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The Alphabeast Book: An Abecedarium
Dorothy Schmiderer (b. 1940)
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971
Gift of Patricia Fendley Dunston
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Anatomy: Descriptive and Applied. Part IV, Neurology and Organs of the Senses
Henry Gray (1825–1861)
Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1913
Gray’s Anatomy, revised and reprinted in numerous editions since 1858, is the standard in anatomical textbooks.
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The Architect; or, Practical House Carpenter
Asher Benjamin (1773–1845)
Boston: B.B. Mussey, 1853
“I consider it necessary that all practical house carpenters should be fully acquainted with the orders of architecture, particularly those who reside in the country, where they have no opportunity of consulting an architect…
[T]he care…I have taken in drawing and representing the most difficult parts on a large scale, will, I am persuaded, make them so plain and easy that a workman of ordinary capacity can make himself perfect master of the orders without the aid of an instructor, and when he fully comprehends them, he will be able to understand the whole subject of this book.”
-- Asher Benjamin (1773–1845).
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The Bible Gallery
Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
New York: Cassell Publishing, 1890 (circa)
French artist Gustave Doré (1832–1883) illustrated many books with richly imaginative wood engravings. His large, two-volume Bible was an expensive production, but the edition of 100 select images with accompanying narrative descriptions was issued at a more moderate cost to reach a larger audience.
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Byang chub gzhung lam (Direct Path to Enlightenment)
Rje Tsong-kha-pa (1357–1419)
Tibet: 1800?
Gift of W.L. Abbott, Courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
The woodcut text from the collected works of Rje Tsong-kha-pa, a well-loved Tibetan scholar, includes illustrations of Buddha Sakyamuni and Buddha Maitreya on the first page. As it is a commentary on a famous work by Asanga (4th century C.E.) on Bodhisattva ethics, Asanga and the author are pictured on the second page to show the lineage through which this particular teaching evolved.
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Canon Medicinae, Liber I-V (The Canon of Medicine, Books One to Five)
Avicenna (980–1037)
Venice: 1486
Illuminated manuscripts and the early books they inspired featured enlarged initial letters, decorative borders, and the integration of text and illustration. The design of this printed book used elements of earlier illuminated manuscripts. Persian physician and philosopher Ibn Sina (980–1037), known in Latin as Avicenna, wrote a major survey of medical knowledge from ancient times to his day, including his own important contributions.
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Childs Rare Flowers, Vegetables, and Fruits
John Lewis Childs
Lithography by H.M. Wall
Floral Park, NY: The Mayflower Presses, 1897
The luscious color lithography employed by garden suppliers in the years after the Civil War introduced Americans to many new varieties of plants and encouraged the planting of home gardens.
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De Architectura Libri Dece (The Ten Books on Architecture)
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 90–20 B.C.E.)
Como: G. da Pote, 1521
Gift of the Burndy Library
During the Renaissance the works of Roman engineer Vitruvius were published in illustrated volumes that carried his ideas forward to future generations.
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De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)
Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)
Basel: 1543
Gift of the Burndy Library
The woodcut illustrations in Vesalius’s textbook De Fabrica revolutionized the teaching of anatomy and remained influential for generations.
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Ed Emberley’s ABC
Edward R. Emberley (b. 1931)
Boston: Little, Brown, 1978 (circa)
Gift of Patricia Fendley Dunston
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Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain
Edited and designed by The Readers’ Digest Associated Ltd.
London: Readers’ Digest Association Ltd., 1985
Modern reference books use both line drawings and color photography, each offering a different type of information.
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Flora of the Colosseum of Rome, or, Illustrations and Descriptions of Four Hundred and Twenty Plants Growing Spontaneously upon the Ruins of the Colosseum of Rome
Richard Deakin (1809–1873)
London: Groombridge, 1873
Gift of Aaron Goldberg
Some publications combined natural history study with the Victorian interest in travel.
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A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden
Walter Crane (1845–1915)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899
Presented by Miss Lucy H. Kean
The illustrations of snapdragon and thistle become more important than the captions in Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden.
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Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane (1845–1915)
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1902
Presented by Miss Lucy H. Kean
In Flora’s Feast, Crane’s fanciful figures of tulip and hyacinth are equally balanced with the text.
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Flowerland
Howard's Horticultural Establishment
1930
Garden supply catalogues used colorful cover illustrations to attract customers.
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The Graphic Alphabet
David Pelletier (b. 1963)
New York: Orchard, 1996 (circa)
Gift of Patricia Fendley Dunston
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Handbook of Wood Engraving
William Emerson
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881
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Herbarium Vivae Eicones (Book of Plants)
Otto Brunfels (1488–1534)
Designed by Hans Weiditz (Illustrator)
Frankfurt: Durch Herman Gülfferichen, 1546
The accuracy of woodcut illustrations in early herbals like those in Brunfels Herbarium helped to identify plants for botanical and medical uses and furthered the growth of scientific knowledge.
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The Home Naturalist
Harland Coultas
London: Religious Tract Society, 1875
Learning about minerals and the natural world appealed to young amateurs as shown in Harland Coultas’ The Home Naturalist.
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The Human Body
Jonathan Miller (b. 1934)
Designed by David Pelham, illustrated by Harvey Willcock, engineered by Vic Duppa-White and David Rosendale
New York: Viking Press, 1983
Gift of Daniel J. Mason
Pop-up illustrations require complicated paper engineering to show the body in three-dimensional constructions.
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Illustrated catalogue of statuary, fountains, vases, settees, etc., for parks, gardens and conservatories, manufactured by the J. L. Mott Iron Works
J. L. Mott Iron Works
New York: 1873 (circa)
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The Illustrated London News
London: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., 1842-
The Illustrated London News was the first weekly publication to employ both images and text to cover a myriad of topics from world news to fashion.
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Indian Motorcycle
Hendee Manufacturing Co
Springfield, Mass: 1916
The freedom of motive power and speed are offered to riders like the young man on this cover who waves to his co-workers trudging along on foot.
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The Islands of Hawaii
Edward Joesting (1925-1986)
1958
This volume was sponsored by a Hawaiian bank to present images of the people as well as their remarkable landscape. The book was designed by Herbert Bayer whose distinctive atlas is also featured in this exhibition. In his “Note on Photography” at the end of the book, Adams discussed his search for balance between the imaginative and the factual for this project, and he provided technical notes on the cameras, lenses, and films used for each illustration.
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Le tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages (The World Tour: A New Journal of Travels)
Édouard Charton, ed.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1860–1914
Le tour du monde often featured articles on French colonies in Africa, and, like a number of these early magazines, it displayed the prejudices of the time, including racial and ethnic stereotypes.
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Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles)
Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514)
Illustrated by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493
Gift of the Burndy Library
The Nuremberg Chronicle included more pictures than any book printed before 1500. Intended more for the general reader than for scholars, it was published in Latin and German editions. It featured some 1800 wood block portraits, town views, and other illustrations, including both realistic and generic scenes. Some were detailed views that represented actual subjects, while others were speculative or imaginary. Most readers accepted the practice of using both symbolic and realistic forms of illustration.
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Manuscript leaf from the Koran in Arabic (black ink) and Persian (red ink), 1207 C.E.
Gift of Stanley S. Slotkin Biblical Library.
Courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
In the fluid calligraphic style of the Islamic tradition, in which images of humans or animals are discouraged, the text takes on a pictorial quality.
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The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 1861–65
United States Surgeon General's Office
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870–88
The Surgeon General’s multi-volume history of Civil War medical and surgical practices used almost every graphic process available at the time. Pictorial technology was changing rapidly, and numerous techniques were used to produce the highest quality illustrations accommodating both schedule and budget. In addition to traditional wood engravings, steel engravings, and lithographs, the book featured new photomechanical processes like the Woodburytype.
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Das Mineralreich (The Mineral Kingdom)
Reinhard Brauns (1861-1937)
with additions by Leonard J. Spencer (Illustrator)
Esslingen a. N.: J. F. Schreiber, 1912
Images of mineral specimens were accurately drawn and colored to illustrate Reinhard Brauns’ Das Mineralreich (The Mineral Kingdom). The plates were issued bound in the book and separately.
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The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), reproduction of a facsimile of a 18th-century Ethiopian manuscript
E.A. Wallis Budge, ed.
London: W. Griggs, 1900
Scribes illustrating a passage of text.
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Moseley Rubber Sports Goods
David Moseley & Sons, Ltd.
Manchester: 1935
Photography replaced line art in picturing goods for sale.
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The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844-1874
Courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
Wood blocks engraved by Benjamin F. Childs as well as Joseph H. Brightly after Joseph Drayton showing tattoos of the people of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Engravings from Volume 1 of The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 by Charles Wilkes, 1845.
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The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844-1874
Courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
Engraved copper plate and proof of Pleiodus strigirostris by William H. Dougal after Titian Ramsey Peale. Engraving from Volume 8 of the scientific volumes of the United States Exploring Expedition publication: Mammalia and Ornithology, by John Cassin, 1858. Plate courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History.
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The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844-1874
Courtesy Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
Prepared lithographic stone depicting Australian Fossils by the lithographic firm of Sarony & Major. Lithograph printed in Volume 10 of the scientific volumes of the United States Exploring Expedition publications: Geology - Atlas by James Dwight Dana, 1849.
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The National Geographic Magazine
Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society, 1888-
The National Geographic Magazine used photography and color in presenting world cultures and scientific findings to greatly expanded audiences.
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The North American Sylva, or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia
François André Michaux (1770–1851)
Illustrated plates after P.J. Redouté, H.J. Redouté, and P. Bessa
Paris: C. D’Hautel, 1819
The glorious floral images of artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) represented new heights of carefully observed nature painting. His artwork was reproduced as hand-colored stipple engravings (created by incising small dots into a metal plate) for a number of important botanical publications.
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North American Wild Flowers
Mary Vaux Walcott (1860–1940)
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1925
North American Wild Flowers reproduced the delicate color effects of Walcott’s original watercolors through a special photoengraving technique that printer William E. Rudge called the “Smithsonian Process.”
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The Old Garden and Other Verses
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857–1945)
Walter Crane (1845-1915), Illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1894
Crane’s embellishments to Margaret Deland’s poetry in The Old Garden represent page decorations in the spirit of illuminated manuscripts.
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Oriental and American Stove Works
Perry & Co
New York: The Van Benthuysen Printing House, 1874
The effective use of a small bit of color made these stoves seem to glow with warmth.
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The Pencil of Nature
W.H.F. Talbot
New York: Hans P. Kraus, 1989
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Plantarum Historia Succulentarum (History of the Succulent Plants)
A.P. Candolle
Illustrated plates after P.J. Redouté
Paris: Chez A. J. Degour et Durand, 1798-1837
The glorious floral images of artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) represented new heights of carefully observed nature painting. His artwork was reproduced as hand-colored stipple engravings (created by incising small dots into a metal plate) for a number of important botanical publications.
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Poetic Localities of Cambridge
William James Stillman (1828–1901)
Boston: J.R. Osgood and Company, 1876
Photographic reproduction processes introduced realism in illustration, even for imaginative works.
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Queen Quality Smart Shoes
Thomas G. Plant Co.
Boston: 1910 (circa)
Each consumer could feel like a queen in this line of shoes.
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Scenes from The Winter's Tale
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
London: Day and Son, Limited, 1866
Gift of the Misses Hewitt
Owen Jones (1809-1874) produced handsome volumes on design in Victorian Britain. He used the chromolithographic process for his influential Grammar of Ornament (1856) and for several illuminated gift books -- picture books for adults -- that demonstrated his technique of rich saturated colors printed in layers.
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Sears Christmas Book
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Chicago: 1956
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Tu l'as vu l'oiseau? (Have You Seen the Bird?)
Armand Monjo (1913–1998)
Illustrated by Hassan Musa (b. 1951)
Cavaillon, France: R. Rimbaud, 1993
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Twelve Days at Santa Cruz
By participants in workshop, Images and Words: the Making of a Photographic Book
Monterey, Calif: Herald Printers, 1968
In the summer of 1967, Ansel Adams and his colleagues Beaumont and Nancy Newhall led a workshop for the extension division of the University of California at Santa Cruz. They taught 28 people how to photograph, research, write, and design this publication, a book illustrated with the participants’ own photographs.
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The Wood Beyond the World
William Morris (1834–1896)
Hammersmith, U.K.: The Kelmscott Press, 1894
British designer Morris created richly cohesive pages incorporating woodcut illustrations, decorative borders, and his own typography for his publications. His ideas for graphic treatments and for home furnishings have influenced generations of followers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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World Geo-graphic Atlas: A Composite of Man's Environment
Herbert Bayer (1900-1985)
Chicago: Privately printed for Container Corporation of America, 1953
Herbert Bayer, an influential artist and designer who began his career at the Bauhaus in Germany before immigrating to the U.S., published numerous works on advertising and typography. His innovative graphic approach to presenting information in his atlas includes the use of maps, pictorial statistics, and line drawings overlaid on the text.
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Yirmeyah (The Book of Jeremiah)
Introduction by Bernard Bamberger, woodcuts by Nikos Stavroulakis
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973 (circa)
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Yosemite Valley
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1959
Adams began photographing Yosemite with his first camera as a boy of 14, and his work in the valley was published in many volumes over his long career. The text for this volume includes Adams’s own words from his earlier book, My Camera in Yosemite Valley, plus several pages of technical notes and exposure recommendations.
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