Historical Texts and Illustrations

Collection of vintage title pages and illustrations featuring conversations, herbs, poems, and historical discussions, showcasing detailed engravings and typography.

Original compositions and extracts, in prose and verse, page. 1817 - 1886. text. Title pages, Illustrations. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Two men in a forest; Title page for: Wilhelmus Kist, the Egyptian magic, 1822. A man with a hat and staff is in conversation with an old seated man on the right. The old man holds a bird cage. In the tree in the background a two bird cage.

Fig. 47 'The Prvno Domestica' in the Boodts Herbarium of 1640, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1640 text sheet Beschrijving bij Fig. 47 op p. 92: Anselm Boët de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi 2. Imp. Roman. Physicians from the bedrooms of flowers, herbs, and fruits of selectior Icons, and the strength of the most unknown. Onderdeel van het album met Bladen en platen shipped de Boodts Herbarium van 1640. Het twaalfde van twaalf albums met Aquarellen van dieren, vogels en planten bekend Rond 1600, gemaakt in Opdracht van Keizer Rudolf 2. Used paper. ink letterpress printing

Original compositions and extracts, in prose and verse, page. 1817 - 1886. text. Title pages, Illustrations. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

The Protestant Church under William III in 1685 and under William III in 1853, C.L. Brinkman, 1853 brochure Brochure of 16 numbered PP, of Protestant origin, directed against the establishment of the bishopy hierarchy in the Netherlands. Dated; p. 16: March 1853. Amsterdam paper printing Netherlands

Art of the Lithograph: Title Page, Plate I, 1819. Alois Senefelder (German, 1771-1834). Lithograph; sheet: 29.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.); image: 18 x 16 cm (7 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.).

WHOSLAG VOOR Studies According to Nature For Students, Bartholomeus Johannes Van Hove, 1824 - 1825 print Cover with four separate prints. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Hague paper

Bliżej Kultury Dubois de Montpéreux, Frédéric (1798 1850), Unknown, lithography of H. Nicolet (Neuchtel), Gide, bookseller editor (paryż)

The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book, in three parts 1793-94 Thomas Sheraton Sheraton published this influential pattern book in forty-two biweekly installments between 1791 and 1793. The first complete edition of the Drawing-Book was issued in two volumes in 1793 and included sixty-nine designs for furniture. Sheraton added an "Accompaniement" with fourteen plates to the second edition in 1794 and published a revised edition in 1802. The only documented evidence of the Drawing-Book in America is a copy of the first edition bearing the signature of Thomas Seymour (1771-1848), son of John Seymour, an English cabinetmaker who emigrated to Portland, Maine, in 1785, and nine years later established himself in the trade in Boston with his son as partner. A number of designs in the Drawing-Book are repeated on American furniture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, including designs in Salem, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other ports in the South.. The ca

Poem, The night of terror on March , Alois Dworzak, author

Portrait of Manvoy Athalie, (1842-1887), (Actress) Portrait of Athalie Manvoy (1842-1887), actress. Business card (verso). Photograph of Charles Reutlinger. Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

The Stereoscopic Magazine: A Gallery of Landscape Scenery, Architecture, Antiquities, and Natural History Vol. 2. Roger Fenton, photographer (English, 1819 - 1869) John Mounteney Jephson, photographer (British, active 1850s - 1860s) Joseph Lawson Sisson, Jr., photographer (British, 1816 - 1891) Robert Howlett, photographer (British, 1831 - 1858) Henry Taylor, photographer (British, 1800 - 1886) Ernest H. Edwards, photographer (British, 1837 - 1903) Morton Allport, photographer (British, 1830 - 1879) 1859-1861 47 plates.

Text of choir singing at the stage performance at the second centenary of the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam, 1832; Choir singing, on the occasion of the two-half anniversary of the Ulgent School in Amsterdam. Booklet with the text of the choir singing 'Iö Vivat' sung during the theater evening on the occasion of the second centenary (1632-1832) of the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam, celebrated in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam on January 10, 1832. Text written by Jacob van Lennep And sung by Mr. J. de Boer. Folded blade printed on three sides.

Captain Hinson Co. A 35th N.J.V.V.I., Sherman's Army, 16th & 17th Army C...s, age 22.. Title from item, No. 12245, Accession box no. DLC/PP-1970:095. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870.

Table of Contents. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1873. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Monmouth Couty (N.J.) , Description and travel, Real property , New Jersey , Monmouth County

Program of the fireworks, which will be lit on Wednesday evening, the 17 June 1857, in the field of Maliebaan, in the Gravenhage (...) The five-and-twenty-year-old commemoration of the defense of the Citadel of Antwerp . Program of the fireworks at the twenty-five annual commemoration of the citadel of Antwerp and the joint birthdays of the king and queen. Celebrated at the Malieveld in The Hague on June 17, 1857. The fireworks manufactured by P.L. Van Den Brugh, firework maker from Z.M. de Koning. Folded blade printed on three sides.

Flowers drawn from nature (...) 6th notebook, anonymous, 1799 - 1801 print Cover for a series of four prints of flowers. paper letterpress printing book-cover, binding

Lettervoorbeelden; The Writing Master's Assistant Containing four Sets of Alphabetical Copies Viz (...). .

EL DIABLO MUNDO - 1841. Author: JOSE DE ESPRONCEDA Y DELGADO (1808-1842) ESCRITOR. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Pedestal with weapent probe; Title page for: Jan Jacob Zeverul, Reinoud van Adelfing, in seven dieds, 1792.Title with a Pedestal with Weapent Trophy in the middle.

Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778-1855, British, Text (unbound) for River Scenery, 1823 to 1827. Letterpress.

Portrait of Horace Vernet (1789-1863), painter of history, draftsman, lithographer and director of the Academy of France in Rome from 1828 to 1835. Portrait of Horace Vernet (1789-1863), painter of history, draftsman, lithographer and director of the Academy of France in Rome from 1828 to 1835. Business card (verso). Photograph of Robert Jefferson Bingham (1824-1870). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

Catalogue of the valuable collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, of Christopher Beckett Denison, William Clowes and Sons, 1885 book This book is together in a band with RP-F-2001-7-1699 and RP-F-2001-7-1700. London paper. cardboard printing / decorated paper

Title Page: "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams" 1792 Thomas Rowlandson. Title Page: "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams". Adventures of Joseph Andrews. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1792. Letterpress. James Sibbald (British, Whitlaw, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1747-1803 Edinburgh). Prints

Title page for: A. Loosjes, the life of Hillegonda Buisman, 1825. A broken column in a landscape, on which two beaten hands surrounded by a snake that bites in its own tail (Serpent Ouroboros) as a symbol of eternity. Therefore a beehive, a keys, a spin skirt, a sloped bible, a lily branch, sheet music and a burning oil lamp.

Title page for: A. Loosjes, The Life of Hillegonda Buisman, 1825, Jacob Ernst Marcus, After Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, 1825 print A broken column in a landscape, on which two beaten hands were sloped by a snake that bites in its own tail (Serpent Ouroboros) as a symbol of eternity. Around a Bijenkorf, a bunch of keys, a spider skirt, a open Bible, a lily branch, sheet music and a burning oil lamp. Haarlem paper etching / engraving oil-lamp. the Bible as a book. key. serpent Ouroboros

Cover for: Beesten Studies to Life, 1827-1828, Gijsbertus Craeyvanger, 1827 - 1828 print print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper

DAILY MENU held by AMERICAN HOUSEat "BOSTON, MA" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1851. Rare Book Division. Hotels , Massachusetts , Boston

W. Morris's book collection sale catalogue, 1898; Sotheby's

Picturesque Selections: Text Page, from Picturesque Selections. James Duffield Harding, (English, 1798-1863); Published by W. Kent and Co. Date: 1859-1860. Dimensions: 560 × 430 mm. Letterpress on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

70TH ANNUAL BANQUET held by YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE at "NEW TONTINE HOTEL, NEW HAVEN, CT" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division

Scene of the wintering of the Dutch on Nova Zembla in the years 1596 & 1597, Hendrik Tollens, 1849 brochure 19 numbered pages with light brown cover of thin paper. On the front title within frame. Sailing on the reverse ship to the left. Cape Town paper printing / sewing New Zembla

Portrait of Villers (de), Actress at the Theater Dejazet. Portrait of Villers (de), Actress at the Theater Dejazet. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890. Business card (verso). Photograph of Bacard Son (born in 1845).

De DierenWereld, 1842 - 1857 text sheet Title page for 168 prints from the series: Print-warehouse for the youth, with the theme of the animal world. Numbered: No. 7. Leaf printed on one side. Purmerend paper letterpress printing

Ship at sea; Title page for: G. Engelberts Gerrits, BERGS OF INTEMENT at a work entitled: Memorial of Neêrland's heroic deeds, 1830.a Sailing Ship at Sea.

Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung , Vol. 3, Index. text. Periodicals. 1819-01. Music Division. Music

Western men visit King van Kabul; Title page for: Mountstuart Elphinstone, Gezidschap-Reize to and description of the Kingdom Kabul, 1818.Two Western Men Sit on Either Side of the King of Kabul. A man with turban reads a letter. In The Background, Five Guards Are With Turbans.

Vers in honor of Lieutenant Koopman, 1821, Arnoldus Brusse, 1821 text sheet. poem Fresh in eleven couplets in honor of Lieutenant Jan Coenraad Koopman, from Haarlem, and the heroic deeds during the second expedition to Palembang on 24 June 1821. Published on the occasion of a meal held in honor of Koopman in the Society 'Under De Roos', on November 17, 1821. Twee double folded sheets, printed on five pages. Netherlands paper letterpress printing Palembang

Title page for: Hannah More, evaluating consideration of the contemporary system of female upbringing, 1823..

Wilson's photographic magazine, Edward Livingston Wilson, 1892 magazine New York (city) paper printing / collotype

Twenty-five-year-old memorial of the government of William I, by the editors of the Dagblad den Avondbode (...) 1838, 1838 print Special edition of the newspaper 'den Avondbode' following the twenty -five -year anniversary of King William I, November 21, 1838. Double leaf with the title on the front the title within an ornamental frame with crown and scepter. Printed inside one side with text and a portrait of the king. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsprinter: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing

Title page for: Hannah More, assessing consideration of the contemporary system of female upbringing, 1823, Anonymous, 1823 print Haarlem paper engraving title-page

Washington. 1783 - 1890. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Five-and-twenty-year anniversary of the Government of Willem I, by the editors of the Dagblad Den Avondbode (...) 1838. Special edition of the Dagblad 'Den Avondbode' Following the twenty-five-year government anniversary of King Willem I, November 21, 1838. Double-folded top with the title within an ornamental frame with crown and scepter. Inside one side printed with text and a portrait of the king.

Titelpagina voor: The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords, 1739; The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets in the ever memorable Year MDLXXXIII, With the Portraits of the Lord High-Admiral, and the other Noble Commanders, taken from the Life. To which are added, from a Book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera Desciptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said Tapestry to be work'd after ten Charts of the Sea-Coasts of England, And a General One of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. Shewing the Places of Action between the two Fleets; Ornamented with Medals struck upon that Occasion, and other suitable Devices. Also an Historical Account of each Day's Action, Collected from the most Authentic Manuscripts and Writers, 1739. Cartouche met titel, geflankeerd door twee gewapende mannen in een ornamentrand van speren, schilden, kanonnen en ander wapentuig. Bovenaan het wapen v

Wilson's photographic magazine, Edward Livingston Wilson, 1892 magazine New York (city) paper printing / collotype

Wilson's photographic magazine, Edward Livingston Wilson, 1892 magazine New York (city) paper printing / printing block

Notice sur la photolithographie, Simonau et Toovey, book, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 226 mm, width 162 mm, thickness, 18 mm

Mrs. Jefferson Davis / Vannerson & Co., Photographers, Nos. 188 and 77 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Davis, Varina, 1826-1906, Women, 1860-1870, Presidents' spouses, 1860-1870.

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

Wilson's photographic magazine, Edward Livingston Wilson, 1892 magazine New York (city) paper printing / collotype

Fresh in honor of Lieutenant Koopman, 1821; On (...) J.C. Merchant, first lieutenant at sea, after the victory of the Dutch at Palembang; On the occasion of a meal, held in the society: under the rose, the 17ths of slurry, 1821. Fresh in eleven couplets in honor of Lieutenant Jan Coenraad Koopman, from Haarlem, and the heroic deeds during the second expedition to Palembang on 24 June 1821. Issued on the occasion of a meal held in honor of a merchant in the society 'under the rose', on November 17, 1821. Tween double-fold blades, printed on five pages.

Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series : Kincobs, Nos. 401 to 458 1873-1880 John Forbes Watson Fabric samples are featured from various regions of colonial India, including the modern South Asian nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Caption titles for each sample include information on length, width, weight, price, and place of manufacture. Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series : Kincobs, Nos. 401 to 458. 1873-1880. India Museum. London, England

Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities, 1857 Cover with three pages, one with a photo. paper. photographic support printing / albumen print

The Friendly visitor, page. Title pages, Vignettes. 1825. General Research Division

Samuel Jackson Johnson (1709-1784) English lexicographer, writer and critic. Title page of Johnson's 'Dictionary of the Human Language' London 1755

Portada del proyecto de Reglamento de policía teatral. Ministerio de Gobernación, Madrid, 1882.

Title page: Vedute Antiche E Moderne. Le Piu Intelligens Della Citta di Roma; Unknown, Raffaella, Giacomo (1753-1836); 1800 (1800-00-00-1800-00-00);

Memorial in honor of the 25th anniversary of Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, 1838; Five-and-twenty-year anniversary of the Government of Willem I, by the editors of the Dagblad den Avondbode, dedicated to the Fatherland. Memorial at honor of the 25th anniversary of Willem I Frederik, 1838. Dutch text in an ornamented frame with allegorical objects.

Edmund Ruffin, Southern nationalist, agriculturalist, and Virginia state senator, holding Palmetto Guards slouch hat / Quinby & Co., photographic artists, Charleston, South Carolina. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Kazimierz Jagiellończyk. Friedlein, Rudolf Fryderyk (1811-1873), bookshop, unknown, graphic artist, Friedlein, Daniel Edward (1802-1855), publisher

Dedication page titled 'To His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales' by Luigi Mayer, created in 1810 in London. Published by T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, featuring aquatints from the Mediterranean region

Titelpagina voor: The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords, 1739, 1739 print Cartouche with title, flanked by two armed men in an ornament edge of spears, shields, guns and other weapon. At the top of the coat of arms of the English queen Elizabeth I, with the motto: Dieu et Mon Droit. At the bottom of the weapon of Charles Howard (supreme commander of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada), with the motto: Deseir N'a Repos. The print is part of a book about the Spanish Armada and the carpets that were commissioned by Howard. paper engraving / etching title-page. calligraphy. weapons. coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty). armorial bearing, heraldry

Urged by the death of King Willem II, 1849; Cypresses at the death of Z.M. Willem II.Troubled by the death of king william II on March 17, 1849 (and His Funeral on April 4, 1849 in Delft). Folded Blade Printed on Three Sides.

Coat of arms of England, Anonymous, 1747 print A lion and a unicorn keep the weapon of England up. paper letterpress printing coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty)

The Union restored, Kurtz, E. Ludewig (composer), Straub, Anton (arranger), Kurtz, E. Ludewig (lyricist), E. L. Kurtz, New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, National music, United States, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peace, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

This title page, published by Pieter Soutman in 1649, depicts Frederick Henry, leader of the House of Orange, with symbolic elements reflecting his authority and role.

Flower wreath; Title page for: P. Moens, Letter-wreath, 1816..

Various Subjects of Landscape Characteristic of English Landscape Scenery 1830-1832 England. Portfolio cover . David Lucas

Speech (...) about the duties of a Bataavsch burger; Especially with a state reventing, Hanzo Lemstra van Buma, 1795 brochure 38 numbered pp, without cover. Dated; Titlep.: ('The second year of the Bataav freedom'). Gouda paper printing / sewing Leiden

Text on the image of Otto Dick Gordon, Unknown, in Or Before 1796 print Eight verse rules in Dutch belonging to the engraved portrait of Otto Dick Gordon. paper letterpress printing

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

Krakus; Unknown, Friedlein, Daniel Edward (1802-1855), Friedlein, Rudolf Fryderyk (1811-1873); 1852 (1852-00-00-1852-00-00);

On the image of O.D. Gordon, Anonymous, 1784 - 1816 text sheet paper letterpress printing

page, v. 3, The Fish Swainson, William, 1789-1855. text. Prints, Illustrations, nature prints. 1829 - 1837. General Research Division. Zoology, Animals, Arctic regions, Canada

African American man and buggy. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. African Americans, Men, 1860-1870, Carriages & coaches, 1860-1870, Beaufort (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Beaufort, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans.

Title page of Finke's Versuch Einer Allgemeinen... Geographi

Photographic Views of Sebastopol, Taken Immediately after The Retreat of the Russians, September 8, 1855.. G. Shaw Lefevre, photographer (British, 1831 - 1928) 1856 Portfolio or possibly disbound album featuring 12 mounted prints.

Declaration at the map of the new Maas and a design for improvement of the waterway, 1863; Brief explanation of the map of the new Maas and the crack, regarding the design to improve the waterway from Rotterdam and the other Maassteden to the sea. Printed statement belonging to the bath with the maps of the course of the new Maas along Rotterdam to the sea and a detailed map with a design for a new, improved sea cat. Booklet from eight page with text, in a folder.

Print made by William Miller, 1796-1882, British, Front Wrapper for the Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Part One (two copies), 1834 to 1836. Letterpress.

Atlas of the State of New York Prepared under the direction Joseph R. Bien, E.M. Civil and Topographical Engineer from original surveys and various local surveys revised and corrected. based on the triangulations of the U.S. Coast and geodetic survey, U.S. geological survey, U.S. lake survey, and the N.Y. State survey. Published by Julius Bien & Company, New York. 1895 Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1895. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (State) - - vMaps.

De Keyser's Royal Hotel. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

Street Life in London, Part 11, 1877 London paper printing / etching London paper printing / etching

Original title page. Title pages. 1855. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Lambier's 'Most Effectual Cure for the Tooth-ache

Title Page, from Ode Upon Ode by Peter Pindar 1787 George Kearsley. Title Page, from Ode Upon Ode by Peter Pindar. 1787. Engraving. George Kearsley (London). Prints

Cover belonging to the monument for the poet Jacques Bellamy, M. van Loopik & Comp., 1791 text sheet Gouda paper letterpress printing

Title page for the part with the reptiles and amphibians, Joseph van Huerne, 1809 - 1814 manuscript Handwritten title page for the part with the reptiles and amphibians. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural history ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. Used paper. ink pen / manuscript handwriting, written text

DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). British writer, author of Sherlock Holmes. 'The Great Boer War' (London, 1901). SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Lovell General Hospital, Portsmouth, Rhode Island / From Lovell General Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, R.I., U.S.A., J.A. Williams, Post Office Box 507, Newport, R.I.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Portsmouth Grove Hospital (Portsmouth, R.I.), 1860-1870, Military hospitals, Rhode Island, Portsmouth, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects.

The Lancet, January 6th, 1827, cover

Major and Assistant Surgeon Henry Lawrence Sheldon of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Medical Staff, in uniform / photographed by F. Gutekunst, 706 Arch Street, Philadelphia.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Sheldon, Henry Lawrence, 1831-1906, United States, Department of the Navy, People, 1860-1870, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Sailors, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Waldorf Astoria. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

Title page for: A. Loosjes, "The man in the four eras his lives", 1809. Title page with four men who undertake various activities at different ages.

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

Street life in London, Part 4, 1877 London paper printing / etching London paper printing / etching

BANQUET TENDERED TO PHILADELPHIA DEBATORS held by Y.M.H.A. LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK at "ASHTON HOTEL, THE, NEW YORK, NY" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Street Life in London, Part 11. .

DINNER held by GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY at "THE GRAND HOTEL, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND" (FOREIGN HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1891. Rare Book Division

The cabinet-makers' London book of prices, and designs of cabinet work, calculated for the convenience of cabinet makers in general, whereby the price of executing any piece of work may be easily found 1793 London Society of Cabinet Makers The first edition of the London Book of Prices (1788) contains twenty engraved furniture designs, three of anonymous authorship and seventeen by Thomas Shearer, a little-known individual who may have been a journeyman. The revised 1793 edition had nine additional designs, six signed by Hepplewhite and three by William Casement. It was reissued, virtually unchanged, in 1803. The revised London price book appeared shortly after publication in New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. This volume was the model for several similar guides published in New York (1796 with eight subsequent versions by 1835) and Philadelphia (1794 with four subsequent versions). The designs in the London Book of Prices were for furniture forms in common production and the acco

Memorial in honor of the 25th anniversary of Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, 1838; Five-and-twenty-year anniversary of the Government of Willem I, by the editors of the Dagblad den Avondbode, dedicated to the Fatherland. Memorial in honor of the 25th anniversary of Willem I Frederik, 1838. On the front page Dutch text in letterpress in an ornamented frame with allegorical objects. Furthermore, a portrait of Willem I Frederik in an oramic frame. There around the columns and frames with Dutch text in letterpress.

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