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    Love and the flowers

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    Blank book with lithographic plates, intended as an autograph book or commonplace book, where one could put letters, inspirational quotes, favorite poems, etc.

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    The union album

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    Blank book with lithographic plates, intended as an autograph book for signatures, words of affection, poetry, notes, etc.

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    Album of gems

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    Blank book with lithographic plates, intended as an autograph book or commonplace book, where one could put letters, inspirational quotes, favorite poems, etc.

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  • [Proof sheet of six images with flowers, girl, thread, and pins]

    [Proof sheet of six images with flowers, girl, thread, and pins]

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    Image of a proof sheet of six blank calendar pages (each with room for 2 months) with flowers, a young woman, socks and other clothing hanging on clotheslines, thread, and pins.

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    O. K. Gerrish : no. 511 [collection of lithographic plates of fruits, flowers, and trees]

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    A collection of chiefly hand-colored lithographic plates of various fruits (peaches, apples, pears, berries), flower (roses, wisterias), and plants and trees (elms, birch, fir). The front has a folded sheet with the caption: "O. K. Gerrish's Summary sheet and price list" with a list of various fruits available for sale.

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  • System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation

    System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation

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    One drawing book entitled System of Industrial Art Drawing: Ornamentation, by E. Croasdale, published by J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, copyright 1876. Also printed on the front cover is: "Issued in sets from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, by E. Croasdale, Principal, Second Series, Number Three." This book contains 7 plates (plate VIII is wanting) of Egyptian design and motif. Each plate is faced by a blank page intended for copying. This book is vertically oriented, with the cover and pages intended to be lifted up, instead of to the left, as usual.

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