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The Chap-Book, Stone & Kimball, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Chap-book

9 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "A miscellany & review of belles lettres" Cover sheet printed in black & red type. Includes advertisements. Library has Jan. 1-Nov. 1 1895 (Vol. II, no. 4-vol. III, no. 12). Transferred from the Providence Athenaeum. Illustrations by Charles D. Gibson, Felix Vallotton, Claude F. Bragdon, Frank Hazenplug, G.-H. Jossot, E. S. Holloway, Will Bradley, Georges Pissaro, Fred Richardson, Dawson Watson and others. Museum has Dec. [1], 1894 issue (Vol. II, no. 2) Illustrations by Will Bradley. Accession no. 1993.094.2.

The Yellow Book Volume 4, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 3, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 2, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

The Yellow Book Volume 1, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Special Collections, Fleet Library

The Yellow Book

1 of 13 volumes : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. "An Illustrated Quarterly" Imprint varies. Oct. 1896-Apr. 1897: London ; New York : J. Lane. Co-founded and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Nelson, J.G. Checklist of early Bodley Head books, ǂc 1894.11 Binding design for Vols. I-V probably by Aubrey Beardsley, binding design for Vol. VII by J.D. Mackenzie, binding design for Vol. VIII by D.Y. Cameron, binding design for Vol. IX by Mrs. Percy (Mabel) Dearmer, binding design for Vol. X by J. Illingsworth Kay, binding design for Vol. …

Glimpses Of Unfamiliar Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Sarah Eyman Whitman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

2 volumes. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Paged continuously. Includes index (volume 2) Volume 1 cover in green cloth with illustration and lettering in silver; volume 2 cover in yellow cloth with illustration and lettering in black. Gold leaf on top edges. Volume 1 has an engraved bookplate of Elisha Rhodes Brown, on front pastedown. Cover design attributed to Sarah Wyman Whitman. Gift of the Estate of Eleanor Fayerweather.

Art Out-Of-Doors, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselear), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

x, 399 pages. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399). Lowthorpe Collection Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has an illustration of two stylized trees at crossed angles. A ring circles the cross point of the trees and an open pair of shears and an open compass intertwine the ring.

How To Know The Wild Flowers : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Wild Flowers, Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxxix, 346 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Second edition, with colored plates. 71st thousand. Illustrated by Marion Satterlee and Elsie Louise Shaw.

Art And Handicraft In The Woman's Building Of The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, Maud Howe Elliott, Julia Ward Howe, Bertha Honoré Palmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

World's Fairs

3 preliminary leaves, 287 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, plans.

The growth of the woman's building / Bertha Honoré Palmer -- The building and its decorations / Maud Howe Elliott -- Woman in art / S.T. Hallowell -- Applied arts in the Woman's Building / Candace Wheeler -- Women illustrators / Alice C. Morse -- The work of Cincinnati women in decorated pottery / Elizabeth W. Perry -- Woman in science / Louisa Parsons Hopkins -- Woman in literature / Laura E. Richards -- The library / Maud Howe Elliott -- New York literary exhibit / Blanche Wilder Bellamy -- …

The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1892) Souvenir Tray, Simpson H. M. & Co., Special Collections, Fleet Library

World's Fairs

Silver-plate souvenir tray of the World's Columbian Exposition (1892), stamped on the back: Simpson H.M. Co. Tray features an illustration of the Women's Building. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

Landscape Gardening, Samuel Parsons, Alice C. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxii, 329 pages : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Both copies Lowthorpe Collection. Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has a decorative floral motif stamped in gold within a rectangular box, to lower center of the board. Below the title and author are small floral motifs stamped in gold. Floral motifs are stamped in gold on the spine, and a vertical floral border is stamped in gold (a few inches in from the spine) on the front and back cover boards. Binding design by Alice C. …

Ancient Rome In The Light Of Recent Discoveries, Rodolfo Lanciani, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

xxix, 329 pages, [36] leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, map, plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. One hundred illustrations. Includes index. Decorated cloth cover, white cloth on spine, red cloth over cover boards, gold tooling designs and decoration, title emboss in gold. Cover design attributed to Sarah Wyman Whitman. Case binding. Written in ink on front end paper: "H. B. Russell, Rome, March 16, 1894" Bequest of Mrs. Henry G. Russell from the Library of Mrs. A. A. Ives

Flora, Henry Newmark, Rosa Newmark, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

1 volume, 7 pages, 6 plates of mounted plants. Title from cover. "To our beloved mother on the 33d anniversary of her birthday, as a token of our love, and a remembrance of our pleasant sojourn at Engelberg. Engelberg, Switzerland. August 24th, 1887."-- written in ink on first page. Signed, Henry M. Newmark, Rosa Newmark. Opposite each of the mounted plant specimens are numbered lists of the flowers and plants Latin names used in each construction. Green cloth binding with blind decorations, bevelled edges, frame, border with ivy leaf. Title and smaller printer's ornaments below embossed in gold. The Newmarks …

The Last Leaf : Poem, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Geroge Wharton Edwards, Francis Hopkinson Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[106] p. : chiefly ill., plates, facsim. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Illustrated title-page in black and red. "The phototype illustrations in this volume were printed by The Lewis Co." Illustration on cover with gold leaf. Vellum spine with gold title and author lettering. Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth.

Le Decoration Arabe… : Extraits Du Grand Ouvrage L'Art Arabe De Prisse D'Avesnes / Choisis, Classés Et Arrangés Par Les Éditeurs., Prisse D'Avesnes, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration

Oversize. 2 pages, ℓ., 4 pages : 110 leaves of plates (some color, double) ; 40 cm. Each double plate is numbered as two. Covers 12th to 18th centuries, including wall decorations, ceilings, mosaics, tiles, woodwork, stained glass, fabrics, rugs, bindings, crockery, and miscellaneous ornaments. Lithography.

From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc. Copy rebound by Hope Bindery, marbled paper over boards, leather spine with title & decorations in gold stamp.

The Merry Adventures Of Robin Hood Of Great Renown In Nottinghamshire, Howard Pyle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

xx, 296 p. : ill. . Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Recounts the adventures of Robin Hood, who slew a deer on a wager, became an outlaw in Sherwood Forest, and collected around him a merry band, including Little John, Allan a Dale, Friar Tuck, and Will Stutely. c.1--Gift of the Estate of William E. Brigham (SPECIAL) ; c.2--Gift of Louisa D. Sharpe Metcalf (CIRCULATES)

Selections From The Poetry Of Robert Herrick, Robert Herrick, Edwin Austin Abbey, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

vi, 188 pages : illus. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Cover title: Selections from the Hesperides & Noble numbers of Robert Herrick. Illustrated title-page with title in red. Preface signed: Austin Dobson. c. 1 Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke ; c. 2 From the library of Chester L. Dodge. 2nd copy in original embossed and illustrated cover. Binding design by Edwin Austin Abbey; front cover with gilt-stamped full cover sunburst design, yellow, red and black-stamped flower devices, & black and red-stamped decorative title lettering; all edges gilt. Art Nouveau design …

Country Pets, S. Annie Frost, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 7. Part of The Stearns, Beede, Jencks Collection of Miniature Books. 2 boxes. miniature books; slipcases, boxes and metal cases; miniature magnifying lenses; miniature bookcases; book collecting bibliographies and periodicals; research materials; correspondence; card file. SUMMARY Emma Owens Stearns began collecting miniature books in the late 19th century and passed her passion for these treasures on to her daughter Virginia Stearns Beede. Virginia continued to add to this collection and passed it on to her daughter Anne Beede Jencks. In 2011 Anne Jencks donated this collection of miniature books, now numbering approximately 382 volumes, to the …

Manufacture D'Orfèvrerie Et De Bronzes Pour Les Églises., P. Poussielgue-Rusand, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

177 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Gift of Robert Morrow. 2nd copy from the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc. Gorham copy is missing frontispiece, first two index pages and title-page. Trimmed and bound in Gorham canvas binding. Tipped-in page is correspondence dated Sept. 30, 1921, addressed to Mr. Kingman from Mr. Day. Title on cover: P. Poussielgue-Rusand, orfèvre.

Seaweed Scrapbook, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

8 leaves : mounted samples ; 28 cm. Specimen book of mounted seaweed plants. Specimens have plant names in Latin and English. Four leaves of paper handsewn into paper cover. Two pages have the mounted specimens clipped-out of the scrapbook.

From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.

Motifs Décoratifs Tirés Des Pochoirs Japonais, Thoédore Lambert, Charles Massin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pochoir

[4] pages, 50 leaves of plates : chiefly illus. ; 43 x 32 cm.

Issued in tied portfolio. "Paris. L. Maretheux, imprimeur, 1, Rue Cassette."--Verso of page [4]. Date of imprint is from verso, page [4]. Louise Hetzer Memorial Fund.

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 11, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Pale brown covers with cracks and staining, stab-bound with grey thread all but top right corner missing/removed. [numbered lable on cover, upside-down:] 621 ; P-9 [handwritten in pencil on cover:] 9.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Kacho Gaden, Vol. 2, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Orange covers stab-bound with purple thread.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his work has had a significant impact on Western artists, including Gauguin and van Gogh. Hokusai is best-known as creater of the iconic and internationally recognized …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 4, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Pale brown/grey covers with significant peeling, staining, cracking and wear, stab-bound with maroon thread, holes reinforced with woven tape and three metal grommets. [numbered label on front cover:] 624 ; [numbered circular label on back cover:] 709.52.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 5, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Dark grey covers, stab-bound with maroon thread, holes reinforced with woven tape and three metal grommets.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his work has had a significant impact on Western artists, including Gauguin and van Gogh. Hokusai …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 10, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Dark blue covers with significant peeling, staining, cracking and wear, stab-bound with maroon thread, holes reinforced with woven tape and three metal grommets. [numbered labels on cover:] 619 ; P-11.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his work …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 13, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Possibly earlier printing than other numbered volumes in this collection. Brown covers stab-bound with black thread.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his work has had a significant impact on Western artists, including Gauguin and van Gogh. Hokusai …

Souvenir Of The Centennial, Rand Mcnally & Co., Special Collections, Fleet Library

World's Fairs

1 object : 18 illustrations. "Title from back cover of the object. Front cover and shape of the item looks like a Morgan silver dollar. Inside the coin-like container is an accordion fold set of images of buildings and sites in Philadelphia. Images includes Carpenters Hall, Lincoln Monument in Fairmount Park, the United States Mint, Chesnut St. Bridge, Independance Hall, and several of the Centennial buildings. Shelved with the Miniature Book collection.Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954."

Gothic Forms Applied To Furniture, Metalwork And Decoration For Domestic Purposes, Bruce James Talbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Furniture

2 p. ℓ., 6, [2] p. 30 plates 44 cm. Title within ornamental border. English edition published in 1867. A continuation with title: "Examples of ancient and modern furniture, metal work, tapestries, decorations, etc.," was published in 1876. Stamp embossed cover, gold stamp ornaments and title, title in Gothic lettering. From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Untitled, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original Hokusai watercolors. RISD Special Collections Flat Folio portfolio box. An album (30 x 17 cm) of fourteen hand-painted double-paged watercolors. This volume has a Gorham date stamp of Oct.16, 1871 inside front and back covers. Light blue covers, stab-bound with thread missing/removed. [numbered label on cover:] 612

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with …