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Rare Books and Manuscripts 331
Reference Library 16

Creator

Speed, John, 1552?-1629 15
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703 9
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676 9
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705 7
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637 7
Seller, John, active 1658–1698 5
Kip, William 4
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691 4
Storff, Paul Auguste de 4
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685 3
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677 3
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669 3
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594 3
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580 3
Salmon, William, 1644–1713 3
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680 2
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704 2
Beckman, Martin, -1702 2
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? 2
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617 2
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677 2
Darling, John, 17th cent 2
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670 2
Dugdale, William, 1605–1686 2
Dummer, Edmund, -1712 2
England and Wales. Sovereign (1660–1685 : Charles II) 2
Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier) 2
Faithorne, William, 1616–1691 2
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676 2
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667 2

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 331
Accessible in the Reference Library 16

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 305
Free to Use 41

Image Available

unavailable 290
available 56

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 249
Maps & Atlas (printed) 52
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 20
Archives & Manuscripts 16
Prints 5
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 3
Drawings & Watercolors 1

Collective Title

Period

17th century 346

18th century 34
19th century 31
20th century 24
16th century 16
15th century 6

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

engraving 119
map 49
woodcut 45
etching 25
ink drawing 25
atlase 24
watercolor 21
drawing book 15
handbooks and manual 15
armorial bookplates (provenance) 10
wood engraving 9
early work 8
nautical chart 6
annotations (provenance) 5
view 5
world atlase 5
broadside 4
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 4
private press books (publishing) 4
volvelle 4
account book 3
armorial bindings (provenance) 3
booksellers' advertisement 3
composite atlase 3
ephemera 3
game 3
manuscript map 3
maps in book 3
panorama 3
pilot guide 3

Genre

Subject Terms

Fortification -- Great Britain. 19
Great Britain -- Defenses. 19
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. 17
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 15
Painting -- Technique. 15
Drawing -- Technique. 14
Geography -- Early works to 1800. 14
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 12
Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 11
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 10
Veterinary medicine -- Early works to 1800. 10
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 10
Watercolor painting -- Technique. 10
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 9
Great Britain -- Description and travel. 9
Horses -- Early works to 1800. 9
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. 7
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800. 7
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800. 6
Perspective -- Early works to 1800. 6
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. 5
Geography. 5
Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800. 5
Hull (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 5
Hull (England) -- Maps. 5
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656 -- Publisher. 5
London (England) -- Description and travel. 5
Pricke, Robert -- Publisher. 5
Roads -- Great Britain. 5
Anatomy, Artistic. 4

Subject Period

17th century 25
18th century 21
19th century 4
16th century 3

Associated Places

Great Britain 84
England 29
America 13
London (England) 11
London 8
Wales 7
Europe 6
Italy 6
United States 6
Great Britain America 5
Hull (England) 5
Ireland 5
Virginia 5
West Indies 5
Guernsey 4
Isle of Wight (England) 4
Cambridgeshire (England) 3
France 3
Maryland 3
New England 3
North America 3
Oxford 3
Oxford (England) 3
West Indies, British 3
Barbados 2
British Isles 2
Cambridge (England) 2
Canada 2
Jamaica 2
Netherlands 2

Associated People

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528 3
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601 3
Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631–1656 3
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652 2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, active 1679–1682 2
Adams, Robert, -1595 1
Aesop 1
Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608–1670 1
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652 1
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700 1
Beaumont, Richard, 1654–1691 1
Boel, Coryn, 1620–1668 1
Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676 1
Braythwait, Thomas, -1607 1
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592–1628 1
Callot, Jacques, 1592–1635 1
Carr family 1
Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797–1872 1
Carr, Harriet, 1829–1889 1
Carr, Thomas William, 1830–1912 1
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492 1
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649 1
Charleton, Walter, 1619–1707 1
Collingwood, Daniel, 1634?-1681 1
Comberford, Nicholas, -1673 1
Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807–1868 1
Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790–1868 1
Edmondson family 1
Ferrar, John, 1590?-1657 1
Fisher, W 1

Exhibition History

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 14
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 8
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 6
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 3
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 2
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1

Credit Line

22781117950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711752060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711747950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711753980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711754610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22711755540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22809687720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
22899929910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22606108160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22606318960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609451400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609502590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22611438590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612114890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612488420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22614544760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22614544780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22615950670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22616293860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22626566240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22630476490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631673910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631809610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632119280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22633316700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636040650008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22639244010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22639267010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
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22642032100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

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English 346

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Period: 17th century
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Accessible in the Study Room
Neade, William

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

[approximately 1630]
Accessible in the Study Room
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[The travellers guide

[1686?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677

Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching

1675
Accessible in the Study Room
Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing

1673
Accessible in the Study Room
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

A new map of the English empire in America

[ca. 1695]
Accessible in the Study Room
Aesop's Fables

1687
Accessible in the Study Room
Pricke, Robert

The architects store-house

1674
Accessible in the Study Room
Memento mori ring

1689
Accessible in the Study Room
Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers

1671
Accessible in the Study Room
[The Popish Plot]

[1679?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Overton, John, 1640–1708?

[Composite world atlas]

[1686?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Dummer, Edmund, -1712

A survey and description of the principal harbours

1698
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations

[169-?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

A large and accurate map of the city of London

1677]
Accessible in the Study Room
Winstanley, Henry, 1644–1703

Advertisement

1670s?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Josephus, Flavius

The works of Josephus

MDCLXXVI [1676]
Accessible in the Study Room
Greaves, John, 1602–1652

Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt

1646
Accessible in the Study Room
Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay,... [Read more]

1680 April 1
Accessible in the Study Room
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669

The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts

1669
Accessible in the Study Room
Speed, John, 1552?-1629

The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine

[1612]
Accessible in the Study Room
Seller, John, active 1658–1698

A new system of geography

[1685]
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?

The compleat gentleman

[1622]
Accessible in the Study Room
Cowper, William, 1666–1709

The anatomy of humane bodies,

1698
Accessible in the Study Room
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626

Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes.

1625
Accessible in the Study Room
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554

The first[-fift] booke of architecture

1611
Accessible in the Study Room
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690

The characters of the passions

[17--]
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Africa

MDC LXX [1670]
Accessible in the Study Room
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580

The First [... fourth] booke of architecture

not before 1611
Accessible in the Study Room
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685

The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport

approximately 1678
Accessible in the Study Room
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande

circa 1600
Accessible in the Study Room
Stalker, John

A treatise of japaning and varnishing

1688
Accessible in the Study Room
A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints,

1647
Accessible in the Study Room
Beckman, Martin, -1702

Plans for the fortifications at Hull

1681-1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Webb, John, 1611–1672

John Webb account book

1630s
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677

Kyngeston vpon Hvll

circa 1642
Accessible in the Study Room
Simons, Matthew, -1654

A direction for the English traviller

1643
Accessible in the Study Room
[Panorama of popular printed images]

[circa 1680]
Accessible in the Study Room
Trollope, Robert, -1686

Osbourne's Fort

1676
Accessible in the Study Room
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie

1670. (fol.)
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads

1679
Accessible in the Study Room
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643

The art of dravving vvith the pen,

1607
Accessible in the Study Room
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?

The history of four-footed beasts and serpents

MDCLVIII [1658]
Accessible in the Study Room
Basil, Simon, -1615

Survey of Hertford Castle

1608
Accessible in the Study Room
A list of pictures at Kingsweston, taken July 1695

1695
Accessible in the Study Room
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne

1661
Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, J. (John), 1652–1743

[ A Ballad singer

[1680?]
Accessible in the Study Room
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680

Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings

ca. 1680
Accessible in the Study Room
Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644

Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

[ca. 1681]
Accessible in the Study Room
Kip, William

Academiarum totius Europae seu orbis Christiani iuxta suas provincias nova... [Read more]

An 1602
Accessible in the Study Room
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great... [Read more]

1683
Accessible in the Study Room
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

America

MDCLXXI [1671]
Accessible in the Study Room
Map of North America

not before 1634
Accessible in the Study Room
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]
Accessible in the Study Room
Vignola, 1507–1573

Vignola, or the compleat architect

1655
Accessible in the Study Room
King, Daniel, died 1664

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated

1656
Accessible in the Study Room
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677

London before the fire in 1666 = Plan de Londres tel quil etoi avant l'incendie... [Read more]

[1666?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Carr family.

Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical... [Read more]

1699-1981
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
De Grey, Thomas

The compleat horseman and expert ferrier

1639
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667

A brief discourse concerning the three chief principles of magnificent building

1662
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Snape, Andrew, 1644–

The anatomy of an horse

An. Dom. 1683
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
The country-man's jewel: or, The jockey's master-piece

[ca. 1690?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bert, Edmund

An approued treatise of hawkes and hawking

1619
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Catholic Church

The office of the holy week according to the Missall and Roman breviary

1670
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Cantabrigia illustrativa sive omnium celeberrime istius universitatis

1688
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
[Composite world atlas]

[1686?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lisebetten, Pieter van, 1630–1678

Diversarum avium species

[ca. 1650?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Lawson, William, active 1618

A new orchard and garden

1982
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
W. B. (William Badcock)

A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares

1679
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600

A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge

1969
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Art's masterpiece

1697
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592

A short treatise of hunting

1897
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century

The noble & joyous boke entytled Le Morte Darthur

1934
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Guillim, John, 1565–1621

A display of heraldrie

1660
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the... [Read more]

1598 [-1600]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

England

[1695?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625–1695

A new method of cryptography

[1666]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Guidott, Thomas, fl. 1698

A discourse of Bathe, and the hot waters there.

1676 [i. e. 1676-1677]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703

[The 52 countries [sic] of England and Wales
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Just and legal exceptions against the late act

1657?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Lassels, Richard, 1603?-1668

Voyage of Italy, or, A compleat journey through Italy

1670
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674

A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to... [Read more]

1676
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669

The art of fair building

1670
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Baret, Michael

An hipponomie or The vineyard of horsemanship

1618
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535

A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of a publique... [Read more]

MCMXXIX [1929]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Harrison, Stephen (Joiner and architect)

The arch's of triumph erected in honor of the high and mighty prince, Iames, the... [Read more]

1604
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the... [Read more]

anno 1599-1600
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Monier, Pierre, 1639–1703

The history of painting, sculpture, architecture, graving

1699
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?

The canting academy, or, The devil's cabinet opened

1673
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Storff, Paul Auguste de

Plan of fortification, possibly at Newtown, Isle of Wight

December, 1671
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Le Muet, Pierre, 1591–1669

The art of fair building

1670-75
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Daniel, R. (Richard)

A map of ye English Empire in ye continent of America

[19--?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
A representation of the Popish Plott in 29 figures,

[1681?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637

The pleasures of princes, or, Good mens recreations

1614
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Testelin, Henri, 1616–1695

The sentiments of the most excellent painters concerning the practice of... [Read more]

1688
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, John, fl. 1673–1680

The art of painting in oyl

1687
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
More, Richard (Carpenter)

The carpenters rule, or, A booke shewing many plain waies, truly to measure... [Read more]

1602
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Bromley, William, 1664–1732

Remarks in the grande tour of France & Italy

1692
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Smith, John, 1580–1631

The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles

1624
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Yorke, James, fl. 1640

The union of honovr

1640
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Marlow, Jeremiah

A book of cyphers or letters reverst

1683

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