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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.

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 …

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.

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 …