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1. The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant : demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish, illustrated with a greater number of useful and familiar examples than any work of that kind hitherto published, with clear and ample instructions, annexed to each subject or number, on the same plate ... : also, the figure, description, and use of a new-invented joint-rule ... : the whole correctly engraven on seventy-seven folio copper plates / from the designs of William Pain ...

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant : demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish, illustrated with a greater number of useful and familiar examples than any work of that kind hitherto published, with clear and ample instructions, annexed to each subject or number, on the same plate ... : also, the figure, description, and use of a new-invented joint-rule ... : the whole correctly engraven on seventy-seven folio copper plates / from the designs of William Pain ...
Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:
MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:
[6], 4 pages, [76] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A short excursion in France, 1814 : embellished with plates of the Venus di Medici and the Apollo di Belvidere.

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Creator:
Ircastrensis
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
85, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day / by Delabere P. Blaine ... ; illustrated by six hundred engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc.

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Creator:
Blaine, Delabere P. (Delabere Pritchett)
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 1240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A collection of architectural designs for mansions, casinos, villas, lodges, and cottages : from original drawings / by James Randall, architect : elegantly engraved in aqua-tinta, on thirty-four plates, with explanations.

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Creator:
Randall, James, 1778–1820
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[2], vi, [26] pages, 34 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Willson's primary speller : a simple and progressive course of lessons in spelling, with reading and dictation exercises, and the elements of oral and written compositions / by Marcius Willson.

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Creator:
Willson, Marcius, 1813–1905
Date:
[1863?]
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 6-80 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

6. The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come. The second part : delivered under the similitude of a dream : wherein is set forth the manner of the setting out of Christian's wife and children : their dangerous journey, and safe arrival at the desired country / by John Bunyan.

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Creator:
Bunyan, John, 1628–1688
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
[12], 179, [1] pages : illustrations, portrait ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A practical guide during a journey from London to Paris : with a correct description of all the objects deserving of notice in the French metropolis : illustrated with maps and useful tables.

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Date:
1802
Physical Description:
185, [3] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The game of polo / by T.F. Dale, M.A. ("Stoneclink" of the Field) ; illustrated by Lillian Smythe, Cuthbert Bradley and Crawford Wood.

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Creator:
Dale, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1858–1923
Date:
[1897]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 275 pages, [5], 24 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The horses of the Sahara and the manners of the desert / by E. Daumas, General of Division commanding at Bordeaux, Senator, etc., etc. ; with commentaries by the Emir Abd-el-Kader ; translated from the French by James Hutton (the only authorised translation)

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Creator:
Daumas, E. (Eugène), 1803–1871
Date:
1863
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 355, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Ladies in the field : sketches of sport / edited by the Lady Greville.

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Date:
1894
Physical Description:
v, [3], 287, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The seven seas / by Rudyard Kipling ...

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Creator:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936
Date:
1900
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 209, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

12. Rudiments of landscape drawing : in a series of easy examples / by W.H. Pyne.

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Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[2], 22 p., 13, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Sketches in architecture : containing plans and elevations of cottages, villas, and other useful buildings, with characteristic scenery / by John Soane ... ; to which are added, Six designs for improving and embellishing of grounds, with sections and explanations, by an amateur ; the whole engraved on fifty-four plates.

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCXCVIII [1798]
Physical Description:
[6], iv, iv, 20 pages, XLI, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts