History of the Book and Illustrations collection
- Repository
- Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
- Call Number
- FLP.RBD.BOOK
- Creator
- Free Library of Philadelphia.
- Title
- History of the Book and Illustrations collection
- Date [inclusive]
- circa 1250-2000
- Extent
- 1.46 Linear feet
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains material that shows the history of the book. The majority of the examples of manuscripts are illustrations but there are a few letters and other documents. The printed material in this collection spans the 13th to the late 16th centuries and contains examples of different printing techniques.
- Cite as
- [Description and date of item], [Box and folder number], History of the Book an Illustrations collection, circa 1250-2000, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.
This is a collection of illustrations, manuscripts, and printed material obtained by the Free Library of Philadelphia from various donations. A majority of the collection was from two Philadelphia book collectors, Richard A. Gimbel and William McIntire Elkins. The collection was assembled as a teaching collection to show the history of the book and illustrations with examples of various printing methods and illustration techniques.
This collection contains material that shows the history of the book. The majority of the examples of manuscripts are illustrations but there are a few letters and other documents. The printed material in this collection spans the 13th to the late 16th centuries and contains examples of different printing techniques. Although the majority of the artists are represented with only one piece of artwork, three artists are better represented. These artists are: the American artist and etcher Joseph Pennell (1857-1926), the American illustrator and graphic artist Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928), and the British caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878).
This collection is divided into two series: 1. Examples of manuscript material and 2. Examples of printed material. Materials in the first series are arranged in alphabetical order by author, and then by chronological order, whereas materials in the second series and arranged by chronological order.
- Publication Information:
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Free Library of Philadelphia: Rare Book Department
- Finding Aid Author:
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Finding aid prepared by Garrett Boos
- Sponsor:
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The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
- Access Restrictions:
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This collection is open to researchers by appointment. Please contact the Curator for information on access.
- Use Restrictions:
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The right of access to material does not imply the right of publication. Permission for reprinting, reproduction, or extensive quotation from the rare books, manuscripts, prints, or drawings must be obtained through written application, stating the use to be made of the material. The reader bears the responsibility for any possible infringement of copyright laws in the publication of such material. A reproduction fee will be charged if the material is to be reproduced in a commercial publication.
Some of the materials in this collection may be too fragile for use without the Curator’s supervision.
- Processing Information:
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This finding aid was entered into AT by Garrett Boos from legacy data compiled by the Rare Book Department. Each item was examined and description enhanced and standardized where necessary.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition:
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This collection includes materials donated by Richard A. Gimbel and William McIntire Elkins, among others.
Corporate Name(s)
- Free Library of Philadelphia.
- Correspondence
- Drawings (visual works)
- Illustrations
- Manuscripts
- Sketches
- Ashhurst, John, 1865-1932
- Bartram, George, 1767-1840
- Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
- Bentley, William, 1759-1819
- Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956
- Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
- Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
- Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856
- Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865
- Frelinghuysen, Joseph S. (Joseph Sherman), 1869-1948
- Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928
- Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944
- Grasberger, George J. C.
- Griffith, William, 1876-1936
- Heaney, Howell J.
- Manet, E´douard, 1832-1883
- Pape´, Frank Cheyne, 1878-1972
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936
- Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
- Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831
- Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
- Art--Technique
- Printing
| Date | Call-Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples of manuscript material | 1830-2000 | |
| Baskin, Leonard, 1922-. Autograph note signed to Howell J. Heaney. Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, Devon, England, 1 page with envelope | 1982 April 27 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Blumenthal, Walter Hart, 1883-1969. Autograph note signed concerning a book by Mayne
Reid, given to him by John Masefield. Apartment 1812 The Drake, Spruce Street, West
of 15th Philadelphia, 1 page On the stationery of "The Drake". A second autograph note by Blumenthal, similar to
this, laid in.
|
1959 December 5 | History of The Book and Illustration MSS |
| Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. Autograph manuscripts signed of the preface to Haldane
Macfall's
A History of Painting, 3 pages Published in Macfall's
A History of Painting (London, 1911).
|
circa 1911 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Briggs, Clare A., 1875-1930. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient.
New Rochelle, New York, 1 page Addressed: Dear Orson.
|
1925 January 16 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Autograph letter signed to Mr. Taylor, illustrated with a sample sketch for a proposed book. Possibly London, 2 pages | undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924. Typewritten note signed to Helen Elizabeth Newmark. East Quogue,
New York, 1 card color illustration with envelope Eight lines of verse, with small illustration of a brownie. Place from postmark on
envelope.
|
1916 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. Autograph letter signed concerning a proposed production
of
Flora's Feast. 13 Holland Street, Kensington, London W., 1 page Unidentified recipient.
|
1901 September 26 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of seven women, two men, and several
groups of figures. London, 2 pages Pencil and pen and ink on paper. On final page and integral address leaf of Autograph
letter signed (fragment) to Cruikshank from F. Marryat, postmarked 13 JA 1830. Autograph
note from Cruikshank to Mr. Robins on integral address leaf. Notes to sketches in
Cruikshank's hand. Torn in two.
|
1830 January | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Illustration for Ainsworth's
Tower of London: "Queen Jane's entrance into the Tower of London", 1 leaf illustrated Pencil and watercolor on paper. Signed. Published as an illustration in Part 1 of
Ainsworth's
Tower of London (London, January 1840).
|
1839 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of several groups of figures, 2 pages Pencil on paper. On blank page of printed circular from the "Artists' Annuity Fund",
June 13th, 1836. Autograph note by Cruikshank.
|
1836 June | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Illustration of a scene from Ainsworth's
The Miser's Daughter: "Randulph refusing to drink the King's health 'over the water'",
1 leaf illustrated Pencil and wash on paper. Signed. Published in Ainsworth's
The Miser's Daughter (London, 1842).
|
circa 1842 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Preliminary sketch of a scene from Ainsworth's
The Miser's Daughter: "The Supper at Vauxhall", 1 leaf illustrated Pencil on paper. Signed. Prepared for Ainsworth's
The Miser's Daughter (London, 1842).
|
circa 1842 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Illustration for Ainsworth's
Tower of London: "The Execution, or foul murder of Lady Jane Grey", 1 leaf illustrated Pencil on paper. Signed. Prepared as an illustration for Parts xii & xiii of Ainsworth's
Tower of London (London, December 1840), but unpublished.
|
1840 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of two desks, and two heads. London,
2 pages Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On both sides of a printed election
notice, addressed to Cruikshank, postmarked SP 15 1841.
|
1841 September | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a nude, and several men, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil, pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On verso of autograph
letter signed to Cruikshank from W. Grinfell Elliott, June 10, 1853.
|
1853 June | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Signature. Autograph given to Reverend H. James, 1
leaf Pen and ink on paper. Attached to a printed portrait of Cruikshank.
|
1858 July 31 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Autograph letter signed to the Dalziel Brothers, with
a sketch, 1 page Written on verso of a letter from possibly J. Hawes to Cruikshank, Nov 3/74. Notes
by Cruikshank on this.
|
1874 November 6 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Illustrations of one unidentified character and five
unidentified scenes, 5 wood blocks illustrated Pencil on wood. Signed. Mounted and framed (S 29).
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of architectural views, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On recto of integral
address leaf of an autograph letter (fragment) from an unidentified author to Mr.
R. Cruikshank, giving instructions to the artist.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a coach driver with a passenger,
and captioned "I pray you Sir, mind you don't take my veel off" and "a countenance
more in sorrow than in anger", 1 leaf Pencil on paper. Illegible name in margin.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a figure on horseback, surrounded
by a multitude, at the entrance in a high wall, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and watercolor on paper. Possibly depicts Christ's entrance
into Jerusalem. Notes in Cruikshank's hand on verso of integral leaf. Typed label
attached.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a figure in a landscape, and sketches
of architectural details, 2 pages Pencil and pen and ink on paper. On a printed broadside from Mr. Halse, advertising
his portrait of Cruikshank.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a man's head, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink with watercolor on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a man's head, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper, on verso of a printed program.
Possibly represents Guy Fawkes.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a man's head, and other small figures,
1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and pen and ink on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a man on skates falling down, surrounded
by other figures, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil on paper. Notes by Cruikshank on verso about weather observation.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of men exercising in a gymnasium, 1
leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and pen and ink on paper. On verso of an Autograph letter (fragment)
by Cruikshank.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of two children pulling on a hoop,
1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and wash on paper. Rough sketches on verso. Typed label attached.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of two figures, and captioned, "Pray
Sir are you aware that this house is haunted", 1 leaf Pencil on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of two men's shadows, 2 pages Signed in ink. Pencil and wash on paper. Another sketch in pencil and wash on verso,
of a man in a landscape.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of two seated women, drinking, and
captioned "Oh la Mrs. Sucking I mustn't take any more indeed I mustn't I shall be
quite tipsy...", 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketch of a wolf's head, and decorated initials,
1 leaf Pencil and watercolor on paper. At foot of an autograph letter signed (fragment) from
E.G. Flight to Cruikshank.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a fireplace, a furnace, architectural
details and several people, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of four heads and a nude, 2 pages Pencil and watercolor on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of four horses and riders, and various
architectural views, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and watercolor on paper. On verso of printed election notice.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a man wearing a ruff and spectacles,
and another man's face, 1 leaf Pencil and watercolor on paper. Autograph document signed (fragment), receipt from
A. Holder, March 30, on verso.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a nude figure and three human
heads and a horse's head, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor. Notes in Cruikshank's hand at head.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a scribe and several other men,
with notes, 2 pages Pen and ink on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of seven men and three hats, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and watercolor on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of several figures in medieval costume,
and swords and armor, 2 pages Pencil and wash on paper. Names of R.H. Dalton and Barham (i.e. Thomas Ingoldsby)
in unidentified hand at head.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of several groups of comic figures,
1 leaf Pencil on paper. Typed label attached.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of several groups of figures, illustrating
Pilgrim's Progress, 1 leaf Pencil and pen and ink on paper. Autograph note by Cruikshank listing scenes from
Pilgrim's Progress.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of several groups of figures, including
men fencing, 2 pages Signed in ink twice. Pencil and crayon within pen and ink borders on paper. Autograph
note by Cruikshank.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of three fountains, one with a person
nearby, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On verso of broadside for "Fitzroy
Band of Hope".
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of three women and two men, 1 leaf Signed in ink twice. Pencil and wash on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of two heads, and a design for the
word "YES", 2 pages Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On an Autograph letter signed to Cruikshank from
Jonth. Everard.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of two knights on horseback, and
two men, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pencil and watercolor on paper.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches for a title-page, including the names
George Cruikshank and Homer, and the letter H, 1 leaf Pencil and watercolor on paper. Notes and accounts on verso in Cruikshank's hand.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Original sketches of a woman's head, 1 leaf Signed in ink. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. On verso of a fragment of a possible
letter.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Dodge, I. Alex. Manuscript text for a possible advertisement for school of I. Alex.
Dodge, using S.W. Clark's
New Method of Teaching English Grammar. Emory, Virginia, 1 page of illustrations At head of page: "I. Alex Dodge's S.W. Clark's
New Method of Teaching English Grammar." Includes illustrations in red with heading: "Dodge's Etymological View of the English
Language Exhibiting the Connection & Principles of Etymology." Several printed diagrams
attached to page. One has heading: "Clark's Etymological Chart." Signature in lower
left corner: "I. Alex Dodge, Emory & Henry College, Va." Notes to the printer throughout.
|
circa 1850 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient. Possibly 13 Up. Fitzhugh, 1 page | December 17 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Ethiopian Manuscript: Folding Book, a folding picture book of ten New Testament scenes
on leather. Ethiopia, 10 segments Oh My Case!
|
2000 December 9 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Autograph letter signed to C. Walter Cushier. Convent, Morris County, New Jersey, 1 page | 1899 February 13 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Autograph letter signed to Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, illustrated with a sketch. Convent Station, Morris County, New Jersey, 2 pages illustrated | 1902 July 21 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Autograph letter signed to Mr. Moffat. Convent Station, Morris County, New Jersey, 1 page | 1904 July 19 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Autograph letter signed to Miss Wells. Convent Station, Morris County, New Jersey, 2 pages | 1904 September 29 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Autograph letter signed to William Griffith,
enclosing sketches. Hotel National Davos-Platz, Switzerland, 7 pages illustrated Five page letter, with two pages of pencil sketches on paper.
|
1914 March 5 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Frost, A.B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. 18 original drawings for the
Skating Series, 18 pen & ink drawings Found with uncataloged manuscripts 1/2009
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient.
598 Madison Avenue, New York, 2 pages Addressed: My dear Lowell. Stamped: Received Jan 21 1925.
|
1925 January | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient, 1 page | undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944. Autograph letter signed to possibly Mr. Schuler, 1 page | undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Manet, Edouard, 1832-1883. Autograph note signed to Mr. Berthey, 1 page New Year's greeting card from "Quatre Chemins Editart, Paris" laid in.
|
December 28 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pape, Frank Cheyne, 1878-. Autograph letter signed to L. Dickstein. 59B St. John's Road Tunbridge Wells, England, 2 pages with envelope | 1927 October 26 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to H.F. Lieber. 3 Adelphi House, Robert Street, Strand, London W.C., 1 page with envelope | 1916 May 7 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to John Ashhurst (Mr. Ashurst
sic). Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 page On the stationery of the "Windermere Hotel".
|
1918 December 25 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to John Ashhurst (Mr. Ashurst
sic). Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 page On the stationery of the "Windermere Hotel".
|
1918 December 26 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to John Ashhurst (Mr. Ashurst
sic). Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 page On the stationery of the "Windermere Hotel".
|
1919 January 1 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to John Ashhurst (Mr. Ashurst
sic). Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 page On the stationery of the "Windermere Hotel".
|
1919 March 3 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to John Ashhurst (Mr. Ashurst
sic). Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 pages On the stationery of the "Windermere Hotel".
|
1919 March 3 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936. Autograph letter signed to George J. C. Grasberger. Windermere Hotel, Philadelphia, 1 page | 1919 August 1 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient:
"Dear G.I.C.". 95-97 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York, 2 pages On the stationery of "Hotel Margaret".
|
1923 April 9 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Autograph letter signed to possibly Hamilton Boll. 33 Tite Street, Chelsea, London S.W., 3 pages | November 11 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872. Sketch of a man's head; possibly a portrait of Edgar Allan
Poe, 1 page In pencil. On the back end-paper of Rembrandt Peale's
Portfolio of an artist (Philadelphia, 1839). Previously identified as a sketch for Sully's portrait of Poe;
cf. Biddle's
Life and Works of Thomas Sully, item 1388, there dated 1839 or 1840.
|
1839 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Sketch of four male figures, 1 leaf illustrated Pencil on paper. Mounted and framed. Autograph note signed by Anne Lady Ritchie, concerning
the sketch, on the mount.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Autograph letter signed to Reverend William Bentley. Worcester,
Massachusetts, 1 page Torn.
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1798 July 6 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831. Autograph letter signed to Nathaniel Greenwood Snelling. Worcester, Massachusetts, 1 page | 1824 July 12 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Trumbull, John, 1756-1843. Printed document, signed, receipt for payment by George Bartram. Philadelphia, 1 page | 1790 June 24 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Examples of printed material | 13th century-late 16th century | |
| Bible. Paris, France. 2 leaves Vellum.
|
circa 1250 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Homily. Germany, 1 leaf, color illustration Paper; hybrida.
|
circa 1450 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Petrarca, Francesco.
Canzoniere e Trionfi. Add: Antonius de Padua: Vita di Petrarca Venice 1 leaf Paper; Goff P-375.
|
1473 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Brandis, Lucas.
Rudimentum novitiorum Lübeck. 1 leaf, illustration Paper; First Chronicle with illustrations; Goff R-345.
|
1475 August 5 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Higden, Ranulphus, c. 1280-1364.
Polycronicon. Translated by John Trevisa with the continuation 1357-1460 by William
Caxton. Westminster, 1 leaf Liber tercius, Capitulum 26; Goff H-267; paper.
|
1482 October | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Cyrillus, Pseudo.
Speculum sapientiae. In German. Das Buch der naturlichen Weiszheit. Translated by
Ulrich von Pottenstein. Add: Lehre und Unterweisung wie ein junger Mensch sich in
Ehrbarkeit und guten Sitten erhalten soll Augsburg 1 leaf, color illustration Paper; Goff C-1023; hand-colored woodcuts.
|
1490 May 25 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Ludolph de Saxonia, c. 1300-1378.
Vita Christi. In Dutch. Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi Zwolle. 1 leaf, color illustration Paper; Goff L-356; hand-colored woodcuts.
|
1495 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Brant, Sebastian.
Das Narrenschiff. In Latin. Stultifera navis. Translated by Jacobus Locher Philomusus.
Add: Jacobus Locher Philomusus: Carmina varia Basel 1 leaf, illustration Paper; Goff B-1086; woodcuts.
|
1497 March 1 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Pigouchet, Philippe. Horae. In Latin and French, use unknown. Paris 1 leaf, color
illustration Vellum; metalcuts.
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circa 1497-1498 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Horae. France, 1 leaf, color illustration Vellum.
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15th century | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Noted missal. Italy, 1 leaf, color illustration Vellum.
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circa 15th century | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Calendar leaf. Spain or Italy, 1 leaf Vellum; liturgical manuscript calendar leaf; July; August.
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15th-16th century | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
|
Garten der Gesundheit. 1 leaf, color illustration Paper; see also 093 Sh13G (oversize) book by Ellen Shaffer called
The Garden of Health.
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1508 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
|
Neu Kreuterbuch in welchem nit allein die gancz…. Basel 1 leaf, color illustration Paper; woodcuts.
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1543 | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
|
Nova Reperta. Antwerp, 1 print Impressio Librorum (book printing); engraving; paper.
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late 16th century | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
| Psalms: Bible, psalter, possible horae. Italy, 1 leaf, color illustration Vellum.
|
undated | History of the Book and Illustration MSS |
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215-686-5416