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Archives and Special Collections: Miscellaneous Oversized Rare Books: Selections from the Holdings List

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Miscellaneous Oversized Rare Books Collection: Selections from the Holdings List

Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963.

 

Archer, Thomas. Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History, From the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Time. London: Blackie & Son: Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1880. 2 Vols. Gift of Jeanne Goldberg.

 

Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von. The Clock of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Leipzig: Wilhelm Diebener G.M.B.H., [n.d.].

 

Bazin, Germain. Le Mont Saint-Michael. Paris: Éditions Auguste Picard, 1933. Gift of Mrs. Hoffman Nickerson.

 

Botticelli, Sandro. Botticelli: Sechs farbige Wiedergaben seiner Werke mit einem Geleitwort von Ludwig Burchard. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, n.d. Series: E.A. Seemans Künstlermappen 29.

 

Boydell, John. American Edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Most Eminent Artists of Great Britain. New York: Shearjashub Spooner, 1852. Inscribed and dated November 26th, 1902. 2 Vols.

 

Braque, Georges. Braque Lithographie. Préface de Francis Ponge. Notices et Catalogue établis par Fernand Mourlot. Monte Carlo, Monaco: André Sauret, 1963.

 

Braynard, Frank O. A Tugman's Sketchbook: Pen and Ink Impressions of New York Harbor and the Ships That Use It - Big and Small. Tuckahoe, NY: John de Graff, Inc., 1965. Signed by the author.

 

British Museum. Department of Manuscripts. Schools of Illumination: Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum. Part VI: French: Mid 14th to 16th Centuries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930.

 

Brown, William H. Brown's Portrait Gallery. New York: [s.n.], [n.d.].

 

Brown, William H. Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens, with Biographical Sketches, and Fac-similes of Original Letters. New York: G.A. Baker & Co., 1933. Edition limited to 600 copies. Originally published: Hartford, Connecticut: E.B. and E.C. Kellogg, 1845.

 

Bruegel, Pieter. Pieter Bruegel d. A.: Sieben farbige Gemälde=Wiedergaben mit einer Einleitung "Pieter Bruegel der Alte und der Ursprung des modernen Bildes" von Wilhelm Haufenstein. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, n.d. Series: E.A. Seemans Künstlermappen 99.

 

Bryant, William Cullen, ed. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. 2 Vols.

 

Bryant, William Cullen, ed. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. 2 Vols. Ownership plate: "E.T. Maxwell" (both volumes).

 

Bullen, Henry Lewis. Nicolas Jenson, Printer of Venice: His Famous Type Designs and Some Comment Upon The Printing Types of Earlier Printers. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1926.

 

Casanovas, Jaime Marqués. Sancti Beati a Liebana in Apocalypsin Codex Gerundensis. Totius Codicis Similitudinem Prelo Expressam. Prolegomenis Auxerunt. Jaime Marqués Casanovas, Cesar E. Dubler, Wilhelm Neuss. Oltun and Lausanne, Switzerland: Urs Graf, 1962. 3 Vols. "Exemplar ex subscriptione comparatum No. 102." Donated in memory of Carleton H. Palmer by his daughter Rosalind.

 

Castelli, Gabriele Lancilotto. Siciliæ; et objacentium insularum veterum inscriptionum nova collectio prolegomenis, et notis illustrata. Panormi [Palermo, Sicily]: Cajetanus Maria Bentivenga, 1769.

 

Cohen, Arthur A. The Avant-Garde in Print. New York: AGP Matthews, Inc., 1981. 5 Vols.: Vol. 1: Futurism, Vol. 2: Lissitzky, Vol. 3: Dada, Vol. 4: Typography: Master Designers in Print 1, Vol. 5: Typography: Master Designers in Print 2.

 

Compte-Calix, François Claudius. Album Keepsake Des Costumes de la cour française depuis Charles VII jusqu'à Louis XVI: dessinés par Compte-Calix. Paris: Au bureau du journal "Les Modes Parisiennes", 1854.

 

Courbet, Gustave. Gustave Courbet: Acht farbige Gemäldewiedergaben mit einer Einleitung von Richard Graul. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, [n.d.]. Series: E.A. Seemans Künstlermappen 71.

 

Culver, Henry B. Contemporary Scale Models of Vessels of the Seventeenth Century. Being a Collection of Illustrations of Authentic Productions of the Model Maker's Art of that Period, Gathered from many sources; Together with brief Descriptions and Identifications thereof where Possible. Prepared for the Ship Model Society. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1926. Copy No. 283 of 1000.

 

Dancing in Prints: A portfolio of twelve etchings, engravings and lithographs 1634-1870: Published to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of The Dance Collection. New York: The New York Public Library, 1964.

 

Danielson, Florence H. The Hill Folk: Report on a Rural Community of Hereditary Defectives by Florence H. Danielson and Charles B. Davenport. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. [Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Press of the New Era Printing Company], 1912. Eugenics Record Office - Memoir No. 1.

 

Dante Aligheri. The Vision of Hell by Dante Aligheri. Translated by The Rev. Henry Francis Cary, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1866.

 

Decoration Égyptienne. Paris: Ernst Henri, [n.d.]. The following plates are missing: Nos. 15, 16, 29, 35.

 

Dolmetsch, Heinrich. Ornamental Treasures: A Collection of Designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, &c. of all styles and times, comprising 85 plates with explanatory letterpress. London: A.W. Cowan, [n.d.].

 

Dugdale, William, Sir. Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries as were in any manner connected with Religious Houses in England. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown [et al.], 1817. 8 Vols.

 

Dürer, Albrecht. Dürer=Bildnisse: Selbstbildnis - Familie - Umwelt. Bremen [and] Berlin: Angelsachsen-Verlag, [1936]. Series: Deutsche Kunst=Sonderheste.

 

Duyckinck, Evert Augustus. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans from Original Paintings by Alonzo Chappel with Biographies by E.A. Duyckinck. New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862. 2 Vols.

 

Eco, Umberto. Beato di Liébana: Miniature del Beato de Fernando I y Sancha (Codice B.N. Madrid Vit. 14-2): testo e commenti alle tavole di Umberto Eco: Introduzione e note bibliografiche di Luis Vázquez de Parga Iglesias. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1973.

 

Estabrook, Arthur H. The Nam Family: A Study in Cacogenics by Arthur H. Estabrook and Charles B. Davenport. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. [Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The Press of the New Era Printing Company], 1912. Eugenics Record Office - Memoir No. 2.

 

Fairbairn, Thomas. Relics of Ancient Architecture and other Picturesque Scenes in Glasgow. Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1885. No. 16 of 300 copies.

 

Fülöp-Miller, René. The Russian Theatre: Its Character and History with Especial Reference to the Revolutionary Period by René Fülöp-Miller and Gregor Joseph. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [n.d.]. No. 114 of 350 copies printed for the United States.

 

Gala donné a l'Occasion de la Première Audition Publique de L'Hymne Olympique: Choisi par le jury réuni a Monte-Carlo sous la présidence de S.A.S. le Prince Pierre de Monaco, 29 Avril 1955. Monte Carlo: Imprimerie Nationale de Monaco, 1955. Exemplaire Numéro 10 of 250. Gift of Mrs. Carleton Palmer.

 

Gellert, Hugo. Hugo Gellert. [s.l.: s.n., n.d.].

 

Genossenschaft Pan. Pan: Erster Jahrgang 1895/96. Berlin: Verlag Pan, [n.d.]. Vol. 1, Nos. 2,4,5.

 

Giafferri, Paul Louis de. L'histoire du costume feminin français. New York : A. Gerbel, [n.d.]. 10 Parts. 1: Les Modes du Moyen Age de l'an 1037 á l'an 1461; 2: Les Modes de la Renaissance de l'an 1461 á l'an 1574; 3: Les Modes de Henri III á Louis XIII de l'an 1574 á l'an 1643; 4: Les Modes sous Louis XIV 1643-1715; 5: Les Modes sous Louis XV 1715-1774; 6: Les Modes sous Louis XVI 1774-1789; 7: Les Modes sous la Révolution 1792-1799; 8: Les Modes du Premier Empire 1799-1815; 9: Les Modes de la Restauration 1815-1830; 10: Les Modes du Second Empire 1852 á 1870.

 

Giafferri, Paul Louis de. The History of the Feminine Costume of the World: From the Year 5318 B.C. to our Century. New York: Foreign Publications, [n.d.]. 20 Parts in 2 Vols. Volume I: 1: The Symbolism of the Chinese Costumes; 2: The Beauties of the Japanese Costumes; 3: The Splendour of the Egyptian Costumes; 4: Old and Modern Egyptian Costumes; 5: The Luxurious Assyrian Costumes; 6: The Sumptuous Persian Costumes; 7: The Fascination of the Indian Costumes; 8: The Beautiful Lines of the Greek Costumes; 9: The Fine Draperies of the Greco-Roman Costumes; 10: The Riotous Colours of the Oriental Costumes; Volume II: 1: The Roman Costumes and Its Fine Lines; 2: The Comfortable Costumes of the Gauls; 3: The Medieval Costumes of Europe; 4: The European Costumes: France; 5: The European Costumes: Northern Countries: Scandinavia; 6: The European Costumes: United Kingdom; 7: The European Costumes: The Latins: Spain - Italy; 8: The European Costumes: Central Europe: Germany, Russia; 9: The Three Americas; 10: The Primitive Races.

 

Giafferri, Paul Louis de. The History of French Masculine Costume. New York: Foreign Publications, [n.d.]. 10 Parts. 1: Gallo-Roman Togas and Tunics; 2: Monastic and Byzantine Attire in the Middle Ages; 3: Caps and Collars: Renaissance; 4: Doublets and Jerkins: Louis XIII and Louis XIV; 5: Refined Tastes of French Garments: Louis XV; 6: Masculine Ideal: Perukes and Dress Coats: Louis XVI; 7: Supreme Good Manners of the Revolutionary "Sans-culottes"; 8: Napoleonic Imperial Official Smartness; 9: Romantic Dandies and Beaux of the Restoration Period; 10: Appearance of the Second Empire Fops.

 

Goudy, Frederic W. The Alphabet: Fifteen Interpretive Designs Drawn and Arranged with Explanatory Text and Illustrations. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1922. First English Edition. Inscribed by the author: "To Mr Earl Burrows, Fred W. Goudy, NYC 12/16/25".

 

Great Britain. Dardanelles Commission. Final Report of the Dardanelles Commission. (Part II - Conduct of Operations, &c.) with Appendix of Documents and Maps. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919.

 

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Journals of the House of Commons. London: [s.n.], 1803-. Library possesses 8 Vols. (Vol. 10: 1689-1693, Vol. 30: 1765-1766, Vol. 31: 1766-1768, Vol. 33: 1770-1772, Vol. 57: 1801-1802, Vol. 58: 1802-1803, Vol. 59: 1803-1804, Vol. 61: 1805-1806).

 

Greco, El. El Greco: sieben farbige Wiedergaben seiner Gemälde mit einem Begleitworte von August L. Mayer: Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, [1913]. Series: E.A. Seemans Künstlermappen 6.

 

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. The Republican Court or American Society in the Days of Washington. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855. The name "Louise." appears engraved on the front cover.

 

Grünewald, Matthias. Der Isenheimer Altar des Matthias Grünewald. Bremen: Angelsachsen-Verlag G.m.b.H., [1935]. Series: Deutsche Kunst=Sonderheste.

 

Gruyer, François-Anatole. Chantilly: Les Portraits de Carmontelle. Paris: Libraire Plon, Plon-Nourrit et C[ompagn]ie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1902.

 

Guernsey, Alfred H. Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War. Part II., by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. [s.l.: s.n., n.d.].

 

Harding, Edward. Costume of the Russian Empire. Illustrated by upwards of Seventy Richly Coloured Engravings. Dedicated, by Permission, to Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. London: T. Bensley for John Stockdale, 1811.

 

Harding, J.D. The Park and the Forest. London: Thomas Maclean, 1841.

 

Haebler, Konrad. The Italian Incunabula: 110 original leaves: Parts I & II. Munich: Weiss & Co., 1927.

 

Homer. ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ (Homerou Poiesis). [München: Bremer Presse, 1923-24]. Two Volumes. Volume I: ΙΛΙΑΣ (Ilias), Volume II: ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ (Odysseia). Includes in envelope handwritten note by the donor Edward Barry, dated January 21, 1970.

 

Josephus, Flavius. The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian. Boston: Samuel Walker, 1849. 2 Vols.

 

Kay, John. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877. 2 Vols. Leather ownership label of "William Ritchie" in both volumes.

 

Keim, Albert. Le beau meuble de France. Paris: Éditions Nilsson, [n.d.].

 

Kendrick, Albert Frank. The Emperor's Carpet (From the Hapsburg Collection) and Two Others by Albert Frank Kendrick, Arthur Upham Pope, and William George Thompson. London: Cardinal & Harford, [n.d.]. Publisher's note: "No. of Copies  3 ".

 

Kiepert, Heinrich. Atlas Antiquus: Zwölf Karten zur Alten Geschichte entworfen und bearbeitet von Heinrich Kiepert. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), [n.d.].

 

Kiepert, Heinrich. Namen-Verzeichnis zum Atlas Antiquus. Zwölf Karten zur Alten Geschichte von Heinrich Kiepert. Neue Berichtigte Ausgabe 1902. Berlin: Verlag von Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen A.-G.), 1902.

 

Kobbé, Gustav. Opera Singers: A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of Some of the Most Famous Singers of the Day. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1904. Inscribed and dated February 19, 1905.

 

Korea (South). Oemubu. Korean Arts: Vol. 1: Painting and Sculpture. Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1956. Vol. I of unknown number. Contains letter dated April 3, 1957 from David Chamberlain, Secretary to William R. Hearst, Jr., to Mr. Charles Rounds.

 

Kreisel, Heinrich. Bayreuth: Die alte Markgrafenstadt. Bremen-Berlin: Angelsachsen-Verlag, [1936]. Series: Die Deutsche Stadt.

 

Latham, Charles. In English Homes: The Internal Character, Furniture and Adornments of some of the most Notable Houses of England... The Letterpress Edited and an Introduction Written by H. Avray Tipping. London: Hudson & Kearns, Limited, 1909. Vol. III of 3.

 

Lawrence, Thomas. Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence. London: Henry Graves & Co., [n.d.].

 

Lee, Robert E. Lee's General Order Number Nine. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, [n.d.].

 

Leslie, Frank. Frank Leslie's Historical Register of the Centennial Exposition. [s.l.: s.n., n.d.]. Date on inside cover: "1881". Owner's signature: "Mrs. H.W. Saltsman, Amsterdam, N.Y. "Signature on front cover: "Mary A. Bedell".

 

Letarouilly, Paul. Édifices de Rome moderne, ou Recueil des palais, maisons, églises, couvents, et autres monuments publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la ville de Rome. Paris: Ve A. Morel et Cie, Éditeurs, 1874. 3 Vols.

 

Lewis, Wyndham, ed. The Tyro: A Review of the Arts of Painting, Sculpture and Design. Reading, Berkshire: Bradley & Son, Ltd., [1921]. Includes "Notes on Current Letters" by T.S. Eliot.

 

Lindeberg, Harrie Thomas. Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg with an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. New York: William Helburn Inc., 1940. Gift of Mrs. H.T. Lindeberg.

 

Ludlow, Edmund. Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, Esq.; Lieutenant-General of Horse, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of Parliament which began on November 3. 1640. London: Printed for A. Millar; D. Browne, both in the Strand; and J. Ward, in Cornhill, 1751.

 

Lutze, Eberhard. Nürnberg, des Deutschen Reichen Schatzkästlein. Bremen-Berlin: Angelsachsen-Verlag, [1936]. Series: Die Deutsche Stadt.

 

McKim, Mead & White. Monograph of the Work of McKim Mead & White : 1879-1915. Volume Two. New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co., [n.d.]. Volume II [of 2].

 

Marin, John. John Marin: Drawings and Water Colors. New York: The Twin Editions, [n.d.].

 

Masson, Irvine. The Mainz Psalters and Canon Missae 1457-1459. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954.

 

Michel, Émile. Les artistes célèbres: Jacob van Ruysdael et les Paysagistes de l'École de Harlem. Paris: Libraire de l'Art, 1890. Our holding contains of this book only 18 pages of an unknown total number.

 

Michelet, Jules. Histoire de France. Paris: J. Hetzel et C[ompagn]ie, Éditeurs, 1869. 4 Vols.

 

Mocsanyi, Paul. Alfred van Loen. Great Neck: Channel Press, 1960.

 

Naville, Edouard. Bubastis (1887-1889.). Eighth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. With Fifty-four Plates. London: Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1891.

 

NBC Symphony Orchestra. Toscanini directs for the Red Cross. New York: [s.l.], [1944].

 

Nassau County Reference Library News Clippings. News stories, photographs and other paraphernalia from various Long Island publications of the 1960's and 1970's concerning the Nassau County Reference Library.

 

New York (State). Comptroller's Office. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1904. Vol. II [of 2].

 

New York State Council on the Arts. Erie Canal: History of the canal that made New York the Empire State from 1817 to the present. New York: New York State Council on the Arts, 1971.

 

Omar Khayyam. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald: With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]. Inscribed and dated: "From Carl Ri[ker?] Christmas 1911"

 

Ortiz Echagüe, José. España Mística. Madrid: Bolaños y Aguilar, 1943. Inscribed to Myron Taylor, American lawyer and industrialist, who was head of U.S. Steel in the 1930's and was later an envoy to the Vatican.

 

Ovid. The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated by William Caxton 1480. New York: George Braziller, 1968. 2 Vols. Publisher's note: "Presented by the Power Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1976 to mark the 500th anniversary of William Caxton's first printing in England". Copy no. 834 of an unknown number.

 

Pecht, Friedrich. Schiller-Galerie. Charaktere aus Schiller's Werken, gezeichnet von Friederich Pecht und Arthur von Ramberg: funfzig Blätter in Stahlstich mit erläuterndem Texte von Friederich Pecht. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1859.

 

Picard, Adolphe. L'ornementation fleurie. Paris: Armand Guérinet, [n.d.].

 

Pillement, Jean. L'oeuvre de Jean Pillement (1727-1808) d'après les documents de l'époque (2e Série). Chinois Paysages: Paris: R. Panzani, [n.d.]. Series: "Documents Décoratifs: Beaux-Arts, Industries d'Art; Editions Charles Moreau, Paris".

 

Pink, Octavius. Cries of London (Francis Wheatley, R.A.) 1747-1801. London: Art & Music, [s.d.]. This is a volume of the artwork of Francis Wheatley.

 

Plutarch. Plvtarchi Chæronei, Philosophi & Historici Gravissimi, Ethica, seu Moralia opuscula, quæ quidem in hunc usque diem è græco in latinum conuersa extant, uniuersa: Quorum catalogum proxima post indicem pagina monstrabit. Parisiis [Paris]: Michaël Vascosanus sibi & Galioto â Prato, 1543.

 

Poe, Edgar Allan. The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy by Edgar A. Poe with sixteen lithographs by Federico Castellon. Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1969. No. 332 of 500 copies.

 

Pope, John Russell. Yale University: A Plan for its Future Building. New York: Cheltenham Press, 1919. One of 250 copies.

 

Poussin, Nicolas. Oeuvre complet de Nicolas Poussin, réduit et gravé au trait. Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1814. 2 Vols. Series: Vies et Oeuvres des Peintres les Plus Célèbres.

 

Racinet, Auguste. Das Polychrome Ornament: Hundert Tafeln in Gold-, Silber- und Farben-Druck: etwa 2000 Motive aller Stilarten enthaltend Antike und Orientalische Kunst, Mittelalter, Renaissance, XVII un XVIII Jahrhundert. Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul Neff, 1875.

 

Raphael. Raffael: Zweite Mappe: Acht farbige Gemäldewiedergaben: Eingeleitet von Werner Teupfer. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, [n.d]. Series: E.A. Seemans Künstlermappen 80.

 

Ricci, Elisa. Antiche Trine Italiane: Trine ad Ago. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1908. 2 Vols.

 

Richardson, Charles. New Dictionary of the English Language. London: William Pickering, 1839. Vol. II of 2.

 

Robida, Albert. La Vieille France: Provence. Paris: Librairie Illustrée, 1895.

 

Robinson, Stanford F.H. Celtic Illuminative Art in the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Limited, 1908.

 

Roy, William. The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1793.

 

Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard. Lexicon totius latinitatis: A Dictionary of the Latin Language, originally compiled and illustrated with explanations in German by I.J.G. Scheller, revised and translated into English by J.E. Riddle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835.

 

Schrade, Hubert. Der Dom zu Naumburg. Bremen-Berlin: Angelsachsen-Verlag, [1936]. Series: Deutsche Kunst=Sonderheste.

 

Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works of Shakespeare, from the Original Text: Carefully collated and compared with the editions of [James Orchard] Halliwell, [Charles] Knight, and [John Payne] Collier...: Comedies [Vol. I], Tragedies [Vol. II]. New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, [n.d.]. 2 Vols.

 

Shakespeare, William. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. London: Moon, Boys & Graves, 1832.

 

Shaw, Henry. The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices. London: Henry George Bohn, 1856.

 

Skira, Albert, ed. Les trésors de la peinture française des primitifs au XVIe siècle... Textes de MM. Jacques-Émile Blanche, Élie Faure, Maurice Raynal, E. Tériade. Paris: [s.n.], 1934.

 

Speed, John. The Description of Italy. London: I. Speed, [n.d.]. Map accompanies the text.

 

Speltz, Alexander. Das farbige Ornament aller historischen Stile. Abt. III: Die Neuzeit. Leipzig: K.F. Koehlers Antiquarium, [n.d.]. Accompanied by a descriptive booklet in English. Vol. III of 3.

 

Stange, Alfred. Der Bamberger Dom und seine Bildwerke. Bremen: Angelsachsen-Verlag G.m.b.H., [1936]. Series: Deutsche Kunst=Sonderheste.

 

Stephens, Henry Louis. Nursery Rhymes. [New York: Hurd & Houghton], 1866. 2 Vols. Inscribed and dated May 26th 1868.

 

Sylvester, Henri, Jr. The marvels in art of the fin de siècle; containing the most notable paintings of to-day selected from the modern masterpieces of the great World's Columbian Exhibition. Philadelphia: The Gebbie Pub. Co., 1893.

 

Taylor, Bayard, ed. Picturesque Europe: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. 3 Vols.

 

Tōkyō Teishitsu Hakubutsukan (Imperial Museum [Japan]). A History of the Japanese Arts: translated by Y. Takenobu ... and K. Kawakami... from the Japanese Original compiled by The Imperial Museum under control of Baron R. Kuki, Director of the Imperial Museum, etc. Tokyo: The Ryubun-Kwan Publishing Co., [1913].

 

Turner, J.M.W. The Turner Gallery: A Series of Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. New York: D. Appleton and Company, [n.d.].

 

Turner, J.M.W. The Turner Gallery: A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1879]. Vol. II of 2.

 

Utrillo, Maurice. Utrillo: 16 Beautiful Full Color Prints... New York: Art Treasures of the World, 1949.

 

Van Gogh, Vincent. The Van Gogh Album: A Collection of Forty-Four Pictures by Vincent Van Gogh. New York: The Heritage Press, [1949].

 

Van Loen, Alfred. Origin of Structure and Design. [s.l.]: Hamilton Lithographers, 1967. No. 170 of an unknown number of prints.

 

 

Vertès, Marcel. It's All Mental. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1948. Inscribed and dated: "Mars 1948, New York".

 

 

Vignon, M. Paul. Toiles du Jouy anciennes: Toiles Peintes, collection de M. Paul Vignon, Conseiller honoraire à la Cour d'Appel de Paris [et] Toiles De Jouy, Tissus & Gravures de la Collection de l'Éditeur. Paris: Armand Guérinet, [n.d]. Series: "Documents Décoratifs: Beaux-Arts, Industries d'Art; Editions Charles Moreau, Paris.

 

Ward, Adolphus William. The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession. London: Goupil & Co., 1903. No. 604 of 1,000 copies.

 

Wheeler, Robert C. Ohio Newspapers... A Living Record. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio History Press, 1950.

 

White, Charles. 10. Los Angeles: Pro-Artis, 1961.

 

Williams, Henry Smith. Manuscripts, Inscriptions, and Muniments: Oriental, Classical, Medieval and Modern, described classified and arranged comprehending The History of the Art of Writings. 4 Portfolios: Contents: Portfolio 1: Oriental Series, Portfolio 2: Classical Series, Portfolio 3: Medieval Series, Portfolio 4: Modern Series. London: Merrill & Baker, 1902.

 

Wilson, John. Scripture Proofs and Scripture Illustrations of Unitarianism. [s.l.: s.n., 1840?].

 

Winsor, Justin, ed. Narrative and Critical History of America. 2 Vols. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1889. No. 35 of 550 copies.

 

Woodwork by Curtis. Clinton, Iowa: Curtis Companies Incorporated, 1946. No. 1634 of unknown number of copies.

 

Wright, Frank Lloyd. Buildings, Plans and Designs. New York: Horizon Press, 1963. No. 450D of unknown number of copies.

 

Zocchi, Giuseppe. Views of Florence. [s.l., s.n., n.d.].


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