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1. Ncipit summa que uocat[ur] Catholicon / edita a fratre Iohanne de Ianua ordinis frat[rum] predicato[rum].

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Creator:
Balbi, Giovanni, -1298
Date:
[1460]
Physical Description:
[373] leaves ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A naval expositor : shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, and on what services they are used and issued : together with the titles of all the inferior officers belonging to a ship, with an abridgment of their respective duties / by Thomas Riley Blanckley.

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Creator:
Blanckley, Thomas Riley
Date:
MDCCL [1750]
Physical Description:
[8], 191, [1] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Dictionnaire iconologique, ou, Introduction à la connoissance des peintures, sculptures, médailles, estampes, &c. : avec des description tirées des poétes anciens & modernes / par M.D.P.

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Creator:
Lacombe de Prézel, Honoré, 1725–
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
Physical Description:
xxiv, 307, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Dictionnaire portatif de peinture, sculpture et gravure : avec un Traité pratique des differentes manieres de peindre, dont la théorie est développée dans les articles qui en sont susceptibles : ouvrage utile aux artistes, aux élèves & aux amateurs / par Dom. Antoine-Joseph Pernety.

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Creator:
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1801
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[2], cxxviii, 565 p., 8 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The British sportsman, or, Nobleman, Gentleman, and farmer's dictionary, of recreation and amusement : Including a most improved system of modern farriery, and anatomical dissections of a horse : with concise rules for chusing good horses, and the secrets of training them with wind and vigour for the course, field, and road : particular instructions for riding, racing, hunting, coursing, hawking, shooting, setting, & fishing : with the most approved methods of breeding, curing, and managing all sorts of cattle : particularly oxen, cows, deer, and sheep : and for breeding, training, and managing dogs, hawks, cocks, doves, pigeons, singing-birds, &c. : with a new and interesting description of all the traps, nets, engines, baits, and magical contrivances, for taking birds, and all sorts of game, alive : and for destroying vermin of every kind that annoy poultry, or infest the farmer's yard : the whole comprised under one alphabetical arrangement, and each article explained under its proper name : Compiled from the latest discoveries, and improved by many years real practice and observation / by William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq. ; embellished with elegant copper plates, adapted to each subject.

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Creator:
Osbaldiston, William Augustus
Date:
[1792-1796?]
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-664, [2] pages, [41] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Voyages from Montreal, on the river St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the frozen and Pacific oceans ; in the years 1789 and 1793 : with a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of that country ; illustrated with maps / by Alexander Mackenzie, Esq.

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Creator:
Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764–1820
Date:
MDCCCI [1801]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, [2], cxxxii, 412, [2] pages, [4] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : portrait, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The Tom & Jerry flash dictionary.

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
69, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The field book, or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom : compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern / by the author of "Wild sports of the West."

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Creator:
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792–1850
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
viii, 616 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Dictionary of Greek and roman biography and mythology / edited by William Smith ; illustrated by numerous engravings on wood ; in three volumes.

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Creator:
Smith, William, 1813–1893
Date:
[1844-1849]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities / edited by William Smith ; illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

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Date:
1849
Physical Description:
xii, 1293, [1] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from 1760 to 1893 / compiled by Algernon Graves.

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Creator:
Graves, Algernon
Date:
1895
Physical Description:
xii, 314 p. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. An introduction to heraldry : with nearly one thousand illustrations / by Hugh Clark.

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Creator:
Clark, Hugh
Date:
1899
Physical Description:
viii, 279, 32 pages, 46 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Herzog.

13. A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 / those in England by H.R. Plomer, those in Scotland by G.H. Bushnell, those in Ireland by E.R. McC. Dix.

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Creator:
Plomer, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1856–1928
Date:
1932 (for 1930)
Physical Description:
xxi, 432 pages ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. The Oxford companion to English literature / compiled and edited by Sir Paul Harvey.

The Oxford companion to English literature / compiled and edited by Sir Paul Harvey.
Creator:
Harvey, Paul, Sir, 1869–1948
Date:
1973
Physical Description:
x, 961 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

15. The Oxford companion to the theatre / edited by Phyllis Hartnoll, L.-Ès-L., M.A. (Oxon.)

The Oxford companion to the theatre / edited by Phyllis Hartnoll, L.-Ès-L., M.A. (Oxon.)
Date:
1967
Physical Description:
xv, 1088 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

16. Dictionary of 19th century antiques and later objets d'art / George Savage.

Dictionary of 19th century antiques and later objets d'art / George Savage.
Creator:
Savage, George, 1909–1982
Date:
1978
Physical Description:
xi, 401 pages : illustrations, color plates ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.

17. A dictionary of lace / Pat Earnshaw.

A dictionary of lace / Pat Earnshaw.
Creator:
Earnshaw, Pat
Date:
1999
Physical Description:
239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

18. The Penguin dictionary of decorative arts / John Fleming and Hugh Honour.

The Penguin dictionary of decorative arts / John Fleming and Hugh Honour.
Creator:
Fleming, John, 1919–2001
Date:
1989
Physical Description:
935 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

19. An A-Z of bird song / John Bevis.

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Creator:
Bevis, John, 1954–
Date:
1995
Physical Description:
[20] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'écrivains spécialistes franc̦ais et étrangers / E. Bénézit.

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Creator:
Bénézit, E. (Emmanuel), 1854–1920
Date:
c1999
Physical Description:
14 v. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

21. Encyclopedia of sculpture techniques / John W. Mills.

Encyclopedia of sculpture techniques / John W. Mills.
Creator:
Mills, John W
Date:
2001
Physical Description:
233 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

22. The sculpture reference illustrated : contemporary techniques, terms, tools, materials, and sculpture / Arthur Williams.

The sculpture reference illustrated : contemporary techniques, terms, tools, materials, and sculpture / Arthur Williams.
Creator:
Williams, Arthur
Date:
c2005
Physical Description:
510 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

23. Lexikon des künstlerischen Materials : Werkstoffe der modernen Kunst von Abfall bis Zinn / herausgegeben von Monika Wagner, Dietmar Rübel und Sebastian Hackenschmidt unter Mitarbeit zahlreicher Autoren.

Lexikon des künstlerischen Materials : Werkstoffe der modernen Kunst von Abfall bis Zinn / herausgegeben von Monika Wagner, Dietmar Rübel und Sebastian Hackenschmidt unter Mitarbeit zahlreicher Autoren.
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
265 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

24. Universal principles of art : 100 key concepts for understanding, analyzing, and practicing art / John A. Parks.

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Creator:
Parks, John A., 1952–
Date:
2015
Physical Description:
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

25. Werner's nomenclature of colours : adapted to zoology, botany, chemistry, mineralogy, anatomy, and the arts / by P. Syme.

Werner's nomenclature of colours : adapted to zoology, botany, chemistry, mineralogy, anatomy, and the arts / by P. Syme.
Creator:
Syme, Patrick, 1774–1845
Date:
[2020]
Physical Description:
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

26. A biographical dictionary of English architecture, 1540-1640 / Mark Girouard.

A biographical dictionary of English architecture, 1540-1640 / Mark Girouard.
Creator:
Girouard, Mark, 1931–
Date:
2021
Physical Description:
xiv, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

27. A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820 / David Alexander.

A biographical dictionary of British and Irish engravers, 1714-1820 / David Alexander.
Creator:
Alexander, David (David S.)
Date:
2021
Physical Description:
xii, 1,047 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

28. A dictionary of Liverpool ship portraitists and marine artists / Anthony Tibbles.

A dictionary of Liverpool ship portraitists and marine artists / Anthony Tibbles.
Creator:
Tibbles, Anthony
Date:
2023
Physical Description:
viii, 152 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm
Collection:
Reference Library