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Book/Printed MaterialCopies faites d'après des estampes très rares de différens maîtres Cover title. Sixteen etchings by Bartsch, forming an atlas to his Le peintre-graveur. LC copy has 2 vol. bound together with binder's title: Peintre graveur, plates. Book-plate of Howard C. Levis. LAC nsk 2019-10-08 update (1 card)- Contributor: Bartsch, Adam Von - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed MaterialErste im Königreich Sachsen erschienene Sammlung artistischer Versuche im Steindrucke. Six of the black-and-white plates are repeated in color. Plates 1-2 and 7-8 are signed by J. G. S. Stamm; plate 14 by J. C. Klengel. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1866 LAC tnb 2019-09-24 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2019-09-30 review LAC ddw 2022-04-19 update (1 card)- Contributor: Dziembowski, A. Von - Stamm, Johann Gottlob Samuel - Klengel, Johann Christian - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1806
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue of the extensive and truly valuable collection of engraved British portraits : illustrative of Granger's Biographical history of England, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, to the end …
Rare & valuable collection of engraved British portraits | Rare and valuable collection of engraved British portraits At head of title: Rare & valuable collection of engraved British portraits. National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, ND 0306328 (vol. 145, p. 464) Includes index. LC copy: Prices realized and some of the purchasers' names supplied in ms. LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. Place of pub. from BLC. LAC knj 2019-09-17 update (2 cards) LAC…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodd, Thomas - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Granger, James
- Date: 1809
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Book/Printed MaterialBritish portraits. A catalogue of a genuine and extensive collection of English portraits : consisting of the royal families, peers, gentry ... &c. ... : by an eminent collector ... : which …
British portraits | Catalogue of a genuine and extensive collection of English portraits Brit. Mus. Cat. identifies the collector as Sir William Musgrave and gives the place and date of publication. Signatures: [A]² B-2S⁴ 2T². English short title catalogue, T13082 National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NR 0250332 (vol. 493, p. 301) LC copy has prices, collectors' names, and notes in ms. With: A catalogue of the genuine duplicates of an eminent collector of British portraits / Thomas…- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Dimsdale, Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Richardson, William - Musgrave, William
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue of engraved British portraits, illustrative of the admired works of Granger, Clarendon, Pennant, &c Includes 2 supplements, undated, the 2nd of which was printed not before 1812. LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC knj 2019-09-17 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-08-22 update (1 card)- Contributor: Wilkinson, Robert - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1806
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Book/Printed MaterialAn essay on transparent prints, and on transparencies in general Parallel text in English and French. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2595 LC copy imperfect: plates 16-17 missing. LC copy has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC knj 2019-09-17 no edits (1 card) LAC ecr 2019-09-26 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-09-30 LAC ddw 2022-06-07 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number or copy number in Rosenwald bibliography.…- Contributor: Orme, Edward - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue of prints List of 107 prints executed by William Baillie after his own and other artists' designs. Book-plate of Howard C. Levis. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. LC copy kept folded in a binding (24 cm.) with title: Catalogue-- prints by Capt. Wm. Baillie. LAC knj 2019-09-23 update (1 card)- Contributor: Baillie, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed Material[Portrait of William Cowper after George Romney. India ink and wash drawing, inscribed: William Cowper Esq. Given by the poet; to his friend Hayley]. The original of the plate engraved by Blake for the frontispiece of W. Hayley's Life and posthumous writings of William Cowper. Chichester, 1803-1804. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1823 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy accompanied by folder (38 cm.) containing 3 different engravings of Cowper's portrait, one of them with lettering: W. Blake…- Contributor: Romney, George - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hayley, William - Blake, William
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialCupid turned volunteer; in a series of prints Brit. Mus. Cat. records variant t. p.: ... in a series of prints, designed by her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth ... "Stipple-engravings prnted in color but tinted by hand"--Justin G. Schiller, Ltd., Chapbook miscellany, v. I (summer, 1970), p. 87. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1956 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC knj 2019-09-23…- Contributor: Park, Thomas - Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson) - Elizabeth - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1804
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue and description of the whole of the works of the celebrated Jacques Callot National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NG 0486867 (vol. 216, p. 477) LAC knj 2019-09-23 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-07-11 update (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Green, J. H. (John Hippisley)
- Date: 1804
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Book/Printed MaterialAn essay on prints Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2541 LAC knj 2019-09-26 no edits (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: Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress) - Gilpin, William - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialJohn Bon and Mast Person. Type-facsimile of the 1548 London edition. A satirical dialogue in verse. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1960 LAC nsk 2019-12-13 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-20 update (1 card)- Contributor: Shepherd, Luke - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialThe life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, Esqr.
Life of Cowper Illustrative matter engraved by William Blake. Vols. 1 and 3, and part of v. 2 have running title: Life of Cowper. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1822 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921) 73 and 124 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. DLC copy has letter of Hayley to Miss Fanny Meyer, dated…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hayley, William - Blake, William
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed Material[Designs to a series of ballads
Series of ballads Issued in 4 parts with covers bearing title: A series of ballads. Only 4 of 15 projected parts were published. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1820 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 72 The Blake illustrations are available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy in original covers, without general title page; title supplied…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Hayley, William - Blake, William
- Date: 1802
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Book/Printed MaterialThe triumphs of temper : a poem : in six cantos Imprint on t.p. reads: Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London, 1803. Plates engraved by William Blake. Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 471A. LC copy extra-illustrated with author's port. (engr. by Ridley after Geo. Romney) Recat. to AACR2: vj46 3/15/82. LAC tnb 2019-12-03 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Hayley, William - Flaxman, Maria - Blake, William
- Date: 1803
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Book/Printed MaterialThe ghost of Abel : a revelation in the visions of Jehovah Manuscipt. Caption title. Transcribed by Algernon Charles Swinburne. The original published in 1822. "Printed in black on two leaves, from plates containing both text and illustrations. Uncolored"--Rosenwald. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1812 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921) 51A Keynes & Wolf, William Blake's illuminated books, copy A Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Swinburne, Algernon Charles - Stonehill, Charles Archibald - Blake, William
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialElements of science and art, being a familiar introduction to natural philosophy and chemistry. Together with their application to a variety of elegant and useful arts Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2566 LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Webster, Thomas - Imison, John
- Date: 1808
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Book/Printed MaterialLa botanique de J. J. Rousseau, ornée de soixante-cinq planches, d'après les peintures de P.J. Redouté. The plates are of the first state without engraved titles. Cf G. Dunthorpe, Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 1938 no. 252. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1881 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: Adolphus Frederick Haselden, James Heron Watson (ex libris) LAC scc 2018-11-21 update (1 card)…- Contributor: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - Redouté, Pierre Joseph - Haselden, Adolphus Frederick - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Watson, James Heron
- Date: 1805
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Book/Printed MaterialLa Ménagerie du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle; ou, Les animaux vivants,
Animaux vivants 37 pts. issued in 10 fascicules. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1878 Le citoyen Maréchal formerly identified by LC as Pierre Sylvain Maréchal; added entry corrected to Nicolas on 7-18-84, as recommended by a correspondent. vj46 7-18-84 LAC scc 2018-12-07 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-19 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Maréchal, Nicolas - La Cépède, (Bernard Germain Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon) - Maréchal, Sylvain - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Miger, Simon Charles - Cuvier, Georges - Paris. Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle. Ménagerie
- Date: 1801
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Book/Printed MaterialSaggio di osservazioni e d'esperienze sulle principali malattie degli occhi Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.- Contributor: Scarpa, Antonio - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1801
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Collection[Autograph letters, signed.] Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1793 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ddw 2022-04-07 update (1 card)- Contributor: Cumberland, George - Linnell, John - Blake, William - Hayley, William - Blake, J. (James) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialLife of Romney. Author's manuscript, dated at end: Oct. 22, 1807. Includes only p. 1-168 and 329-332 of the text as printed in London in 1809. Caption title. National Union Catalog, pre-1956 imprints NH 0209232, vol. 236, p. 491 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1959 LAC ddw 2022-04-20 create (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-25 update (1 card)- Contributor: Hayley, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1807
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Book/Printed MaterialValuable secrets in arts and trades, or, Approved directions from the best artists. containing, upwards of one thousand approved receipts
Valuable secrets in arts and trades | Approved directions from the best artists ... For the various methods of engraving on brass, copper, or steel. Of the composition of metals of the composition of varnishes of mastich, cements, sealing-wax, &c. &c. Of the glass manufactory, various imitations of precious stones, and French paste of colours and painting, useful for carriage painters of painting on paper of compositions for limners of transparent colours colours to dye skins or…- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1800
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Book/Printed MaterialTypographical antiquities : the history of printing in Great Britain The portion of Ames' Typographical antiquities (v. 1, p. 1-24 2nd group) entitled: Account of books printed by Caxton. No more printed. William A. Jackson indicates in his An annotated list of the publications of the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1965) that location of this vellum ed. unknown from the time of its sale at Sotheby's June 2, 1908. Paper t.p. with p. [1]-24…- Contributor: Dibdin, Thomas Frognall - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Ames, Joseph - Herbert, William
- Date: 1809
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Book/Printed MaterialMedaglia d'onore decretata dal pubblico di Parma al celebre tipografo Gio: Battista Bodoni, Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1874 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ddw 2022-04-19 update (1 card)- Contributor: Tommasini, Giacomo - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1806
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