Subject Terms: Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. / Classification: Books

1. 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

2. Characters / by Williams.

Creator:: Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830
Date:: ca. 1800?]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

Creator:: John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: [4], 8 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Now exhibiting at the large exhibition room near the foot of Waterloo Bridge, a small distance from the Coburg theatre, the ancient vessel : this celebrated remains of antiquity is caulked with moss : and is supposed to have been on of the vessels used by the Danes when they invaded England in the time of Alfred the Great.

Date:: [18--]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

Date:: January 1, 1802
Physical Description:: 14, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1803
Physical Description:: 16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.

Creator:: Thornhill, R. B. (Richard Badham)
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: xvi, ix, [1], 432 p., [8] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., port., map, 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Fair nature : postcard painting album.

Date:: [1805?]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The theatric tourist : being a genuine collection of correct views, with brief and authentic historical accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom : replete with useful and necessary information to theatrical professors, whereby they may learn how to chuse [sic] and regulate their country engagements; and with numerous anecdoes to amuse the reader / by a theatric amateur.

Creator:: Winston, James, 1773–1843
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [2], 72 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A synoptical compend of British botany : (from the class Monandria to polygamia inclusive) arranged after the Linnean system : and containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures / by John Galpine.

Creator:: Galpine, John, 1769–1806
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Rural sports / by the Rev. Wm. B. Daniel.

Creator:: Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Sketches in outline / drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.

Creator:: Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870
Date:: 1808]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 21 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting.

Creator:: Collier, Jane, 1715?-1755
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: [8], 160 p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The lady's economical assistant, or, The art of cutting out, and making the most useful articles of wearing apparel, without waste : explained by the clearest directions, and numerous engravings, of appropriate and tasteful patterns : designed for domestic use / by a Lady ; designed for domestic use.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 55, [9] p., XXVII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The cutter : in five lectures upon the art and practice of cutting friends, acquaintances, and relations.

Creator:: Evans, Arthur Benoni, 1781–1854
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: [8],104 p., [6] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.

Creator:: Townshend, Barbara Anne
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: [2] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

Creator:: Duncan, John Shute, 1769–1844
Date:: 1809
Physical Description:: 32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. [Sketches of fairy land, or, A comparison between England & Lilliput].

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809
Date:: 1810]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The passions, humourously delineated / by Timothy Bobbin, Esq. author of the Lancashire Dialect : containing twenty-five plates, with his portrait, title plate, and poetical descriptions.

Creator:: Bobbin, Tim, 1708–1786
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: [34] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

Creator:: Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Physical Description:: vii, [2] p., pp. 12-17, [2] p., pp. x-xxiii [i.e. xiii], [2] p., 10-241, [7] p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Twelfth night characters.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: 1811]
Physical Description:: [24] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

Creator:: Pretty, Edward, 1792–1865
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 28 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Hints on the formation of gardens and pleasure grounds : with designs, in various styles of rural embellishment : comprising plans for laying out flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens, and the arrangement of glass-houses, hot walls, and stoves : interspersed with remarks on various subjects of horticultural improvement : to which is added, a priced catalogue of fruit and forest trees, shrubs, and plants : adapted to villa grounds, from one perch to a hundred acres in extent.

Creator:: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 70, [2] p., 20 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Glances at character.

Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: viii, 158 p., 8 [i.e. 7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A narrative of the Grand Festival at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814 : with an appendix containing copies of all the handbills which were published on the occasions : a list of the xubscribers : and an account of the expenditure.

Creator:: Cory, Robert
Date:: 1814
Physical Description:: 72 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Whimsical song book for 1814.

Date:: [1815]
Physical Description:: 27, [1] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

Creator:: Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

A description of the correct method of waltzing : the truly fashionable species of dancing. That, from the graceful and pleasing beauty of its movements, has obtained on ascendancy over every other department of that polite branch of education. Part I. Containing a correct explanatory description of the several movements and attitudes in German and French waltzing / by Thomas Wilson , dance-master, (from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Author of "The analysis of country dancing," "The treasures of Terpischore," and a variety of other works on music and dancing. Illustrated by engravings, from original designs and drawings, by J.H.A. Randall.

Creator:: Wilson, Thomas, dancing master
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: [2], lxi, [62]-113, [5] leaves, [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., music ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

Creator:: Simond, L. (Louis), 1767–1831
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The history of the Charter-House : dedicated by permission to the Rev. W. Fisher, D.D. Master of the Charter-House, and prependary of Norwich.

Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 32 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

Creator:: Girmondi, M
Physical Description:: 18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. [Batch of cakes]

Date:: 1818?]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A nineteenth century, and familiar history of the lives, loves, and misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa : a matchless pair, who flourished in the twelfth century : a poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated with ten engravings / by Robert Rabelais, the younger.

Creator:: Rabelais, Robert, the younger
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: xvii, 384 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The age of intellect, or, Clerical showfolk, and wonderful layfolk : a series of poetical epistles between Bob Blazon in town, and Jack Jingle in the country : dedicated to the Fair Circassian : with notes critical, ethical, satirical, physiological, craniological, and astrological / by Francis Moore, physician, author of the celebrated work entitled Vox stellarum or, A loyal almanack.

Creator:: Moore, Francis, 1657–1714
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [4], ii, [v]-xxiii, [24]-172, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

40. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

Date:: [approximately 1820?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The shooter's guide, or, Complete sportsman's companion : containing a compendious view of the game laws : a description of the various kinds of dogs : and the best mode of breeding, rearing, and training them : with an account of the diseases to which they are liable, and the best methods of cure : to which are added, directions for grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, hare, and wild duck shooting : particular instructions for the young sportsman : and much miscellaneous information on the choice of guns, gunpowder, shot, &c. &c. / by B. Thomas.

Creator:: Johnson, Thomas Burgeland, -1840
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [5], viii-x, 304 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

Creator:: Member of the Save-all Club
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 240 [i.e. 196], [2] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

Creator:: Powell, Joseph, 1780–1834
Date:: 1820-1821
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : all illustrations ; 23 x 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

Creator:: Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: iv p., [54] leaves of plates, [8] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

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

47. Specimens of riding near London / drawn from life by Henry Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [3] pt. : all ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Life in London, or, The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthia Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis / by Pierce Egan, author of Walks through Bath, Sporting anecdotes, Pictures of the Fancy, Boxiana, &c. ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth ; embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank ; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: xvi, 376, [10] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Delineations of British field sports : together with the various methods of poachings / drawn in lithography by Samuel Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [14] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 46 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The modern art of fencing : agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters in Europe / by le sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Academie des Armes ; carefully revised and augmented with a technical glossary, etc. by J. S. Forsyth ; embellished with numerous plates.

Creator:: Rolando, Guzman
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: xxxi, [1], 240 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Memoranda of Leamington Priors and its neighbourhood; with views of the principal objects in that fashionable spa ...

Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 3 p. l., [5]-28 p. : all ill. ; plates. 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The commercial tourist, or, Gentleman traveller : a satirical poem : in four cantos : embellished with colored engravings.

Creator:: Hempel, Charles William, 1777–1855
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [4], 140 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A treatise on tennis / by a member of the Tennis Club.

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

54. Fashion and folly : illustrated in a series of twenty-one humorous coloured engravings / by W. Heath.

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795–1840
Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The harmonist's preceptor, or, Treasury of mirth : being a new and extensive collection of modern and popular songs : in which will be found, distinctly arranged, English and Irish comic songs, Scotch songs, Yorkshire songs, Jews songs, love songs, and songs for the social board : with considerable additions, together with an entire new collection of toasts and sentiments, adapted to each song / written and selected by Mr. Bryant, of the Royal Cobourg theatre ; author of various dramatic pieces, poems, &c. &c.

Creator:: Bryant, Mr
Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 204 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A treatise on the theory and practice of the art of fencing : illustrated with 12 highly finished plates / by George Roland.

Creator:: Roland, George
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: xi, 181 p., [12] plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. [Le beau monde].

Date:: 1823?]
Physical Description:: [19] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Involuntary thoughts.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1823-1824
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 x 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Rouge et noir : the academicians of 1823, or, The Greeks of the Palais Royal, and the clubs of St. James's : dedicated (sans permission) to His the Duke of , and Bishop of _, commander in ___, &c. &c. &c. / by Charles Persius, Esq. ; Garde Nationale de Paris, auteur des Réflexions sur l'homme, d'un Essai sur la folie, des observations sur les femmes du xix siècle, et d'un critique sur les Mémoires de Mrs. Dyott, one of the Graces of Grosvenor Square.

Creator:: Dunne, Charles
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 456, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume / drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.

Creator:: Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: [30] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Domestic, literary, and village sketches : addressed to the young of our neighbourhood : in the vale of ***.

Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: [6], 80, 30, [10] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Description of the two pictures now exhibiting at the Diorama, Regents, Park London : [Valley of Sarnen and Canterbury Cathedral]

Date:: [1823]
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (11, [1] p.) : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises : as taught and practised in the gymnastic institutions of Germany : designed as well for colleges, schools, and other places of education, as for private use. With eleven illustrative plates / by a Military officer.

Creator:: Military officer
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: [1], xii, 99, [1] p., 11 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Forfeitiana, or, An elegant budget of winter evening's recreation for young persons / written by a lady.

Creator:: Lady
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 34 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Geoffrey Gambado's surprising feats in horsemanship : exemplified in a series of very laughable caricatures.

Creator:: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [12] leaves : all color illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. The melange of humour : a series of fifty coloured engravings, comprising a great variety of comic subjects / by the most popular artists of the present day.

Date:: [1824?]
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, [50] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Humorous designs / by M.E.

Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

Date:: [approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Liston's characters : six coloured engravings.

Date:: 1826
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are / drawn by M.E. Esq.

Creator:: Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [23] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The Tom & Jerry flash dictionary.

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

72. An account of the grand musical festival, held in September, 1823, in the cathedral church of York : for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the general infirmaries at Leeds, Hull, and Sheffield : to which is prefixed, a sketch of the rise and progress of musical festivals in Great Britain : with biographical and historical notes / by John Crosse, F.S.A., F.R.S.L., M.G.S. ...

Creator:: Crosse, John, 1786–1833
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 436, xxvi, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Diorama, Regent's Park : two views: Ruins of Holyrood Chapel, A Moonlight Scene, Painted by M. Daguerre, Knight of the Legion of Honor : and the Cathedral of Chartres, painted by M. Bouton.

Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 1 folded sheet (8, [4] p.) ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Life in the country, or, Eccentricities and oddities exhibiting real and original scenes of rural life / by an old sportsman.

Creator:: Old sportsman
Date:: [1825?]
Physical Description:: 48 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Collinso furioso, or, Matters "to tatters" / from drawings by M.E.

Date:: July. 1825
Physical Description:: [26] p., [1], 11, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. The life of an actor / by Pierce Egan, author of "Life in London," "Tom and Jerry," "A Musical Drama," etc. ; dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. ; the poetical descriptions by T. Greenwood ; embellished with twenty-seven characteristic scenes, etched by Theodore Lane ; enriched also with several original designs on wood, executed by Mr. Thompson.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: xvi, 272 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson ; illustrated with twelve colored plates.

Creator:: Wilson, Harriette, 1786–1846
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 231, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are / drawn by M.E. Esq.

Creator:: Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: 1 folded leaf ([16] p.) : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.

Hayter's compendium : Determining the natural consanguinity of colours in legitimate order of descent, by the unavoidable consequence of union or mixture of any two approximating predecessors from the three primitives down to their equilateral concentration into palpable shade. : The natural contrast to each colour, is its opposite in the scale.

Creator:: Hayter, Charles, 1761–1835
Date:: [ca. 1826]
Physical Description:: [1] sheet : ill. ; 38 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Confessions of an Oxonian : in three volumes : embellished with thirty-six coloured plates.

Creator:: Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: 3 v. ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The London Mathews : containing an account of this celebrated actor's memorandum book, of peculiarities, characters, and manners, collected by him in his various trips, and several other humorous songs, (all adpted to well-known airs.), viz. Memoranda in confusion, The night coach, "Bubbles", a capital song, The sailing match, Old and new times, Public office, Bow street, Finale, and a monopolylogue, intitled [sic], The Crown Inn Danger : embellished with seven copper-plate engravings.

Creator:: Mathews, Charles, 1776–1835
Date:: [1826?]
Physical Description:: 36 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Absurdities : in prose and verse / written and illustrated by A. Crowquill.

Creator:: Crowquill, Alfred
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: [2], x, [2], 132 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Olla Podrida / by M. Egerton, Esqre.

Creator:: Egerton, M., active 1824–1827
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: [2] p., [22] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Pierce Egan's anecdotes (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage : the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sports / embellished with thirteen colored plates, designed from nature, and etched by Theodore Lane ; dedicated to Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.

Creator:: Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:: MDCCCXXVII [1827]
Physical Description:: viii, 304, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. A series of practical instructions in landscape painting in water colours : containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery / by John Clark ; illustrated by fifty-five views from nature, descriptive objects, &c. mounted in imitation of drawings.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: 4 pt. : col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Characters in the grand fancy ball given by the British ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the conclusion of the carnival 1826 : in thirteen highly coloured plates : with a description of the entertainment of that occasion.

Date:: MDCCCXXVII [1828]
Physical Description:: 16 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

Creator:: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. [The essayists]

Creator:: Lisle, Joe
Date:: [1828-1830]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Buchanan's initiatory drawing lessons : for the use of writing academies & private families : engraved series, to be copied with the pen.

Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: 4 p., 43 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Conversations on botany : with plates.

Creator:: Fitton, Sarah Mary
Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: xix, [1], 278 p., 21 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. An essay on warm, cold and vapour bathing : with practical observations on sea bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints, and dropsy / by Sir Arthur Clarke ...

Creator:: Clarke, Arthur, Sir, 1778–1857
Date:: 1820
Physical Description:: 232 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

Creator:: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
Date:: [ca. 1828]
Physical Description:: [34] leavesof plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A treatise on deportment, fencing, etc. : including the science of horsemanship; being a complete manual of instruction for the use of young persons, in the acquirement of those accomplishments; as well as a self-monitor in the exercise and duties of a cavalry soldier, for the use of gentlemen who are members of yeomanry corps : comprising likewise, instructions for the lance and carbine exercises. Also, the description of a military game resembling the game of chess, calculated to initiate young gentlemen who are designed for the army, in the science of tactics or military manœuvres. With copperplate engravings, illustrative of the various subjects described in the work / by Samuel Gribble, Regimental Serjeant-Major of the Corps of Sherwood Rangers.

Creator:: Gribble, Samuel
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 14-147, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.

Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.

Creator:: Richardson, Andrew Hude
Date:: [ca. 1830]
Physical Description:: 8 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Celebrated & extraordinary exhibition, patronized by the royal families of England, France, Belgium, &c. &c. &c. of the industrious fleas : from Regent Street, is now exhibiting at Somerset Gallery, Strand.

Date:: [183-?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties : descriptive of the various domestic amusements resorted to in youthful and genteel society, tending to occupy the mind, and while away the winter evenings in hilarity / illustrated by Cruikshank.

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

100. The whole art of dress, or, The road to elegance and fashion, at the enormous saving of thirty per cent!!! : being a treatise upon that essential and much-cultivated requisite of the present day, gentlemen's costume : explaining and clearly defining, by a series of beautifully engraved illustrations, the most becoming assortment of colours and style of dress and undress, in all their varieties; suited to different ages and complexions, so as to render the human figure most symmetrical and imposing to the eye : also, directions in the purchase of all kinds of wearing apparel: accompanied by hints for the toilette, containing a few valuable and original recipes; likewise, some advice to the improvement of defects in the person and carriage : together with a dissertation on uniform in general, and the selection of fancy dress / by a cavalry officer.

Creator:: Cavalry officer
Date:: 1830
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 100 p., 5 [i.e. 6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785.

2. Characters / by Williams.

3. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

5. Six progressive lessons for flower painting : with letter-press directions for drawing and coloring of flowers upon botanical principles.

7. The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.

9. Fair nature : postcard painting album.

13. Rural sports / by the Rev. Wm. B. Daniel.

14. Miseries of human life / designed and etched by T. Rowlandson.

15. Sketches in outline / drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.

16. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting.

18. The cutter : in five lectures upon the art and practice of cutting friends, acquaintances, and relations.

19. Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.

20. Hints to the bearers of walking-sticks and umbrellas : illustrated by six engravings.

21. [Sketches of fairy land, or, A comparison between England & Lilliput].

22. The passions, humourously delineated / by Timothy Bobbin, Esq. author of the Lancashire Dialect : containing twenty-five plates, with his portrait, title plate, and poetical descriptions.

24. Twelfth night characters.

25. A practical essay on flower painting in water colours / by Edward Pretty.

27. Glances at character.

28. A narrative of the Grand Festival at Yarmouth on Tuesday, the 19th of April, 1814 : with an appendix containing copies of all the handbills which were published on the occasions : a list of the xubscribers : and an account of the expenditure.

29. Whimsical song book for 1814.

31. Journal of a tour and residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 / by a French traveller; with remarks on the country, its arts, literature, and politics, and on the manners and customs of its inhabitants.

34. Voyage d'un français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811 : avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts, et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans ...

35. The history of the Charter-House : dedicated by permission to the Rev. W. Fisher, D.D. Master of the Charter-House, and prependary of Norwich.

37. [Batch of cakes]

38. A nineteenth century, and familiar history of the lives, loves, and misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa : a matchless pair, who flourished in the twelfth century : a poem, in twelve cantos : illustrated with ten engravings / by Robert Rabelais, the younger.

40. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

42. Lessons of thrift : published for general benefit / by a member of the Save-all Club.

43. Progressive lessons in drawings / by J. Powell, No. 14 Allsops buildings, New Road, Marylebone.

45. Rowlandson's characteristic sketches of the lower orders : intended as a companion to the New picture of London : consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

46. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

47. Specimens of riding near London / drawn from life by Henry Alken.

49. Delineations of British field sports : together with the various methods of poachings / drawn in lithography by Samuel Alken.

50. The modern art of fencing : agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters in Europe / by le sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Academie des Armes ; carefully revised and augmented with a technical glossary, etc. by J. S. Forsyth ; embellished with numerous plates.

51. Memoranda of Leamington Priors and its neighbourhood; with views of the principal objects in that fashionable spa ...

52. The commercial tourist, or, Gentleman traveller : a satirical poem : in four cantos : embellished with colored engravings.

53. A treatise on tennis / by a member of the Tennis Club.

54. Fashion and folly : illustrated in a series of twenty-one humorous coloured engravings / by W. Heath.

56. A treatise on the theory and practice of the art of fencing : illustrated with 12 highly finished plates / by George Roland.

57. [Le beau monde].

58. Involuntary thoughts.

60. A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume / drawn and engraved by Henry Moses.

61. Domestic, literary, and village sketches : addressed to the young of our neighbourhood : in the vale of ***.

62. Description of the two pictures now exhibiting at the Diorama, Regents, Park London : [Valley of Sarnen and Canterbury Cathedral]

63. Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises : as taught and practised in the gymnastic institutions of Germany : designed as well for colleges, schools, and other places of education, as for private use. With eleven illustrative plates / by a Military officer.

64. Forfeitiana, or, An elegant budget of winter evening's recreation for young persons / written by a lady.

65. Geoffrey Gambado's surprising feats in horsemanship : exemplified in a series of very laughable caricatures.

66. The melange of humour : a series of fifty coloured engravings, comprising a great variety of comic subjects / by the most popular artists of the present day.

67. Humorous designs / by M.E.

68. The Chinese sensitive leaf : discovered by a celebrated physician and eminent Professor of Botany and chemistry, named Zaphrintra, of China : afterwards introduced into other parts of the continent, and into England by a very learned and sensible foreigner.

69. Liston's characters : six coloured engravings.

70. Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are / drawn by M.E. Esq.

71. The Tom & Jerry flash dictionary.

73. Diorama, Regent's Park : two views: Ruins of Holyrood Chapel, A Moonlight Scene, Painted by M. Daguerre, Knight of the Legion of Honor : and the Cathedral of Chartres, painted by M. Bouton.

74. Life in the country, or, Eccentricities and oddities exhibiting real and original scenes of rural life / by an old sportsman.

75. Collinso furioso, or, Matters "to tatters" / from drawings by M.E.

77. Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson ; illustrated with twelve colored plates.

78. Matrimonial ladder, or, Such things are / drawn by M.E. Esq.

80. Confessions of an Oxonian : in three volumes : embellished with thirty-six coloured plates.

82. Absurdities : in prose and verse / written and illustrated by A. Crowquill.

83. Olla Podrida / by M. Egerton, Esqre.

84. A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.

87. A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday.

88. Characters in the grand fancy ball given by the British ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the conclusion of the carnival 1826 : in thirteen highly coloured plates : with a description of the entertainment of that occasion.

89. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

90. [The essayists]

91. Buchanan's initiatory drawing lessons : for the use of writing academies & private families : engraved series, to be copied with the pen.

92. Conversations on botany : with plates.

93. An essay on warm, cold and vapour bathing : with practical observations on sea bathing, diseases of the skin, bilious, liver complaints, and dropsy / by Sir Arthur Clarke ...

94. Thirty four lessons for drawing the human figure : engraved from the original drawings of Bartolozzi and adapted to the use of students in the polite arts.

96. To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts : drawings let out to copy at Stoddart & Craggs' literary repository, Lowgate, Hull.

97. A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation / illustrated with four lithographic plates, by N. Whittock.

98. Celebrated & extraordinary exhibition, patronized by the royal families of England, France, Belgium, &c. &c. &c. of the industrious fleas : from Regent Street, is now exhibiting at Somerset Gallery, Strand.

99. Cheerful pastimes for merry-making parties : descriptive of the various domestic amusements resorted to in youthful and genteel society, tending to occupy the mind, and while away the winter evenings in hilarity / illustrated by Cruikshank.