Sericulture--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, Silkworms--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, and Women--Employment--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Sericulture--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, Silkworms--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, and Women--Employment--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A79 15: Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., Plates hand-colored., and Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., Inscribed: Ellen Jane Souther. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., and Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
Publisher:
Chapman & Hall,
Subject (Name):
Leech, John, 1817-1864 and Souther, Ellen Jane--Autograph
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., and Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., First state of first ed. (cf. Gimbel) or trial issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in green and red; green lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1]., Plates hand-colored., Published December, 1843., and Variant: yellow lining papers. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination.
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., Bookplate of William Menzies. Bookseller's label: G. Mann, bookseller, 39 Cornhill. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., First state of first ed. (cf. Gimbel) or trial issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in green and red; green lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1]., Plates hand-colored., and Published December, 1843.
Publisher:
Chapman & Hall,
Subject (Name):
Leech, John, 1817-1864 and Menzies, William--Bookplate
Barber, Edmund L., publisher Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 Griswold, Benjamin, 1811-1844 Hitchcock & Stafford, printer United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) United States. District Court (Connecticut)
Published / Created:
1840
Call Number:
Cb79 110
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Copyright 1840 by John W. Barber and Edmund L. Barber., Description of the captives' lives in Africa and instruction in New Haven, by Benjamin Griswold, p. 25-31., First of five works bound together. Binder's title: The Amistad captives., and Leaf of plates partially hand-colored. 22 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Published by E.L. & J.W. Barber. Hitchcock & Stafford, printers.,
Subject (Topic):
Amer tracts--1840, Slave trade, and Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states
Plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke
Description:
BEIN Osborn fpa22: Illustrated title page hand-colored in green, red and tan. Autograph: Thos. Martin. Contemporary manuscript notes and markings. Armorial bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935), nephew and heir of William August White (1843-1927)., Title within illustrated border., Leaf [par.]4r has third and fourth bar of music in red and black; verso of 2nd leaf and recto of 3rd leaf of final gathering in red and black., Signatures: [A]² B-2A⁴ 2B⁶ [par.]⁴ *⁴ [three dots in a pyramid]⁴., Entered to P. Short and W. Hoskins 9 October 1596., and Errata on second leaf of final gathering.
Publisher:
By Peter Short dwelling on Breedstreet hill at the signe of the Starre
BEIR Eeca 704Pgb: Imperfect: Plates 12 and 17 wanting; map titled: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus ... wanting. Frontis. is bound facing p. 1. Armorial bookplate of J. Archdeacon. On t.-p.: "Illustrated with several cuts. To which are added, a map and the figure of an idol not in the former edition.", BEIN Tinker 1693: Final [8] p. are numbered by hand. Final folded map is hand colored. Bound with his An enquiry into the objections against George Psalmanaazaar, London, [1710?]. Autograph of A.B. Drummond. Armorial bookplate of William Michel Sale., A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. "Psalmanazar ... wrote in Latin, and the main portion of his manuscript was translated by Mr. Oswald ... What was not due to his own imagination he borrowed from Varenius's 'Descriptio regni Japoniae et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages'."--cf. DNB., and Contains two maps, both folded, and one folded chart. First map, entitled A map of Formosa, faces t.p.; second map, facing final p., has inset title: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus, being Tyarvan and part of the coast of Formosa. Chart, facing p. 122, has title: The Formosan alphabet.
"De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end. and Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances.
Description:
"De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end., Biliothèque d'Arsenal's copy with 36 illustrations. Cf. Fêtes de la Renaissance, III, p. 412., Imperfect: Leaf A4 wanting. Extra illustrated copy with 42 illustrations on 65 leaves, the last 3 with German captions. All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Autograph: Haunsperg. Shelf-marlk label. Printed waste used in binding. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together., Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances., and Signatures: A-C⁴.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Name):
Comitis de Haunsperg, Fran.--Bookplate., Ferdinand Maria,--Elector of Bavaria,--1636-1679., and Leopold--I,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1640-1705.
Subject (Topic):
Tournaments--Germany--Munich--Early works to 1800.
Cinderella., Cinderella. English., and Little glass slipper.
Description:
BEIN Shirley 1810: Includes printed slipcase; cut-out figures are hand colored. Owned by Margaret Hillard Ranger. Presentation inscription to Eliza Winter from her grandmother., Printed wrappers., Publisher's advertisement on back printed wrapper., and Seven hand-colored engraved cut-out costume figures including folded coach and horse scene to accompany story with interchangeable parts: seven headless figures in scenes, four hats, and three heads.
Publisher:
Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and maybe had of all the booksellers,
Subject (Name):
Charles, William, 1776-1820, publisher, Ranger, Margaret Hillard--Ownership, and Winter, Eliza--Presentation inscription from grandmother
Subject (Topic):
Children's poetry, Fairy tales, Paper work--United States--Specimens, and Toy and movable books--Specimens
At head of title: Vocal gems., Cover title., and Hand-colored ill. on p. [1] of cover. Advertising matter, for "Popular dime hand books of useful information," on [5] p. at end, not noted in pagination.
Vue d'optique depicting the burning English frigate Quebec and its opponent the French frigate Surveillante, during the battle of October 6, 1779 near the island of Ushant. The print is dedicated to the memory of the Quebec's captain, George Farmer, who died in the battle
Alternative Title:
Etat malheureux du Quebeck et Surveillante vais. de guer. franʻ
Description:
Headline title printed in reverse mirror image. and Collection des prospects.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Farmer, George, 1732-1779., Surveillante (Frigate), and Québec (Frigate)
Essay towards a natural history of British song birds
Description:
Armorial bookplate: Edward Akroyd. Plates are hand colored., Bibliography: leaf 82., Paged continuously: v. 1: viii, 40 leaves, [40] leaves of plates; v. 2: [3] leaves, l. 41-82, [40] leaves of plates., Printer's name from colophon., and With a list of errata to vol.2 pasted to the final leaf which contains errata from the first volume.
Publisher:
Printed [by Nicolson and Co.] for and sold by the author, at Stannary, near Halifax, sold also by B. and J. White, in London, and may be had of all other booksellers,
Subject (Name):
Akroyd, Edward,--1810-1887--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Birds--Great Britain--Early works to 1800. and Birds--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800.
Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657.
Description:
A-H⁴ I⁴(-I4, blank?)., All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Shelf-mark label. Printed waste used in binding., Libretto without the music., No. 2 of 2 titles bound together., and Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657. Cf. Grove music online.
le 15 iour de nouembre mil cinq cens [et] trois [1503]
Call Number:
1998 2006
Image Count:
33
Alternative Title:
Blasondes armes
Description:
BEIN 1998 2006: Coats of arms, pictorial initials, and printer's device hand-colored. Ms. notes on t.p. and in text. Imperfect: bled at edges, with partial loss of ms. notes., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: [a]⁸ b-c⁸ [d]⁴., and Gothic type.
BEIN 2014 Folio 462: Imperfect: plates 2, 3, and 5 wanting. Variant state with privledge statements and no numbering. All plates hand-colored. Plates numbered in ms. on versos (plate 6 misnumbered as 2). Autograph: Buous. Stamp: Louis de Monspey. From the collection of Andre Meyer. and Nine double-page engravings, including t.p.
A handbill announcing Master Humphrey's Clock, "now wound up and going, preparatory to its striking, on Saturday, the 4th of April, 1840." Three paragraphs printed here--the first of which begins: "Master Humphrey earnestly hopes"--are attributed to Dickens.
"The three paragraphs printed here, the first of which begins 'Master Humphrey earnestly hopes,' are attributed to Dickens"--Podeschi., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +H919 2: Hand-colored illustration., Caption title., and Prospectus for the publication by Chapman and Hall of Master Humphrey's clock.
Publisher:
Bradbury and Evans, printers
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. American notes and Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.--Master Humphrey's clock
"The three paragraphs printed here, the first of which begins 'Master Humphrey earnestly hopes,' are attributed to Dickens"--Podeschi., Caption title., and Prospectus for the publication by Chapman and Hall of Master Humphrey's clock.
Publisher:
Bradbury and Evans, printers
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. American notes and Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.--Master Humphrey's clock
Signatures: A-I4(A1 blank, wanting). Imperfect: headline of leaf A4 mutilated. and Woodcut of No-body on title page, of Some-body on verso of last leaf.
Publisher:
Printed for John Trundle and are to be sold at his shop in Barbiean, at the signe of No-body,
"These imitative etchings are believed to be the work of F.W. Pailthorpe ... The original title, The Pickwickians, appears on the first print"--Podeschi., All plates hand-colored., and Title from portfolio.
Publisher:
F.T. Sabin,
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Pickwick papers., Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Illustrations., and Pailthorpe, F. W. (Frederick W.)
BEIN Zg20 D371 +982p: Original wrappers. Leaves stapled together but loose in wrappers. Manuscript note on unnumbered pages 2-3 of cover: "10 lyrische und 1 dramatisches Werk von Tohm di Roes. Bildnerisches Original, Brendel, Nov. 82." Housed in custom clamshell box, with photocopy of front wrapper from another copy of item affixed to inside front of box and biographical blurbs for the author and artist affixed to inside back of box. Accompanied by: 1 color photograph of Tohm di Roes (19 x 13 cm), undated; 1 announcement for an exhibition by Micha Brendel and Frank Siewert at the Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, April-May 2012 (1 sheet, 21 x 15 cm); and dealer's description of "Poesieallbum" (1 sheet). Accompanied by 1 CD, "Intermedia I," cataloged separately., Artist's book., Cover title., "10 lyrische und 1 dramatisches Werk von Tohm di Roes. Bildnerisches Original, Brendel, Nov. 82"--Unnumbered pages 2-3 of cover of Beinecke Library copy., Place of imprint suggested by dealer's description of Beinecke Library copy., Carbon typescript., Illustrations are hand colored., Printed on double leaves., and Leaves are stapled together but not attached to cover.
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, approximately 1440-1497
Published / Created:
anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
Call Number:
Zi +156 2
Image Count:
11
Abstract:
An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route
Alternative Title:
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Description:
BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting., BEIN Zi +156 Copy 2: Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Capital spaces without guide letters., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, and BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; clasps missing. Rubricated; with uncolored woodcuts. Inscribed: Monastery Baumburg.
Publisher:
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori
Subject (Geographic):
Palestine, Sinai (Egypt), Venice (Italy), and Jerusalem
Subject (Name):
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, -1497
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Travel, and Travelers' writings, German
An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.
Alternative Title:
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Description:
1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, Capital spaces without guide letters., Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., and Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
Publisher:
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem--Maps., Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Sinai (Egypt)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., and Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Breydenbach, Bernhard von,--d. 1497--Travel., Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486., and Richard, J.,--D.M.--Stamp.
Subject (Topic):
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800., Incunabula in Yale Library., Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription., and Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800.
Petrus, von Rosenheim, approximately 1380-1433, author
Published / Created:
[1505]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 907 2
Container / Volume:
2
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Rationarium evangelistarum
Description:
BEIN Beinecke MS 907: Imperfect: leaf a1 wanting. Leaf a6 supplied and housed separately in case (marked as volume 2). Manuscript notes, some bled. Hand-colored illustrations. Blind-stamped quarter pigskin binding over wooden boards; with two metal clasps. Manuscript note on rear pastedown: Anno 1561 22 Febr. 3. g. M. Pauli Bussini Magdeburg. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund. Number 2 of 6 titles bound together., Title from Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16)., Fifteen woodcuts containing mnemonic devices for memorizing the events recorded in the Gospels, with explanations in Latin verse from Petrus von Rosenheim's Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum, edited by Georgius Relmisius (pseudonym of Georg Simler). The woodcuts are copied from those published previously, without the verses of Petrus, in a block book entitled Ars memorandi., Imprint from colophon., "Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistarum figuras"--Verso of leaf a1., Signatures: a-c⁶., and Final page blank.
Publisher:
Thomas Anshelm
Subject (Topic):
Mnemonics, Mnemonic devices, and Study and teaching
Petrus, von Rosenheim, approximately 1380-1433, author
Published / Created:
[1505]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 907
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1
Image Count:
32
Alternative Title:
Rationarium evangelistarum
Description:
BEIN Beinecke MS 907: Imperfect: leaf a1 wanting. Leaf a6 supplied and housed separately in case (marked as volume 2). Manuscript notes, some bled. Hand-colored illustrations. Blind-stamped quarter pigskin binding over wooden boards; with two metal clasps. Manuscript note on rear pastedown: Anno 1561 22 Febr. 3. g. M. Pauli Bussini Magdeburg. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund. Number 2 of 6 titles bound together., Title from Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16)., Fifteen woodcuts containing mnemonic devices for memorizing the events recorded in the Gospels, with explanations in Latin verse from Petrus von Rosenheim's Roseum memoriale divinorum eloquiorum, edited by Georgius Relmisius (pseudonym of Georg Simler). The woodcuts are copied from those published previously, without the verses of Petrus, in a block book entitled Ars memorandi., Imprint from colophon., "Hexastichon Sebastiani Brant in memorabiles euangelistarum figuras"--Verso of leaf a1., Signatures: a-c⁶., and Final page blank.
Publisher:
Thomas Anshelm
Subject (Topic):
Mnemonics, Mnemonic devices, and Study and teaching
