Weigall's Drawing Book of Animals, Nos. 2, 5 and 6

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  Bartholomew's Drawing Book, New Series, Nos. 1, 2, 5

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  Three drawing books, Nos. 1, 2 and 5, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York, copyright 1867, 1869, and 1870 respectively. Each book contains 12 half-sheet numbered exercises interleaved with full-page blank leaves for copying and additional original artwork. Book 1 begins with exercises in drawing horizontal and vertical lines, and continues with using those lines in various combinations and patterns to draw simple designs and decorative forms. All of the exercises have been completed.

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  Barnes' Popular Drawing Series

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  Four drawing books entitled Barnes' Popular Drawing Series, published by A.S. Barnes and Company, New York and Chicago, copyright 1881; numbered 5, 5, 6 and 8. There are 2 copies of Set No. 5; one (in Env. 2) is a set of double-sided looseleaf plates in an envelope; Book No. 5 (Env. 3) is a bound duplicate of Envelope 2 (Box 1), except the plates in the bound copy are single-sided. Book No. 5 contains plates no. 33-40; Book No. 6 contains plates no. 41-48; Book No. 8 contains plates no. 57-64. Each bound book is bound in a light green, decorated and illustrated paper cover, and the inside of each back cover contains additional designs, labeled as Place C in Books 5 and 6, and labeled as Plate D in Book 8. The back cover of each book is titled "Barnes' Popular Drawing" and contains descriptions of several drawing courses available through the company. The outer envelope of the unbound No. 5 has "5-" (price) written in ms., in pencil, on the lower right-hand corner.

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  Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, New Edition, Nos. 6, 10, 11, 12, 13

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  Seven 16-page drawing books by William N. Bartholomew, published in 1881-1882, by three different publishers: Potter, Ainsworth & Co. of Boston, New York and Chicago (Nos. 6 [first copy], 11, and 12); American Book Company of New York, Cincinnati and Chicago (Nos. 6 [second copy], 10, and 13); and A.S. Barnes & Co. of New York and Chicago (No. 12). The books contain 14-30 numbered exercises progressing from simple two-dimensional copying and tracing (book no. 6) to significantly more complex, 3-dimensional copying and replication of the provided images (book no. 13). Only the first copy of book no. 6 (env. 5) has been completed by a previous owner.

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  Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8

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  "Four drawing books by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, between 1872 and 1873. Each book contains six numbered exercises of increasing difficulty, which are made up of lithograph illustrations, varying amounts of instructional text, and a blank facing page for copying. The images in Book 4 are primarily outlines of flowers, vases and candlesticks; books 7 and 8 contain complex scenes of buildings and landscapes, which involve shading, perspective and texture. Each of the four books has been completed by previous owners.

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  William Hermes' United States Drawing-School, No. 144 and No. 197

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  Two drawing books, Nos. 144 and 197, by William Hermes and published by Janentzky & Co., Philadelphia. Each book contains 6 numbered plates of lithograph portraits. The portraits in No. 144 are of women and appear to be Middle Eastern and North African. At the bottom of each plate in No. 144 is the statement "Lith. Druck u. Verlag v. Wilh. Hermes in Berlin." The plates in No. 197 are of Caucasian women and children. No. 197 contains two additional plates laid in at the end: numbered 222.5 and 331.5.

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  American Text-Books of Art Education, Revised Edition, Nos. 3-11

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  Six 20-page drawing books by Walter Smith, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston. The issues included in this group are Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 11 and a duplicate of No. 11. Each book contains numbered exercises, and each exercise consists of brief instructional text, a lithograph image, and space for copying. The exercises increase in difficulty as they progress through each book, and also throughout the series. Some of the books have been completed by previous owners.

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