Historic New England

Newport: our social capital, by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer. With frontispiece in color by Henry Hutt, many illustrations in photogravure and double-tone and from drawings by Edward Stratton Holloway.

401 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Van Rensselaer, May, 1848-1925.

GUSN: 150939

Call Number: Rare F89.N5 V2

Horace Walpole, a memoir : with an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill press / By Austin Dobson.

333 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Date: [c1890]

Creators: Dobson, Austin 1840-1921.

GUSN: 150940

Call Number: Rare Browne DA483.W2 D6 1890a

A new critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language ... To which will be prefixed, Mr. Walker's principles of English pronunciation ... Compiled from authors of the most approved reputation: with considerable additions. By an American gentleman ...

xiv, 85, [941] p. 26 cm.

Date: 1813.

Creators: Coxe, Richard S. (Richard Smith), 1792-1865. Walker, John, 1732-1807.

GUSN: 150941

Call Number: Rare PE1620.C75

A valuable assistant to every man: or, The American clerk's magazine. Containing the most useful and necessary forms of writings, which commonly occur between man and man, under the names of acquittances, affidavits ... By Samuel Freeman.

294 p. 18 cm.

Date: 1802.

Creators: Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831.

GUSN: 150942

Call Number: Rare KF170.F74 1802

An universal etymological English dictionary; : comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue ... And also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words ... Together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases used in our ancient statutes, charters, writs ... and the etymology, and interpretation of the proper names of men, women, and remarkable places in Great-Britain ... To which is added, a collection of our most common proverbs ... / By N. Bailey ...

[912] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo in 4s)

Date: 1773.

Creators: Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742.

GUSN: 150943

Call Number: Rare PE1620.B3 1773

The royal standard English dictionary : in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, and their part of speech properly distinguished, but likewise, by a key to this work ... : to which is added the Scripture proper names ... / by William Perry.

xii, 516 p. ; 15 cm.

Date: 1806.

Creators: Perry, William, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh. E. Merriam & Co.

GUSN: 150944

Call Number: Rare PE1620.P43 1806

The Toppans of Toppan's Lane : with their descendants and relations / collected and arranged by Joshua Coffin.

30 p. : geneal. tables ; 22 cm.

Date: 1862.

Creators: Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864.

GUSN: 150945

Call Number: Rare CS71. T175 1862

A critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language ... To which will be prefixed, Mr. Walker's principles of English pronunciation ... Compiled from authors of the most approved reputation: with considerable additions. By an American gentleman ...

xiv, 85, [941] p. 26 cm.

Date: 1813.

Creators: Coxe, Richard S. (Richard Smith), 1792-1865. Walker, John, 1732-1807.

GUSN: 150946

Call Number: Rare PE1620.C75

Perspectivae pictorum atque architectorum, I.[-II.] pars ... = Der Mahler und Baumeister Perspectiv, erster [-zweyter] Theil ... / inventa, designata & primáum edita Romae áa Fr. Andrea Puteo ... hac forma concinnata áa Joanne Boxbarth.

2 v. : ill. ; 35 cm.

Date: [1709?].

Creators: Pozzo, Andrea, 1642-1709. Boxbarth, Johann, 18th cent.

GUSN: 150947

Call Number: Rare NC749.P8 pt.2

Trois siáecles de papiers peints / Eugene Claudius Petis.

135 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Musâee des beaux-arts de Rennes. Union centrale des arts dâecoratifs (Paris, France)

GUSN: 150948

Call Number: Stacks NK3380.R4

Old time wall papers; an account of the pictorial papers on our forefathers' walls, with a study of the historical development of wall paper making and decoration, by Kate Sanborn.

xiv, p., 1 ¾., 116 p., 1 ¾. illus. LXXXIII (i. e. 62) pl. (part col., incl. col. front.) 30 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917.

GUSN: 150949

Call Number: Stacks NK3400.S2 c.1 (and 3 more)

Oeuvres d'architecture : contenant les desseins tant en plans qu'en elevations, des principaux, & des plus nouveaux batimens dans le dernier agrandissement de la ville d'Amsterdam & autres endroits de ces provinces / ordonnez par Philippe Vingboons ...

2 v. in 1 : ill., plans ; 41 cm.

Date: 1715.

Creators: Vingboons, Philips, 17th cent.

GUSN: 150950

Call Number: Rare Browne Ovr. NA7363.A4 V5 vol.1

The carpenter's treasure; : a collection of designs for temples, with their plans, gates, doors, rails, and bridges, in the Gothic taste; with the centres at large, for striking Gothic curves and mouldings; and some specimens of rails, in the Chinese taste: forming a complete system for rural decorations. / Neatly engraved on sixteen plates, from the original drawings of N. Wallis, architect.

[4] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 29 cm. (fol.)

Date: [1773]

Creators: Wallis, N.

GUSN: 150951

Call Number: Stacks NA8450.W35 1773

A collection of designs for modern embellishments suitable to parlours, dining & drawing rooms, folding doors, chimney pieces, varandas, frizes, &c. on 25 plates, by C.A. Busby.

25 plates (partly col.) 24 cm.

Date: [1808?]

Creators: Busby, Charles Augustus, 1788-1834.

GUSN: 150952

Call Number: Rare Browne NK2135.B9

The decorative arts : their relation to modern life and progress : an address delivered before the Trades' Guild of Learning / by William Morris.

50 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1878.

Creators: Morris, William, 1834-1896.

GUSN: 150953

Call Number: Rare NK1132.M8 1878b

The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide : being a complete drawing book, in which will be comprised treatises on geometry and perspective ... numerous engravings ... / by George Smith ...

viii, 219 p., [152] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: 1826.

Creators: Smith, George.

GUSN: 150954

Call Number: Rare NC705.S5

Examples of household taste / by Walter Smith.

x, 521 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: [1875]

Creators: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886.

GUSN: 150955

Call Number: Rare NK512.P44 P4 1875

A history of English furniture / by Percy Macquoid ; with plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the author.

4 v. in 2 : ill. (some col.) ; 39 cm.

Date: 1904-1908.

Creators: Macquoid, Percy, d. 1925.

GUSN: 150956

Call Number: Rare NK2528.M2 1904 vol.1 (and 3 more)

Gothic furniture : consisting of twenty-seven coloured engravings / from designs by A. Pugin. With descriptive letter-press.

iv, 26 p.,[25] l. of plates ; 24 cm.

Date: [1826?]

Creators: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832.

GUSN: 150957

Call Number: Rare Browne NK2542.P8 G68 1826

The house beautiful : essays on beds and tables, stools and candlesticks / by Clarence Cook.

336 p., [1] leaf of plates : 112 ill. (1 col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1878.

Creators: Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 Marsh, Henry. Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. former owner. Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 150958

Call Number: Rare NK1960 C66

Textile fabrics; a descriptive catalogue of the collection of church-vestments, dresses, silk stuffs, needle-work and tapestries, forming that section of the Museum. By the Very Rev. Daniel Rock, D. D.. Pub. for the Science and art department of the Committee of council on education.

clxviii, 356 p. col. front., 19 pl. (part col.) 26 cm.

Date: 1870.

Creators: Rock, Daniel, 1799-1871. South Kensington Museum

GUSN: 150959

Call Number: Rare NK8802.L7 A5 1870

Nouveau traitâe âelâementaire de perspective áa l'usage des artistes et des personnes qui s'occupent du dessin : prâecâedâe des premiáeres notions de la gâeomâetrie âelâementaire, de la gâeomâetrie descriptive, de l'optique et de la projection des ombres / par J.-B. Cloquet.

viii, 333, [1] p. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1823.

Creators: Cloquet, J. B.

GUSN: 150960

Call Number: Rare NC750.C6 1823

Nouveau traitâe âelâementaire de perspective áa l'usage des artistes et des personnes qui s'occupent du dessin : prâecâedâe des premiáeres notions de la gâeomâetrie âelâementaire, de la gâeomâetrie descriptive, de l'optique et de la projection des ombres / par J.-B. Cloquet.

84 p. : ill., plates ; 25 cm.

Date: 1823.

Creators: Cloquet, J. B.

GUSN: 150961

Call Number: Rare NC750.C66 1823

The bachelor's own book : being the progress of Mr. Lambkin, (gent.) in the pursuit of pleasure ...

1 l., 12 plates ; 24 cm.

Date: 1844.

Creators: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

GUSN: 150962

Call Number: Rare NC1479.C83 1844

The bachelor's own book : being the progress of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent.) in the pursuit of pleasure and amusement, and also in search of health and happiness / designed, etched, and published by George Cruikshank.

[1], 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.

Date: [18--?]

Creators: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

GUSN: 150963

Call Number: Rare NC1479.C83

Pattern design : a book for students treating in a practical way of the anatomy, planning & evolution of repeated ornament / by Lewis F. Day.

xx, 267 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1903.

Creators: Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910.

GUSN: 150964

Call Number: Rare NK1510.D38

A handbook of ornament / by Franz Sales Meyer.

viii, 548 p. : ill., plates ; 22 cm.

Date: [194-?]

Creators: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849-

GUSN: 150965

Call Number: Rare NK1510.M6

Picturesque Maine. With descriptions by M.F. Sweetser.

65 p. plates. 21 cm.

Date: [1880]

Creators: Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897.

GUSN: 150966

Call Number: Rare F25.S97

The history of New-Hampshire ... / by Jeremy Belknap.

3 v. : fold. map ; 21 cm.

Date: 1791-92.

Creators: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.

GUSN: 150967

Call Number: Rare F34.B43 vol.2 (and 1 more)

The science of double entry book-keeping : simplified, arranged and methodized ... containing also, a key, explaining the manner of journalizing ... / J.C. Colt, accountant.

188 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1841.

GUSN: 150968

Call Number: Stacks HF5635.S3

A literary history of wallpaper

211 p. illus. [part col.] ports., facsims. 26 cm.

Date: 1960.

Creators: Entwisle, E. A.

GUSN: 150969

Call Number: Ref. NK3400.E53 (and 1 more)

The book of wallpaper; a history and an appreciation. With an introd. by Sacheverell Sitwell.

151 p. illus. (part col.) ports. 26 cm.

Date: [1954]

Creators: Entwisle, E. A.

GUSN: 150970

Call Number: Stacks NK3400.E5

The spell of Belgium, by Isabel Anderson ...

ix, xv-xvi, 442 p. col. front., plates (part col.) ports., fold. map. 21 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Anderson, Isabel Perkins, Mrs., 1876-

GUSN: 150971

Call Number: Rare Browne DH433.A6

Memoir of Anne Gorham Everett; with extracts from her correspondence and journal. By Philippa Call Bush.

xi, 320 p. 21 cm.

Date: 1857.

Creators: Bush, Philippa Call.

GUSN: 150822

Call Number: Stacks CT275.E87 B6

Memorial of Edward Everett.

315 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1865.

Creators: New England Historic Genealogical Society.

GUSN: 150823

Call Number: Stacks E340.E8 N5 1865

The centennial anniversary of the birth of Edward Everett / celebrated by the Dorchester Historical Society, April 11, 1894.

106 p. : ill. ; 27cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Dorchester Historical Society (Dorchester, Mass.)

GUSN: 150824

Call Number: Stacks E340.E4 D6

Our own day / by Elsie P. Mitchell.

168 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1976.

Creators: Mitchell, Elsie P., 1926-

GUSN: 150825

Call Number: Stacks F73.44.F68 M57

Kate Field; a record, by Lilian Whiting.

viii, 610 p. : col. front., ports., facsim. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Whiting, Lilian, 1859-

GUSN: 150826

Call Number: Stacks PS1669.F2 Z7

Allan Forbes, 1874-1955 / by Walter Muir Whitehill.

32 p. : ill., port ; 19 cm.

Date: [1955?]

Creators: Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905- Second Bank-State Street Trust Company.

GUSN: 150827

Call Number: Stacks HG2463.F67 W58 1955

The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin : celebration by the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the city of Boston, in Symphony Hall, Boston, January 17, 1906.

113 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott), 1830-1918. Franklin Bicentennial Joint Committee. Boston. Boston (Mass.). City Council.

GUSN: 150828

Call Number: Stacks E302.6.F8 F82

Richard Gale, yeoman of Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1614-1678 / Compiled by Edward Chenery Gale.

28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1932.

Creators: Gale, Edward Chenery, 1862-

GUSN: 150829

Call Number: Stacks CS71.G152 1932

Ezra Stiles Gannett : Unitarian minister in Boston, 1824-1871.

572 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1875.

Creators: Gannett, William Channing, 1840-1923.

GUSN: 150830

Call Number: Stacks BX9869.G3 G3

A memorial of William Gaston from the City of Boston.

60 p. illus. 27 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Boston (Mass.). City Council.

GUSN: 150831

Call Number: Stacks F73.52.G38 B68

Gen. John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War : a paper read before the Marblehead Historical Society, May 14, 1903/ by Nathan P. Sanborn.

56 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1903.

Creators: Sanborn, Nathan P. (Nathan Perkins), 1825-1911. Marblehead Historical Society (Marblehead, Mass.).

GUSN: 150832

Call Number: Stacks E263.M4 S2

Nathaniel Goddard : a Boston merchant, 1767-1853 / Henry G. Pickering.

272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Pickering, Henry Goddard.

GUSN: 150833

Call Number: Stacks CT275.G545 P53

Samuel Griswold Goodrich, creator of Peter Parley; a study of his life and work.

181 p. illus., facsims., maps. 22 cm.

Date: [1968]

Creators: Roselle, Daniel, 1920-

GUSN: 150834

Call Number: Stacks PS1755.R6

The remains of Major-General Nathanael Greene. A report of the Joint Special Committee of the General Assembly of Rhode Island appointed to take into consideration the desirability of securing within the state of Rhode Island a permanent resting-place for the remains of General Nathanael Greene.

iv, 257 p. illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1903.

Creators: Field, Edward, 1858-1928. Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919. Rhode Island. General Assembly. Joint Special Committee on the Remains of Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene. Rhode Island. General Assembly, 1903.

GUSN: 150835

Call Number: Stacks E207.G9 R4

Captain Gruchy's gambols : the trials of a Boston privateer / by C. L. Reeves ; with ill. by David Gordon Brown, the author, and colonial artists.

347 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1975.

Creators: Reeves, C. L.

GUSN: 150836

Call Number: Stacks F73.4.G78 R4

Documentary life of Nathan Hale, comprising all available official and private documents bearing on the life of the patriot, together with an appendix, showing the background of his life ... By George Dudley Seymour.

xxxiii, [2], 627, [5] p. illus. (incl. facsims.) pl., ports., fold. tab. 25 cm.

Date: 1941.

Creators: Seymour, George Dudley, 1859-1945.

GUSN: 150837

Call Number: Stacks E280.H2 S516

My life and times / by Cyrus Hamlin, missionary in Turkey ...

3 p. l., 3-538 p. : ill., plates, ports. ; 22 cm.

Date: [c1893]

Creators: Hamlin, Cyrus, 1811-1900.

GUSN: 150838

Call Number: Stacks BV3142.H22 A3 1893

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