Drawings of various complexity, presumably by a boy and for him by an adult, which depict figures and activities of fictitious nations on sheets of a ledger volume, circa 1899-1900. Drawings consist primarily of military figures, inhabitants, indigenous animals, and naval ships of Browlia, Frowlia, and Souv, in addition to a map of the nation of Browlia, a Browlian postage stamp, and flags for the nations Browlia and Ounyhonte. Several of the drawings are on sheets, which are then mounted on leaves of the ledger volume. Other items include two photographic prints that depict the boy, poetry and songs in English and Browlian, a clipping of lines from a Welsh religious publication that may have inspired the Browlian language, and eighteen collages created from magazine halftone images. The creator provides English and Browlian commentary about drawings and items with pencil inscriptions as well as typescript created with a dollar typewriter.
Description:
Although the entire scrapbook has been renumbered in pencil by the creator, several otherwise blank pages have not been digitized. and Volume has been partially disbound.
Subject (Topic):
Imaginary creatures, Imaginary languages, Imaginary places, Imaginary societies, and Imaginary wars and battles
Manuscript map in blue and red ink depicting the original nine squares. This map is possibly the original drawing by James Wadsworth, drawn from actual surveys.
Map of San Francisco imperfect: torn along fold at upper right., Maps linen backed and bound in on tabs., Numerous pagination errors., and Printer’s dummy[?] with printed title page and "avant propos." Text consists of mounted newspaper clippings[?] and original illustrations in pencil and watercolor as well as several prints (from other sources) and two hand drawn and colored maps of San Francisco and Northern California.
Publisher:
Imp. Comm. (Margritat G., Dr)
Subject (Geographic):
California--Maps, Manuscript and San Francisco (Calif.)--Maps, Manuscript
Subject (Topic):
California --Gold discoveries and Voyages to the Pacific coast