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Album of gems

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Description: Blank book with lithographic plates, intended as an autograph book or commonplace book, where one could put letters, inspirational quotes, favorite poems, etc.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [between 1852 and 1854?]
Call number: 656611
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005 This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, which was donated to The Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Last, Jay T., (approximately 1805-1881,); Riker, John C., (approximately 1820-)

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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Flower tokens

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Blank book with lithographic plates, intended to be presented to young women with handwritten letters, poems, mementos, and advice from friends, family, and acquaintances.

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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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Spring Blossoms Painting Book

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One painting book entitled Spring Blossoms Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, ca. 1910. This book is comprised of 4 chromolithograph plates and 4 black and white copies of those plates, intended for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a girl carrying pink flower blossoms in her apron. "McLoughlin Bro's, New York" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. Instructions are printed on the inside of the front cover. The inside of the back cover is blank. Some of the images have been colored in with watercolor.

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New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery: Designed for Self Instruction

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One drawing book entitled The New Progressive Drawing Book, Containing Lithographic Sketches, and Drawings of Landscape Scenery: Designed for Self Instruction, published by C. P. Huestis, New York, 1844. The drawing book is comprised of 12 unnumbered plates of lithograph images of landscapes and scenes, all of which are unsigned. The title and publication information on the front cover are within a plain double ruled frame; the back cover is illustrated. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. A black ink ownership stamp of R. Palmer Po[s]t is stamped on the recto of the first leaf.

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