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Conversation cards, or, Pleasing pastimes for winter evenings : [game]
Date:
[ca. 1815?]
Physical Description:
[26] pictorial cards : ill. ; 65 x 45 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Universal building-blocks box = Boite à construction en bois = Universal-Holzbaukasten.
Date:
[late 19th century?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (63 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 17 x 24 x 5
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
European polyorama : course ticket.
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 4 x 7 cm, mounted on card 20 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 37 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
By Her Majesty's command, Frogmore House & gardens to be shown to Miss Smith & her party.
Date:
between 1792 and 1818?
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 8 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water fowl, gold and silver fish, sporting and fancy dogs : menagerie, New Road, near Regents Park, London, late Brookes.
Creator:
Herring, William
Date:
approximately 1835
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 70 x 100 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851.
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 folding fan : ill. ; 24 x 40 cm. folded to 24 x 3 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Paper doll.
Date:
approximately 1830?
Physical Description:
1 paper doll (4 pieces) ; 80 x 110 mm, in envelope 120 x 400 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Admission ticket to a masquerade at Bayswater, January 20, 1820].
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
1 ticket : illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Dean's new magic picture book : showing wonderful & lifelike effects of real distance & space : book I : contains The Crystal Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Thames Tunnel.
Date:
[between 1857 and 1865]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Quadrilling [music] : a favourite song / by the author of "Rejected Addresses" ; the decorations designed and executed by William Hawkes Smith.
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
[4] p. : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Science in sport, or, The pleasure of astronomy : a new & instructive pastime : revised and approved by M. Bryan, of Blackheath
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving : sheet 43 x 55 cm, folded to 22 by 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.
Creator:
Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket : engraving ; 7.5 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Original Menagerie, New Road, near Fitzroy Square, London : revived by the late Mr. Brooks's son, Paul.
Creator:
Brookes's Menagerie (London, England)
Date:
between 1803 and 1813?
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 25 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[circa 1855?]
Physical Description:
1 toy ; in box 25 x 20 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1835?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (54 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 18 x 23 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
E. R. T
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
1 volume ([2], 11, [1] pages) ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Date:
[between 1891 and 1900]
Physical Description:
[8], 42 pages : illustrations ; 84 x 79 mm, in box 92 x 92 x 15 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Bertolotto, L
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xxi, 185 p., 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1854?]
Physical Description:
[30] pages : illustrations ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[between 1840 and 1850?]
Physical Description:
4 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 set of puzzle blocks (60 pieces) : wood ; in wooden box 28 x 19 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Cellarius, Henri
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
xii, 149, [1] p., viii leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
3 p. l., [5]-28 p. : all ill. ; plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lady
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
34 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
mid-19th century
Physical Description:
28 silhouettes : cut paper ; album 16 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 game (36 cubes) : wood, color ; in box 18 x 18 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Bibulus, Rumfusticus
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
19, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1853?]
Physical Description:
24, [16] pages, : illustrations ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1845?]
Physical Description:
1 game (48 pieces) ; in box 17 x 13 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Peachey, Emma
Date:
[1869]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : ill. ; 15 x 22 cm. + 1 booklet (12 p.) ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Date:
[1891 or 1892]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 8 cm, in box 8 x 8 x 2 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 game (48 pieces) ; in wooden box 20 x 21 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
1 game : ill., map ; 17 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
Date:
1866
Physical Description:
1 invitation card : etching ; 14 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Date:
[1891?]
Physical Description:
[8], 5-52 pages : illustrations ; 70 x 71 mm, in box 78 x 78 x 15 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1880]
Physical Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[between 1855 and 1870]
Physical Description:
1 game (56 playing cards, 1 game board, 1 sheet of instructions) ; in box 19 x 17 x 4 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Martin, William, 1801–1867
Date:
[between 1837 and 1845]
Physical Description:
[4], 268 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Foster, Son & Duncum
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
2, 6 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : all ill. ; 32 x 39 cm, folded to 10 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1895]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [1], 6-72 pages, [1] leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Date:
[approximately 1885]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (63 pieces) : stone ; various sizes, in wooden box 16 x 23 x 5
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lewis, Arthur James, 1824 or 1825–1901
Date:
1867
Physical Description:
1 invitation card : wood engraving ; 13 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Pardon, George Frederick, 1824–1884
Date:
[1868]
Physical Description:
288 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Old Humphrey, 1787–1854
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
viii, 447, [1] p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 7 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Mingaud, François, 1771–1847
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
[2], 7, [1] p., [1], 40 leaves leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860
Date:
[1852?]
Physical Description:
28, [4] pages : illustrations ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lukin, Robert, 1772–1835
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
viii, 120 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (11, [1] p.) : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808–1860
Date:
1863
Physical Description:
[4], vii, [1], 154, 32 p. : ill., plans ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1871?]
Physical Description:
1 game (1 gameboard, 58 game pieces) ; in box 26 x 39 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1845]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Date:
[1892]
Physical Description:
[8], 48 pages : illustrations ; 72 x 87 mm, in box 93 x 78 x 15 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
1 game (12 cards) : hand-colored lithographs ; each card 9 x 7 cm, in wallet 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 286, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (two folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
No cover image available
Creator:
R. S. W
Date:
[late 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 puzzle (approximately 70 pieces + 1 board) : wood ; 15 x 15 x 1 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Peachey, Emma
Date:
MDCCCLI [1851]
Physical Description:
xvi, 72 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([10] pages) : hand colored woodcuts ; 11 x 100 cm, accordion folded to 11 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 set of building blocks (151 pieces) : wood ; various sizes, in wooden box 18 x 35 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Felix, Nicholas, 1804–1876
Date:
MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:
40, [8] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1835?]
Physical Description:
1 puzzle (156 pieces) : wood ; in box 26 x 26 x 2 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
[4], 242 (i.e. 240) p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
No cover image available
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lillywhite, William, 1792–1854
Date:
[1844]
Physical Description:
22, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., ports. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]
Physical Description:
vii, [2], iv-viii, [2],183, [1] pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Townshend, Barbara Anne
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[2] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts