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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1766)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22614588230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

(1853)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions68 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22650119180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition... [Read more]

([1802])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 29 x 18 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907914890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

(1841)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22641989960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

(1831)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxxvi, 293 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666765200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

(MDCCCXXXVIII [1838])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 volumes : illustrations ; 60 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22960448310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

(MDCCLXVU [1766])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22971087020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Malton, James, 1761–1803

The young painter's maulstick

(1800)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], ii, xiv, 71, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22653630710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Dean's new magic picture book

([between 1857 and 1865])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22862410800008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Gentleman's monthly magazine of fashion and costumes de Paris

(1853-1858)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22711451490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842

This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings... [Read more]

([1821])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22665995330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Lever Brothers Ltd.

Lifebuoy royal disinfectant soap

([approximately 1894?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet : color illustrations ; 11 x 15 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22732884920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Hunsley, William

Costumes of the Madras Army

(1841)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[40] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 39 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22944514810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts

([1830])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22857265700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

([late 19th century])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 tariff card : map ; 76 x 114 mm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22669276200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885

Travels from India to England

(1827)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxv, [1], 301 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22707814510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774

Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,

(1755)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. in 1. front., plates, diagrs. 27 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Hamilton, Gustavus

The elements of gymnastics for boys and of calisthenics for young ladies

(1827)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsvi, [7]-72 p., [43] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 15 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666730100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Urch, Henry

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness... [Read more]

(May, 1851)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet : illustrations ; 33 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22713894120008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Morris & Co. (London, England)

Morris & Company

(not before 1882])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22948299200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968

Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, that is to saye in... [Read more]

([8 January 1498/99?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 parts in 1 volume ([1], lij, [1], [MC]CCClxxxxviii [i.e. CCC.lxxxix], [1] leaves) : illustrations (woodcuts) 29cm (folio)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22728939700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871

The tourist in Italy

(1831-1833)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 v. : fronts., plates. ; 21-26 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Colebrook, Robert H.

Twelve views of places in the Kingdom of Mysore

([1805])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[16] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22851468530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Coleman, Edmund T

Scenes from the snow-fields;

(1859)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 p.., [vii]-viii, 47 p. XII col. pl. 56 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637

How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses

(1599)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[126] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22884664750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Sinclair, George, 1786–1834

Hortus ericaeus woburnensis, or, A catalogue of heaths, in the collection of... [Read more]

(MDCCCXXV [1825])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxiv, [2], 42 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22888638230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount, 1795–1837

Antiquities of Mexico

(1831-1848)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions9 v. : ill., facsims. (most col.) ; 55 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22636070190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Little Red Riding Hood

([approximately 1880])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[5] pages : color illustrations ; 14 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22874862350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

Description of Marshall's Grand historical peristrephic panorama... [Read more]

(1823)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions23 p. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22666738290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Roberson & Company

Roberson & Company, manufacturers of oil and water colors, materials for drawing... [Read more]

([not before 1862])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 broadside : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22882729390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The mistletoe bough, or, Young Lovel's bride

([approximately 1845])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions16 pages ; 17 cm, 14 leaves : lithographs ; 17 x 22 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22911022060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

Hutchisson, William Henry Florio

Sixteen sketches illustrative of the siege and capture of Bhurtpore

(1826)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions20 leaves : illustrations ; 36 x 52 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22741927550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

J. Lyons & Company

Menu

(1934)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 menu ; 17 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22891791370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Perring, John

Advertisement for hats and caps sold by John Perring, 85 Strand, London

(between 1834-1845)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet : illustration ; 28 x 23 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22651412710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Kyan, John Howard, 1774–1850

On the elements of light and their identity with those of matter, radiant... [Read more]

(1838)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxiv, 130 p., [4] leaves of plates ; ill. ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22872588100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

St. John, James Augustus, 1795–1875

Views in the eastern archipelago

(Augt., 1847)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 portfolios : illustrations ; 38 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22767019290008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gonsalves, José M.

Views at Bombay

([1833?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions6 leaves : illustrations ; 44 x 56 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22749739070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842

The cabinet gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign... [Read more]

(1836)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22941671890008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Barquist

Archbald, the property of Mr. George Wilson, of Walkington, will... [Read more]

([1839])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 31 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22885760210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Zeno, Niccolò, 1515–1565

De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre... [Read more]

(MDLVIII [1558])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions58 leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (1 map) ; 16 cm (8vo)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22889443600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Fox, William, active 1851

A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the western coast of Africa

(1851)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensionsxx, 624 p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill.,map ; 23 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22686435910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Brearey & Myers (Firm : York, England)

[Letter from Brearey & Myers to Thorpe, Black Swan, York, for order of a New... [Read more]

(June 11th, 1828)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 billhead ; 24 x 20 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22950938190008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879

Ocean and river gardens

(1857)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 pts. in l v. illus., 20 col. pl. (incl. front.) 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Woodcuts of British fishes

(1878)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[25] leaves : all ill. ; 20 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625

Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis

(1622)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 81 [i.e. 82], [1], 11, [1] leaves, [35] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., 17 maps, port. ; 38 cm. (fol.)
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22961176930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836–1919

Snow-flakes and the stories they told the children

([1862])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions46, [2] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22744271280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The Holy Bible

(1800-1816)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 v. : ill. ; 49 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line

Daniell, William, 1769–1837

A voyage round Great Britain

(1814-1825)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions8 v. in 6 : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22930757690008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Lady

Original sketches in the Punjaub

(1854)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] p., [20] leaves, [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22705403030008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

List of dances

([ca. 1920?])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] p. : ill. ; 116 x 63 cm + 1 graphite pencil
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22764952730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund