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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No cover image available
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
xii, 1293, [1] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Plomer, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1856-1928
Date:
1932 (for 1930)
Physical Description:
xxi, 432 pages ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. A dictionary of lace / Pat Earnshaw.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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