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Lithographie Joseph Scholz. Teichenschule. Modeles de Dessin. Teekenschool

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Description: One drawing book entitled Lithographie Joseph Scholz, Teichenschule. Modeles de Dessin. Teekenschool, lithography by Joseph Scholz, published in Mainz, Germany, ca. 1875?. This book is comprised of 12 unnumbered lithograph plates for copying. The title and publication information on the front cover are within a plain line frame. The insides of the front and back covers are blank, as is the back cover. Most of the images are of rural settings, and include pieces of farming equipment and structures. There is an original pencil drawing on the interior and exterior back covers, and some additions to the third image.
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Date: circa 1875?
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École de Dessin, Petit Cours Élémentaire et Progressif

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One drawing book entitled École de Dessin, Petit Cours Élémentaire et Progressif, published by Henry & Yves, Paris, ca. 1875? "No. 555" is stamped in red ink on the bottom of the front cover. This French drawing book is comprised of four unnumbered lithograph plates. The front cover features a leafy, decorative frame in which there are vignettes of artists at work in each corner. The interior images are each signed "Henry"; they include two men on a stone wall picking fruit, and a sailor leaning against a cannon. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank. "2.50" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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École de Dessin, No 272

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One drawing book entitled École de Dessin, No 272, publisher not given, ca. 1850. This French drawing book is comprised of 12 lithograph plates, containing 6 different images, in pairs. Each image appears twice; once in outline form and again in completed form with shading, texture, etc. Two of the plates are labeled. The penultimate plate is printed with the lithographer's name at the bottom: "Lith. de Becquet fres." The front cover is printed on green paper and is decorated with a vignette of two seated girls reading a book, with the title of this book printed on a board at their feet. The book number (272) is stamped in red ink at the bottom. "Sophia Lincoln Gould, from Uncle John, Jan. 1, 1850" is written in ms., in ink, on the front flyleaf.

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A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools

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One booklet entitled A Course of Free-Hand, Model, and Object Drawing: Designed for Primary, Grammar, and High Schools, by Professor Walter Smith, published by Noyes, Holmes, and Company, Boston, 1872. At the bottom of the cover is printed, "J.W.C. Gilman, Agent." This booklet consists of 16 unnumbered pages, including the front and back covers. It appears to be a publisher's advertisement for the Smith drawing system and its products. The first few pages are advertisements for drawing slates, drawing-cards and drawing books. The next few pages are an overview of the general method of the system, and "Specimen Pages from 'The Teachers' Companion'", with white-on-black illustrations. The back cover (also the last page) are listed "Reasons for Adopting the American Drawing Series", signed by J.W.C. Gilman, Agent for Introduction. The front cover of this advertisement features an illustration of a drawing slate and drawing cards.

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The 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, 1847. This drawing book is 24 unnumbered pages in length and contains lithograph images only (no text). There are several different images per page, some of which are landscapes and seascapes. Title and publication information on the front cover are within a simple frame ornamented by acorns. The insides of the front and back covers are blank, and the back cover is a publisher's advertisement from C.P. Huestis. "35-" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Drawing Horses

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One drawing book entitled Drawing Horses, by Victor Perard, published by Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York and Chicago, copyright 1944. This book is 64 unnumbered pages in length, and provides step-by-step instructions for drawing horses and similar animals, such as mules and donkeys. All of the images are in black and white, and most pages contain at least some instructional text. The front cover is printed in brown on green paper; it features several images below the title from within the book. The imagery on the back cover is a duplicate of the front cover. "$1.00" is printed in the lower right-hand corner of the front and back covers. The inside of the front cover is blank; the inside of the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "Pitman Art Series by Victor Perard." Laid inside the front cover are two newspaper clippings, dated 1951 and 1947 respectively.

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Drawing Book of Butterflies

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One drawing book entitled Drawing Book of Butterflies, published by (compliments of) L.M. Brock & Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. This drawing book is a promotional piece for Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam. It contains 8 pages of black and white images of butterflies and tracing paper in front of each page, for copying. The front and back covers are chromolithographs; the front cover features several butterflies and paint brushes, the back cover image is a little girl in a pink hat, standing next to a vase of roses. The inside front and back cover feature promotional and advertising text. Some of the images have been traced onto the tracing paper, and some of the traced and original images have been colored in with crayons.

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