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Collection of plates depicting various fruits, flowers, and trees, part of Dewey's ongoing series. This copy specifically focuses on American fruits and flowers.
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This series contains over 50 large-size printed items related to horticulture in the United States from approximately 1846 to 1921, with the majority of items dating from 1865 to 1910. The series is comprised mainly of lithographed advertising and documentary prints depicting flowers, fruits, vegetables, and trees offered by various seed suppliers. These materials consist of color-printed, hand-colored, and uncolored images that range in size from approximately 11 x 14 inches to 25 x 35 inches. Notable holdings include prints from seed merchants Briggs & Bro., Crosman Bros., and James Vick of Rochester, New York; D.M. Ferry & Co. of Detroit, Michigan; and Jerome B. Rice & Co. of Cambridge, New York.
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Lacking title page; contains plate 1 (Frontispiece), and plates 3-10. Bentley copy A. The title page is from "There is no natural religion" (plate a2, Bentley copy M)
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Four drawing books entitled William Hermes' United States Systematic Drawing Schools, (German Edition), published by Max Jacoby & Zeller, New York, circa 1870. Each of the four books contain a series of lithograph plates intended for copying. The part number for each book is written or stamped at the top of the front cover; this set includes parts 8[?]1, 203, 410 and 413. Each of the 3 plates within Part 8[?]1 are labeled as belonging to Part 337. Part No. 203 contains 6 plates, Part 410 contains 6 plates, and Part No. 413 contains 5 plates. The images in Parts [337] and 203 are portraits; those in Part 410 are flowers and fruits, and those in part 413 are buildings and architectural sketches. At the bottom of each plate is the statement "Lith. Druck u. Verlag v. Wilh. Hermes in Berlin". The front covers of these 4 books are identical to each other with the exception of the part number. The title and publishing information are centered within an ornate floral and decorative frame that contains four small vignettes in each of the four corners, each depicting a process of art-making. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. The back covers contain a publisher's advertisement for "Hermes' Drawing Copies." "8-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover of Part 410. "4-" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of Part 413.
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Kirkpatrick reference: 1504 Description: 68 pages Periodical title: Bulletin de l'Institut Égyptien Issue No.: 2nd series, no 4 (1993) Imprint: Le Caire [Cairo] : J. Barbier Ownership notes: Ms. annotations by Burton on front cover and occasionally in the margins.
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Kirkpatrick reference: 370 Description: [4] p., [2] leaves of plates: portraits Periodical title: Men of mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the church, in science, literature, and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Issue No.: Vol. I, no. II. Imprint: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
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