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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
No application. Prod. C.G., Apr. 27, 1799. MS: dated, by Larpent, C.G., Mar. 27; prologue and 3 versions of epilogue; cast. Comp. 1799 (K-D 631): some differences.
LA 1253
Visual Materials
One painting book entitled Color Magic, published by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, 1929. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of both color and black and white illustrations. Silhouettes against a rainbow of colors are featured on the front cover; the title appears below the illustration. The back cover duplicates the front cover. "No. 207" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The pastedowns are illustrated. "Copyright, 1929, The Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio" is printed on the verso of the title page. Page [5] is informational text entitled "How Colors are Made." The remainder of the pages are illustrations, many of which have been colored in with crayon. "From someone that would love to be your Auntie, Mary [?]" is written in ms., in red crayon, on the front flyleaf. "Helen V." is also written on the front flyleaf, in ms.
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Manuscripts
40 pages; 16 x 9 cm. Title supplied by cataloger. On verso of page 1: No. 5. Laid in front cover are directions for Cipher 5 on the Department of the Cumberland Stationery, dated 1865, Aug. 1.
EC 53
Visual Materials
One pamphlet entitled The Prospects of Art in the United States: An Address Before the Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia, at the Opening of Their Exhibition, May, 1840, "Printed for the Artists' Fund Society, By John C. Clark", Philadelphia, 1840. The cover title reads: Rev. Dr. Bethune's Address. Artists' Fund Society of Philadelphia. 1840. The booklet is 46 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The last 5 pages are appendices, which are dated "Philadelphia, February 1, 1837." The last page is blank. Three blue ink ownership stamps of the New York Public Library are stamped on the pamphlet; two on the verso of the title page and one on the front cover. "22.50" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. The front cover also bears additional ms. marks.
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Manuscripts
40 pages; 16 x 9 cm. Title supplied by cataloger. On inside front cover: Returned from Detroit, Apr. 24, 1869. Laid inside the front cover are directions for use, 6 pages, entitled "Rules for the use of Govt. Cipher No. 5" on yellow carbon paper. On fly leaf: Chas. A. Tinker, Manager War Dept. Tel. Ofs. Handwritten on verso of page 1: No. 5.
EC 49
Visual Materials
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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