Historic New England

The decoration of houses / by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr.

4p.¾., vii-xxii [1]-204p., 2¾. : ill. ; 22.4 cm.

Date: 1897.

Creators: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Codman, Ogden.

GUSN: 150885

Call Number: Rare NK2110.W5 1897

Characteristics of old furniture : styles in England 1600-1800 / by H. P. Benn and W. C. Baldock.

79 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: 19--?]

Creators: Benn, H. P. (H. Pringuer) Baldock, W. C.

GUSN: 150886

Call Number: Rare Browne NK2529.B4

The decoration and furniture of English mansions during the seventeenth & eighteenth centuries, by Francis Lenygon.

xii, 215 p. illus. 35 cm.

Date: 1909.

Creators: Lenygon, Francis, 1877-1943.

GUSN: 150887

Call Number: Rare NK2043.L6 1909

Specimens of ancient furniture drawn from existing authorities by Henry Shaw ... with descriptions by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick ...

2 p. l., 57 p. lxxiv pl. (partly col.) 29 cm.

Date: 1836.

Creators: Meyrick, Samuel Rush, Sir, 1783-1848. Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873.

GUSN: 150888

Call Number: Rare Browne NK2529.M4

Costume of the ancients.

2 v. 321 plates 25 cm.

Date: 1841.

Creators: Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831.

GUSN: 150889

Call Number: Rare GT545.H6 1841 vol.1 (and 1 more)

A practical treatise on dyeing and calico-printing : including the latest inventions and improvements; also a description of the origin, manufacture, uses, and chemical properties of the various ... substances employed in these arts. With an appendix ... / by an experienced dyer. Assisted by several scientific gentlemen ...

xxi, 704 p. : X plates, diagrs. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1846.

Creators: Parnell, Edward A. (Edward Andrew)

GUSN: 150890

Call Number: Rare TP893.P25

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

Early lighting; a pictorial guide, compiled and published by the Rushlight Club.

x, 129 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1972]

Creators: Rushlight Club.

GUSN: 150721

Call Number: Coll. NK6196.R87 (and 2 more)

Lighting in America : from colonial rushlights to Victorian chandeliers / edited by Lawrence S. Cooke.

159 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: [1976]

Creators: Cooke, Lawrence S.

GUSN: 150722

Call Number: Coll. NK6196.L53 (and 1 more)

Collection of heating and lighting utensils in the United States National museum / by Walter Hough.

viii, [110] p. : bill., plates ; 24 cm.

Date: 1928.

Creators: Hough, Walter, 1859-1935. United States National Museum.

GUSN: 150723

Call Number: Coll. Q11.U6 no.141 (and 2 more)

Flickering flames; a history of domestic lighting through the ages.

138 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: [1958]

Creators: Thwing, Leroy Livingstone, 1897-

GUSN: 150724

Call Number: Coll. TP715.T45 (and 2 more)

Old lamps of central Europe and other lighting devices. Translated and edited by Leroy Thwing.

xii, 34 p. illus., plates. 28 cm.

Date: [1963, c1962]

Creators: Benesch, Ladislaus, Edler von, 1845- Thwing, Leroy (Leroy Livingstone), 1879- Rushlight Club.

GUSN: 150725

Call Number: Coll. NK8360.B45 (and 1 more)

Housewifery : a manual and text book of practical housekeeping / by Lydia Ray Balderston.

353 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: [c1919]

Creators: Balderston, Lydia Ray.

GUSN: 150726

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX145.B3

American diaries : an annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals / Laura Arksey, Nancy Pries, and Marcia Reed.

2 v. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1983-c1987.

Creators: Arksey, Laura. Pries, Nancy. Reed, Marcia. Matthews, William, 1905- American diaries.

GUSN: 150727

Call Number: Ref. Z5305.U5 A74 1983 vol.1

George Washington slept here : colonial revivals and American culture, 1876-1986 / Karal Ann Marling.

xii, 453 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1988.

Creators: Marling, Karal Ann.

GUSN: 150728

Call Number: 85M Stacks E312.17.M3 1988

The city of Gardiner, Maine, U.S.A. : its water power, industries, water front, picturesque avenues, attractions and surroundings / Published in the interest of the city by the Board of Trade.

112 p. : ill. ; 19 x 26 cm.

Date: 1896.

Creators: Gardiner, Maine. Board of Trade.

GUSN: 150729

Call Number: Stacks F29.G3 G38 1896 c.1 (and 1 more)

Massachusetts records : a handbook for genealogists, historians, lawyers, and other researchers.

66 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1957.

Creators: Bowen, Richard Le Baron.

GUSN: 150730

Call Number: Ref. CD3291.B6

A guide to Massachusetts local history; being a bibliographic index to the literature of the towns, cities and counties of the state, including books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals and collected works, books in preparation, historical manuscripts, newspaper clippings, etc., comp. by Charles A. Flagg ...

ix, [1], 256 p. maps. 25 cm.

Date: [1907]

Creators: Flagg, Charles Allcott, 1870-1920.

GUSN: 150731

Call Number: Ref. Z1295.F65

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. / Comp. under the supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd...

2 v. : ill., plates, ports, double map ; 28 cm.

Date: 1889.

Creators: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)

GUSN: 150732

Call Number: Stacks F72.W9 H5 vol.1

Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.

3 v. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1929-30.

Creators: New England Historic Genealogical Society.

GUSN: 150733

Call Number: Stacks F74.D25 D23 vol.1 (and 2 more)

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