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Notes on the theory of structures
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[Proof sheets of text and illustrations for the 1926 edition of Seven pillars of wisdom]
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Collection of various proofs, from unknown stages of the 1926 edition of Seven pillars of wisdom. Includes: Proof of p. 161, inscribed on back: "T.E. Lawrence Seven Pillars. Proof by Grabhorn for Rothchild. Given to me by David Mager[?] Sept. 14, 1940. Proof pages for 75-76, 85-86, 89-91, 109-110, 123-124 (include drawings by Wm. Roberts), colored proof portrait of Rear Admiral William Henry Dudley Boyle (ms. inscription on back: Rear Admiral W. E. H. [sic] Boyle, from a portrait by Eric Remmington). 2 proof illustrations. Proof page of lay-out with Kennington illustration and text, with ms. notation possibly by Kennington.
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Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
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No old shelf mark. At head of title: "U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R.Y. Stuart, Forester." Wrapped around a tube from the U.S. Dept of Interior, Geological Survey, addressed to Col. Lawrence Martin, Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. and postmarked December 11, 1934. Col. Martin visited the Huntington at about that time and made a number of recommendations regarding the map collection. For the 1934 edition of this map, see RB ephMPOR0013. Prime meridian: Willamette. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Deschutes National Forest, Oregon
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No old shelf mark. At head of title: "U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, F.A. Silcox, Forester." Wrapped around a tube from the U.S. Dept of Interior, Geological Survey, addressed to Col. Lawrence Martin, Chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. and postmarked December 11, 1934. Col. Martin visited the Huntington at about that time and made a number of recommendations regarding the map collection. For the 1928 edition of this map, see RB ephMPOR0012. Prime meridian: Willamette. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Plants of the Americas : the second edition of Nikolaus von Jacquin's Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia
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The first facsimile of one of the great books of botanic art from the edition held in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Jacquin left Vienna in 1754 and spent the following five years collecting, recording and shipping back specimens from across the Caribbean region: Martinique, the Leeward Islands and Antilles, Jamaica, Cuba and the Colombian coast. In the course of his voyage Jacquin's herbarium was destroyed by termites, prompting him to make drawings in situ of the species he had discovered- the originals from which many of the beautiful plates of Plants of the Americas were painted. In 1780 he published the second edition of Plants of the Americas. This book was a true meeting of science and art, with breathtaking results. 264 hand-painted plant portraits of extraordinary detail and accuracy, prefaced by a title page of exuberant beauty. For this facsimile Christopher Mills, Head of Library, Art and Archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has produced a comprehensive account of the genesis and publication of Plants of the Americas, with complete details of the surviving copies of the deluxe second edition and full-colour reproductions of all ten variants of the book's stunning title page. He also documents all the plant species illustrated in Plants of the Americas and provides an extensive bibliography. Richard Deverell, Director of Kew Gardens, has contributed a foreword in which he pays tribute to the beauty and continuing relevance of Jacquin's great work.
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The Landon Course of Cartooning
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Eleven art instruction books entitled The Landon Course of Cartooning, published by The Landon School, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1920-1930. This series is a correspondence course in drawing cartoons; each of the eleven separate lessons consists of circa 10 pages of textual instruction, with references to illustrated plates to use as guidelines. The lesson titles on each of the volumes are as follows (these booklets have been numbered, in ms., by a previous owner): Pen and Ink Lines (1); The Head (2); Expression (3); Hands & Feet (4); Comic Figures (5); Action (6); Women (7); Shading (8); Shadows (9); Division Four- Lesson No. 10 Shadows, Lesson No. 11 Kids, Lesson No. 12 Perspective (no number in ms.). Within the first booklet "Pen and Ink Lines" are general instructions, information about collecting a morgue, materials needed for pen and ink work, pen and ink lines Lesson No. 1, and instructions for mailing. The contents of each of the subsequent booklets are general guidelines and suggestions for the topic at hand, with references to sample images on separate plates. These are followed by guidelines for practice work, with specific instructions and assignments for the student to draw and submit by mail for evaluation. On the final page each booklet are mailing instructions. Some of the assignments within the entire series are: "Draw a two-thirds view of a thin-faced college professor scowling, to express SEVERITY. Put glasses on his nose" (from Expression); "Use Fig. D of Group 1 on Plate 3 as a guide and draw a sailor dancing a jig" (from Action); "Draw a fat cook with an apron tied around her waist, ready to bang someone with a shovel" (from Women); and "Make a group of three boys, sideview, playing with a cart. One boy is pulling, another is sitting in the cart, and the third is pushing behind. Get lots of action in this drawing" (from Kids). Nearly half of the individual booklets have their accompanying sample plates of illustrations laid in. The illustrations and comments within this series are very telling of the time in which they were issued: racist and derogatory illustrations and opinions abound. These booklets are vertically oriented, with the spine along the top. Pages are to be lifted from the bottom to the top; not from right to left as usual. The title for the series is at the top of each cover, and a single image is positioned above the booklet title in the lower right-hand corner. Some of the booklets have the title but no additional illustration on the cover. Most of the booklets contain original artwork (the exercises given in each booklet) by Mabel Spofford, with comments and additions from a Landon School instructor. Envelope 13, "Division Four"; Lessons 10-12, also contains an envelope from The Landon School, addressed to Mabel Spofford and postmarked March 5, 1928, which contains 2 sheets of Miss Spofford's original artwork, with comments from a Landon instructor. "1925 Edition" is printed on the front cover of the eleventh booklet "Kids".
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