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Ceiling of Vismarkt 16-17 in Leiden, Anonymous (Monumentenzorg) (Attributed to), 1901 photograph Fish market photographic support. cardboard albumen print (decorated) ceiling Fish market
Ceiling of Vismarkt 16-17 in Leiden, Anonymous (Monumentenzorg) (Attributed to), 1901 photograph Fish market photographic support. cardboard albumen print (decorated) ceiling Fish market
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Karol Tichy, Warsaw. Bedroom wardrobe, from the competition of the Municipal Technical and Industrial Museum of Kraków. Made at the workshop of Andrzej Sydor in Kraków ; excerpt from: `Sztuka Stosowana. Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana w Kr. unknown, photographer, Jabłoński, T. i Spółka (Kraków ; zakład reprodukcyjny ; 1890-1926), reproduction atelier, Towarzystwo Polska Sztuka Stosowana (Kraków ; 1901-1914), publisherForest Mensuration - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryAnton Hanak sketched and wrote from his room window during a relaxation trip to Gmunden in August 1925 in black ink, noting rain and fatigue, showing interior and posture.Storia degli scavi di Ercolano: ricomposta su' documenti superstiti, Storia degli scavi di Ercolano: ricomposta su' documenti superstiti, Ruggiero, Michele, 1811-1900, 188518 Eulalia japonica . Disc ITU accurate historical .French banner conquered in the Battle of Ekeren, 1703; MONSR. Hisson Lt. D'un Reg. D'Alsase. French banner conquered in the Battle of Ekeren, 1703. In the book with drawings of French banners, standards and timpanies, conquered during the Spanish Succession War (1701-1713).XXXVIII Cotton and hemp paste, Anonymous, 1900 photograph Plate from Précis Historique. France paper. ink collotypeVictor Hugo (1802-1885). "Lot/good to eat/h.i.". Between 1856 and 1870. Brown ink. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Good to eat, notebook, French writer, brown ink, h.i., lotChild rider, a gift, / to your will as I think. / There is usefulness and benefit: / 't is an artistic A, B, C, 1850 - 1870 print Leaf with 26 performances of the letters of the alphabet portrayed by human figures. Under each image a two -way verse. Numbered at the top right: No. 13. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdamprint maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing letters, alphabet, script. fancy lettersEin kleiner Abriss von denen Irr= und Abwegen, derer von Gott gerufenen Seelen. Dated: 1820. Dimensions: sheet: 33 x 40 cm (13 x 15 3/4 in.). Medium: ornamental letterpress on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Heinrich Ezechiel Sangmeister Joseph Bauman.Variations of the pressure of feet on the ground and movements of the head, whilst running (). Chart.Three Munsterse watering plates from the Siege of Groningen, 1672. Three (or two) Munsterse watering plates (perhaps blessed amulettes) with inscriptions in Latin, in use with the episcopal troops during the Siege of Groningen by the bishops of Cologne and Munster during the months July and August of the year 1672. Numbered I-III.Green Album of SEM (cover page) SEM (1863-1934). Green album of SEM (cover page). Lithography.Two Red Cross stamps of 15 cents, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1927 print. postage stamp A red cross against a blue background with stylized birds around it. paper birdsRohscanFrench textile manuscript, ca. 1820, This manuscript, an instruction manual for a school associated with a manufactory begins with a history of silk manufacture and continues with discussion of contemporary silk makers in Spain, Italy and France. The text is illustrated with 136 intricate drawings of looms, many in watercolor, showing set-ups for various patterns and materials, and includes 102 tipped-in examples of fabric. The chapters contain detailed information on silkworms and their breeding, the pulling of silk, and the composition of fashion materials, including gauze and damask.Case printing with letters: loo; around 1913 1921 (1913-00-00-1921-00-00);Decorated Border 1830-62 Freeman Gage Delamotte British. Decorated Border 363568Lissitzky, El (1890-1941) Russian National Library, St. Petersburg Book Art 28x22,3 Poster and Graphic design Story of Two QuadratsTokens on the occasion of exhibitions in Java, Isaac Weissenbruch, 1874 - 1876 print Netherlands paper coin. collection, exhibition, show Jogjakarta. Surabaya. SoerakartaCalled figures. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1920. Measurements: h 132 mm × w 111 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Miscellaneous generally about mountain historical material.Monogram GG, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1930 drawing Two partly intertwined capital letters 'G'. paper. ink. pencil. deck paint pen / brush magic mathematical figures; magic numbers, words, monogramsRohscanSketch of the title of the Agricultural Field Guide; Verso: an outline of a sloping character; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1903-1907 (1903-00-00-1907-00-00);Partage Plus, purchase (provenance)Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946), Trinity Church (with rectory), Dortmund (1897-1898): Inscription (fragment). Pencil on transparent, 68.1 x 73.9 cm (including scan edges)Case printing with letters: loo; around 1913 1921 (1913-00-00-1921-00-00);PrintSketchbook Page: Italian Maple Leaf, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Recto: Sketch of an Italian maple leaf and stem., Verso: Sketch of an Italian maple leaf, with less rounded lobes., USA, 1874, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folioEx Libris design Lya Weinhandl, Karl Wiener -, artistLearning to conduct a tool when writing letters; Baillieul, François (1697 -1754), Liverloz (Fl.ca 1720-1750); 1720-1750 (1720-00-00-1750-00-00);Forest evidence; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); Before 1924 (1915-00-00-1923-00-00);Letter D, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper fancy lettersEtching and copper engraving by an unknown contributor depicting Sicilian coins, created in 1786. The artwork illustrates coin designs, inscriptions, and classical imagery from Sicily.Bliżej Kultury Lelewel, Joachim (1786 1861), Bookstore of Jan Konstanty Żupański (Poznań), Wilhelm Decker and company (Poznań)Sketchbook 1550-1600 Italy. Sketchbook . Follower of Cherubino AlbertiHilma af Klint booklet with drawings. Unknown date 20 Hilma af Klint - Booklet 01.R.M.S. Aquitania Cunard Line, Ltd.. 1936. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book DivisionXXIII Papier d'Alfa, anonymous, 1900 photograph Plate from Précis Historique. France paper. ink collotypeDesign for a bookrug for: Stijn Streuvel, Reinaert de Vos, 1910. Design for a bookrug with above and below the book title patterns with geometric shapes.Caterpillars; Rispen / Erucae. / Chenilles. Sheet with different caterpillars, numbered 1-7. At the top right two names in Latin. Numbered at the top left: 13. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French.Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 23v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).YES. Carlberg.Skissbook for oven constructions with drawings of Professor J.O. Carlberg 1845, hearing to his travel notes from the foreign exchange.Great Lithuanian seal - two seals; August III Sas (Polish King; 1733-1763); 1733 (1733-00-00-1733-00-00);Case printing with letters: loo; around 1913 1921 (1913-00-00-1921-00-00);Amsterdam, Claesz., Cornelis, Velde, Jan van de (I), Haarlem, Frisius, Simon, Spieghel der schrijfkonste, Three round forms, closed, verso - stamped, From left to right: a standing oval, circle and standing oval. The print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, album page, prints, height 261 mm, width 370 mm, 1575 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1568 - 1623-09-10, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherHours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 198v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).Flower fancies: calendar with text; depicting lilacs.. Proofs, Cards, Calendars. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. FlowersArabic figures. Leaf 8 Verso from a sketchbook with 43 sheets.Flowers of one hundred worlds - part one; Momoyogusa - Ichi. Leporellolatbum; Gray cover with remnants of mica decoration; In the middle of white-golden title strip with black text; 23 sheets: Foreword; index; 20 prints of flowers, birds, persons and landscapes; Colophon.Composition diagram around; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1905 approx. (1903-00-00-1907-00-00);Partage Plus, purchase (provenance)Dyer's Record Book (USA); Company: Old Pacific Print Works; cardboard, paper, printed textile samplesXXII ALPHA. Plaat ITU accurate historical.XXVI KARECH, Anonymous, 1900 photograph Plate from Précis Historique. France paper. ink collotypeAnthospermum aethiopicum, Jan Wandelaar, after Georg Dionys Ehret, 1738 print At the top right marked: Tab: XXVII. Warm paper etching / letterpress printing plants and herbs. flowersAmsterdam, Claesz., Cornelis, Velde, Jan van de (I), Frisius, Simon, Spieghel der schrijfkonste, Writing example: Vive la plume, verso - stamped, In lavishly curled and interwoven Italian capital letters the text: Vive la plume. Bottom right: Velde. The print is part of an album., print, ornament print, album leaf, prints, height 224 mm, width 343 mm, height 261 mm, width 370 mm, 1575 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Northern Netherlands, 1568 - 1623-09-10, designer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher. One pattern drawing and 85 model drawings for floor carpets of the Deventer carpet factory.Design for a book bridge for: Johanna van Woude, De Zeven Schoonheidsen, 1897, Anonymous, in Or Before 1897 photomechanical print Diagonally above the book title and author's name a stylized flower challenge. At the bottom of the publisher's name in a frame with two upward growing flowers behind it. paper printing block flowers ~ ornamentCalligraphic drawing showing the alphabet in four lines of capitals. The drawing forms part of an album, Design of a writing sample: the alphabet in four lines of capitals Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, 1605, paper, pen, h 186 mm × w 304 mmDescription of the Building. Dated: 1890-1891. Dimensions: image (irregular): 12.38 × 9.84 cm (4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.) sheet: 15.88 × 11.27 cm (6 1/4 × 4 7/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with graphite on wove tracing paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Henry Moser.Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau to eat (draft for act I) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.Fish caught Dec. 28th and 29th, 1877, by the "P.A.A.," on Lake Winnipesaukee. New Hampshire. Willis G.C. Kimball (American, 1843 - 1916)Steel with printed silk, Dessin Seville. Steel with printed side. Dessin Seville, WW No. 00086. Stripe design in black, blue and gray, with stylized flower branches in pink. The steel is glued to cardboard on which the vignette of the Wiener Werkstätte. At the rear two color variants in green with black and in red with black.Sample book. Date/Period: 1930. Sample book. Medium: paper, percale. Technique: printed on plain weave. Author: UNKNOWN.Print, Pl. 2 of 13e cahier from Oeuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs, ornemens, et plusieurs dessins agréables pour broder des fauteuils; composés et dessinés par Ranson, et gravés par Berthaut et VoysardWaldorf Astoria. 1937. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book DivisionTitle page from Essai de Papilloneries Humaines par Saint Aubin ca. 1756-60 Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin French. Title page from Essai de Papilloneries Humaines par Saint Aubin 391473Calendar magazines from January, February and March, with birds, Theo van Hoytema, 1901 print paper calendar, almanac. birdsEmilia-Romagna Forli Cesena Biblioteca Comunale43. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 .. Medieval: Manuscripts: 1) Laurentius Rusius: "De cura equorum" (15th century) BCM S.XXVI.2 2) Paolo Veneto: "History of the Origins of the World through Henry VII" (14th century) BCM S.XI.5 3) S. Isidorus: "Etymologies" (late 8th-early 9th centuries) BCM S.XXI.5 4) Gospel Book (Evangeliario), Greek (10th century) BCM D.XXVII.4 5) Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographies, Hebrew (1348) BCM S.XXIX.1 6) "Somnium Scipionis", misc. (14th-15th centuries) BCM S.XII.6 7) Boethius: "De Consolatione Philosophie" (14th century) BCM D.XIV.1 8) Justinian: "Institutiones" (14th century) BCM S.IV.I 9) Bible (Old and New Testaments) (13th-14th centuries) BCM D.V.2 10) Giabir Ibn Afla "Almagestus" (De Astronomia) (13th and 15th centuries) BCM S.XXVII.2. Post-medieval: Manuscripts: 1) St. Augustine: "Enarrationes in Psalmos" (1452) BCM D.III.2 2) Herodotus: Histories (15th century) BCM S.X1V.1 3) St. Augustine: "De Civitate Dei" Edith Towner, Samples of Stitching, c 1937 Samples of StitchingHours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 145v, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).Rules for Drawing Caricaturas with an Essay on Comic Painting 1789 Francis Grose British. Rules for Drawing Caricaturas with an Essay on Comic Painting 375751Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 23r, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).Painted photograph of a man under an umbrella on an ancient documentAPOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME. ESCRITOR YPOETA FRANCES. ROMA 1880-1918. POEMA CALIGRAMA. AUTOGRAFO.Fourteen reproductions of designs of branches of branches, anonymous, c. 1895 - in or before c. 1900 photomechanical print Versailles paper collotype horticulture, vegetable culture, market gardening. trees National Horticulture SchoolLetters. .Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain: Fol. 30r, c. 1500. Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (Flemish, c. 1444-1519), and Associates. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; codex: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.).Roman inscription at the Col de Pierre Pertuis, Anonymous, After Rudolf Samuel Hentzy, 1810 print The volledig uitgeschreven Inscriptie zou zijn: the numino of the Augusta, the road drawn by Marcus Duvellum duvirum colonial Switzerland. paper inscription Bern (canton)Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.AmaskDyer's record book, Old Pacific Print Works, (Lawrence, MA, USA), Medium: paper, cotton, wool, Cardboard book bound with marbled paper with cotton and wool textile swatches pasted on pages., USA, 1862-65, sample books, Dyer's record bookNaval Stores - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistorySwedish iron stamps 1908-1929.Press.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain history collection.Printer's sample book. Date/Period: 1871. Printer's sample book. Medium: cardboard, paper, printed wool samples. Technique: printed on plain weave and 2/2 twill. Author: Old Pacific Print Works.Eclipse / eighth year / n ° 341 / Sunday, May 9, 1875 / The 1875 fair. Distribution of rewards, by Gill.Gazette du Bon Ton. Art - Modes & Frivolités: Layout. The Gazette du Bon Ton was about more than just fashion. It was also a treat for the eyes for typographers and graphic designers. Texts and illustrations were arranged to form a harmonious whole. Rather daringly, large illus-trations often occupied an entire double-page spread.Berndtson, Gunnar, work, Sketch book, drawing, 9.5 cm x 13 cm, Berndtson, Gunnar. Leaf with a blank medallion intended for a portrait of the Russian Tsarina Catharina II, 1781. With eighty pravers on the empress.Cod. Min. 53, vol. 3, fol. 111: Florilegium of Prince Eugene of Savoy: Beta rubra - red beet Full page: plant study (red beet 'Bete ou Poirée rouge. Bet costa ampl rubrà. Beta rubra, vulgaris. C.B. pin. 118'). In: Florilegium of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Paris, 3rd quarter of the 17th c.Coumbaradji humbaraji, ou officier des bombardiers. 57. 1808 - 1826. Drawings. George Arents CollectionSkiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Tabell: The dye absorbs / showing complement color.'From MS. Library of Minerva, Rome', 1862. Artist: Unknown.A Garland of Songs : An Easter Carol adapted from Rubinstein. Musical notation, with lyrics, illustrated with girls, ribbon, and flower garlands.. Comins, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Barker). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Girls, Easter, Flowers, Musical notationCODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - ESTAMPA CX - ESCOBILLA - ACUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.Anton Hanak recorded in black ink a diary entry during a relaxation trip to Gmunden in August 1925, describing frequent rain and a difficult morning, showing personal observations.An old envelope with stamps from France, handwriting and a dragonfly