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1. [Drawing book of trees]

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
1821.]
Physical Description:
[32] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. [Landscape views].

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Date:
1794
Physical Description:
6 prints : etching ; 17 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

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Creator:
John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[4], 8 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

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Date:
1660
Physical Description:
[5], 20 [i.e. 39] p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A book of landskips & buildings pleasant & useful for youth to draw after.

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Creator:
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Date:
[between 1726 and 1736]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art : with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them : adapted to the earliest state of instruction for the use of school or private tuition : to which is added, the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted, and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ; author of "Select gems from the antique".

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Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A compendium of the theory and practice of drawing and painting : illustrated by the technical terms in art with practical observations on the essential lines and the forms connected with them ... : to which is added the practice of the pencil, chalk, tinted and water-colour drawing / by R. Dagley ...

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Creator:
Dagley, Richard, d. 1841
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
[8], xvi, 79 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A drawing book of figures and animals from Berghem.

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Creator:
Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620–1683
Date:
[ca. 1790]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. N. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A familiar treatise on perspective : designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry : whereby, in a few days, sufficient of this useful science may be learned, to enable any person, accumstomed to the use of the pencil, to draw landscapes, and the simpler objects of art : with perspective accuracy / by W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
43, [1] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A familiar treatise on perspective, designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry ... By W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
46 p. 16 plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A new drawing book engrav'd from the curious designs of that great master M. Poilly : very proper for all to draw after who are willing to excel in the noble arts of painting, engraving, &c.

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Date:
[approximately 1730]
Physical Description:
11 leaves : illustrations ; 20 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A new drawing book of modes / by B. Picart.

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Creator:
Picart, Bernard, 1673–1733
Date:
[1733?]
Physical Description:
13 leaves : all ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A new drawing book, in the manner of chalk : containing twelve views in the west of England as follows : Glastonbury, Tavistock, ditto, Lynmouth, Exmouth, East-Bourne, Ide, ditto, Chagford, Exeter, Pennycross, Dartmoor / drawn and engraved by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
[12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A new drawing-book of out-lines &c. : very proper for the first-practice of all who are willing to excell in that noble-art = Nouveau livres pour apprendre les premiers principes du dessein : tres-utile à ceux qui souhaitent d'exceller dans ce bel art.

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Date:
1722
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 20 cm. x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A practical treatise of perspective, on the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor / by Edward Edwards, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy.

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Creator:
Edwards, Edward, 1738–1806
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
xii, 316, [2] p., [1], XL leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A select collection of landscapes for practice in drawing : with an outline to each / by the late Mr. James Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[29] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A series of easy lessons in landscape drawing : contained in forty plates, arranged progressively from the first principles in the chalk manner to the finished landscape colours / by Samuel Prout.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
4 p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A series of progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A series of progressive lessons, intended to elucidate the art of landscape painting in water colours.

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Creator:
Cox, David, 1783–1859
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
30 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil : exemplified in thirty-eight etchings, from the original drawings of Lucatelli, after nature, in and about Rome.

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Creator:
Austin, William, 1721–1820
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
6, [2] p., [30] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm. x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; faithfully translated from the original Italian, and now first digested under proper heads, by John Francis Rigaud, Esq. ; Academician of The Royal Academy of Painting at London, and also of The Academia Clementina at Bologna, and The Royal Academy at Stockholm ; illustrated with twenty-three copper-plates, and other figures ; to which is prefixed a new life of the author, drawn up from authentic materials till now inaccessible, by John Sidney Hawkins, Esq. F.A.S.

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Creator:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
[2], xcv, [1], 236 p., 22 leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., diagrs., port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

26. A variety of tame & wild animals : studies from nature selected & arranged for the use and approbation of the young practitioner, the professor and the lover of design / by M.F. Quadal.

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Creator:
Quadal, Martin Ferdinand, 1736–1808
Date:
May 25, 1793
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : all ill. ; 31 x 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass or, The young man's time well spent.

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Date:
1731
Physical Description:
21, [1] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Albert Durer revived, or, A book of drawing, limning, washing, or colouring of maps and prints : and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers : with directions how to lay and paint pictures upon glass, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

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Date:
[1698]
Physical Description:
[3], 21 [i.e. 40] p. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in ten 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, 10. history : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on 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 practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

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Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[177-?]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [62] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. An easy and familiar treatise on the art of drawing in perspective : calculated for young students, and to be acquired without a tutor / by Elias Taylor.

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Creator:
Taylor, Elias
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
viii, 74, [2] p., 25 leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. An epitome of painting : containing breife directions for drawing, painting, limning, and cryoons : wth. the choicest receipts for preparing the colours for limning and cryoons : likewise directions for painting on glass, as tis now in use amongst all persons of quality : and lastly, how to lay the ground, and work in mezzo tinto / all by Edward Luttrell, 1683.

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Creator:
Luttrell, Edward
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
1 v. ([8], 68 p., with numerous blanks at end) : ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. An epitome of perspective / by John Wells, drawing master to the school of Christ's Hopsital.

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Creator:
Wells, John, 1757 or 1758–1843
Date:
1817]
Physical Description:
[2], 10 leaves : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. An essay on mechanical drawing : comprising an elementary course of practice in the perspective delineation of machinery / illustrated in numerous plates by Charles Blunt.

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Creator:
Blunt, Charles
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
[4], 91, [1] p., [63] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape / by W.M. Craig ; with illustrative prints, engraved by the author.

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Creator:
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
24 p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. 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

36. An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children : accompanied with illustrative plates, appropriate diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : to which is added, A compendium of genuine instruction in the art of drawing and painting : the whole comprising a body of information, adapted equally to the simplicity of youth, and to mental maturity ... / by Mr. Hayter ...

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
viii, 168 p., [1], XIV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting : in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : illustrated by appropriate plates and diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry, and a compendium of genuine instruction, comprising a progressive and complete body of information, carefully adapted for the instruction of females, and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and mental maturity / by Mr. Hayter, portrait painter, in miniature and crayons, and teacher of the principal elements of the art.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xi, [5], 197, [3] p., [xvii] leaves of plates (5 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. An introduction to perspective, drawing, and painting in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues between the author's children : illustrated by appropriate plates and diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : and a compendium of genuine instruction comprising a progressive and complete body of information carefully adopted for the instructions of females : and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and mental maturity / by Charles Hayter.

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Creator:
Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xviii, 263 p., [20] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. An introduction to the art of drawing, neatly engraved by G. Bickham: on thirty-six plates.

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Creator:
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:
[17--]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 35 plates on 34 leaves. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. An introduction to the general art of drawing, wherein is set forth the grounds and properties, which of this infallible and judicious art are necessary to be known and understood ... with an illustration of 25 copper prints ... Likewise, An excellent treatise of the art of limning in which the true grounds and the perfect use of water-colours ... are ... taught. Formerly set out by ... Gerhard of Brugge. And now much augmented and amended, with some observations, touching ... the colouring and painting with water-colours. Truly tr. into English by J. L.

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Creator:
Goeree, Willem, 1635–1711
Date:
1674
Physical Description:
2 pts. plates. 24 cm. (4 to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Art of drawing and painting in water-colours : wherein the principles of drawing are laid down : after a natural and easy manner : and youth directed in every thing that relates to this useful art ... : to which are annexed, Familiar direction, whereby a stranger in the Art of drawing maybe readily taught to delineate any view or prospect with the utmost exactness ... : with instructions for preparing, mixing, and managing all sorts of water-colours used in painting.

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Date:
1770
Physical Description:
96 p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons : being a course of instruction for the execution of portraiture and landscape / by Henry Murray.

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Creator:
Murray, Henry, F.S.A
Date:
[187-?]
Physical Description:
59 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Artistic and picturesque groups for the embellishment of landscape : in a series of about one thousand subjects : comprising the most interesting accessories to rural and domestic scenery; shipping and craft; rural sports, pastimes and occupations; naval, military and civil employments; implements of trade, commerce and agriculture; etc. : the whole forming an excyclopaedia of illustration of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c., of Great Britain / accurately drawn from nature, and etched by W.H. Pyne ; and aquatinted by J. Hill.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[83] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Arts companion, or A new assistant for the ingenious, in 3 pts. Pt. 1 containing the art of drawing in perspective ... Pt. II containing the art of drawing and painting in water-colours ... Pt. III containing the art of painting in miniature ... to which are added directions for shadowing, stipling, &c. ... likewise the preparation of an excellent polish and shell: the whole taken from some of the best Italian and other masters.

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Date:
1749
Physical Description:
172 p. ill. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Bits for beginners / by Samuel Prout ; 21 plates with 100 studies of rustic scenery, picturesque old houses, cottages, ruins, castles, churches, porches, archways, bridges, waterfalls, etc.

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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Book of landscapes after Payne.

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Creator:
Payne, William, active 1776–1809
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Book with groups of figures (by Pyne) for decorating landscapes.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Bowles's new preceptor in drawing ... Being the close study, for a series of years, of the late Mr. Lens ... On sixty-two copper-plates, engraved by himself. Designed chiefly for young beginners ... To which is prefixed, An introduction to drawing ... Translated from the French of monsieur Gerard de Lairesse, and improved with extracts from C.A. du Fresnoy, Salmon, &c.

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Date:
[ca. 1799]
Physical Description:
20 p. 62 plates on 42 leaves. 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description : studies from nature.

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Creator:
Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Date:
[1822?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 x 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laporte.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 43 x 58 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts