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Charles Knight collection of portraits of booksellers, views of bookshops, etc
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[Collection of Italian bookseller's announcements and prospectuses]
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Collection of announcements and prospectuses from various Italian publishers and booksellers from 1815-1826. A variety of publishers and booksellers from around Italy are represented. Milan: Stella, Tipografia del Classici, Sonzongo, Tosi, Castoldi, Costa, Beati, Pirotta, Giusti, Fontana, Motta; Venice: Parolari, Orlandelli, Molinari, Picotti, Battaggia, Andreola, Tasso; Pisa: Capurro; Livorno: Masi; Lodi: Orcesi; Parma: Tipografia Ducale (Bodoni); Florence: Molini e Vieusseux; Udine: Mattiuzzi ; Bologna: Nobili; Reggio: Torreggiani.
282783
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Charles Dickens collection
Manuscripts
A collection of letters, manuscripts, and ephemera related to Charles Dickens. The majority of the material is written by Dickens and covers the most productive years of his writing career. The letters are written from Devonshire Terrace, Broadstairs, and Tavistock House, as well as letters from various cities in England, Europe, and America. The collection also includes letters by Dickens' family members, friends, and business associates; there is also one forgery (mssHM 18751) and many of the letters include envelopes. Correspondents in the collection include, among others, Maria Beadnell, Hablot Knight Browne, George Cruikshank, Frederick Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Charles Kent, William Charles Macready, Thomas Mitton, Frederic Ouvry, Richard Watson, Livinia Jane Watson, William Henry Wills, and the publisher Chapman and Hall. The collection also includes a small amount of ephemera.
mssDickens
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[Collection of British engravings : Views of British buildings and landscapes with 2 colored reproductions of designs from Pompeii]
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Bound volume containing various engraved views of British buildings and landscapes which date from 1716 to 1832. Includes two colored plates depicting designs from Pompeii. The volume includes two complete works: Rider, W. (William) Six views of Warwick and Kenilworth Castles, and of Guy's Cliff. 1828 and Westall, William. Views of the lake and of the vale of Keswick. 1820. Both works have been bound in to the volume with numerous additional views interleaved in their original contents. The two works have been cataloged separately.
292806
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Hablot Knight Browne "Charles Dickens' characters, including Little Nell:" pencil portrait drawings
Manuscripts
A collection of drawings, etchings, prints, and watercolors originally part of a bound volume; the material is related to Charles Dickens, his life, and some of the characters from his books, including "Nicholas Nickleby," "The Old Curiosity Shop," "Oliver Twist," and "The Pickwick Papers." Also included are drawings of Dickens and his wife, Catherine Dickens, and their visit to America in 1842. The material was created by various artists including Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Daniel Maclise, Joseph Kenny Meadows, Pierre Morand, Frederick Sem, and Sir Leslie Ward ("Spy"). Also included is the original binding.
HM 39987 (12)
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Mr. Morrison
Manuscripts
Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Mr. Morrison, bookseller ordering four items from his catalog #48. Lummis advises him that he is going to print a reading list in his magazine on the subjects of "Indians, California, Mexico, and the like" and is advising women's clubs to form libraries and will refer them to two or three booksellers, asking Mr. Morrison to send his catalogs to those that "bite."
mssHM 40684
Mrs. Geo. S. Knight
Visual Materials
Image of American burlesque performer and actor Sophie Worrell Knight (Mrs. George S. Knight) wearing jewelry and a formal dress with bustle and ribbons, leaning on a stone wall with trees and a country cottage in the background.
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