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The grand tour
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"The photographs Dick Arentz has made, on his numerous trips throughout Europe, follow Talbot in the tradition of enlightenment through travel by making a "Grand Tour" of great cities and monuments of European and classical cultures"--From introduction.
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W.H. Smith & Son's new railway map of the British Isles
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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2530 Smith & Son's, W. H., publisher. New railway map of the British Isles. London, [etc., 1865?]. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Bartholomew printed, Smith sold. Seller's advertisement on verso and pastedown of cover. Gives distances of sea voyages, e.g. New York to Liverpool, 3046 ms. Submaps: London & Suburbs; Enlargement of Birmingham District; Enlargement of South Lancashire & Yorkishire District.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: Smith label. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..
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Isle St. Christophe ou St. Kitts levé
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Jefferys died before this map was supposedly made. Submap: Isle Nevis par Jefferys. Vignette: View of Nevis from 6 or 7 leagues.. "Par. Ant:Ravell Chevalier Arpenteur Général des Isles de St. Chrostophe, Nevis et Montserrat." "Par Jefferys en 1775, Traduit de l'Anglais." Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Chained maltese cross lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 776.
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Italia : una visione diversa
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"In this, his third book from Nazraeli Press, Dick Arentz turns his eye toward Italy once again. But it is through a different lens that he now focuses on this country; a country that can both evoke images in the minds of many who have traveled there briefly, and even in those who have never visited, of vineyards, citrus trees, great art, religious monuments, and momentous architecture, and, in large part remains unseen, undocumented, and unknown except by the inhabitants of its many and diverse areas"--From introduction.
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A Chart of the Antilles, or Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles
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Comparative elevation views of many islands. See also 093:722 for another copy. Submap: Positions Ascertained by Courses and Distances given; on a scale reduced to the Third. Vignettes: Twenty three views of various islands from shipboard for identification purposes.. "By L. S. de la Rochette MDCCLXXXIV. (1784) From the situation of the Caribs Islands, compared with that of the Westernmost Isles of the Mexican Gulf, They are named Windward Islands by the Spaniards, as well as by the French, the Dutch, and the Danes; while the English, who consider the position of those Islands respectively to Barbadoies give them the name Leeward Islands, or Leeward Charibee Islands." "W. Palmer sculp." Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-mapsVignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 947.
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Photographs of California Botanic Garden, Santa Monica Mountains
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This collection consists of 63 photographic prints and 87 black-and-white transparencies documenting the California Botanic Garden in approximately 1928, the year it opened to the public in Los Angeles County. The prints are 8 x 10 inches and are stamped with the credit of the "Dick" Whittington Studio, and depict overviews of the garden, walking paths, a waterfall, and a variety of plantings throughout the canyon, along with administrative offices, visitors, and a portrait of president Elmer D. Merrill. The film transparencies appear to show opening day festivities, 1928, with tree plantings, speakers and guests, and students with posters promoting the garden. The actress Mary Pickford, a supporter, poses in a few images. Contact prints of the transparencies were made by the Library and are available to view in Box 1.
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