The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, 1882, Vol. 47.

Boston: Sampson, Davenport & Co. 1882. 0. Hardcover. Small octavo. 592pp. Cloth. Both inner hinges cracked. The map is not present. Illustrated. Fair.

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Book number: 2129

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Companion Poets: Whittier's National Lyrics, Bryant's Voices of Nature, Holmes's Humorous Poems.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown morocco; boards and spines stamped in dark brown; gilt-lettered spines; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Bound by William Matthews, and signed by him. Illustrated. Good.

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Book number: 2366

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

The Evergreen. A Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Gift.

New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 252pp. Bound in black morocco with floral designs in blind and a gilt panel stamped in floral design with a rose and gilt centerpiece. Title, "The Evergreen" written in middle. Pattern repeated on lower cover. All edges gilt. Flat spine, with gilt and blind decorations. Illustrated. Good.

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Book number: 2376

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Les grands maîtres de la Renaissance. Les arts en Italie. Iconographie des chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture, la sculpture, et l'architecture italienne par ... le Marquis de Baldassini, C. J. Cavallucci, G. Lafenestre, ... P. Mantz ... Avec 45 eaux-fortes, 2

Paris: J. Rothschild, 1888. 0. Hardcover. Large folio. Edition limited to 225 copies; this is No. 93. In a library buckram binding. Illustrated with 45 etchings, 2 copperplates, and 325 textual illustrations. Shipping for this item, due to the weight and size of the book, will be at cost. Good.

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Book number: 1595

Catalogue: Artbooks, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

The Knickerbocker Gallery: a testimonial to the editor of the Knickerbocker magazine [i.e. Lewis Gaylord Clark] from its contributors. With forty-eight portraits on steel ... engraved expressly for this work.

New York: S. Hueston, 1855. 0. Hardcover. Large octavo. 1ff. [ix]-xiv, 15-505pp. Added title-page engraved with vignette. Lacks last few leaves. Bound in red morocco. Illustrated with 49 portraits, including the frontispiece. Good.

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Book number: 2390

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

The Ladies Wreath, a Souvenir for all Seasons.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, n.d. [c. 1855]. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. With an extra lithographed title-page and presentation pages. Bound in red morocco with gilt pictorial design on both covers. All edges gilt. Flat spine, gilt. Repaired. With four full-page engraved plates. Not in Wolf, From Gothic Windows to Peacocks: American Embossed Leather Bindings 1825-1855; Faxon 457a. Good.

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Book number: 2391

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

The Pagan Mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome, versified, accompanied with Philosophical Elucidations of the Probable latent meaning of some of the Fables of the Ancients.

London: Printed for the Author, 1809, 0. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, vi-148pp. Modern cloth. Illustrated with impresssions from engravings on wood by J. Berryman. Only one copy recorded in the NUC - New York Public Library. An unusual work. Good.

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Book number: 965

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Classics

Keywords: MYTHOLOGY, 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE

The Sheep and Lambs.

Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1839. 0. Soft cover. Miniature book. 8 pages. Side stiched. With woodcut illustrations on both upper and lower wrappers. Illustrated with woodcuts internally. Some internal staining. Only one copy in OCLC, at the Special Collections of the University of Florida Libraries, which lacks the wrapper. Good.

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Book number: 1576

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Juvenilia

Sheet Music - 1850-1870.

Various places: various printers, various dates. 0. Hardcover. Folio. Collection of Civil War Sheet Music. Half brown morocco over cloth, repaired. With a previous owner's leather ex-libris on upper cover. Contents: 1. The Rock Beside the Sea. A Romanza composed by Charles C. Converse. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, n.d. [c. 1852]. [lithographic engraving on title-page]; 2. Ever of Thee, I'm Fondly Dreaming. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d. [lithographic engraving on title-page]; 3. Bell Brandon Song & Shorts. St. Louis: Published by Balmer & Weber, n.d.; 4. Six Popular Songs by J. R. Thomas. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 5. Prayer in Affliction. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d.; 6. My Heather Hills, The Favourite Scotch Ballad. Edinburgh: Wood & Co.; London: Campbell, Ransford & Co. n.d. (title-page with hole not affecting text); 7. Bonnie Dundee, Ballad. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d.; 8. Western Gems: 100 Songs, composed by J. P. Webster. Chicago: H.M. Higgins, n.d.; 9. Mother kissed me in my dream. New York: Published by Wm. A. Pond & Co. n.d.; 10. Willie We have missed you. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster. New York: Published by Firth, Pond, & Co. n.d. [lithographic engraving on title-page with a couple of tears on margin not affecting text]; 11. Dreams. Ballad. Madison, Wis: Published by Moseley & Brother, n.d.; 12. She sleeps in the Valley so sweet. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d.; 13. Annie of the Vale. New York: Published by Firth, Pond, & Co. n.d.; 14. The Boudoir. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d.; 15. The Drummer Boy of Shiloh. Louisville, Ky: Published by D.P. Faulds, n.d. [lithographic engraving on title-page]; 16. Who will care for Mother now? Brooklyn, N.Y.: Published by Sawyer & Thompson, n.d.; 17. The Vacant Chair. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [engraved title-page showing soldiers of both North & South]; 18. Tenting on the Old Campground. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d.; 19. "Weeping, Sad & Lonely" or "When this Cruel War is over." Boston: Published by Henry Tolman & Co. n.d.; 20. Just before the Battle, Mother. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 21. Just after Battle, Mother. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [engraved title-page showing soldiers of both North & South]; 22. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoner's Hope. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [engraved title-page showing soldiers of both North & South]; 23. On, On, On. The Boys come marching! Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [engraved title-page showing soldiers of both North & South]; 24. Comrade, all around is Brightness! Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [with engraved title-page]; 25. Welcome Song of the 40th Wisconsin Volunteers. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 26. How it marches! The Flag of the Union. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 27. Rejoice. Our Boys are coming Home. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d. [with engraved title-page]; 28. Victory at last! New York: Published by Wm. A. Pond & Co. n.d.; 29. The Boys in Blue are coming Home. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d.; 30. Ring the Bell, Watchman! Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 31. Grafted into the Army! Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d. [with engraved title-page]; 32. Maxy. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d. [lithographic engraving on title-page]; 33. That's what's the Matter with Hannah. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d.; 34. Oil-do-ra-do. Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, n.d.; 35. Struck Ile. Chicago: Published by H. M. Higgins, n.d.; 36. My Dying Boy. Cincinnati: Published by W. C. Peters & Sons, n.d.; 37. Love Now. Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. n.d. [lacks title-page?]; 38. Beauties of German Song. New York: Published by William Hall & Son, n.d.; 39. "Nestle Thou little One." Baltimore: Published by James E. Boswell, n.d. [1852]; 40. The Capitol Galop. Madison, Wis: Moseley & Brother, n.d. - 148 pages. All from the 1850s-1860s. Good.

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Book number: 2152

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Music

Vite de' santi per ogni giorno dell'anno con ritratti in rame e meditazioni sul Vangelo corrente.

In Firenze: presso Lorenzo Bardi, e Angiolo Garinei, 1819, 0. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [iv], 180, [ii]pp. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards. Illustrated with 30 engraved plates. All the saints for the month of April are illustrated in full-page engravings. This is the April volume of an all-year set. Good.

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Book number: 327

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Religion

Keywords: Engraved Plates

Apuleius, Lucius.

Cupid And Psyche: A Mythological Tale, From The Golden Ass Of Apuleius.

London; printed for J. Wright by W. Bulmer, 1801. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 59 pages. Half-title present. Large-paper copy. Third edition. Untrimmed in original blue paper-covered boards, spine repaired. Illustrated with two stipple-engraved plates. Translated by Hudson Gurney. Good.

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Book number: 803

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Classics

Almeida e Araujo, Francisco Duarte De.

Illustracao popular.

Lisboa: Domingos Francisco Lopes, 1866-1868. 0. Hardcover. Folio. 48 issues each in years one and two, and 26 issues in year 3. Each issue consists of 4 pages, with the last page always carrying a full-page lithographic plate. Early use of lithography in Portugal. Black morocco over cloth, hinges rubbed. Good.

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Book number: 2150

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Arndt, Johann.

Sechs Bücher vom Wahren Christentum. ... Catachetische Einleitung in des Herrn Johann Arndts ... geistreiche Bücher vom Wahren Christenthum ...ingleichen ein ganz neues und vollständiges Register über die Sonn- und Feiertags-Evangelien und Episteln. ... D

Reutlingen: Druck und Verlag der G. Kurtz'schen Buchhandlung, 1840. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. Three parts. I: 848pp.; II: 80pp.; III: 216pp. With separate title-pages to parts II and III. In contemporary boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece & many emblematic engravings in part I and a frontispiece to part III. Not in LANDWEHR. Good.

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Book number: 164

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Religion

Keywords: EARLY PRINTED EMBLEM BOOKS, RELIGION, ILLUSTRATIONS Nineteenth Century Books

Arnold, Sir Edwin.

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING - BUDDHA] The Light of Asia: or, the Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tru?bner & Co. Ltd. 1890. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii-240pp. Title-page in red-and-black. Vellum by Mudie. Illustrated. With a fore-edge painting of the Buddha. Good.

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Book number: 1780

Catalogue: Artbooks, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books

Keywords: Fore-Edge Painting, Buddha

Arthur, Timothy Shay.

Sketches of Life and Character.

Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1850. 0. Hardcover. Large octavo. vi, 7-416pp. Second edition. Contemporary red cloth, with 3 rules in blind. A floral design in blind surrounds a gilt floral design in the center of both covers. Spine decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. On the lower cover, in the center of the bottom rules, blindstamped by the binder's mark: "Nicholson & Cook, Binders. Philada." With 16 engravings and a portrait of the author. First edition was published in 1849. Presentation copy. Good.

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Book number: 2353

Catalogue: Decorative Bindings, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books