Historic New England

"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

Ancient architecture, restored, and improved, by a great variety of grand and uesfull designs, entirely new in the Gothick mode ... engraved on LXIV large Quarto copper plates by Batty and Thomas Langley.

64 pl. 30 cm.

Date: 1742].

Creators: Langley, Batty, 1696-1751. Langley, T. (Thomas), 1702-1751.

GUSN: 151123

Call Number: Rare Browne NA963.L36

Practical geometry applied to the useful arts of building, surveying, gardening and mensuration; calculated for the service of gentlemen as well as artisans, and set to view in four parts ... The whole exemplify'd with a large number of folio copper plates, curiously engraven by the best hands. By Batty Langley.

6 p. ¾., viii, 136 p. fold. front., plates (incl. tables, diagrs; part. fold.) 36 cm.

Date: 1729.

Creators: Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.

GUSN: 151124

Call Number: Rare Browne T353.L28 1729

The builder's jewel, or, the youth's instructor and workman's remembrancer : explaining short and easy rules ... for drawing and working ... / by B. and T. Langley.

34, [2] p., 99 p. of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.

Date: 1763.

Creators: Langley, Batty, 1696-1751. Langley, T. (Thomas), 1702-1751.

GUSN: 151125

Call Number: Rare NA2840.L2 1763

The builder's jewel, or, the youth's instructor and workman's remembrancer ... / by B. and T. Langley.

34, [2] p., 99 p. of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.

Date: 1757.

Creators: Langley, Batty, 1696-1751. Langley, T. (Thomas), 1702-1751.

GUSN: 151126

Call Number: Rare NA2840.L2 1757

The architecture of A. Palladio in four books : containing a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building; as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights / revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... Tr. from the Italian original.

4 v. in 1 : ports., plates, plans ; 48 cm.

Date: 1721.

Creators: Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580. Leoni, Giacomo, ca. 1686-1746. Du Bois, Nicolas, tr.

GUSN: 151127

Call Number: Rare Browne Ovr. NA2517.P3 1721

A practical essay on a cement and artificial stone : justly supposed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot, for the cheap, easy, expeditious and durable construction of all manner of buildings, and the formation of all kinds of ornaments of architecture, even with the commonest and coarsest materials.

48 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1776.

Creators: Loriot, Antoine-Joseph, 1716-1782.

GUSN: 151128

Call Number: Rare TP881.L6713 1776

A treatise on forming, improving, and managing country residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers ... With an appendix ... By John Loudon ...

2 v. plates, plans. 27 cm.

Date: 1806.

Creators: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.

GUSN: 151129

Call Number: Rare SB471.L88 vol.1 (and 1 more)

Designs for shop fronts : doors, door-cases, book-cases, roofs & c. With the details to each plate and various useful and ornamental designs for internal and external finish of houses. Also, the Grecian orders of architecture / by T. Faulkner ...

[27] p. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1---?]

Creators: Faulkner, T.

GUSN: 151130

Call Number: Rare NA6225.F3

A new and accurate method of delineating all the parts of the different orders in architecture, by means of a well contriv'd, and most easily manag'd instrument; whereon the just proportions of the principal members, and of their several parts, are so disposed, as wholly to avoid the difficulty of the fractional parts that usually attend these operations. English'd from the original Italian of Ottavio Revesi Bruti, by Thomas Malie ...

4 p. ¾., 52 p. diagrs. (part fold.) 37 cm.

Date: MDCCXXXVII.

Creators: Revesi Bruti, Ottavio. Malie, Thomas, tr.

GUSN: 151131

Call Number: Rare NA2812.R42

The circle of the mechanical arts; containing practical treatises on the various manual arts, trades, and manufactures. By Thomas Martin, civil engineer, assisted by eminent professional mechanics and manufacturers. Illustrated by numerous engravings.

2 p.¾., [iii]-616 p. front., ill., plates. 28 cm.

Date: 1815.

Creators: Martin, Thomas, civil engineer.

GUSN: 151132

Call Number: Rare T45.M38 1815

The Manufacturer and builder : a practical journal of industrial progress.

iv, 380 p. : ill. ; 35 cm.

Date: [1869]

GUSN: 151133

Call Number: Rare NA1 M36 vol.1

An improved and enlarged edition of Nicholson's New carpenter's guide. Being a complete book of lines, for carpenters, joiners, and workmen in general, on methods entirely new, founded on geometrical principles ...

iv, xii, 121 p., 1 ¾. incl. tables. front. (port.) 121 plates. 28 cm.

Date: 1825 [-26]

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844. Bowen, John, of Bridgewater.

GUSN: 151134

Call Number: Rare TH5605.N6 1826

The carpenter and joiner's assistant : containing practical rules for making all kinds of joints, and various methods of hingeing them together ... : to which are added, examples of various roofs executed ... : also extracts from M. Belidor, M. du Hamel, M. de Buffon, &c. on the strength of timber, with practical observations / by Peter Nicholson.

79 p., 79 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1805.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844.

GUSN: 151135

Call Number: Rare Browne TH5605.N61

The carpenter's new guide : being a complete book of lines for carpentry and joinery ... / by Peter Nicholson.

x, 76 p., 78 p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Date: 1808.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844.

GUSN: 151136

Call Number: Rare Browne HB161.G64

The builder and workman's new director : comprehending definitions and descriptions of the component parts of buildings ... employed in the erection of edifices / by Peter Nicholson ; illustrated with 150 copper plates and 480 wood cuts.

176,xl, [44]p., [140] leaves of plates : diagrs.,port. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1825.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844.

GUSN: 151137

Call Number: Rare NA2521.N6

Practical carpentry, joinery, and cabinet-making / by Peter Nicholson, revised by Thomas Tredgold.

xvii, 140 p., 36, : ill., plates ; 27 cm.

Date: 1847.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844. Tredgold, Peter.

GUSN: 151138

Call Number: Rare NA711 N64

The principles of architecture, containing the fundamental rules of the art, in geometry, arithmetic, & mensuration; ... also the five orders of architecture; with a great variety of beautiful examples, selected from the antique; and many useful and elegant ornaments, with rules for projecting them.

3 v. plates 26 cm.

Date: 1809.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844.

GUSN: 151139

Call Number: Rare NA2520.N58 1809 vol.1 (and 2 more)

Principles of architecture; comprising fundamental rules of the art, with their application to practice: also rules for shadows for the five orders. By Peter Nicholson.

xx, 280 p. 216 (i.e. 219) pl. (part fold.) 24 cm.

Date: 1848.

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844. Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, ed.

GUSN: 151140

Call Number: Rare NA2520.N62

The practical house carpenter, or, Youth's instructor : containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture ... : to which is added a list of the price of carpenters' work : the whole illustrated and made perfectly easy by 148 copper plates, with explanations to each / by William Pain ....

16, 7, [1] p., 146 [i.e. 154] leaves of plates : chiefly ill., plans ; 25 cm. (4to)

Date: 1796.

Creators: Pain, William, 1730?-1790? American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 151141

Call Number: Rare NA2515.P3 1796

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant : demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish : illustrated with a greater number of useful and familiar examples than any work of that kind hitherto published : with clear and ample instructions ... : the whole correctly engraven on 102 folio copper-plates, containing upwards of seven hundred designs ... / by William Pain, architect and joiner.

[3], 81 [i.e. 104] leaves (4 folded) : ill., plans ; 40 cm. (fol.)

Date: 1762.

Creators: Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

GUSN: 151142

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2515.P18 1762 c.1 (and 1 more)

Pain's British Palladio, or, The builder's general assistant : demonstrating, in the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground plan to the ornamental finish : illustrated with several new and useful designs of houses, with their plans, elevations, and sections ... / the whole correctly engraved on forty-two folio copper-plates, from the original designs of William and James Pain.

4, 16 p., 42 leaves of plates : ill. ; 43 cm.

Date: 1790.

Creators: Pain, William, 1730?-1790? Pain, James.

GUSN: 151143

Call Number: Rare Ovr. NA2517.P2 1790

The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant: shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building. Rules of carpentry. With plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, yards, barns, &c. By William Pain, architect and joiner. Engraved on eighty-three plates.

3 p. ¾., LXXXIII pl. (incl. diagrs) 27 cm.

Date: 1799.

Creators: Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

GUSN: 151144

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2515.P185

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