On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances / Subject Terms: Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

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

211. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

212. Ferny combes : a ramble after ferns in the glens and valleys of Devonshire / by Charlotte Chanter.

Creator:: Chanter, Charlotte, 1828–1882
Date:: 1856
Physical Description:: 118 p., VIII, [1] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

213. The Windsor double check washing-book for ladies.

Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: [26] leaves ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

215. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

Creator:: Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

216. List of articles from Mechi, 4 Leadenhall St., London : inventor of the Mechian dressing case, and various improvements in articles of cutlery.

Creator:: J.J. Mechi
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 16 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

217. Spooner's Changing drolleries : no. 2 : choosing a husband : mercy on us what a set of frights! Ah, there's a decent looking portrait at last I declare!

Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : col. ill. ; 30 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

218. Oriental tooth paste : an unrivalled preparation for cleansing, beautifying & preserving the teeth & gums.

Creator:: J. & E. Atkinson's Perfumery
Date:: [188-?]
Physical Description:: [1] sheet : ill. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

219. Souvenir album of Silloth : 28 views.

Date:: [188-?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet : chiefly ill. ; 16 x 135 cm, folded to 16 x 11 cm, in covers 16 x 12 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

220. Hobson's fox-hunting atlas [cartographic material] : containing separate maps of every county in England, and the three ridings of Yorkshire; comprising forty-two maps, showing the roads, railways, canals, parks, etc., etc. / compiled from the maps of the board of ordnance ; and other surveys by J. and C. Walker.

Creator:: Hobson, William Colling
Date:: [1850?]
Physical Description:: [4] p. : 42 double maps (colored) ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

221. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

Creator:: Phillipps, Charles Spencer March
Date:: 1869
Physical Description:: xiv, 131 ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

222. Hardy ferns : how I collected and cultivated them / by Nona Bellairs ; with a frontispiece.

Creator:: Bellairs, Nona Maria Stephenson
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 128, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

223. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of the Drum and Fife Band of the Grenadier Guards].

Date:: [approximately 1890]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

224. Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage : the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sports / embellished with thirteen colored plates, designed from nature, and etched by Theodore Lane ; dedicated to Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: MDCCCXXVII [1827]
Physical Description:: viii, 304, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

225. Cambridge University boating costumes.

Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : all ill. ; 32 x 39 cm, folded to 10 x 11 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

226. The boat race and who went to it.

Date:: [between 1868 and 1885]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([16] panels) : illustrations ; 29 x 89 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Date:: [approximately 1875]
Physical Description:: 1 album card : chromolithograph ; 130 x 90 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

228. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

229. An account of the grand musical festival, held in September, 1823, in the cathedral church of York : for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the general infirmaries at Leeds, Hull, and Sheffield : to which is prefixed, a sketch of the rise and progress of musical festivals in Great Britain : with biographical and historical notes / by John Crosse, F.S.A., F.R.S.L., M.G.S. ...

Creator:: Crosse, John, 1786–1833
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 436, xxvi, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

230. Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing : in thirteen parts / by J. H. Burgess.

Creator:: Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: 13 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

231. [The essayists]

Creator:: Lisle, Joe
Date:: [1828-1830]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

232. Mirroir de la mode.

Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: 100 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

233. A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours : containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery / by John Clark ; illustrated by fifty-five views from nature, descriptive objects, &c. mounted in imitation of drawings.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: 4 pt. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

234. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

Creator:: Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Date:: 1885
Physical Description:: xiv, 401 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

235. Coaching days of England : containing an account of whatever was most remarkable for grandeur, elegance and curiosity in the time of the coaches of England, comprehending the year 1750 until 1850 : together with an historical commentary by Anthony Burgess, and in addition decorated and illustrated with a great number of drawings, prints, and views in perspective gathered on purpose for this work.

Date:: 1966
Physical Description:: [2], 96 p., 25 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps, facsims. ; 39 x 53 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

236. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

237. The passions, humourously delineated / by Timothy Bobbin, Esq. author of the Lancashire Dialect : containing twenty-five plates, with his portrait, title plate, and poetical descriptions.

Creator:: Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: [34] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

238. Peep at Brighton / by Alfred Crowquill ; lithographed by Mr. Chas. J. Basebe ; in six scenes.

Creator:: Crowquill, Alfred
Date:: June 29th, 1848
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

239. Humorous designs / by M.E.

Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

240. Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship : comprising twenty two different alphabets.

Creator:: Jones, William, writing master
Date:: [1830?]
Physical Description:: [23] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

241. Morning calls.

Date:: [1830s?]
Physical Description:: [15] leaves : illustrations ; 12 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

242. Now exhibiting at the large exhibition room near the foot of Waterloo Bridge, a small distance from the Coburg theatre, the ancient vessel : this celebrated remains of antiquity is caulked with moss : and is supposed to have been on of the vessels used by the Danes when they invaded England in the time of Alfred the Great.

Date:: [18--]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

243. New cyclopædia of botany and complete book of herbs : forms a history and description of all plants, British or foreign.

Creator:: Brook, Richard, fl. 1847
Date:: [1860?]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

244. Cabinet album views of Carlisle and vicinity.

Date:: 188-?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([8] p. ): chiefly ill. ; 12 x 311 cm, folded to 12 x 18 cm, in covers 13 cm. x 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

245. "Coming home" : a comic panorama / drawn by "Leech" ; delineating, with irresistible humour, the fun, mishaps, and queer occurrences, to which the votaries of the sports are subjected "Coming Home" from the races ; exhibiting the laughter-moving effects of this talented artist's comic pencil, presented to the public in a perfectly novel and unique style of elegance ; suitable for the drawing-room, and in price adapted to the cottage.

Creator:: Leech, John, 1817–1864
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: [1] folded sheet ([15] p.): ill. ; 107 x 11 cm., folded to 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

246. The floral gift : an illuminated souvenir / by Samuel Stanesby.

Creator:: Stanesby, Samuel
Date:: [1863]
Physical Description:: [4], 28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

247. Recollections of Bala and neighbourhood.

Date:: [184-?]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet ([24] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 167 cm, folded to 19 x 14 cm, in covers 19 x 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

248. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

Creator:: Grant, James, 1802–1879
Date:: [1837-1838]
Physical Description:: [12] pt. ([4], viii, 408 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

249. Epsom Races : the Derby Day.

Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 4 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 180 cm, acordion folded to 6 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

250. Rouge et noir : the academicians of 1823, or, The Greeks of the Palais Royal, and the clubs of St. James's : dedicated (sans permission) to His the Duke of , and Bishop of _, commander in ___, &c. &c. &c. / by Charles Persius, Esq. ; Garde Nationale de Paris, auteur des Réflexions sur l'homme, d'un Essai sur la folie, des observations sur les femmes du xix siècle, et d'un critique sur les Mémoires de Mrs. Dyott, one of the Graces of Grosvenor Square.

Creator:: Dunne, Charles
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 456, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

251. Brush drawing as applied to natural forms and common objects : over 300 examples in monochrome and colour / by May Mallam.

Creator:: Mallam, May
Date:: 1905
Physical Description:: [48] p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

252. A nineteenth century, and familiar history of the lives, loves, and misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa : a matchless pair, who flourished in the twelfth century : a poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated with ten engravings / by Robert Rabelais, the younger.

Creator:: Rabelais, Robert, the younger
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: xvii, 384 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

253. London [graphic].

Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: 20 pictures on 2 joined sheets : chromolithograph ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 76 cm, accordion folded to 13 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

254. Principles of effect and colour : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art / by G.F. Phillips, member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours.

Creator:: Phillips, G. F. (Giles Firman), 1780–1867
Date:: [ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 30, [2] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

255. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

Creator:: Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:: [1880?]
Physical Description:: 36 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

256. Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany / by John Lindley.

Creator:: Lindley, John, 1799–1865
Date:: [ca. 1842?]
Physical Description:: 2 v. (xvi, 300; viii, 280 p.) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

257. Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.

Date:: [1892]
Physical Description:: iv, 136 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

258. The archer's guide : containing full instructions for the use of that ancient and noble instrument the bow; directions for the choice of arrows; and all information essential to the attainment of theoretical proficiency in the graceful, manly, and fashionable pastime of archery : accompanied by a sketch of the history of the long-bow, whether as a weapon of war or an instrument of amusement / by an old toxophilite ; illustrated with plates of the costume and paraphernalia, position in shooting, etc. by R. Cruikshank, Esq., member of the Brompton Club of Archers.

Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: 23, [1], xi, [1], 178, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

259. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

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

260. Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon : on board His Majesty's ship.

Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: [2], 26 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

261. The hand-book for modelling wax flowers / by John and Horatio Mintorn.

Creator:: Mintorn, J. H. (John Haynes)
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: xi, 84 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

262. One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls / described by Mme. Marie Schild.

Creator:: Schild, Marie
Date:: [approximately 1884]
Physical Description:: 141, [5] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

263. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

Creator:: Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

264. [Victorian greeting card].

Date:: [approximately 1880]
Physical Description:: 1 folded greeting card : chromolithographs ; 100 x 80 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

265. Our lace sampler : second series / by Mrs. Mee & Miss Austin ...

Creator:: Mee, Cornelia, 1815–1875
Date:: [approximately 1870]
Physical Description:: 16, [4] pages, [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

266. Male character costumes : a guide to gentlemen's costume suitable for fancy dress balls and private theatricals : 150 illustrations.

Date:: [not before 1884]
Physical Description:: [2], 96, [2] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

267. Parlour pastimes : a repertoire of acting charades, fire-side games, enigmas, riddles, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc., etc.

Creator:: Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: 288 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

268. The melange of humour : a series of fifty coloured engravings, comprising a great variety of comic subjects / by the most popular artists of the present day.

Date:: [1824?]
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, [50] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

269. The theatric tourist : being a genuine collection of correct views, with brief and authentic historical accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom : replete with useful and necessary information to theatrical professors, whereby they may learn how to chuse [sic] and regulate their country engagements; and with numerous anecdoes to amuse the reader / by a theatric amateur.

Creator:: Winston, James, 1773–1843
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [2], 72 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

270. Glances at character.

Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: viii, 158 p., 8 [i.e. 7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

271. Lessons in flower and fruit modelling in wax / by J.H. Mintorn ; with practical illustrations.

Creator:: Mintorn, J. H. (John Haynes)
Date:: [185-?]
Physical Description:: 124, [2], 16 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

272. The wreath, or, Ornamental artist : containing instructions for making flowers of wax, rice-paper, lamb's-wool, and cambric, with a great variety of articles : for charitable repositories / by a Lady.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: [2], ii, 92, [2] pages, [22] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

273. Trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

Date:: 1860s?
Physical Description:: 1 trade card ; 9.1 x 12.6 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

274. The history of the Charter-House : dedicated by permission to the Rev. W. Fisher, D.D. Master of the Charter-House, and prependary of Norwich.

Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 32 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

275. Child's advanced drawing book.

Creator:: Childs, George
Date:: ca. 1840]
Physical Description:: 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

276. The noble game of billiards : wherein are exhibited extraordinary & surprising strokes which have excited the admiration of most of the sovereigns of Europe / by Monsieur Mingaud.

Creator:: Mingaud, François, 1771–1847
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: [2], 7, [1] p., [1], 40 leaves leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

277. Riding and driving / by "Stonehenge," author of "The Horse," "British Rural Sorts," etc., etc. ; with illustrations.

Creator:: Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810–1888
Date:: [1863]
Physical Description:: 91, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

278. Life in the country, or, Eccentricities and oddities exhibiting real and original scenes of rural life / by an old sportsman.

Creator:: Old sportsman
Date:: [1825?]
Physical Description:: 48 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

279. Countryman in London [graphic].

Date:: [ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:: 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 18 x 21 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

280. Cassell's popular drawing copies. Series D. : Figure drawing.

Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 12 pt.. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

281. Der Kreuzzerbrecher = The Cross puzzle.

Creator:: F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Date:: [1892]
Physical Description:: [8], 48 pages : illustrations ; 72 x 87 mm, in box 93 x 78 x 15 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

282. The coloured drawing book for young painters / by F.A. Lydon.

Creator:: Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis)
Date:: [186-?]
Physical Description:: 3 pt. : ill. ; 23 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

283. Patent stone building box no. 5.

Creator:: F. Ad. Richter & Co
Date:: [approximately 1885]
Physical Description:: 1 set of building blocks (63 pieces) : stone ; various sizes, in wooden box 16 x 23 x 5
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

284. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

285. The album of York views.

Date:: [ca. 187-?]
Physical Description:: [1] sheet (35 views) : ill. ; 21 cm x 264 cm,, folded to 21 cm x 16 cm, in covers 22 cm x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

286. Going to Epsom Races : a ludicrious amusement, consisting of modern costume, characters, dandies, equipages, and horsemanship.

Physical Description:: 1 print on 4 joined sheets : aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 6 x 180 cm, rolled (in wooden case) to 6 x 4 cm (scroll format)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

287. Robin's panoramic excursion from London-Bridge to Ramsgate [graphic] : including Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Broadstairs, and Margate : with every other place, or object of interest, to be seen during the voyage : the whole extending to twelve feet in length.

Creator:: Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 20 joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 8 x 320 cm, accordion folded to 8 x 16 cm + 1 pamphlet (8, [24] pages ; 9 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

288. A descriptive guide to Guy's Cliff : with an authentic catalogue of the paintings.

Date:: MDCCCXLIV [1844]
Physical Description:: [2], 27, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

289. H. Simpkins's illustrated pocket keepsake and book of amusements for 1882 : contains almanack for 1882, tide-table, historical events, pretty songs, parlour pastimes, funny tales, jokes and conundrums, ball room companion, with many interesting illustrations.

Date:: [1881]
Physical Description:: [32] pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

290. The hand-book for modelling wax flowers / by John and Horatio Mintorn.

Creator:: Mintorn, J. H. (John Haynes)
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 96 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

291. Description of the two pictures now exhibiting at the Diorama, Regents, Park London : [Valley of Sarnen and Canterbury Cathedral]

Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (11, [1] p.) : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

292. Fores's steeple chase scenes : illustrative of the sport : a series of six plates / from original drawings by H. Alken, sen.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: [1848]
Physical Description:: [2] p., 6 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 40 x 57 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

293. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1840?]
Physical Description:: iv pages, [54] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 x 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Date:: [approximately 1890]
Physical Description:: 1 card : color illustrations ; 13 x 11 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

295. Slate pencil drawings : for the self instruction of children.

Date:: [ca. 1850?]
Physical Description:: [13] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

296. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

297. Alfred Crowquill's guide to the watering places : with illustrations / by Alfred Crowquill.

Creator:: Crowquill, Alfred
Date:: [between 1830 and 1837]
Physical Description:: [2], 50, [10] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

298. Reminiscences of Oxford varsity life / by an undergraduate.

Date:: [ca. 1862]
Physical Description:: [29] plates : chiefly ill. 30 cm. in folder 50 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

299. 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.

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

300. Lecture (delivered in Glasgow) on the usefulness, practicability, and method of teaching initiatory drawing, or sketching, as a common branch of education.

Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: [2], 14 p. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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201. Diorama, Regent's Park : description of the two pictures now exhibiting, viz. the Basilica of St. Paul, near Rome, and the village of Alagna, in Piedmont, painted by le chevalier Bouton.

203. Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook.

204. The betting-book / by George Cruikshank ; with cuts.

206. The little sketch book : a course of very easy lessons in landscapes, figures, &c. First series, for young beginners.

207. A narrative of the Grand Festival at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814 : with an appendix containing copies of all the handbills which were published on the occasions : a list of the xubscribers : and an account of the expenditure.

208. Copper plate used to print a trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

209. Buchanan's initiatory drawing lessons : for the use of writing academies & private families : engraved series, to be copied with the pen.

210. The instructive reading society.

212. Ferny combes : a ramble after ferns in the glens and valleys of Devonshire / by Charlotte Chanter.

213. The Windsor double check washing-book for ladies.

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

216. List of articles from Mechi, 4 Leadenhall St., London : inventor of the Mechian dressing case, and various improvements in articles of cutlery.

217. Spooner's Changing drolleries : no. 2 : choosing a husband : mercy on us what a set of frights! Ah, there's a decent looking portrait at last I declare!

218. Oriental tooth paste : an unrivalled preparation for cleansing, beautifying & preserving the teeth & gums.

219. Souvenir album of Silloth : 28 views.

221. Horse and man / by C.S. March Phillipps ; author of Jurisprudence etc.

222. Hardy ferns : how I collected and cultivated them / by Nona Bellairs ; with a frontispiece.

223. [Die-cut and embossed chromolithographed scrap-sheet of the Drum and Fife Band of the Grenadier Guards].

225. Cambridge University boating costumes.

226. The boat race and who went to it.

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

228. Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.

230. Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing : in thirteen parts / by J. H. Burgess.

231. [The essayists]

232. Mirroir de la mode.

234. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

236. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

237. The passions, humourously delineated / by Timothy Bobbin, Esq. author of the Lancashire Dialect : containing twenty-five plates, with his portrait, title plate, and poetical descriptions.

238. Peep at Brighton / by Alfred Crowquill ; lithographed by Mr. Chas. J. Basebe ; in six scenes.

239. Humorous designs / by M.E.

240. Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship : comprising twenty two different alphabets.

241. Morning calls.

243. New cyclopædia of botany and complete book of herbs : forms a history and description of all plants, British or foreign.

244. Cabinet album views of Carlisle and vicinity.

246. The floral gift : an illuminated souvenir / by Samuel Stanesby.

247. Recollections of Bala and neighbourhood.

248. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

249. Epsom Races : the Derby Day.

251. Brush drawing as applied to natural forms and common objects : over 300 examples in monochrome and colour / by May Mallam.

252. A nineteenth century, and familiar history of the lives, loves, and misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa : a matchless pair, who flourished in the twelfth century : a poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated with ten engravings / by Robert Rabelais, the younger.

253. London [graphic].

254. Principles of effect and colour : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples for the amateur and professional student in art / by G.F. Phillips, member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours.

255. A course of water-colour painting : with twenty-four coloured plates / from designs by R.P. Leitch.

256. Ladies' botany, or, A familiar introduction to the study of the natural system of botany / by John Lindley.

257. Young ladies' journal complete guide to the work-table : containing instructions on Berlin work, crochet, drawn-thread work, embroidery, knitting, knotting or macrame, lace, netting, poonah painting & tatting ; with numerous illustrations and coloured designs.

259. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

260. Journal of a landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon : on board His Majesty's ship.

261. The hand-book for modelling wax flowers / by John and Horatio Mintorn.

262. One thousand characters suitable for fancy costume balls / described by Mme. Marie Schild.

264. [Victorian greeting card].

265. Our lace sampler : second series / by Mrs. Mee & Miss Austin ...

266. Male character costumes : a guide to gentlemen's costume suitable for fancy dress balls and private theatricals : 150 illustrations.

267. Parlour pastimes : a repertoire of acting charades, fire-side games, enigmas, riddles, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc., etc.

268. The melange of humour : a series of fifty coloured engravings, comprising a great variety of comic subjects / by the most popular artists of the present day.

270. Glances at character.

271. Lessons in flower and fruit modelling in wax / by J.H. Mintorn ; with practical illustrations.

272. The wreath, or, Ornamental artist : containing instructions for making flowers of wax, rice-paper, lamb's-wool, and cambric, with a great variety of articles : for charitable repositories / by a Lady.

273. Trade card for the Leather Bottle Hotel, Cobham, Kent.

274. The history of the Charter-House : dedicated by permission to the Rev. W. Fisher, D.D. Master of the Charter-House, and prependary of Norwich.

275. Child's advanced drawing book.

276. The noble game of billiards : wherein are exhibited extraordinary & surprising strokes which have excited the admiration of most of the sovereigns of Europe / by Monsieur Mingaud.

277. Riding and driving / by "Stonehenge," author of "The Horse," "British Rural Sorts," etc., etc. ; with illustrations.

278. Life in the country, or, Eccentricities and oddities exhibiting real and original scenes of rural life / by an old sportsman.

279. Countryman in London [graphic].

280. Cassell's popular drawing copies. Series D. : Figure drawing.

281. Der Kreuzzerbrecher = The Cross puzzle.

282. The coloured drawing book for young painters / by F.A. Lydon.

283. Patent stone building box no. 5.

285. The album of York views.

286. Going to Epsom Races : a ludicrious amusement, consisting of modern costume, characters, dandies, equipages, and horsemanship.

287. Robin's panoramic excursion from London-Bridge to Ramsgate [graphic] : including Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Broadstairs, and Margate : with every other place, or object of interest, to be seen during the voyage : the whole extending to twelve feet in length.

288. A descriptive guide to Guy's Cliff : with an authentic catalogue of the paintings.

289. H. Simpkins's illustrated pocket keepsake and book of amusements for 1882 : contains almanack for 1882, tide-table, historical events, pretty songs, parlour pastimes, funny tales, jokes and conundrums, ball room companion, with many interesting illustrations.