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Book/Printed MaterialSefer ha-tapuaḥ
Tapuaḥ Romanized. LAC ecr 2018-10-03 update- Contributor: Sahula, Isaac Ben Solomon - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Aristotle - Ibn Ḥasdai, Abraham Ben Samuel
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialThe magus, or Celestial intelligencer; being a complete system of occult philosophy ... Exhibiting the sciences of natural magic; alchymy, or hermetic philosophy ... the constellatory practice, or talismanic magic ... magnetism, … LAC ecr 2018-08-21 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-29- Contributor: Barrett, Francis
- Date: 1801
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Book/Printed Material[Prayer against slanderers] Ms. on parchment. In Ge'ez. The supplied English title is translated from words on leaf [1b] For an edition of the work, see S. Grébault, "L'hymne-invocation lesāna sab'e," in Aethiopica, v. 3, 1935, p. 6-12. Copied for Gabra Iyyasus Kāsē (cf. leaf [25b]) Ownership inscriptions by Kāsē on [1a], [26a], and [26b] LAC aaa 2019-01-17 update (1 card)- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialA father's memoirs of his child. Portrait surrounded by a design by William Blake. The preface, in form of an introductory letter to Thomas Johnes of Hafod, contains (p. xviii-xli) an account of Blake and 5 of his poems. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1826 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921) 80 LAC ecr 2019-03-12 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-12 update (1 card)- Contributor: Malkin, Benjamin Heath - Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1806
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Book/Printed MaterialAntiquities of Westminster : the old palace; St. Stephen's Chapel (now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing two hundred and forty-six engravings of topographical objects, of which one hundred and twenty-two … Text by J. S. Hawkins. After a quarrel with Smith, Hawkins' work was revised by other hands, and at his own request his name was omitted from the t. p. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1961 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-03-27 update (2 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-25 update (1 card)- Contributor: Smith, John Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hawkins, John Sidney
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialCollection complète des tableaux historiques de la Révolution française.
Tableux historiques de la Révolution française Text by Claude Fauchet, S. R. N. Chamfort, P. L. Ginguené, and F. X. Pagès. Cf. Maurice Tourneux. Bibl. de l'hist. de Paris pendant la Révolution française, t. 1, 1890, p. 35-36. Vols. 2-3 have half title: Tableaux historiques de la Révolution française. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1879 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Destailleur, Hippolyte
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialJardin de la Malmaison. Imprint of v. 2: Paris, Impr. de L. E. Herhan. Plates engraved after original drawings of by P. J. Redouté. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1880 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC nsk 2019-03-21 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-19 update (1 card)- Contributor: Redouté, Pierre Joseph - Ventenat, É. P. (Étienne Pierre) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed MaterialAn inquiry into the ancient Greek game, supposed to have been invented by Palamedes, antecedent to the siege of Troy : with reasons for believing the same to have been known from … Published anonymously. By James Christie. Cf. Dict. nat. biog. Three of the illustrations are by Henry Tresham. Cf. Pref. Special illustrated title pages for parts of the main work read: [p. 1] Of the antient games of skill. Of the [petteía, triódion], and ludus latrunculorum; [p. 27] Of the mixed games of chance annd skill. Of the alveus and [plinthíon]; [p. 53] Of the…- Contributor: Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library - Tresham, Henry - Christie, James - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1801
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Book/Printed MaterialThe bardic museum, or, Primitive British literature : and other admirable rarities; forming the second volume of the Musical, Poetical, and historical relicks of the Welsh bards and Druids ... containing, the …
Bardic museum | Primitive British literature "Jones had prepared a third volume, a portion only of which was published at his death, the remainder being issued subsequently"--Grove, Dict. of music. National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NJ 0147816 (vol. 283, p. 537) RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), A/I, J 612 RISM (Répertoire international des sources musicales), 990032669 https://opac.rism.info/search?id=990032669&view=rism LAC knj 2019-08-26 update (2 cards) LAC ddw 2022-07-26 update (1 card)…- Contributor: Jones, Edward - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialThe artist's assistant; or School of science : forming a practical introduction to the polite arts: in painting, drawing, designing, perspective, engraving, colouring, &c., with ample directions for japanning, enamelling, gliding, silvering, …
Artist's assistant | School of science Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2475 LC copy: Provenance: Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ecr 2019-09-03 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-01 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-01- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1801
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Book/Printed MaterialThe artist's assistant; or School of Science : Being an introduction to painting in oil, water, and crayons, with biographical accounts of some of the principal artists; the arts of drawing, designing, …
Artist's assistant | School of Science Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2476 LC copy: Provenance: Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ecr 2019-09-03 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-01 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-01- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dances of death, through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in forty-six copper plates; done from the original designs, which were cut … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1954 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has book-plate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ecr 2019-09-10 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-20 update (1 card)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Holbein, Hans - Deuchar, David - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dance of death "Preface and description of plates by F. Douce."--Lowndes, Bibliogr. manual. Letterpress and cuts of the undated London edition (1794?) Contains also the introduction to Lydgate's "Daunce of Machabree", p. 65-70. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1955 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2019-09-10 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-20 update (1 card)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Hollar, Wenceslaus - Holbein, Hans - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1804
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Book/Printed MaterialAlbrecht Dürers christlich-mythologische Handzeichnungen
Christlich-mythologische Handzeichnungen Lithographs by J. N. Strixner, after Dürer's border illustrations in the prayer book of Maximilian I. Imperfect: plates 10-13 and 15 wanting. Without the pref. noted in H. W. Singer's Versuch einer Dürer Bibliographie, 1928, no. 244. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1867 LC copy: Provenance: Ex libris Erasmus Freherr von Handel. Conserved; 002459 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Dürer, Albrecht - Strixner, Johann Nepomuk - Handel, Erasmus Von - Maximilian I
- Date: 1808
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Book/Printed Material[Sketch for William Hayley's ballad The eagle] Devised title from listing in the Rosenwald bibliography. On verso, two more sketches, one in pencil, one in ink. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1821 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ael 2019-09-04 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-12 update (1 card)- Contributor: Hayley, William - Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialShokuninkagami. Romanized. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2077 LAC ael 2019-09-06 no edits (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-05-03 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Katsushika, Hokusai
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed MaterialA descriptive catalogue of pictures, poetical and historical inventions Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 30 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1795 LC copy has ms. addition on title page by Blake: At n 28 corner of Broad Street Golden Square; corrections by Blake on p. 65. LC copy has original wrappers bound in. LAC snh 2019-09-11 update (2 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-07 update (1 card) LAC ddw…- Contributor: Blake, William - Linnell, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1809
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Book/Printed MaterialA dictionary of painters; from the revival of the art to the present period. "Advertisement of the editor" dated 1805. Extra-illustrated with over 1000 engravings, in part original impressions, comprising portraits of the artists and examples of their work. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1957 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ael 2019-09-11 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-20 update (1…- Contributor: Pilkington, Matthew - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Fuseli, Henry - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1805
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Book/Printed MaterialMemoirs of a picture : containing the adventures of many conspicuous characters and interspersed with a variety of amusing anecdotes of several very extraordinary personages connected with the arts : including a … Vol. 2 has title: Memoirs of a painter : being a genuine biographical sketch of ... George Morland. Vol. 2 also issued separately. Book-plate of Howard C. Levis. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. LAC ael 2019-09-17 update (2 cards)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Collins, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1805
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Book/Printed MaterialHogarth restored. Being a complete edition of the works of that much admired artist William Hogarth, Caption title. Letterpress only. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2507 National union catalog (pre-1956 imprints), NC 0667616 (vol. 121, page 287) LC copy imperfect? Title page and pages after 330 wanting? LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ael 2019-09-17 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-02 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC…- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Cook, Thomas
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialThe life of George Morland, with remarks on his works "Collections of Morland's pictures": p. [228]-238. LAC ael 2019-09-17 update (1 card)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Dawe, George - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialMemoirs of the life of the late George Morland; with critical and descriptive observations on the whole of his works hitherto before the public Added t.-p., engr. "Catalogue of the works of Morland, -- the engraver, manner of engraving, size, price, and publisher": p. 166-177. Book-plate of Howard C. Levis. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. LAC ael 2019-09-17 update (1 card)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Hassell, J. (John) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1806
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Book/Printed MaterialCatalogue of plates for theatrical bills : with a description of cuts for placards Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2578 LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC nsk 2019-09-25 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-07 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-07- Contributor: M'call, William - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialThe complete aquatinter : being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta; the use of aquafortis, with all the tools necessary, together with upwards of fifty of the best receipts … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2545 LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC nsk 2019-10-02 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Green, J. H. (John Hippisley) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1801
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Book/Printed MaterialThe complete aquatinter : being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta; the method of using the aquafortis, with all the necessary tools. To which are added, upwards of sixty … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2546 LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC nsk 2019-10-02 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Green, J. H. (John Hippisley) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1804
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