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1. Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...

Hogarth moralized : a complete edition of all the most capital and admired works of William Hogarth / accompanied with concise and comprehensive explanations of their moral tendency by ... Dr. Trusler ; an introduction, and many additional notes ...
Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
xxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.

Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.
Creator:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Date:
March 1st 1807
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [17] leaves of plates : ill ; 20 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. [Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].
Creator:
Howle, J. (Tailor)
Date:
[approximately 1820-1830]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.
Creator:
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:
MDCLXIV [1664]
Physical Description:
[24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.
Creator:
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:
1752
Physical Description:
16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Africa : being accurate description of the regions of AEgypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billendulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, AEthiopia, and the Abyssines : with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto : with the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages : their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure, with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents / collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations ; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq. master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.

Africa : being accurate description of the regions of AEgypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billendulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, AEthiopia, and the Abyssines : with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto : with the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages : their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure, with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents / collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations ; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq. master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.
Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
MDC LXX [1670]
Physical Description:
[18], 38, [2], 39-146, [2], 147-281, [3], 283-304, [2], 305-314, [2], 315-488, [2], 489-632, [2], 633-658, [2], 659-767, [1] pages, [98] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 41 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.

A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.
Creator:
Stalker, John
Date:
1688
Physical Description:
[10], 84 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...
Date:
1765-1766
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.

Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[6], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [3] pages, [2], 31 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The characters of the passions / done after the originalls of Monsr. Le Brun.

The characters of the passions / done after the originalls of Monsr. Le Brun.
Creator:
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
[1], 19 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...
Creator:
Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
2 v. illus., plates, ports. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.
Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Date:
1670. (fol.)
Physical Description:
[6], 66 p., LX [i.e. 42] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.
Creator:
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:
MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.

A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. 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

20. Les delices de l'Italie : contenant une description exacte du pais, des principales villes, de toutes les antiquitez, & de toutes les raretez qui s'y trouvent : ouvrage enrichi d'un tres-grand nombre de figures en taille-douce.

Les delices de l'Italie : contenant une description exacte du pais, des principales villes, de toutes les antiquitez, & de toutes les raretez qui s'y trouvent : ouvrage enrichi d'un tres-grand nombre de figures en taille-douce.
Creator:
Rogissart, sieur de, fl. 1706
Date:
1707
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles

21. Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.

Scenes in England : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers / by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.
Creator:
Taylor, Isaac, 1759–1829
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xvi, 152 p., [29] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...

An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher : comprising the battles of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo : with a detailed narrative of the political events connected with those memorable conflicts, down to the surrender of Paris, and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena / drawn up from the first authorities by William Mudford ; illustrated by numerous public and private official documents, and other papers, hitherto unpublished, communicated by officers of the highest distinction ; embellished with a series of plates descriptive of the country between Brussels and Charleroi ... by James Rouse ...
Creator:
Mudford, William, 1782–1848
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2], xviii, [2], 368 p., [32] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : col. ill., maps ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.

Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1810 [that is, 1813?]
Physical Description:
2 volumes (xvi, 350 pages, 69 leaves of plates) : 69 illustrations (engraving, aquatint, some color) ; 59 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico : and the surrounding scenery / painted on twenty-seven hundred square feet of canvass by Robert Burford, Esq. ; from drawings made on the spot, at the request of the Mexican government, by Mr. W. Bullock, Junior.

Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico : and the surrounding scenery / painted on twenty-seven hundred square feet of canvass by Robert Burford, Esq. ; from drawings made on the spot, at the request of the Mexican government, by Mr. W. Bullock, Junior.
Creator:
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
16 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, plan ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio : LXV tabulis æneis / expressa a Guilielmo Williams cui accedit uniuscujusque collegij aulæque notitia.

Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio : LXV tabulis æneis / expressa a Guilielmo Williams cui accedit uniuscujusque collegij aulæque notitia.
Creator:
Williams, William, active 1724–1733
Date:
[1733]
Physical Description:
[66] leaves (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry : theoretical and practical : together with the descriptions, causes, and methods of removing, or relieving the disorders peculiar to pregnant and lying-in women, and new-born infants : interspersed with several new improvements; ... all drawn up and illustrated with several curious observations, and eighteen copper-plates in four parts / by John Burton.

An essay towards a complete new system of midwifry : theoretical and practical : together with the descriptions, causes, and methods of removing, or relieving the disorders peculiar to pregnant and lying-in women, and new-born infants : interspersed with several new improvements; ... all drawn up and illustrated with several curious observations, and eighteen copper-plates in four parts / by John Burton.
Creator:
Burton, John, 1710–1771
Date:
1751
Physical Description:
xix, [5], 391, [25] p., [18] leaves of plate (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.

Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.
Date:
MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 59, [1] pages, [1], 90 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.
Creator:
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
xii, 361, [1] p. front. (port.) illus., XLI pl. (part fold.) 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The emperor of China's palace at Pekin : and his principal gardens, as well in Tartary, as at Pekin, Gehol and the adjacent countries : with the temples, pleasure-houses, artificial mountains, rocks, lakes, &c. as disposed in different parts of those royal gardens : with an exact elevation of the great mogul's superb throne : the whole neatly engraved on twenty copper-plates twelve inches square, from the original views, correctly taken on the spot.

The emperor of China's palace at Pekin : and his principal gardens, as well in Tartary, as at Pekin, Gehol and the adjacent countries : with the temples, pleasure-houses, artificial mountains, rocks, lakes, &c. as disposed in different parts of those royal gardens : with an exact elevation of the great mogul's superb throne : the whole neatly engraved on twenty copper-plates twelve inches square, from the original views, correctly taken on the spot.
Date:
MDCCLIII [1753]
Physical Description:
[2] pages, 20 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 x 51 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.

The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.
Creator:
Gruner, Ludwig, 1801–1882
Date:
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages, 15 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A new edition considerably enlarged, of Attitudes faithfully copied from nature : and humbly dedicated to all admirers of the grand and sublime.

A new edition considerably enlarged, of Attitudes faithfully copied from nature : and humbly dedicated to all admirers of the grand and sublime.
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
[2] p., [12] leaves of plates : etchings ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Rowlandson's sketches from nature.

Rowlandson's sketches from nature.
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [18] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos / by Balt. Solvyns.

A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos / by Balt. Solvyns.
Creator:
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
[2], 66, [1], 35, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 10, [1], 13, [1], 17, [1], 8, [1], 36, [1], 22 leaves of plates : col. ill. (etchings) ; 52 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. [Catalog for Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory]

[Catalog for Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory]
Creator:
Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory
Date:
[1784?]
Physical Description:
[36] leaves : ill. 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Scotia depicta, or, the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns, and picturesque scenery, of Scotland : illustrated in a series of finished etchings / by James Fittler, A.R.A. and engraver to His Majesty, from accurate drawings made on the spot by John Claude Nattes ; with descriptions, antiquarian, historical, and picturesque.

Scotia depicta, or, the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, towns, and picturesque scenery, of Scotland : illustrated in a series of finished etchings / by James Fittler, A.R.A. and engraver to His Majesty, from accurate drawings made on the spot by John Claude Nattes ; with descriptions, antiquarian, historical, and picturesque.
Creator:
Fittler, James, 1758–1835
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
[52] leaves, 48 [that is, 49] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 x 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.

London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.
Creator:
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Date:
MDCCLXVU [1766]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Domestic architecture : a series of views of cottages and farmhouses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the house of Stuart : from drawings by S. Prout, R.C. Burney, A. Pugin, C. Varley, J.J.Chalon, W. De La Motte, R. Hills, W.H. Pyne, and others / the plates etched by Francis Stevens.

Domestic architecture : a series of views of cottages and farmhouses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the house of Stuart : from drawings by S. Prout, R.C. Burney, A. Pugin, C. Varley, J.J.Chalon, W. De La Motte, R. Hills, W.H. Pyne, and others / the plates etched by Francis Stevens.
Creator:
Stevens, Francis, 1781–1823
Date:
[between 1844 and 1850]
Physical Description:
iv, 36 p., [53] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.

The principles of drawing and painting : laid down in the most easy and simple manner, according to the practice of the best masters : with a view to the instruction of youth in this useful and elegant art : with twenty-eight copperplates, after Volpato, Vandyke, Morland, &c. / engraved by Mitchell.
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
20 p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... / by Batty Langley.

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... / by Batty Langley.
Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:
1740
Physical Description:
iv, 24 pages, clxxxiv [i.e. 186] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

41. Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land of Mexico / drawn by Mrs. H.G. Ward, and engraved by Mr. Pye ; with a statistical account of each.

Six views of the most important towns, and mining districts, upon the table land of Mexico / drawn by Mrs. H.G. Ward, and engraved by Mr. Pye ; with a statistical account of each.
Creator:
Ward, Emily Elizabeth, 1798–1882
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 x 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.
Date:
[169-?]
Physical Description:
[65] leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 16 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Thirty different drafts of Guinea / by William Smith, Surveyor to the Royal African Company of England.

Thirty different drafts of Guinea / by William Smith, Surveyor to the Royal African Company of England.
Creator:
Smith, William, surveyor
Date:
[not before 1727]
Physical Description:
30 leaves (1 folded) : chiefly ill., maps, plans (etchings) ; 28 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Cornelius Osgood, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

46. A book of caricaturas : on sixty copper plates, with ye principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner / by M. Darly ; with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas, taken from the Tabernacles, Newmarket Playhouses, &c., &c.

A book of caricaturas : on sixty copper plates, with ye principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner / by M. Darly ; with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas, taken from the Tabernacles, Newmarket Playhouses, &c., &c.
Creator:
Darly, M. (Mary)
Date:
[1762]
Physical Description:
60 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the appearance of persons after death, for the purpose of detecting murders, forewarning death, and discovering hidden treasures / by C. Williams, author of numerous popular works.

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the appearance of persons after death, for the purpose of detecting murders, forewarning death, and discovering hidden treasures / by C. Williams, author of numerous popular works.
Creator:
Williams, C., active 1840
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
24 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne : enrichie de planches / par le sr. de la Serre ...

Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne : enrichie de planches / par le sr. de la Serre ...
Creator:
La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665
Date:
1639
Physical Description:
72 p., [9] leaves of plates (some folded) : port., ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Creator:
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 44 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 62 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, Esq. R.A. ; engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd., Esq. ; in two volumes.

No cover image available
Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts