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Artistic Print Albums

A collection of antique albums showcasing prints, portraits, and artistic performances, featuring rich textures and varied cover designs.

A curious herbal front cover and pages. Miller, Joseph, 1668 or 1669-1748. Book covers. 1739. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Botany, Botany, Medical
A curious herbal front cover and pages. Miller, Joseph, 1668 or 1669-1748. Book covers. 1739. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Botany, Botany, Medical
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6145-43732900
The martyrs' idyl Spine and front cover ,
6188-64531171
Antikes Buch mit einer vergoldeten Illustration Antique Book Cover with an illustration of a golden ribbon, 1901 Antikes Buch mit einer vergoldeten Illustration Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxI.xMeyerx 338298
4443-19523504
Die Thierwelt (The Animal Kinggom), Marbled paper slipcase with applied printed label, Booklet of ten leaves giving directions as to names of animals and how to play the game; title in German and French., Vienna, Austria, Europe, ca. 1835, Game, Game
6145-52374837
Spine.. Duruy, Victor (1811-1894). bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1879 - 1885. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6188-63876293
very old book very old book isolated on white Copyright: xZoonar.com/chrisxwilllemsenx 7067956
6145-52374861
Back endpaper.. Duruy, Victor (1811-1894). bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1879 - 1885. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6145-50625884
Family photographs, circa 1910, New Zealand, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of Adkin Family, 1997.
6145-52374176
Front endpaper.. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1879. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6145-52351705
Muratov, Pavel. Gelikon. Helikon., 1922.. text. Book jackets. 1922. Rare Book Division. Book jackets , Soviet Union, Avant-garde (Aesthetics) , Soviet Union
6145-59274096
Sketchbook with 9 magazines, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 Sketchbook consisting of 9 sheets with horse harness and military equipment. The Hague paper. boekband: marbled paper. boekband: cardboard. rug: linen (material). chalk. pencil saddle and bridle (saddlery)
6145-52343023
Back cover. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1886. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6145-29064685
London As It Is, 1842. Thomas Shotter Boys (British, 1803-1874). Lithograph;
6145-43572017
Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico; album with prints after Guercino's drawings. Guercino (1591-1666), draughtsman, cartoonist, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1792), publisher, Salomoni, Giovanni Generoso (1714-1779), printer
6145-55942294
Horae, Spine. 1500. Manuscripts, Medieval, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection. Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts
6145-52366972
FAREWELL DINNER TO JULIAN D. FAIRCHILD held by DIRECTORS OF THE KINGS COUNTY TRUST COMPANY at "MONTAUK CLUB, BROOKLYN, NY" (OTHER PRIVATE;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division
6239-70888701
Les vignettistes: Gravelot-Cochin-Eisen-Moreau; etude contenant quatre dessins graves à l'eau-forte | Library of Congress
6145-48501928
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6145-59634772
Album with cartes-de-visiting of the Jonker-Nije family, Anonymous, various manufacturers, 1860-1920 Photo album with 13 sheets with a total of 28 photos. The album contains portraits of the Jonker-Nije family and a number of acquaintances. The photos were made by Albert Greiner, Max Büttinghausen and Johannes Leonardus van der Heijden. Netherlands leather. cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman. youth, adolescent. adolescent, young woman, maiden
6145-48695473
In the Levant Front cover ,. Houghton Mifflin Trade Reference Collection
6145-51818244
Poetry Book, The Bustan of Saadi Poetry Book, The Bustan of Saadi, 1539-1540. Leather, paper, ink, and gold, 9 3/4 x 7 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 1539-1540
6145-52366727
29TH ANNUAL BANQUET held by CHICAGO JEWER;ERS ASSOCIATION at "AUDITORIUM,CHICAGO, IL" (HOEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division
1525-21903363
Old picture album. In it usually store family photos
1525-20884325
Education Books in a Library
6145-46138269
Ships Bible of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp. Protestant family homes in the Netherlands would have a handsomely bound copy of the Statenbijbel, the Dutch Authorized Bible, the translation of which had been commissioned by the States-General. It was read aloud from every day. The first edition appeared in 1637; a mere twenty years later, half a million copies had been sold. Its enormous influence even extended to the Dutch language. This Bible was the property of Admiral Tromp.
6145-59480985
Illustrated Account of a Journey to the West, 1803 book Part three (of five); blue cover; Title strip at the top left; 23 magazines, numbered: 1-23, text and black and white images about the journey from Kokan to Nagasaki; Dshima and Western ships and customs. Osaka paper
4266-21631745
Identity Card of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR, Anonymous
6145-46254600
Sketchbook with 27 sheets. Sketchbook consisting of 27 sheets with designs for the interior and furniture of the first-class accommodation of the ship 'Grotius'. Also some designs for a pulpit and staircase, presumably for the Reformed Church in Vreeland.
6145-46115196
Photo album with 36 Cartes-De-Visite of Dutch people. Photo album in brown leather folder with geometric motifs in relief. The back is decorated with plant motifs, also embossed. The album is equipped with decorated fittings and a lock, at the top is a round red glass stone. The bracts are changing paper. The album contains 18 lowering sheets with gold on cut. In it 36 Cartes-de-Visite in Passe-Partouts. Each passe-partout has a combination in gold pressure. It concerns recordings of people, presumably family members made by Dutch, Belgian and German photographers.
6145-58943994
PP1-248-1 Borough of Todmorden 1897 (cover 1) Description: From Borough of Todmorden: address to Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee. Illuminated; bound in morocco. Date: 1897 jubilee, queenvictoria, pp1, loyaladdress
6145-59028910
Gautier, Théophile (n.1811-08-31-D.1872-10-23), Complete poetry, Paris: Charpentier, 1875, vol. 2 (Main title), 1875. Binding: Red half-Maroci from Marius Michel; preserved cover; Marbled paper guard pages. Balzac house.
6145-48502809
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6145-29718026
Manuscript 1521 Johannes Nevizanus. Manuscript 466568
6145-52374237
Spine.. Audsley, George Ashdown (1838-1925). bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. 1875. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
4266-21631746
Identity Card of the Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union, Anonymous
6145-48892521
Dockyard Economy and Naval Power. P. Barry (British, active 1860s)
6145-44269017
Cover with coat of arms of the Brühl family. Superexlibris from the Library of Count Heinrich of Brühl. Calf leather, embossed pressure, gold plated; 35.5 x 23 cm, 1734. Dresden: Slub theol.cath.b.134, front cover
6145-59003302
Anonymous. Diploma of Ehrenbürger - Honorary Citizen - of the City of Züllichau, granted to Adolf Hitler. Paper, ink, leather, wax, wood. 1933. General Leclerc Museum of Hauteclocque and the Liberation of Paris, Jean Moulin Museum.
866-5673
Prayerbook, North Africa or Near East ca. 11th Century Islamic Art (b.)
1848-49526311
Cardboard office folder on black background
6145-30286260
The Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in , Vienna , Julius Payer -, Auteur, Alfred Hölder -, publishing house
1848-49579288
Paper arrow and Islamic Holy Book Quran in mini size
6145-46839668
Album honoring General John A.Dix. Manufacturer: American Bank Note Company, American, 1858-present
4220-21927555
Cover design, A Day in a Child's Life, with illustrations by Kate Greenaway and music by Myles B Foster. Date: first published 1881
4220-21882463
The spine of the 1907 edition of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Date: 1907
6145-58943800
PP1-50-3 (1) Britsh and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society Description: From British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society: address to Queen Victoria on her Golden Jubilee. Bound in blue calf. Date: 1887 jubilee, queenvictoria, pp1, loyaladdress
6145-59003304
Frietterich Heads. "Das Bresles", previous Court of Paris Dischension became the aboveze, Vilkly Came debit Id. Ex-libris the Hermanman's govering. Papier, Cuir, Encre, tissue. 193 5. Motels Governmentec, the La libreatcational The Rischoration The Paris, Musée Jean Middle Emétine. War 1939-1945, War 39-45, Second World War
6145-48555631
Standard Dictionary, twentieth century edition. , Encyclopedias & dictionaries, 19th Century American Trade Cards
6145-51418834
Textile swatchbook, 1890s, France, by Bianchini Ferier.
6145-59036704
Hitler, Adolf (n.1889-04-20-D.1945-04-30), work Mein Kampf, taken in Germany by Armand Gozlan, soldier of the 2nd DB train (attributed title), 1940. Red sponled coverage with Golden inscriptions. Paper. Ink, Paris Liberation Museum - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.
6145-46312628
Photo album with sights in Naples and surroundings by Roberto Rive; Naples. Photo album in red linen band. On the Voorplat the title in gold pressure and embossed. The bracts are made of beige paper. The album contains 25 blades with the same number of prints. They are recordings of sights in Naples and nearby Ischia, Capri, Sorrento and Amalfi. Shown include cityscapes, landscapes, coasts, squares and buildings including the San Francesco di Paola, the Piazza dei Martiri, the Royal Palace, the Villa Nazionale and the Venue Temple.
6145-59066789
Finding graphic portfolio "Warsaw 1915"; Jastrz Bowski, Wojciech (1884-1963), Cotty, Jan (Warsaw; printing and lithographic insole; 1863-1939); 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);
4409-17270768
LEY ORGANICA DEL ESTADO DEL 10 DE ENERO DE 1967 - CUBIERTA Y SOBRECUBIERTA. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID.
6145-52374204
Spine.. 1911 - 1883. Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6145-51380573
Sewing Instruction Book, Sewing Book, I.E.A., N.Y.; Manufactured by The Industrial Education Association; USA; embroidered linen cover, ink on paper, fabric samples, metal fasteners; 24.5 x 19.5 x 3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.) closed
4409-17561443
De Gli Habiti Antichi, et Moderni di Diuerse Parti del Mondo Libri Dve, Fatti da Cesare Vecellio et con discoursi da Lui Dichiarti. Con Privilegio". Cesare Vecellio (Italian, c. 1521-1601); Italy, Venice. Date: 1590. Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 x 6 cm (7 1/2 x 4 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.). Paper, woodcuts; 499 pages. Origin: Venice. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
6145-52374910
Spine.. 1898. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding
6145-46198637
Travel album with pictures of sights in Tunis and Tunisia; Tunis. Photo album in red leather strap with the title 'tunis' golden in relief on the frontplat. The front and back are decorated with a framework of geometric and leaf motifs in relief. The bracts have a flower and leaf motif in brown and red. The album contains 26 sheets of gold on cut with 24 album printing and 18 lights of sights in Tunis and Tunisia. Below there are city, street and market faces, portraits and recordings of mosques and palaces. The Sticker of the Amsterdam office bookstore Albracht & Co. In the front of the album suggests that the compiler came from the capital.
6145-50630541
Little agenda of 88 plus 2 pages Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Little calendar (88 plus 2 pages). Brown maroon portfolio binding. Printed pages, one page a week, white paper. Handwritten notes with graphite pencil. Pages numbered to the pink bic pen. 1871.
6145-50490497
Border; 1974-52-51
6145-51836224
Manuscript of the Qur'an Manuscript of the Qur'an, A.H. 889/1484 C.E. Ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper, Paper: 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (9.5 x 9.5 cm). The patron who commissioned this manuscript of the Quran spared no expense—from the first few folios, replete with lush illumination, to the binding, elaborately engraved with the Chinese-inspired lotus blossoms and cloud bands common to the art of the Timurid dynasty in Iran and Central Asia. The second and third pages displayed here feature intricate vegetal ornamentation in gold on a background of cobalt blue, both materials prized for their value and beauty. The right-hand page contains the Arabic text of the Qurans first sura, or chapter, which plays a part in many Muslims daily lives; the following chapter begins on the left. The script is known as ghubar, which literally means “dust,” because the letters were thought to be as minute as grains of powder. The small overall size of the codex suggests that it was meant for tr