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

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book.
Creator:
Our Boys Clothing Company
Date:
[ca. 1885?]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.

W. Stevens's circulating library and general newspaper office : 23, Trinity Square, Tower HIll.
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 12 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.
Creator:
Ingpen, Abel, -1854
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
106 p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[185-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

7. Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.

Floral designs for the table : being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers & fruit, with classified lists of suitable plants, berries, and leaves, and twenty-four original coloured designs / by John Perkins, head gardener for twenty-nine years to the late and present Lord Henniker.
Creator:
Perkins, John (Gardener)
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
38, [2] pages, 24 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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

9. The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.

The Chinese sensitive plant, or, The living leaf : patronized by the Emperor of China, the principal court of Europe, the Royal Family, and nobility of Great Britain.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

11. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Chinese sensitive leaf.

The Chinese sensitive leaf.
Date:
[approximately 184-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 2 printed 'sensitive' leaves.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.

Classes for oil painting, water colour and pencil drawing, &c., 46, Renfield Street.
Creator:
MacKenzie, David Maitland, 1800–1875
Date:
May, 1843
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 14 cm + 1 printed 'sensitive' leaf.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. 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

18. The youths drawing book complete.

The youths drawing book complete.
Creator:
Fussell, Joseph, 1818–1912
Date:
[1832?]
Physical Description:
v. ; illustrations ; 15 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. 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

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

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

21. [Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]

[Caricature card depiciting a sepia illustration of a shop assistant, with verse]
Creator:
Dean & Son
Date:
[1880?]
Physical Description:
1 card ; illustrations ; 16 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.

A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Date:
MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:
[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

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

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

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

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

25. Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.

Sketches at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition / by John Dinsdale.
Creator:
Dinsdale, John
Date:
[1886]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

27. Lights in art : a review of ancient and modern pictures : with critical remarks on the present state, treatment, and preservation of oil paintings / by George William Novice, artist.

No cover image available
Creator:
Novice, George William
Date:
1874
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 368 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Tatting, or, Frivolité / by Mrs. Mee and Miss Austin, 71, Brook Steet, Grosvenor Square, London (late of Bath).

No cover image available
Creator:
Mee, Cornelia, 1815–1875
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 10-21, [3] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 10 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Strange's pocket scrap book for young ladies and gentlemen : containing views of all the public places of amusement, watering places, etc. etc. : part IV.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1841 and 1849]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Moveable shadows / by W. Newman (of Punch).

No cover image available
Creator:
Newman, William
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[1], [9] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
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

32. 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.

No cover image available
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

33. A course of water-colour painting / by R.P. Leitch.

No cover image available
Creator:
Leitch, R. P. (Richard Pettigrew)
Date:
[1884?]
Physical Description:
36, [4] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Marriage a-la-mode.

No cover image available
Creator:
Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886
Date:
1859
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (10 p.) : ill. ; 15 x 150 cm., folded to 15 x 15 cm., attached to boards 16 x 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Conversations on botany : with plates.

No cover image available
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

36. Lessons in flower painting. : a series of easy and progressive studies, drawn and coloured after nature. / by James Andrews.

No cover image available
Creator:
Andrews, James, 1806–1876
Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
4 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. [Calling card for Colonel Lowther : 31, Bruton Street].

No cover image available
Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
3 v. ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Present pastimes of merrie England / interpreted from ancient mss. and annotated by F.C. Burnand ; with illustrations drawn from ye quicke by J.E. Rogers, author of "Ridicula rediviva".

No cover image available
Creator:
Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, 1836–1917
Date:
one thousand eight hundred and seventy three [1873]
Physical Description:
[4], 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Reminiscences of a yachting cruise. / by Mrs. N.M. Condy ; illustrated by four lithographic drawing by T.G. Dutton, Esq., from sketches by the late N.M. Condy, Esq. ; with a portrait of that gentleman, from a painting by his father.

No cover image available
Creator:
Condy, Flora Ross
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
viii, 47, [1] p, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. The hand-book for modelling wax flowers : dedicated by especial permission, to Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland / by John and Horatio Mintorn.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mintorn, J. H. (John Haynes)
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 82, [2] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Country vignettes : descriptive passages selected from the writings of Richard Jefferies : with seven engravings by Anthony Christmas.

No cover image available
Creator:
Jefferies, Richard, 1848–1887
Date:
1991
Physical Description:
[30] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Royal cabinet album of Isle of Wight.

No cover image available
Date:
[1870]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([24] p.): chiefly ill. ; 15 x 130 cm, folded to 15 x 11 cm, in covers 15 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Souvenir of the North.

No cover image available
Date:
1855?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([40] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 14 x 400 cm., folded to 14 x 10 cm., attached to boards 15 x 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Rock's Royal Bristol & Clifton cabinet album.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1884 and 1896]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([12] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 162 cm, folded to 19 x 14 cm, attached to boards 20 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. The comic album : a book for every table.

No cover image available
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[140] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Snapshots of St. Albans.

No cover image available
Date:
187-?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([8] p.) : chiefly ill. ; 15 x 48 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm, attached to wrappers 17 x 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The surprise art album : a new book containing over one hundred amusing and interesting picture puns / by W.H. Soulby.

No cover image available
Creator:
Soulby, W. H
Date:
[1900]
Physical Description:
[26] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The new guide to knitting & crochet / by Marie Jane Cooper.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cooper, Marie Jane
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
[4], 68 pages : illustrations ; 11 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[3] pt. : all ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing / written by Isaac Walton ; and instructions how to angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream by Charles Cotton ; with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.C.M.G.

No cover image available
Creator:
Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. List of articles from Mechi, 4 Leadenhall St., London : inventor of the Mechian dressing case, and various improvements in articles of cutlery.

No cover image available
Creator:
J.J. Mechi
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
16 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Hardy ferns : how I collected and cultivated them / by Nona Bellairs ; with a frontispiece.

No cover image available
Creator:
Bellairs, Nona Maria Stephenson
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
128, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The ladies' knitting and netting book : first series / by Miss Watts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Watts, Miss
Date:
[approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
xiii, [1], 136, [2] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The boat race and who went to it.

No cover image available
Date:
[between 1868 and 1885]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([16] panels) : illustrations ; 29 x 89 cm, folded to 15 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Spooner's Changing drolleries : no. 2 : choosing a husband : mercy on us what a set of frights! Ah, there's a decent looking portrait at last I declare!

No cover image available
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
1 sheet : col. ill. ; 30 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Particulars and recommendations of the stadium, or British National Arena : for manly and defensive exercises, equestrian, chivalric, and aquatic games, and skilful and amusing pastimes : at the residence of the late Lord Cremorne : on a space of twenty-four acres, extending from the King's Road, Chelsea, to the Thames, and distant less that 2 1/2 miles from Piccadilly.

No cover image available
Creator:
Beaufain, Charles Random de Bérenger, baron de
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
36 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

59. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
[183-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1]) p.) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Album of photo-lithographic views of Liverpool & district.

No cover image available
Date:
[1886?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] p.) : ill. ; 21 x 372 cm, folded to 21 x 31 cm, attached to boards 23 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Galpine, John, 1769–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Entomology in sport, and Entomology in earnest / by the Honorable Mrs. W. and Lady M.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
20, 48 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The training of a craftsman / written by Fred Miller ; illustrated by many workers in the art crafts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Miller, Fred, decorative artist
Date:
1898
Physical Description:
x, 249, [1], 9, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. J.D. Harding's early drawing-book.

No cover image available
Creator:
Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[2] p., 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
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

67. Fair nature : postcard painting album.

No cover image available
Date:
[1805?]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Talpa, or, The chronicles of a clay farm : an agricultural fragment / by C.W.H.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hoskyns, Chandos Wren, 1812–1876
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
viii, 237, [3], 4 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

69. The little sketch book : a course of very easy lessons in landscapes, figures, &c. First series, for young beginners.

No cover image available
Creator:
Childs, George
Date:
[between 1832 and 1839]
Physical Description:
28 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 14 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Ward's progressive book of landscape drawing : in thirteen parts / by J. H. Burgess.

No cover image available
Creator:
Burgess, J. Howard (James Howard), 1817–1890
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
13 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The ladies' knitting and netting book : second series / by Miss Watts.

No cover image available
Creator:
Watts, Miss
Date:
[approximately 1840]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 129, [3] pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. The school perspective : being a progressive course of instruction in Linear Perspective, both theoretical and practical : specially designed for the use of schools / by J.R. Dicksee, principal drawing master to the city of London School, to The Normal College for training teachers of the British and Foreign School Society, &c. ; illustrated with many woodcuts and forty engraved plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
Dicksee, J. R. (John Robert), 1817–1905
Date:
[1862]
Physical Description:
xiv, 79, [1] p., 40 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. 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.

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

74. [The essayists]

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

75. 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.

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

76. 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.

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

77. 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. ...

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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

78. Hunting / by his grace the Duke of Beaufort, and Mowbray Morris ; with contributions by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, E.W.L. Davies, Digby Collins, and Alfred E.T. Watson ; with illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton.

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Creator:
Beaufort, Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of, 1824–1899
Date:
1885
Physical Description:
xiv, 401 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A practical guide for the tailor's cutting-room : being a treatise on measuring and cutting clothing in all styles, and for every period of life from childhood to old age / by Joseph Couts ; with numerous diagrams and pictorial illustrations.

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Creator:
Couts, Joseph
Date:
[1848]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 166 p., xxvii, 17 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. The drawing-room dances / by Cellarius.

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Creator:
Cellarius, Henri
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
xii, 149, [1] p., viii leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Flower and fruit decoration : with some remarks on the treatment of town gardens, terraces, &c., and with many illustrations of colour and contrast applicable to both subjects / by T.C. March.

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Creator:
March, T. C
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
vii, 112, 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.

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Creator:
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784–1863
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
viii, 55, [1] pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. 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.

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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

84. Notes and sketches of the Paris exhibition / by George Augustus Sala, author of "My diary in America in the midst of war," etc.

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Creator:
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
396 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

87. 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

88. The hand book on making paper flowers ... / by Foster, Son, & Duncan, of 16 Wigmore Street, artificial florists & plumassiers, importers & manufacturers of materials used by artifical flower makers.

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Creator:
Foster, Son & Duncum
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
2, 6 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. 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.

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

90. Nicotiana, or, The smoker's and snuff-taker's companion : containing the history of tobacco, culture, medical qualities and the laws relative to its importation and manufacture : with an essay in its defence : the whole elegantly embellished and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes, being intended as an amusing and instructive volume for all genuine lovers of the herb / by Henry James Meller ...

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Creator:
Meller, Henry James
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
viii, 128, 36 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. The history of the flea : with notes and observations / by L. Bertolotto.

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Creator:
Bertolotto, L
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

93. [Calling card for Mr. John A. May, Miss May, [... E. May] : The Brooklands.

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Date:
[publisher not identified],
Physical Description:
1 card ; 4 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A guide to sketching from nature in water colours / by Leonidas Clint Miles ; with numerous illustrations, drawn on stone and wood by the author.

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Creator:
Miles, Leonidas Clint
Date:
1868
Physical Description:
85, 48 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The experiences of an amateur artist / by C. M. W.

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Creator:
Webber, Catherine Mary, 1831–1900
Date:
1858
Physical Description:
34 leaves : all ill. ; 10 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Sketches of characters in common life / by Edmund Patten.

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Creator:
Patten, Edmund
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
[4] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Drawing for schools : containing expositions of the method of teaching drawing in schools ; a full explanation of the practice of model drawing after the method of Dupuis, as first practised at the Battersea Training College ; the principles and practice of outline and perspective drawing : together with numerous illustrations and drawing exercises / by Thomas Tate, F.R.A.S., of Kneller Training College, Twickenham; late mathematical professor and lecturer on chemistry in the National Society's Training College, Battersea. Author of "The principles of the differential and integral calculus;" " A treatise on the strength of materials;" "The principles of geometry and mensuration," etc. etc.

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Creator:
Tate, Thomas, 1807–1888
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
[4], 45, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Artistic amusements : being instructions for a variety of art work for home employment, and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars. : illustrated.

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Date:
[1879?]
Physical Description:
[2], 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

100. Art embroidery : a treatise on the revived practice of decorative needlework / by M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister ; with nineteen plates printed in colours from designs by Thomas Crane.

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Creator:
Lockwood, Mary S. (Mary Smith), 1831–1922
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
83 pages, XIX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.