Architectural and Cultural Reports

Pages from historical architectural reports and dissertations detailing building projects, architectural descriptions, and cultural documents from the 19th century.

Pompeii, past and present, Luigi Fischetti, 1895 book paper. leather printing / albumen print / decorated paper

Bound Print, Page of Text, Printed on Recto and Verso; Calligrapher: Marie F. Lattré (French, active eighteenth century); Published by François Blondel, Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729-1755); France; engraving on laid paper

Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect, The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, in Great Britain,... 1715 Colen Campbell British, Scottish. Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect, The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, in Great Britain,.... 1715. Illustrations: etching and engraving

Title Page, from Bozzy and Piozzi by Peter Pindar, Esq. 1787 George Kearsley. Title Page, from Bozzy and Piozzi by Peter Pindar, Esq.. 1787. Engraving. George Kearsley (London). Prints

Dissertation on Belgian architecture; in the form of a descriptive memory, accompanying a project to reconstruct the Antwerp scholarship, Michel Looymans, 1861 Antwerp paper albumen print Antwerp paper albumen print

Annual report of the Forest Commission of the State of New York for the year ending December 31, 1891, James B. Lyon, 1892 book Albany paper. cardboard. linen (material) printing / collotype

The woods and bay-ways of New England, Wilson Flagg, 1872 book Boston paper. linen (material). rice paper (paper) printing / collotype

Reference of contemporary portraits, Nilsson bookstore, 1897 magazine Paris paper printing / collotype

The Pleasures of Human Life: Title Page 1807 Thomas Rowlandson The Pleasures of Human Life: Investigated Cheefully, Elucudated Satirically, Promulgated Explicitly, and Discussed Philosophically...by Hilaris Benevolus & Co. (pseudonym of John Britton). Mounted with five small scenes designed and etched by Rowlandson: 59.533.1022(2-6).. The Pleasures of Human Life: Title Page. The Pleasures of Human Life. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1807. Letterpress. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme (London). Prints

Pompeii, past and present, Luigi Fischetti, 1895 book paper. leather printing / albumen print / decorated paper

Travels amongst the todas or the study of a primitive tribe in South India, their history, character, customs, religion, infanticide, polyandry, language ; with outlines of the Tuda grammar, 1873 book London cardboard. paper. linen (material) printing / collotype

Virtue and joy; Great and good. / Print warehouse for the youth, to use and relaxation. Title page for 80 prints from the series: Print warehouse for the youth, with the theme virtue and joy. Numbered: No. 3. Printed leaf on one side.

Reference of contemporary portraits, Nilsson bookstore, 1897 magazine Paris paper printing / collotype

The architect : a weekly journal of art, civil engineering, and building, Spottiswoode & Co., 1889 magazine London paper. linen (material) printing / photolithography

Portrait of Marguerite Chevreau, called Kid Daisy (-1872) Portrait of Marguerite Chevreau, called Kid Daisy (Deceased in 1872). 1860-1872. Business card (verso). Photograph of Vaury & Cie.

Total eclipse of the sun observed at Caroline Island, on 6th May, 1883, Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, 1889 book London paper printing

Reference of contemporary portraits, Nilsson bookstore, 1899 magazine Paris paper printing / collotype

Frontispiece, from Peter's Prophecy, or The President and Poet, by Peter Pindar, Esq. Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in. (24.1 × 18.5 cm). Publisher: George Kearsley (London). Date: 1786-92. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tombeaux des princes, de grands capitaines et autres hommes, title page. Title pages. 1741. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Title pages

Title-page of E.B. Lytton's Confessions of a water patient in letter to W. Harrison Ainsworth Esq.

Fables, Vol. I & II 1729-47 John Gay British. Fables, Vol. I & II 349462

Reference of contemporary portraits, Nilsson bookstore, 1897 magazine Paris paper printing / collotype

The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire. .

The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire, William Howitt, 1865 book London paper. photographic support. linen (material) albumen print

Text sheet about the role of Armide in the Opera of the same name, Anonymous, 1815 - 1840 text sheet France paper letterpress printing opera

Reference of contemporary portraits, Nilsson bookstore, 1900 magazine Paris paper printing / collotype

Introductory page

The Canadian handbook and tourist's guide, Henry Beaumont Small, 1866 book Montreal paper. linen (material). cardboard. photographic support printing / albumen print

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume six, 1872 book London linen (material). cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print

J. Priestley, Experiments and Observations

Wilson's photographic magazine, Edward Livingston Wilson, 1892 magazine New York (city) paper. photographic support printing / albumen print

The life and works of Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson, sculptor, Henry Lonsdale, 1866 book London paper. linen (material). cardboard. photographic support printing / albumen print

Six pieces faciles pour le Piano Forte a quatre main composed by C.M. de Weber, handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, 1786 - 1826, was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school

The photographic gallery of scripture illustration, inside front cover - handwritten, book, photographs, photographically illustrated books, OCT 1991, height 378 mm, width 290 mm, thickness, 30 mm

Travelers in the Alps with the portrait of Albrecht Haller, Johann Joseph Störchlin, After Ad. Dunker, 1785 print Amsterdam paper etching historical persons. 'en route', traveller under way. painter at work, in his studio - CC - out of doors. mountains Alps

Print made by Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791-1873, British, Wrapper for Ports of England, 1826 to 1828. Letterpress.

Naval Design on Wrapper, unknown artist, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1826-1828, Engraving (as published)

Cover with two poems on Agatha Deken and Elizabeth Wolff, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman (Rejected Attribution), 1783 - 1818 text sheet. poem A fourish of prisoner in Dutch in Dutch Blanket (left) and Elizabeth Wolff (Right). Amsterdam paper letterpress printing

Catalogue of the Collection of Oil Paintings, Water Colour Drawings, and Engravings, ETC., Belonging to the Late George Washington Wilson, Esq., 4th June 1894

Travels through the interior parts of North-America...

Lighthouses, 1873 , Lighthouses, Annisquam Life Collection 1760-2015

The works of Alfred Tennyson. .

Belgian photography bulletin / association, 1899 book paper printing

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume six. .

Street Life in London Made 1870-1880 Scotland. Woodburytypes . John Thomson

The life and times of Queen Victoria volume II, Robert Wilson (auteur), c. 1887 - c. 1900 book London paper. linen (material). cardboard printing

Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791-1873, British, Naval Design on Wrapper, 1826-1828.

Title page from The Holy Bible published by William Collins, Sons, & Company in 1869.

Interior of a printing company; Title page for: Albert Henri de Sallengre, Memoires de Litterature, 1716.in a Decorative Frame with the motto: "Vitam Mortuis Reddo.

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume four. .

View of Toda Homes (Munds), with Toda, c. 1863 - In or Before 1873 photomechanical print NilgirisUnited Kingdomprinter: London paper collotype hut, cabin, lodge. crowd, mob

For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Plate 2, Title Page, Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1793, Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (13.7 x 11.4 cm), and Plate: 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (7 x 4.1 cm), angel, historical subject, text

Cyanotype reproduction of seaweed (Ptilota Plumosa) ; Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Vol. XXI, 1889-90 page Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Vol. XXI, 1889-90 page. Photographs, Title pages. 1890. General Research Division. Science , Societies, etc, Seaweed, Botany

The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume eight. .

Street Life in London, Part 7. .

Histoire de l'art égyptien d'après les monuments, Tome premier, page. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. text. Prints, Illustrations, Title pages. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Egypt , Antiquities

The cover of a publication of the Treaty of Versailles (english version).

Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament 1881 Dalziel Brothers British Title, contents, etc., followed by 62 wood engravings on India paper mounted on light ivory card. The Dalziel Brothers began a project for an illustrated bible in 1863, commissioning images from leading artists, and beginning to engrave the designs into blocks, but publication was then delayed until 1881, with the first edition issued in London. This copy was published slightly later, in New York.. Dalziels' Bible Gallery: Illustrations from the Old Testament 346018

An abstract from the account of the Asylum...Instituted in...1758 / Lambeth Asylum for Orphan Girls. Title page.

Following the principles of geometry

Asher & Adams' New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of New York. page Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1871. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (State)

Title Page of 'The History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution. This ambitious history was the last major literary work of Mercy Otis Warren. Thomas Jefferson purchased subscriptions for his cabinet (BSLOC_2019_4_144)

J. Hunter, A teatise on the venereal disease

The cabinet portrait gallery : reproduced from original photographs by W. and D. Downey First Series, Cassell & Co., 1890 book London paper. linen (material)

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker / Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljvet. Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Women, 1860-1870, Veterans, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Union.

Ornament met Cybele; Titelpagina voor: Joseph Jakob Plenck, Compendium institutionum chirurgicarum in usum tironum, editio tertia, 1797.An ornament with an oval medallion with cybele with wall wreath and a key in a car in which two lions stand.

VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN; WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS. Title page of one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy by British writer Mary Wollstonecraft. 1792.

James Henry Moser, Title Page, 1890 1891 Title Page

Cover of a map of Java and Bali, Anonymous, 1861 print Title and Impressum in a floral decorative edge. Also an advertisement from the publisher. cardboard title-page Java. Bali

Title page of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, OR LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY, Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 anti-slavery novel. Selling over 300,000 copies, it dramatized the plight of slaves, converting many to this abolitionist cause (BSLOC_2018_5_35)

DESCRIPTIVE SOCIOLOGY; OR GROUPS OF SOCIOLOGICAL FACTS - SIGLO XIX. Author: HERBERT SPENCER (1820-1903). Location: ATENEO-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cartographic, Maps. 1889. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Real property , New York (State) , New York, New York (N.Y.) Robinson's real estate atlas of the City of New York, embracing Manhattan Island ... Vol. 6: Part of 12th Ward, between 86th and 114th Streets title page

Feasts and decorative groups, together with a decorative philabete of plants and reading hunting, tourist and other devices series 2..

Halley, Edmund .

Cover of the auction catalog of the Sunderland Library, auctioned by Puttick and Simpson in London, G. Norman and Son, 1882 print Front of the catalog. paper. cardboard letterpress printing / gluing

Title page, from Peter's Pension by Peter Pindar, Esq. 1787 George Kearsley. Title page, from Peter's Pension by Peter Pindar, Esq.. 1787. Engraving. George Kearsley (London). Prints

The cabinet portrait gallery : reproduced from original photographs by W. and D. Downey Fourth Series, verso front cover - sticker, book, photographs, photographically illustrated books, John Macgregor Leith., height 250 mm, width 208 mm, thickness, 35 mm

The improvisatore: or, life in Italy, recto second endpaper - handwritten, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, S. Alunnuglione, verso first endpaper - handwritten, 33Q. St Matthias Church Library Wellswood Oct 1st 1946, height 171 mm, width 112 mm, thickness, 51 mm

A typical issue of the Flat Earth Society's journal, 'The Earth not a Globe Review' which also argues that universal gravitation is a delusion. Date: December 1896

Title page to Andrew Tuer's "London Cries: with Six Charming Children and about forty other illustrations," published by Field & Tuer, London, 1883.

The new century atlas of Cayuga County, new York. With farm records. By the company's corps of expert engineers and draughtsmen. Otto Barthel, Chief engineer., Philadelphia: Century Map Co. 1904. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1904. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Real property , New York (State) , Herkimer County, Herkimer County (N.Y.) , Description and travel

The Oberland and Its Glaciers: Explored and Illustrated with Ice-Axe and Camera.

Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlijke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten. This book signalled Merian's breakthrough with a broader audience. The prints in her caterpillar books were actually drawn and described more precisely, but the vibrant colours, large format, and exotic insects of Suriname won out in terms of popularity. Moreover, no one had ever done this before. The coloured drawings and copies Merian and her daughters made found great favour among collectors.

Hermann Boker & Co. , Wire, Steel, Musical instrument industry

Constantinople: the city of the Sultans, recto second endpaper - handwritten, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, Mr. Henry L. Pratt from his SS Class Christmas 1895., height 212 mm, width 142 mm, thickness, 35 mm

Title page of 'Account of a shooting excursion on the mountains near Dromilly estate, in the parish of Trelawny, and island of Jamaica, in the month of October 1824.' Issued in 1825 by Harvey and Darton, London. The text references themes such as fugitive slaves, antislavery movements, Great Britain, slavery, and Jamaica

Ex Libris Robert J. Collier. Artist: Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (7 × 5 cm). Date: 1900-1925.Bookplate for Robert J. Collier. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

TWAIN, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also called Mark (1835-1910). American author and humorist creator of 'Tom Sawyer'.; ARTHUR, King. Legendary king of the Bretons. Title page of Mark Twain's work 'A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur'. Edition published in London in 1889. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Title page for: M. D'Aulnoy, Le Comte De Warwick, 1704, Jacques Desbordes (I), 1704 print Title page for the first part, with Armillarium as the title vignette. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing

Prospectus voor de reeks 'The Pelican History of Art', anonymous, before 1953 photomechanical print Prospectus of twelve pages and separately inlaid order form. In addition to a general description of the proposed series and individual parts, some example illustrations and sample pages of the text. paper printing block / letterpress printing water-birds: pelican. history of art

The world's Columbian exposition, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 179 mm, width 230 mm, thickness, 7 mm

Atlas of the Hudson River Valley Page Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1891. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), New York (State)

Amsterdam, Desbordes, Jacques (I), Title page for: M. D'Aulnoy, Le comte de Warwick, 1704, verso - stamped, Title page for the first part, with armillarium as title vignette., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 111 mm, width 57 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1704 - 1704, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk

DINNER held by PILGRIM HOTEL at 'PLYMOUTH, MA' (HOT;), 1898, FOL; 4.5X5.5

Title page, 1862., 1862., London. Publisher, W. Mackenzie. Egypt. Albumen prints

Illuminated title page. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnand's "Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell, London, 1873.

Four easy marches ,

Franchise Report for 1893 of The New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1893, New Zealand, by New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union, Kate Sheppard, Ward, Wilson, and Co.

Calligraphic title page with wreath of flowers. Tinted lithograph from Emily Edens Flowers from an Indian Garden: Second Series: Hope, Breidenbach & Co, Dusseldorf, 1860s. Eden was an English female aristocratic writer, novelist and traveler who accompanied her brother George in India from 1836 to 1842.

Title page for the first part, with armillarium and titlevignet.

The Lotos Club. 1937. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

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