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

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), title sheet for Denmark's and Holsteens Flora, 1796

Title page of 'Die Lage der arbeitenden klasse in England' by Friedrich Engels (Leipzig, 1845) 'The Conditions of the Working Classes in Engalnd in 1844'. In1844 Engels was in Manchester, England, and made notes on the conditions of the workers in the te

Laura Stratton Birney, wife of Captain Fitzhugh Birney / C.H. Spieler's Photograph Rooms, No. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljpaper. Birney, Fitzhugh, 1842-1864, Family, Birney, Laura Stratton, 1833-1866.

Title page of 'The Natural History of British Fishes, Volume 2,' issued in 1803. Published in London by Printed for the author and for F. and C. Rivington. The subject matter includes fishes and their representation in art

Title page for the Catalogue of the Library of the United States to which is annexed a copious index ... Printed by Jonathan Elliot, 1815 | Library of Congress

Man behind a writing table in a library, 1776 print paper etching / letterpress printing reading. study; 'studiolo'; library

Party-Cantata on the occasion of the opening of the international colonial and export trade exhibition in Amsterdam. - May 1, 1883. Leaf with the text of the party song in honor of the opening of the world exhibition (international colonial and export trade exhibition) on Museumplein in Amsterdam on 1 May 1883. Music by Johnnes Verhulst, words from J.J.L Ten Kate. Folded blade printed on all sides.

Title page for: W. Kist 'Life, Feelings and Zonderling Reize van den Land-Jonker Govert Hendrik Godefroi from Blankenheim to stump', 1800. Title page with a baroness that is about to sit next to a man on a bench .

Allegory on horticulture; Title page for: S.N. The friend of children, 1791.a Man and Two Children Plant A Tree in A Garden.

Man behind a writing table in a library; Title page for: C.F. Gellert, letters, 1776 ..

Street Life in London, Part 12, 1878 London paper printing / etching London paper printing / etching

Lier, bazuin and laurel wreath; Title page for: A. Simons, poetine, 1834 ..

The Georgian Society. Records Of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture And Decoration In Dublin: Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1909-15. Half Tone Plate, Original Pictorial Cloth.

Portrait of Charlotte from Bourbon. Portrait of charlotte in an oval. In the upper margin her name.

Photograph envelope - Cabinet Portraits - W. Notman - Photographer to the Queen

The campaign : 2 Lincoln Republican songs ; No. 2 Freedom's call ,. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

New Topographical Atlas of Erie Co., New York, 1866, Stone & Stewart., 1866., Philadelphia, Erie County (N.Y.)

Street Life in London, Part 9, 1877 London paper printing / etching London paper printing / etching

On the image of Johan Diedrich Deiman. .

Ceremonies at the dedication of the monument erected by the City of Manchester, N.H., to the men who periled their lives to save the Union in the late Civil War, September 11, 1879, Mirror Steam Printing Press, 1880 book Manchester paper. textile materials. cardboard printing / collotype

Address to the Voters of the Third Congressional District of Massachusetts, 1850 October 23. Address to the Voters of the Third Congressional District of Massachusetts, 1850 October 23

Street Life in London, Part 7, 1877 London paper printing / etching London paper printing / etching

Sailing ship at a rocky coast at emerging sun; Title page for: M. Wied, Reize to Brazil in the years 1815 to 1817, 1822 ...

Frontispiece to "Poems" by Lionel Johnson, 1895, (1946). 'The Printing Revival of the Eighteen-Nineties'. Lettering and image of a bishop with initials WW, (possibly William de Wykeham), designed by Herbert Horne. Illustration from Johnson's "Poems". Elkin Mathews and Copeland & Day. Published in "English Printed Books", by Francis Meynell. Collins, London, 1946

Or contemporary, Alfred Fillon, c. 1874 - in OR BEFORE 1879 photograph. magazine There is a portrait of Josephina Amann on the front page. paper. photographic support printing / albumen print historical persons - BB - woman. portrait of composer

page 1 "Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery", 1820

Sir David Young Cameron, 1865-1945, British, Title Page: William Hunter's Coat of Arms, 1893. Etching on laid paper.

Tasting of woodcuts, Alexander Cranendoncq, 1809 - 1869 print Nijmegen paper

Catalogue of the F. M. Co., Art Pottery, Barbotine Vases, Baskets, Jardineres, &c. 1881-82 Faience Manufacturing Company American. Catalogue of the F. M. Co., Art Pottery, Barbotine Vases, Baskets, Jardineres, &c. 349829

Photographs of Killarney with descriptive letterpress, front cover - handwritten, book, photographs, photographically illustrated books, SEPT, 1991, height 278 mm, width 215 mm, thickness, 17 mm

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

Pamphlet, 'The Authentic and Genuine History of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi', 1890, New Zealand, by Reverend William Colenso, Government Printer (N.Z.). Gift of John Yaldwyn, 1996.

Italy, Milan, Cover of the libretto The Betrothed by Amilcare Ponchielli

Photo production of a drawing, representing a portrait of John Milton, Deswall Vaughan, After Anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1885 photograph photographic support albumen print writer, poet, author

DAILY DINNER MENU held by PARKER HOUSE at "BOSTON, MA" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1865. Rare Book Division

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). Title page of the work 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments', published in 1809. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-boat and her Crew...with...Photo-Etchings by Emerson & Goodall..

Ye Peg Woffington Coffee House Ye Peg Woffington Tea Gardens. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Amsterdam, Immerzeel & Comp., Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Title page for: The Flood, Katharina Wilhelmina Bilderdijk-Schweickhardt, 1809, verso - stamped, 1809. Water surface with a house flooded by the water, with drowning people and cattle in the water. Trees on either side. Following the flood disaster in January-February 1809., print, title page, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 238 mm, width 168 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1809 - 1809, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Title page of Jeremy Bentham's 'An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation', first edition, 1789

The seuen ages of man, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 144 mm, width 139 mm, thickness, 8 mm

Printed, title page 'Fanshawe' 1828, by Hawthorne , Books, Title pages, Authors, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Gems from Greenwich hospital, inside front cover - handwritten, book, photographs, photographically illustrated books, SEPT 1991, height 342 mm, width 260 mm, thickness, 12 mm

Title page of the document 'Addresses of His Excellency, Grover Cleveland and Booker T. Washington,' issued in 1894. The publication likely originated in New York and was published by an unspecified publisher. It features addresses related to themes of African Americans, civil rights, race relations, segregation, slavery, and emancipation in the United States, including speeches and addresses by Grover Cleveland and Booker T. Washington

Dance card - Bal costumé. Château de Ramezay

A booklet titled 'St. Nicholas Day, 1892,' published by the St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island, held at Montauk Club, Brooklyn, NY. The booklet measures 5.5 x 7.75 inches and features illustrations. The date of publication is 1892

Printed, title page 'Fanshawe' 1828, by Hawthorne , Books, Title pages, Authors, Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Partops on the execution of Kaat Mossel, 1784, Anonymous, 1784 text sheet Leaf with a spot -version belonging to the cartoon with the desired execution of Kaat Mossel and other Oranjegezinden. Double folded leaf printed all sides. Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing

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

W wiejskiej zagrodzie A Rural Court; from: `Tygodnik Ilustrowany` 1893, no. 186 (July 22nd), p. 49 (title page). Podkowiński, Władysław (1866-1895), draughtsman, cartoonist, Ciechomski, Walenty (fl. ca 1878-1893), engraver, Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warszawa ; czasopismo ; 1859-1939), publisher

GLORIFICATION OA WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON held by CEDAR PARK DRIVING CLUB at CEDAR PARK DRIVING CLUB (OTHER (PRIVATE CLUB);). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1905. Rare Book Division

Trade Card for R. Trewman and Son, Printers and Booksellers 18th century Anonymous, British, 18th century. Trade Card for R. Trewman and Son, Printers and Booksellers. Anonymous, British, 18th century. 18th century. Engraving

Waldorf Astoria. 1938. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Leominster Historical Society. Exercises at the unveiling of a boulder marking the site of the first house erected in Leominster, 1725 , Historical markers, Manners & customs. Leominster

Flyleaf from carte-de-visite by Mrs Cazneau cartes-de-visite, studio portraits

Memorial card for Henry Vincent, London, England , Abolitionists, England, 19th century, Social reformers, England, History, 19th century, Abolitionists, Social reformers, Vincent, Henry, 1813-1878

Rip Van Winkle 1899 Margaret Neilson Armstrong "The photogravures in this volume are from designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn. The borders and cover are by Miss Margaret Armstrong"--Page iii."Designed to be sold both as a set as well as individually, the books "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" do not have volume markings. Rip Van Winkle: pp. v; 115; 7 plates. Legend of Sleepy Hollow: pp. v; 191; 8 plates. Signed Margaret Armstrong line block binding design of 21 tulips and titles in gold on dark red buckram with the tulip motif repeated 4 times on the spine with titles (identical design on each volume). Signed Margaret Armstrong title page in each volume, and five different Margaret Armstrong decorative borders in rose and pale green repeated throughout each volume. Each volume contains full page black and white plates by Coburn and vignette illustrations on the verso of each textual page; unsigned illustrated endpapers; top edge gilt. Original ribbon markers laid in.

Old Glasgow Exhibition memorial catalogue ,. Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945). Prints

Palestine: the Holy Land as it was and as it is, recto first endpaper - handwritten, book, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Ges. K. Halladay. Xenia. Ohio. Christmas 1904., height 207 mm, width 137 mm, thickness, 41 mm

Portada del libro "Poesies Catalanes", de Josep Robrenyo i Tort (Barcelona, 1800-1837), actor, comediógrafo y poeta. Volumen nº 1 de la Biblioteca Bonavia, publicado en Barcelona en 1935.

Title page for: 'De Waereld', 1786.Title Page With Adam and Eva That Are Driven From Paradise.

Cover page of 'Sporting Sketches,' published from February 1, 1817, to February 2, 1818, in London by S. and J. Fuller at the Temple of Fancy. The work features themes of sports in art, reflecting sports culture in Great Britain

FOREFATHERS' DAY BANQUET held by WASHINGTON CONGREGATIONAL CLUB at "THE COCHRAN, WASHINGTON, D.C." (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1892. Rare Book Division

Title page, 1874., 1874., Paris. Publisher, A. Bertrand

Anthony's photographic bulletin, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 240 mm, width 160 mm, thickness, 4 mm

Edward Law. Pen drawing with wash.

Publisher's Announcement page for 'Master Humphrey's Clock,' Copy 2, issued in 1840 in London by Chapman and Hall

Atlas of the city of Mount Vernon and the town of Pelham secound edition. Compiled from official records, personal surveys, and other private plans and surveys. 1908. Compiled and published John F. Fairchild. C.E. Civil Engineer and surveyor engineering building Mount Vernon, N.Y. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1908. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Real property , New York (State) , Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.), Real property , New York (State) , Pelham, Pelham (N.Y.)

A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours From the First Rudiments, to the Finished Picture No 9 1813 England. Book with four color aquatints and letterpress in black on cream wove paper, in box . David Cox, the elder

Illustrated price list of day school reward cards / / issued by Gibson & Co., publishers of reward cards for Sabbath and day schools, chromo vignettes, chromo gems, oleographs, notes, drafts, etc. | Library of Congress

David Livingstone Centenary Medal, issued by the London Missionary Society. Process print and letterpress

Title page of "The Works of Roger Fenton: Cathedrals, Frith, Reigate". Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

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