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Zeichen-Vorlagen für Schulen und zum Selbstunterricht

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Description: One drawing book entitled Zeichen-Vorlagen für Schulen und zum Selbstunterricht, Heft 34, published by Storch & Kramer, Berlin, Germany, ca. 1870. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph numbered plates. The plates seem to be in pairs; the first of each set is an outline of a human head against a graph, and the following image is the completed drawing. There are four different faces represented in the 8 plates. These plates are numbered 1-8, but are not signed. The front cover of bright yellow paper features the within a leafy and floral decorative frame which contains 4 lithograph vignettes, one in each of the four sides. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement. The number "34" is written in ms. on the front cover.
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Date: circa 1870
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Weigall's Drawing Book of Animals, Nos. 2, 5 and 6

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Three drawing books entitled Weigall's Drawing Book of Animals, Nos. 2, 5 and 6, published by George Rowney and Company, London, circa 1875?. Each book is comprised of four lithograph plates; the plates in book No. 2 are numbered 5-8; those in book No. 5 are numbered 17-20, and those in book No. 6 are numbered 21-24. Printed below the title on the front cover of each is: "In Twelve numbers, price sixpence each." The inside of the front cover is an advertisement for "George Rowney & Co.'s Colour Boxes"; the inside of the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for art books. The advertisement on the back cover is for "Water Colour Lesson Drawings." Images in No. 2 include a bear and a bull; in No. 5 a kangaroo and a goat; in No. 6 a lion and a deer. A sheet of paper containing original artwork is laid in to each of the three books. "Ida Lill Alice" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover of book No. 2."E.O./B.K." is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of each of the three books.

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An Easy Course of Landscape Drawing Lessons, No. 1

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One drawing book entitled An Easy Course of Landscape Drawing Lessons, No. 1, by H. A. Harper, published by George Rowney and Company, London, ca. 1875?. This drawing book is comprised of 4 lithograph plates of houses in outline style, numbered 1-4. The imprint of each reads: "Printed and Published by G. Rowney & Co. 51 Rathbone Place, London." ; each plate is signed "H.A.H." The inside of the front cover is a manufacturer's advertisement for drawing pencils; the inside of the back cover is an advertisement for chalks, crayons, drawing paper and tints. Publisher's advertisements for drawing books are on the back cover. "Oxford: Printed by E.W. Morris, Jun." is printed on the bottom of the back cover.

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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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Elementary Drawing Book; A Series of Easy Progressive Lessons for Young Beginners, New and Improved Edition, No. VIII

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One drawing book entitled Elementary Drawing Book; A Series of Easy Progressive Lessons For Young Beginners, New and Improved Edition, No. VIII, by George Childs, published by David Bogue, London, ca. 1875. This drawing book is comprised of four lithograph plates, numbered 25-28. The title and publisher's information on the front cover are framed by a floral, decorative border. "Price nine pence" is printed in the upper right hand corner, opposite the volume number. "B. Clarke, Printer" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. At the bottom of the first plate is printed "Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Street, London. J.R. Jobbins, Zinco." Each of the four plates are untitled and contain two separate views per leaf, side by side. Some of the views include human figures. There are no textual instructions, and there is no space provided for copying. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "New and Superior Drawing Books".

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Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses

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One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. The cover title reads: Drawing and Tracing Book. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of images for tracing and drawing, with 8 leaves of tracing paper bound in. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl in a rowboat. Both are wearing hats, and the little boy is rowing like a gondolier. The back cover is a green and white mesh pattern. The images for tracing are of various types of boats and houses. "81" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. None of the images have been traced or copied. "Bertie from Emily Jan. 11-1911" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the title page. "2.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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Drawing and Tracing Book

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One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of images for both copying and tracing, with 8 leaves of tracing paper bound in front of each plate. The front cover is a chromolithograph scene of a little girl, holding a doll and a cat, crossing a wooden bridge and looking at a goat kid in her path. The title is above the picture. The back cover is a blue and white pattern design. The title page reads: Amusement for Little Children. Drawing and Tracing Book. The images for tracing are domestic and farm animals. On the inside of the front cover is some brief text about the benefits of tracing and drawing for children. "Ethel Grant- May 3" is written in ms, in pencil, at the top of the title page.

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