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1. Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds : comprising the whole of his works / by Samuel William Reynolds, engraver to the king.

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Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations (engravings) ; 46 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Frederick W. Hilles, Yale BA 1922, transfer from the Yale University Library.

2. A catalogue of a capital collection of prints, the work of that incomparable artist Wenceslaus Hollar : formed at a considerable degree of expense by the late John Towneley, Esq. ... : and abounding throughout in valuable proofs and curious variations : particularly comprising his extremely rare British Portraits and typography ... : containing eleven plates more than are generally known to be in existence : together with a matchless collection of drawings in colours, of natural history, inimitably executed by Hollar : ... which will be sold at auction by Mr. King, at his Great Room, No. 38, King Street, Covent Garden on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1818, and four following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:: King, Thomas
Date:: [1818]
Physical Description:: [4], 44 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The whole historical dramas of William Shakespeare illustrated, : by an assemblage of portraits of the royal, noble, and other persons mentioned; together with those of editors, commentators, and actors, and views of castles, towns, &c. of the respective places referred to; with short biographical and topographical accounts : in two volumes.

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Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: 2 v., [104] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Calcographiana: the printsellers chronicle and collectors guide to the knowledge and value of engraved British portraits.

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Creator:: Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: viii, 163 p. port. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A description of nine historical prints, representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. Selected, drawn, and engraved, from the original paintings, by George Vertue, late engraver to the Society of antiquaries of London.

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Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684–1756
Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: 21 p. 9 double pl. (incl. ports.) 60 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of the contents of the very valuable copy of Granger's Biographical history of England, illustrated with upwards of 3300 portraits : comprising some of the finest impressions of the works of Elstracke, Delaram, Hollar, Faithorne, the Passes, Loggan, Lombart, and others, many of them of extreme rarity, and a few perfectly unique ; the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Bath, deceased ; which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, March 15th, 1826, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had at Mr. Christie's office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1826]
Physical Description:: 48 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Baziliōlogia : a booke of kings : beeing the true and lively effigies of all our English kings from the conquest vntill this present : with their seuerall coats of armes, impresses and devises : and a brief chronologie of their liues and deaths : elegantly grauen in copper.

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Date:: 1618
Physical Description:: [1], [99] leaves : all ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Portraits of honorary members of the Ipswich Museum.

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Creator:: Maguire, Thomas Herbert, 1821–1895
Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, [60] leaves of plates : 60 portraits ; 59 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The book of the illustrious.

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Date:: MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:: iv, [1], 52 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (ports.) ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge.

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Creator:: Lodge, Edmund, 1756–1839
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 12 v. in 6 : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

11. The Wedgwood medallion of Samuel Johnson : a study in iconography / by Chauncey Brewster Tinker.

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Creator:: Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963
Date:: MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:: 16 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts