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The Old Farmer's Almanack, Robert Bailey Thomas, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

48 pages : illustrations. "Sold by the booksellers and traders throughout New England." At head of title: Number Seventy-Eight. This copy has cover wrappers printed with advertisements for businesses in New Bedford, Mass. Inside wrapper has publisher info: New Bedford: S. Hutchinson. This copy has a hole punched in the upper left hand corner of the cover, looped with a piece of string.

Mushroom Culture: Its Extension And Improvement, William Robinson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

x, 172 pages : frontispiece, illustrations. "With numberous illustrations" "The country series of farm, garden, and rural books for general use" Case binding, brown cloth with title and frame in black stamp, series title in blind stamp. Folded newspaper article laid in. "A fungus among us" from a Massachusetts newspaper issued Sept. 11, 1980.

Naturgeschichte Der Säugethiere (Natural History Of Mammals): Vol. 1, Gotthilf Heinrich Von Schubert, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

1 of 3 volumes : all color plates (double). First of a three volume series: Vol. 1.: Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere (Natural History of Mammals) -- Vol. 2.: Naturgeschichte der Vögel (Natural History of Birds) -- Vol. 3.: Naturgeschichte der Amphibien, Fische, Weich- und Schaalenthiere, Insekten, Würmer und Strahlenthiere (Natural History of Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks and Crustaceans, Insects, Worms and Radial Animals). Hand colored plates, mounted on linen. Volumes rebound in green cloth, with mounted leather spine labels. Volumes have the bookplate of Raymond E. Bernard. Gift of Edna Lawrence.

Naturgeschichte Der Vögel (Natural History Of Birds) : Vol. 2, Gotthilf Heinrich Von Schubert, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

1 of 3 volumes : all color plates (double). Second of a three volume series: Vol. 1.: Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere (Natural History of Mammals) -- Vol. 2.: Naturgeschichte der Vögel (Natural History of Birds) -- Vol. 3.: Naturgeschichte der Amphibien, Fische, Weich- und Schaalenthiere, Insekten, Würmer und Strahlenthiere (Natural History of Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks and Crustaceans, Insects, Worms and Radial Animals). Hand colored plates, mounted on linen. Volumes rebound in green cloth, with mounted leather spine labels. Volumes have the bookplate of Raymond E. Bernard. Gift of Edna Lawrence.

Naturgeschichte Der Amphibien, Fische, Weich- Und Schaalenthiere, Insekten, Würmer Und Strahlenthiere (Natural History Of Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks And Crustaceans, Insects, Worms And Radial Animals) : Vol. 3, Gotthilf Heinrich Von Schubert, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Nature

1 of 3 volumes : all color plates (double). Third of a three volume series: Vol. 1.: Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere (Natural History of Mammals) -- Vol. 2.: Naturgeschichte der Vögel (Natural History of Birds) -- Vol. 3.: Naturgeschichte der Amphibien, Fische, Weich- und Schaalenthiere, Insekten, Würmer und Strahlenthiere (Natural History of Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks and Crustaceans, Insects, Worms and Radial Animals). Hand colored plates, mounted on linen. Volumes rebound in green cloth, with mounted leather spine labels. Volumes have the bookplate of Raymond E. Bernard. Gift of Edna Lawrence.

Draining For Profit And Draining For Health, Geroge Edwin Waring, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

252 pages : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. New and revised edition. Includes index. First edition published: New York: O. Judd & Co., 1867. Decorated cloth binding, in brown cloth. Front and back cover boards have a band of decorative embossing at the top and at the bottom. At the center of the front cover board is a gold stamped motif of a figure digging a drainage ditch. To his side are additional tools and some drainage tiles. The image is signed Feely, lower right. Spine has some decorative …

Paoletti Impronte Volume 2: Musei Diversi, Pietro Paoletti, Luigi Saulini, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, John Gibson, Emil Wolf, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

2 volumes ; in 2 cases. "Plaster cameos reproducing works of classical and contemporary sculpture, produced by the firm of Paoletti, at Rome, circa 1865. The cameos are organized and mounted in trays housed within 8 faux book bindings, with a tray of cameos underneath both the front and back cover of each volume. Each cameo is numbered in pen and ink, and in turn identified in manuscript on the inside covers of each volume. All volumes bound in quarter vellum, with green boards. The title ""Paoletti impronte"" is gilt-stamped on a red morocco title label at the head of …

Paoletti Impronte Volume 1: Uomini Illustri, Pietro Paoletti, Luigi Saulini, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, John Gibson, Emil Wolf, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

2 volumes ; in 2 cases. Plaster cameos reproducing works of classical and contemporary sculpture, produced by the firm of Paoletti, at Rome, circa 1865. The cameos are organized and mounted in trays housed within 8 faux book bindings, with a tray of cameos underneath both the front and back cover of each volume. Each cameo is numbered in pen and ink, and in turn identified in manuscript on the inside covers of each volume. All volumes bound in quarter vellum, with green boards. The title "Paoletti impronte" is gilt-stamped on a red morocco title label at the head of …

Enfantines, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 10. 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 …

Carl's Visit To The Child Island, Aunt Laura Breed, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 6. 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 …

Monographie De L'Œuvre De Bernard Palissy : Suivie D'Un Choix De Ses Continuateurs Ou Imitateurs / Dessinée Par Carle Delange Et C. Borneman ; Et Accompagnée D'Un Texte Par M. Sauzay Et Henri Delange., Carle Delange, Henri Delange, C. Bornemann, Bernard Palissy, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Pottery

38 pages, [101] leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), 55 cm. Added title: Recueil de faïences françaises XVIe siècle. Gift of Mrs. Henry G. Russell from the Library of Mrs. A.A. Ives.

The Origin And Progress Of The Art Of Writing : A Connected Narrative Of The Development Of The Art In Its Primeval Phases In Egypt, China, And Mexico ... And Its Subsequent Progress To The Present Day / By Henry Noel Humphreys ; Illustrated By A Number Of Specimens Of The Writing Of All Ages And A Series Of Facsimiles From Autograph Letters From The Fifteenth To The Nineteenth Century., Henry Noel Humphreys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

178 pages, 28 leaves of plates : facsimiles (some color). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Spine title: History of writing. All color plates are signed: "H.N. Humphreys, Lith. Day & Son Lith.rs to The Queen." Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Gilt edges. Cover is black papier mache with red backing paper. The design is the same on both covers. Binding design by Henry Noel Humphreys. Library copy is missing spine and is disbound. "The English firm Jackson & Sons held the patent for the papier-mâché bindings of the mid-1840s to 1860s …

The Preacher, Owen Jones, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[36] pages : color illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Unusual cover: Ornate wooden binding produced with a heat-stamping machine by Remnant & Edmond. Title "carved" into wooden cover. Ornamental stamping on inside border. Black Morocco spine over ebonized wood boards; front cover with branch borders with titling 'vanity / of vanities / saith the / preacher all / is vanity', and entwined floral decorations framing central titling. Rear cover repeating front, except additional floral decorations replacing central titling. Spine with blind-stamped floral decorations and lettering. Black coated endpapers; turn-ins …

The Miracles Of Our Lord, Henry Noel Humphreys, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

[1], 31, iv pages : color illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Ornamental borders, and illustrations, in color. "Remarks of the illuminator. Descriptive index of the miracles" signed: H.N.H. [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys] "The title-page contains a figure of the Saviour .. in a niche, ornamented in a style corresponding with the rest of the volume."--page iii. "It has been sought to render the [papier mâché] cover also appropriate, by enriching it with medallions representing the principal miracles; it has been partly taken from a .. cover in carved ivory, …

Gray's Elegy, Thomas Gray, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title page and all interior pages colorfully decorated to resemble an illuminated manuscript. Binder's paper label mounted inside back cover. Gilt edges, inside cover edges with decorative gold tooling. Although the Elegy was often honored with illumination in Victorian Britain, Owen Jones's version contains a number of innovations. It was the first book issued in Leake's patented relievo binding (Ball, Catalogue, no. 46d), the first example of a title page with names of both the London and New York …

Life Of General Tom Thumb, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 12. 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 …

Book Of Trees, Mahlon Day, Alexander Anderson, Joseph W. Morse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

22 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm. "First and last pages blank; pasted to printed wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations signed by Alexander Anderson and J.W. Morse. Contents: The saw mill -- The olive tree -- The evergreen cypress -- The cedar of Lebanon -- Stump and knees of a cypress tree -- Brazil wood -- The talipot tree. Note: ""Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl Street. "Engraved illustrations on cover and title page. Engraved frontispiece and endpiece on pages [2] & [3] of wrapper. "School books, &c.""--Publisher's catalog, page [4] of wrapper. Cover has border with five different publisher's decorations. Text is hand …

Une Heure De Récréation. L'Heure., Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 20. (3 in series). 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 …

La Géographie. Bibliothèque En Miniature Pour La Jeunesse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 1. (3 in series). 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 …

Histoire Des Poissons Reptiles Et Insectes. Bibliotheque En Miniature Pour La Jeunesse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 2. (3 in series). 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 …

Botanique, Histoire Naturelle. Bibliotheque En Miniature Pour La Jeunesse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 4. (3 in series). 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 …

L'Enfant Des Quatre Éléments Scénes Variées | L'Eau, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 9. (3 in series). 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 …

Animaux. Les Poissons. Histoire Naturelle, Augustine Legrande, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

Box 1 : Book 4. (3 in series). 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 …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 1, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 3, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 4, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 2, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 6, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Liberotti Impronte Volume 5, Giovani Liberotti, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Leonardo Da Vinci, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

6 volumes ; in 6 cases. Title from spine. A collection of plaster casts (medallions), which were based on neoclassical cameos or engraved gems, mounted within simulated book bindings. Each volume has the title "Liberotti impronte", is numbered, and has the word "musei" on the spine. In addition, each volume has a list of contents glued to the front and back covers entitled "Opere scelte." Many of the casts depict masterpieces located in Italian museums including sculpture by Canova and Thorvaldsen; and also paintings such as Leonardo's Last Supper or works by Caracci. Collections such as these were purchased during …

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Tenmangu Godenki Ryakuja, Vol. 2, Katsushika Hokusai, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library

Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. An abbreviated history, with illustrations, of the Tenmangu, a famous Shinto shrine in Kyoto. Navy blue covers stab-bound with thread missing/removed. [numbered label on cover:] 620 ; O-12.

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 …