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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1766)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22614588230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1853)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions68 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22650119180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition... [Read more]

([1802])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 29 x 18 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907914890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

(1831)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666765200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

(MDCCCXXXVIII [1838])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22960448310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

(MDCCLXVU [1766])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22971087020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Dean's new magic picture book

([between 1857 and 1865])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862410800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842

This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings... [Read more]

([1821])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22665995330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland

(1826)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. (lii, 208 p., [2] leaves, [52] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22633300240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

The origin and progress of the art of writing

(MDCCCLIII [1853])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsviii, 176 pages, xxviii leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637

How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses

(1599)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[126] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22884664750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Pigot, James, 1769–1843

J. Pigot, engraver, and copper plate printer

([between 1810 and 1821])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 56 x 84 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22685480660008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Kennion, E

An essay on trees in landscape, or, An attempt to shew the propriety and... [Read more]

(1844)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsx, 48 p., L, [II] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill. ; 36 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22914446200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838

A progress of female virtue

(1800)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[1], 8 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 35 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22770972160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Menu

(1939)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 menu : illustration ; 21 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22669260850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Tomlinson, Kellom

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

(MDCCXXXV [1735])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[22], 159, [1] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22744656720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

([1828?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[27] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 29 x 41 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22670150230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow

(1809)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], ii, [12] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22846003930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794

Half a cwt. of coals, Mr. Breame's Wharf, near the bridge

([approximately 1845?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 60 x 70 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22696937230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Homer

The Iliad of Homer

(1715-1720)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 v. : ill. ; 28cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961212890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

(1848)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions4 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22925919180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Letters upon subjects of general interest from John Ruskin to various... [Read more]

(1892)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxii, 101, [3] p. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750–approximately 1820

Monastic and baronial remains

(1816)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

(2013)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[18] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22778389230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture,... [Read more]

(1808)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 47 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22809688670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Notice, the game within the Manor of Witton cum-Twambrooks,... [Read more]

([1822])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 23 x 28 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22954077700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste

(MDCCLIV [1754])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] p., 120 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 38 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22695398700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Josephus, Flavius

The works of Josephus

(MDCLXXVI [1676])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[14], 543 [i.e. 545], [7], 557-854 [i.e. 846], [33] p. : ill., 1 folded map. ; 35 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22829992250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

(1784)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm. and atlas. 57 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

A record of the Black Prince

(1849)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 p.l., xciv, ii p. col. illus. 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901

Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861

(1868)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxvii, [3], 198 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22639094790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler

Hall, Richard, (Boot maker)

Tender feet

([approximately 1851])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ; 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22830467450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office

([1880?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22607489670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884

London

(1872)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[14], xii, 191, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates ; 42 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22931408480008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Leighton, John, 1822–1912

Contrasts & conceits for contemplation

([1849?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2] p., 20 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 16 x 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22846723210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the... [Read more]

(1747)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxii, 361, [1] p. front. (port.) illus., XLI pl. (part fold.) 42 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Neale, J. P. (John Preston), 1780–1847

Jones' views of the seats, mansions, castles, etc. of noblemen and... [Read more]

([1829-31])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. plates. 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

(1827)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsiv, 322 p., [77] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22872425080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

([ca. 1885?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22890212730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

The Alhambra court in the Crystal Palace

(1854)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions119, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., plans ; 18 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22612460900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022

Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]

(1992)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 51 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22706753340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

The industrial arts of the nineteenth century

(1851-53)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes (xii, [58] pages, [1], 78 leaves of plates; 166 pages, [1], 80 leaves of plates) : color illustrations ; 49 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22677526010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

(1731)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions4 p. front., 61 plates. 25 x 40 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22612460520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Eyre, Vincent, Sir, 1811–1881

Prison sketches

([1843?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], [1] p., [32] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961220020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Harcourt, Susan Vernon, 1829–1894

Sketches in Madeira

(1851)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[16] leaves : tinted lithographs
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862846590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Morris, William, 1834–1896

A dream of John Ball and A king's lesson

(1892)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions123 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22679464650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Belisario, Isaac Mendes, 1795–1849

Sketches of character

(1837[-1838])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[20] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22912448380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jervis, T. B. (Thomas Best), 1796–1857

Geographical and statistical memoir of the Konkun

(1840)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4],149 pages ; 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22738147590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jane L. Jervis, Yale PhD 1978

Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777–1842

Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c.

(1821-1822)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill., maps, port. ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22897133140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Atkinson, George Francklin

"Curry & rice," on forty plates, or, The ingredients of social life at "our station"... [Read more]

([1859])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[90] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22710786010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Six new plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G.... [Read more]

(1822)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[1] leaf, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 62 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22653451080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

A Set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the... [Read more]

(1788)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. 162 plates (incl. fronts., engr. t.-p.'s, ports. plans) on 133 leaves. 69 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22783708470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Neade, William

Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto

([approximately 1630])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; ; 34 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22799230080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

Examples of encaustic tiles, drawn on stone,

(1844)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 p.., 16 col. plates. 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626

Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.

(1625)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions4 v. : ill., maps ; 35 cm. (fol.)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

A round of days described in original poems

(MDCCCLXVI [1866])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22778206350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

Pigot, James, 1769–1843

Pigot, engraver & copper plate printer

([between 1810 and 1821])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 60 x 78 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22685488020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler,... [Read more]

([approximately 1850])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet ; 19 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22903346530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)

London and its environs in the nineteenth century

([1829, i.e. 1829-1831])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions160 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22829212880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Graves, George, 1754–1839

The naturalist's pocket-book, or, Tourist's companion

(1818)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsviii, [8], 335, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22945240180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf

([approximately 1850])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22716235840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

St. John Ambulance Association

The triangular bandage

([circa 1915?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 27 x 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22802682670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Williamson, Thomas, Captain

The European in India

(1813)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[6], 149, [9] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22682796470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

Snow-flakes and the stories they told the children

([1862])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions46, [2] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22744271280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The Holy Bible

(1800-1816)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 v. : ill. ; 49 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791

A treatise on ancient armour and weapons,

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], vi, [7]-118, xviii, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill., plates ; 29 cm. (4to)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Lucas, Thomas J

Pen & pencil reminiscences of a campaign in South Africa

([1861])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[10], 35 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22757397230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng,

(MDCCXXV [1725])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[12], 72, [10], 48 p., [6], 228, [13] p., [12] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., ports. ; 38 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

The Historical and local new Bath guide,

([ca. 1832])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 p. ., 176 (i. e. 182), [4] p. fold. front (map) plates, fold. plan. 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Gilks, Edward, 1822?-

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer

([1840?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 trade card ; 11 x 12 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22607575380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Diorama, Regent's Park

([1837?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet (3, [1] p.) ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22919135150008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Young's London Drapery House (Firm : Tynemouth and Whitley)

Advertisement for Young's London Drapery House

(1886)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet (1 page) : illustrations ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22899709500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Archbald, the property of Mr. George Wilson, of Walkington, will... [Read more]

([1839])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 31 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22885760210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Mockett, Andrew

A chapbook of English tat

([2002])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[32] pages : chiefly ilustrations ; 22 x 30 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22653661440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Mockett

Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.

Programme of events, Monday August 22nd, 1955

(1955)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 16 x 26 cm, folded to 16 x 13 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22891822590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Fox, William, active 1851

A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa

(1851)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxx, 624 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill.,map ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22686435910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)

[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New... [Read more]

(June 11th, 1828)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 billhead ; 24 x 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22950938190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

Ocean and river gardens

(1857)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 pts. in l v. illus., 20 col. pl. (incl. front.) 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Wilson, Thomas, dancing master

A description of the correct method of waltzing

(1816)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22897488440008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The live doll

([approximately 1860?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862778610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Gartside, Mary, approximately 1755–1819

An essay on a new theory of colours,

(1808)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions62 p. 9 col. plates. 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22677383950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Probert, John, active 1764

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr.... [Read more]

(1765)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 volume ([44] p.) : maps ; 26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22916465520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

A. M. Redfern (Firm : Leek)

Advertisement for A. M. Redfern,

(1827)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 folded sheet ([4] pages) ; 25 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22848365530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Jones, Owen, 1809–1874

Designs for mosaic and tessellated pavements

(MDCCCXLII [1842])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 14, [2], [11] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

Gothic architecture, improved by rules and proportions

(1747)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 p.., 64 pl. 31 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22963171650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of the city of Nanking, and the surrounding country

(1845)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions12 p. ; 22 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961218720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Dales, T. T

Panoramacopia

(1824)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions18 col. plates. 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Rose, Thomas, topographer

Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, & Northumberland

(1832-1835)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

The Chinese sensitive leaf

([185-?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22609804160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Tod, George, surveyor

Plans, elevations and sections, of hot-houses, green-houses, an... [Read more]

(1807)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions23 p. 27 col. plates (1 double) 39 cm. (in case 40 cm.)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711

The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are... [Read more]

(MDCCLII [1752])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22611245990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

MacKenzie, Colin, Mrs.

Illustrations of the mission, the camp and the Zenána

(1854)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[21] pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22677103450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Avril Winks

Tourist

The railway companion

(MDCCCXXXIII [1833])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions46, [2] p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22822463010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?

The first volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande

(1577)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22728960920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750–1788

Museum Britannicum

(1778)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], xvi, 84 pages, XXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22759719610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Tomkins, Charles, 1757–1823

Views of Reading Abbey

(1805-1810)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22809641940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690

The characters of the passions

([17--])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[1], 19 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22971051850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings

(1778)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. illus., plates, ports. 55 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Storer, James, 1771–1853

Antiquarian and topographical cabinet,

(1807-11)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions10 v. illus., plates. 17 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22814290510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Schnebbelie, Jacob, 1760–1792

The antiquaries museum

(MDCCXCI [1791, i.e. 1800])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[148] p. in various pagings, [58] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22722817420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund