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Rare Books and Manuscripts
17,052
Reference Library
162
Creator
Christie & Manson
126
Christie, James, 1773–1831
118
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
106
Christie, Manson & Woods
77
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
70
Britton, John, 1771–1857
55
Phillips, H., -1840
45
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
41
Dilnot, John
41
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
38
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
35
Sackett, Colin
34
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
32
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
31
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
30
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
29
Burford, Robert, 1791–1861
28
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
28
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
27
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
162
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
16,311
Free to Use
741
Image Available
Unavailable
16,165
Available
887
New Additions
2023-2024
38
Classification
Books
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17,052
Creator Gender
unknown
17,049
female
3
Period
19th century
9,357
20th century
3,085
18th century
2,263
21st century
701
17th century
386
15th century
294
16th century
150
13th century
1
14th century
1
Work Type
wood engraving
1,785
engraving
1,069
aquatint
1,036
lithograph
1,004
auction catalog
779
artists' book
747
chromolithograph
480
etching
465
ephemera
439
woodcut
404
armorial bookplates (provenance)
363
private press books (publishing)
315
exhibition catalog
296
drawing book
276
incunabula
242
chromoxylograph
235
accordion fold format (binding)
233
fragments (object portions)
225
photomechanical print
216
advertisement
189
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
690
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
673
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
664
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
604
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
443
London Institution -- Ownership.
348
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
343
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
334
Incunabula in Yale Library.
279
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
271
Drawing -- Technique.
258
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
227
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
226
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
178
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
177
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
167
Drawing books -- Specimens.
165
Middle Hill Press -- Publisher.
160
Satire, English.
159
Voyages and travels.
154
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Subject Period
19th century
1,077
20th century
331
18th century
243
17th century
78
16th century
57
15th century
27
21st century
27
11th century
7
15th and 16th centuries
4
12th century
3
Alfred, 871-899
3
13th century
2
14th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
Description and travel
2
Elizabeth II
2
To 500
2
To 510 B.C
2
16th-18th centuries
1
17th cenury
1
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Associated Places
Great Britain
3,130
England
1,734
London
1,121
London (England)
360
France
230
United States
205
Italy
176
Edinburgh (Scotland)
174
Scotland
147
India
137
Edinburgh
116
Ireland
104
Oxford (England)
91
Europe
86
Wales
77
Waltham Saint Lawrence
76
Germany
56
Spain
55
Egypt
54
Glasgow (Scotland)
53
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
65
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
36
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
30
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
30
Jesus Christ
29
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926–
28
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
27
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
27
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
26
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
25
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
23
Raphael, 1483–1520
22
Shirley Smith, Richard
21
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852
19
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
18
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792,
17
Britton, John, 1771–1857
16
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
16
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
15
Blake, William, 1757–1827
14
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
135
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
92
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
60
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
52
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
39
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
30
Ocean Flowers (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-06-12 - 2004-08-08)
22
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
21
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)
18
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
18
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
14
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
13
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
8
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
6
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
4
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
4
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
3
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
161
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
122
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
93
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
91
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
89
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977
74
Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
52
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
44
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.
43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
38
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Duncan and Lisa Robinson
29
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jock Reynolds
20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Philip B. Rosenthal, Yale BA 1967, MA 1970, PhD 1974
19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth and Horace Tower in memory of Cynthia Gay Wright
15
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Language
English
14,693
French
453
Latin
299
German
213
Italian
117
Dutch
35
Spanish
13
Undetermined
13
Welsh
10
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
9
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
7
English, Middle (1100-1500)
6
Multiple languages
6
Swedish
6
Portuguese
5
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
4
Japanese
4
Low German
4
Russian
4
Scots
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Pliny, the Elder
[P]linivs secundus nouocomensis equestribus militiis industri[a]e functus ...
.M. CCCC. LXVIIII. [Before 18 September 1469]
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Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
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Biblia latina
[ca. 1454]
4
Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230–1296
Incipit raco[i]nale diuino[rum] offico[rum]
[6 October 1459]
5
[Apocalypsis sancti Johannis]
[approximately 1465]
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[Canticum canticorum]
[approximately 1465]
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Balbi, Giovanni, -1298
Ncipit summa que uocat[ur] Catholicon
[1460]
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[Biblia latina]
14 August 1462
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Donatus, Aelius
[Ars minor]
[between 1465 and 1480]
10
Biblia Germanica
[before 27 June 1466]
11
Biblia Latina
[circa 1468]
12
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354–430
Aurelii Augustini De ciuitate Dei primi libri incipiunt rubrice
MCCCCLXVIII [1468]
13
Livy
T. Liuii Patauini historici ab urbe condita decadis prime ..
[not before 23 (or 13) Sept. 1469]
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Josephus, Flavius
Iosephi historiog[ra]phi viri clarissimi prologus in libros antiquitatum vigi[n]ti incipit feliciter
Anno a natiuitate currente dominica Millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimo kale[n]das vero iulias quarto [28 June 1470]
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Livy
T. Liuii Patauini historici ab vrbe condita decadis prime liber primus
MCCCCLXX [1470]
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