Historic New England

My crochet sampler / by Miss Lambert.

160 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.

Date: 1847.

Creators: Lambert, Miss (F.)

GUSN: 150891

Call Number: Rare TT820.L36 1847

The practical book of oriental rugs.

359 p. : ill., plates (part col.) fold. map, fold. chart ; 23 cm.

Date: 1911.

Creators: Lewis, G. Griffin (George Griffin), b. 1865.

GUSN: 150892

Call Number: Rare NK2808.L65 1911

Treatise on clock and watch making : theoretical and practical / by Thomas Reid.

viii, 476 p., 20 ¾. of plates : ill., tables ; 25 cm.

Date: 1832.

Creators: Reid, Thomas.

GUSN: 150893

Call Number: Rare TS545.R35 1832

"What shall we do with our walls?" [By] Clarence Cook.

1 p. ¾., 35 p. col. front., col. plates. 24 cm.

Date: 1881.

Creators: Cook, Clarence Chatham, 1818-1900. Warren, Fuller & Lange, New York.

GUSN: 150894

Call Number: Rare NK3395.C6 1881

Le pitture antiche del sepolcro de Nasonii nella Via Flaminia / disegnate ed intagliate alla similitudine degli antichi originali da Pietro Santi Bartoli ; descritte & illustrate da Gio. Pietro Bellori.

16, 35-50, 65-76 p., XXXV leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (etchings) ; 34 cm. (fol.)

Date: [1---?]

Creators: Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700. Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1615?-1696.

GUSN: 150895

Call Number: Rare Browne ND2575.B38

Art in northern Italy, by Corrado Ricci.

vii, 372 p., 1 ¾. col. front., illus., col. plates. 19 cm.

Date: 1911.

Creators: Ricci, Corrado, 1858-1934.

GUSN: 150896

Call Number: Rare Browne N6911.R45

The art of writing reduced to a plain and easy system : on a plan entirely new, in seven books / y John Jenkins, writing master. Book 1. Containing a plain easy and familiar introduction, which may be considered as a grammar to the art.

xx, 68, [4] p. : front. (port.) ill., plates ; 22 cm.

Date: 1813]

Creators: Jenkins, John, 1755?-1823.

GUSN: 150897

Call Number: Rare Z43.J53

The Oxford drawing book, or, The art of drawing, and the theory and practice of perspective : in a series of letters, containing progressive information on sketching, drawing, and colouring landscape scenery, animals, and the human figure : with a new method of practical perspective : detailed in a novel, easy, and perspicuous style for the use of teachers or for self-instruction / by Nathaniel Whittock ; embellished with upwards of one hundred lithographic drawings ...

vi, 159 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 x 30 cm.

Date: 1840.

Creators: Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 150898

Call Number: Rare NC730.W48 1840

Figures, faces and folds, a practical reference book on woman's form and dress, and its application in past and present art for artists, students and designers, by Adolphe Armand Braun ... with sections on drapery and anatomy by D. Hartley.

4 p. l., 152 p. incl. front., illus., plates. 29 x 23 cm.

Date: [1928]

Creators: Braun, Adolphe Armand, 1869- Hartley, D.

GUSN: 150899

Call Number: Rare NC765.B74

The graphic arts : a treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting, and engraving : in comparison with each other and with nature / by Philip Gilbert Hamerton.

xvi, 384 p., [54] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1882.

Creators: Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894.

GUSN: 150900

Call Number: Rare NC710.H2663

American text book for letters : with a diagram of the capi[tal script alp]habet, with copious remarks on the various letters now in use, with the most correct method for producing them with the pen, brush, chisel or graver/ by Nathl. Dearborn.

24 leaves, 27-54 p. :bill. ; 13 x 20 cm.

Date: 1842.

Creators: Dearborn, Nathaniel, 1786-1852. Kilburn, Samuel S.

GUSN: 150901

Call Number: Rare Z43.D284

Color value, by C.R. Clifford.

95 p. incl. illus., plates (1 col.) diagrs. 24 cm.

Date: [c1907]

Creators: Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935.

GUSN: 150902

Call Number: Rare NK2113.C6

Principles of decorative design / by Christopher Dresser.

vi, 167 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: [18--?]

Creators: Dresser, Christopher.

GUSN: 150903

Call Number: Rare NK1510.D77

The grammar of ornament, by Owen Jones. Illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred and twelve plates.

157 p. illus, plates. (part col.) 35 cm.

Date: 1868.

Creators: Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.

GUSN: 150904

Call Number: Rare NK1510.J7 1868

Meyer's Handbook of ornament ... by Franz Sales Meyer, with an introduction by Edward C. Bridgman.

33 p. : ill., plates ; 23 cm.

Date: [1928?]

Creators: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-

GUSN: 150905

Call Number: Rare NK1510.M6 1928

Wallace Nutting pictures : being studies in America and other lands of aspects in the life of the fathers and the country life of to-day.

97 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1912.

Creators: Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941.

GUSN: 150906

Call Number: Rare TR199.N8 1912

Bernini, and other studies in the history of art, by Richard Norton ...

xii, 217 p. LXIX pl. (incl. front., port.) 28 cm.

Date: 1914.

Creators: Norton, Richard, 1872-1918. Giorgione, 1477-1511.

GUSN: 150907

Call Number: Rare Browne N7445.N85

The works of William Hogarth : containing one hundred and fifty-nine engravings, by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport, with descriptions, in which are pointed out many beauties that have hitherto escaped notice, with a comment on their moral tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler.

2 v. : plates ; 45 cm.

Date: 1821.

Creators: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Trusler, John, 1735-1820.

GUSN: 150908

Call Number: Rare ND497.H7 A4 1821 vol.1 (and 1 more)

Sir Thomas Lawrence's cabinet of gems / with biographical & descriptive memorials by P.G. Patmore.

30 p. , [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 35 cm.

Date: 1837.

Creators: Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830. Patmore, Peter George, 1786-

GUSN: 150909

Call Number: Rare Browne ND1329.L37 P38 1837

The progress of genius, or, Authentic memoirs of the early life of Benjamin West, Esq. president of the Royal Academy, London / compiled from materials furnished by himself by John Galt ; abridged for the use of young persons, by a lady.

iv, 3-89 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 15 cm.

Date: 1831.

Creators: Galt, John, 1779-1839. West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. Gallaudet, Edward, 1809-1847.

GUSN: 150910

Call Number: Rare ND237.W48 G13 1831

A select collection of valuable and curious arts, and interesting experiments : which are well explained and warranted genuine, and may be performed easily, safely, and at little expense.

132 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.

Date: 1826

Creators: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 150911

Call Number: Rare T49.S4 1826

A Select collection of valuable and curious arts and interesting experiments : which are well explained, and warranted genuine and may be performed easily, safely, and at little expense.

[4], [iii]-172 p. ; 17 cm.

Date: 1826.

GUSN: 150912

Call Number: Rare T49.S4 1826

The bloody doughnut; or, The cook's revenge. By Marie Blodget Gookin and Ruth Mary Greenough, assisted by Susan Welles Shaw.

8 p. : ill., plates ; cm.

Date: 1891.

Creators: Gookin, Marie Blodget. Greenough, Ruth Mary.

GUSN: 150913

Call Number: Rare PS1757.G642

A guide to old and new lace in Italy, exhibited at Chicago in 1893.

186 p. front., 2 ports., fold. facsim. 22 cm.

Date: 1893]

Creators: Brazzáa, Countess di, b. 1862.

GUSN: 150914

Call Number: Rare Browne NK9452.B7

An account of remarkable cures, performed by the use of Maredant's antiscorbutic drops.

29 p. ; cm.

Date: [1772?]

Creators: Norton, John, d. 1783.

GUSN: 150915

Call Number: Rare R730.N67 1772

The Book of trades, or, Library of the useful arts. Part II / illustrated with twenty-four copper-plates.

[4], 139 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.

Date: 1807

Creators: Ralph, William, engraver.

GUSN: 150916

Call Number: Rare T47.B72 1807

The art of tanning and currying leather: with an account of all the different processes made use of in Europe and Asia, for dying leather red and yellow. Collected and published at the expence of the Dublin Society ...

xx, 259, [5] p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1780.

Creators: Nourse, J., bookseller, London. Royal Dublin Society.

GUSN: 150917

Call Number: Rare TS965.D81

The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition, illustrated.

v. : ill., plates, diagrs. ; cm.

Date: [1875]

Creators: Shinn, Earl, 1837-1886. Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902.

GUSN: 150918

Call Number: Rare N4825.M2 vol.1 (and 2 more)

Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 / illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerreotypes by Beard, Mayall, etc.

3 v. : front., plates. ; 28cm.

Date: 1852]

Creators: Tallis, John, 1815 or 6-1876. Strutt, Jacob George, 1790-1864.

GUSN: 150919

Call Number: Rare T690.B1 T14 vol.1

Soundings from the Atlantic. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.

468 p. illus. 19 cm.

Date: 1864.

Creators: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.

GUSN: 150920

Call Number: Rare PS1972.S7 1864

The rural cemeteries of America.

21 parts. illus. 29 cm.

Date: [1847-1853?]

Creators: Cleaveland, N. (Nehemiah), 1796-1877. Smillie, James, 1807-1885, illus. Walter, Cornelia.

GUSN: 150921

Call Number: Stacks F5.R87

The incredible ditch : a bicentennial history of the Middlesex Canal / by Carl and Alan Seaburg and Thomas Dahill.

xi, 138 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 x 29 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Seaburg, Carl, 1922- Seaburg, Alan, 1932- Dahill, Thomas. Medford Historical Society (Medford, Mass.)

GUSN: 151223

Call Number: Stacks TC625.M6 S43 1997

A marble quarry : the James H. Ricau collection of sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art / H. Nichols B. Clark ; with an essay by William H. Gerdts.

280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Date: c1997.

Creators: Clark, Henry Nichols Blake. Gerdts, William H. Chrysler Museum.

GUSN: 151224

Call Number: Stacks NB1210.M3 C56 1997

The America's cup races, by Herbert L. Stone ... illustrated with photographs.

7 p. ¾., 13-356, [3] p. front., illus., plates, ports., diagrs. 21 cm.

Date: 1930.

Creators: Stone, Herbert Lawrence, 1871-

GUSN: 151225

Call Number: Stacks GV829.S7 1930

The furniture of our forefathers / by Esther Singleton ; with critical descriptions of plates by Russell Sturgis.

8 pt. in 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930. Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909.

GUSN: 151226

Call Number: Stacks NK2406.S58 1906 pt.1 (and 1 more)

St. Botolph's town : an account of old Boston in colonial days // by Mary Caroline Crawford.

xii, 365 p. : plates, ports., fold. map ; 20 cm.

Date: 1908.

Creators: Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932.

GUSN: 151227

Call Number: Stacks F73.4.C89

Social life in old New England / by Mary Caroline Crawford ...

xiii, 515 p. : front., plates, ports ; 22 cm.

Date: 1914.

Creators: Crawford, Mary Caroline, 1874-1932.

GUSN: 151228

Call Number: Stacks F5.C913 c.1 (and 1 more)

Lively days : some memoirs of Margaret Homer Shurcliff.

115 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1965.

Creators: Shurcliff, Margaret Homer Nichols.

GUSN: 151229

Call Number: Stacks CT275.S47 A35

Wallpaper, its history, design and use / by Phyllis Ackerman, PH. D. ; with frontispiece in color and numerous illustrations from photographs.

xix, 268 p. : ill., plates ; 22 cm.

Date: 1923.

Creators: Ackerman, Phyllis, 1893-

GUSN: 151230

Call Number: Stacks NK3395.A3 1923a

The quest of the colonial [by] Robert and Elizabeth Shackleton; illustrated with many photographs and with decorations by Harry Fenn.

ix, 425 p. incl. illus., 44 pl. col. front. 22 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Shackleton, Robert, 1860-1923. Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1871-1936.

GUSN: 151231

Call Number: Stacks NK2406.S5

Colonial homes and their furnishings / by Mary H. Northend.

xxi, 252 p. CXVII pl. (incl. front.) on 69 l. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850-1926.

GUSN: 151232

Call Number: Stacks NA707.N6 c.1 (and 3 more)

Decorating for modern living : practical, room-by-room sourcebook of ideas / Gerd Hatje, Peter Kaspar.

164 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: [1977]

Creators: Hatje, Gerd. Kaspar, Peter.

GUSN: 151233

Call Number: Stacks NK2115.H34

How to plan & design additions / project editor, Kenneth R. Burke ; lead writers, John R. Musgrave, Fred B. Thompson ; writers, Beverly DeWitt, Charistina Nelson ; illustrator, Rick Olson ; additional illustrations, Ron Hildebrand.

96 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Musgrave, John R. Thompson, Fred B. Burke, Ken. Ortho Books.

GUSN: 151234

Call Number: Stacks TH4816.M87 1986

A history of Ford Motor Company / Marie Cahill.

192 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Date: 1992.

Creators: Cahill, Marie.

GUSN: 151235

Call Number: Stacks TL140.F6 C33 1992

Window shopping with Kirsch / [Roseann Fairchild, editor].

136 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1986.

Creators: Fairchild, Roseann. Cooper Industries. Kirsch Company.

GUSN: 151236

Call Number: Stacks TT390.W5 1986

Ladies' home journal book of interior decoration / by Elizabeth T. Halsey, with the co-operation of Ladies' home journal former interior decoration editor, Henrietta Murdock, interior decoration editor, Cynthia McAdoo Wheatland, architectural and garden editor, Richard Pratt, homemaking editor, Margaret Davidson, contributing editor, Gladys Taber [and] designer contributor, H.T. Williams.

256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: [1957]

Creators: Halsey, Elizabeth T.

GUSN: 151237

Call Number: Stacks NK2110.H24 1957

The Doubleday book of interior decorating.

216 p. illus. (part col.) forms, plans. 29 cm.

Date: [1965]

Creators: Kornfeld, Albert.

GUSN: 151238

Call Number: Stacks NK2110.K67

A history of General Motors / Timothy Jacobs.

192 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 32 cm.

Date: 1992.

Creators: Jacobs, Timothy, 1950-

GUSN: 151239

Call Number: Stacks HD9710.U64 G4 1992

The Providence Athenaeum, a brief history, 1753-l939 / by Grace F. Leonard and W. Chesley Worthington.

61 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Leonard, Grace Fisher, 1873- Worthington, William Chesley, 1903-

GUSN: 151240

Call Number: Stacks Z675.S8 L46

The Providence National Bank : one hundred and fiftieth anniversary, 1791-1941.

52 , xiii, p. : ill. 22 cm.

Date: 1941.

Creators: Providence (R.I.). National Bank.

GUSN: 151241

Call Number: Stacks HG2613.P94 N3 1941

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