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Es spricht der Meÿster Almanasor. : Das man sulle in dem Genner gü̈ten weÿn nüchtern trincken
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Almanac in German with astrological notes and illustrations. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.2 x 15.5 cm. Signatures: [a-h⁸ i⁶ (a1, i6 blank)]. Illustrations hand colored. Running titles, rubrication and numbering of the days of the month in red. Leaf a1 damaged and mounted on free endpaper at beginning. Binding: contemporary German blindstamped calfskin over boards; remnants of metal clasp. Rebacked.
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Sample volume chiefly of blank machine-made paper with page of text describing "Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number 1 by Hayford Peirce and Royall Tyler" and opposing page with image of silk woven design. Volume has tan buckram back, green linen sides, and green French marble paper endpaper. Typescript label on inside back cover identifies price and style.
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Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in a production shot, Hollywood, Cal
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Image of a production crew filming a scene in Hollywood, California, with actors Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler posing on the grass outdoors.
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Sample volume chiefly of blank hand-made paper with page of text describing "Dumbarton Oaks Papers Number 1 by Hayford Peirce and Royall Tyler" and opposing page with image of silk woven design. Volume in full red linen with brown French marble paper endpaper. Typescript label on inside back cover identifies price and style.
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Painting Pastimes for Young Artists
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One painting book entitled Painting Pastimes for Young Artists, drawings by Edith O'Donnell and verses by Gerard Chapman and others, published by Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, 1905. This book is approximately 200 unnumbered pages in length. The front cover is a chromolithograph scene of three children painting the title onto a white fence. The back cover is not illustrated. The endpapers are illustrated with outline images that have been painted in with watercolor. The title page is illustrated, as is the verso of the title page. "Copyright, 1905 by Thompson & Thomas" is printed on the title page verso. The following three pages consist of a preface, instructions, and directions for mixing colors. The remainder of the book is comprised of a combination of chromolithograph, lithograph and outline illustrations for coloring. Some of the illustrations are accompanied by rhymes and verses, others by instructional text. Included are lessons in color, shape, perspective, proportion and shading. Some of the images have been colored in with watercolor or crayon. "Velma Varnam, from 1915. V1906" is written in ms. on the front pastedown.
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Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons
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One painting book entitled Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons, published by Platt & Nourse Co., New York, 1913. This painting book is composed of unnumbered pages containing color and outline illustrations; the latter were meant for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of three children painting a mural. "Copyright 1913, The Platt & Peck Co." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the image. The back cover is blue, and is not illustrated. The front and back pastedowns are illustrated and have been colored in with crayon. Printed on the verso of the title page is : "Copyright, 1913, by the Platt & Peck Co." This is followed by three pages containing an introduction and illustrated definitions of terms used in drawing and painting. The sample color images and those for coloring include scenes of children at play, toys, animals and flowers. Many of the images have been colored in with crayons.
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