Inn Road.

No cover image available
Creator:
Pawson & Lewis (Firm)
Date:
[approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Rossmore : Friday October 5th 1877.

No cover image available
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
1 dance card ; 110 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Sensitive leaf : the surprising phenomenon of nature.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1832 and 1865]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843.

Tax bill for William Hanham, Cranleigh, Surrey, August 27th, 1843.
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. 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

40. 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 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[approximately 184-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 2 printed 'sensitive' leaves.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The Eastern puzzle.

The Eastern puzzle.
Date:
[approximately 1885]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The instructive reading society.

No cover image available
Creator:
Instructive Reading Society (Surrey, England)
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
[4] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961

46. The nose game : a series of five sets of types each set comprising ten different cards.

No cover image available
Creator:
Carreras, Ltd. (Firm)
Date:
[1927]
Physical Description:
[50] cigarette cards : color illustrations ; 70 x 40 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. With [M. Stewart Wallace's] best wishes for a happy New Year.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 card : color illustrations ; 13 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. With love and good wishes for a happy New Year.

With love and good wishes for a happy New Year.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 pop-up card : color illustrations ; 15 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts