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CollectionCase Books Consists of more than 2,200 books and serials spanning the period 1550 to the present, with most published between 1840 and 1970. Illustrations are the featured aspect of these works, and many of the volumes contain original visual materials such as engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, fine photogravures, and photographic prints. The subject matter and country of origin vary widely. Representative examples include: The Designs of…- Date: 1550
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Photo, Print, DrawingCette figure vous montre comme on imprime les planches de taille douce 1 print : engraving ; 25.8 x 32.8 cm (sheet) | Print shows three men working in a printshop preparing a plate for the press and operating the press.- Contributor: Bosse, Abraham
- Date: 1642-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingHugo Grotius 1 print : engraving. | Hugo Grotius, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.- Date: 1640-01-01
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CollectionPopular Graphic Arts About 15,000 historical prints (ca. 1700-1900) created to document geographic locations or popular subjects and sometimes used for advertising and educational purposes. Most are by American printmakers (e.g., Baillie, Currier & Ives, Sachse & Co.), but publishers in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo). Subjects vary widely, from city and harbor views, street scenes, and manufacturing plants to genre scenes,…- Date: 1700
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe presentation (of Jesus) in the temple (oblong) 1 print : etching. | Hannah approaches Simeon who is holding Jesus.- Contributor: Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBelagerung der Stadt Wolffenbüttel im Jar 1641
Translated title: Occupation of the city of Wolffenbüttel in 1641 1 print : etching ; sheet 24 x 34 cm on card mount 36 x 46 cm | Print shows birds eye view of the walled city of Wolffenbüttel in 1641 with views of troop formations, fortifications, the village of Fimmelsen, the Oker River and other geographic features. The Swedish army occupied Wolffenbüttel in June, 1641. Locations and explanations of activities are identified from…- Contributor: Hauslab, Franz - Hauslab, Franz,, Dlc
- Date: 1641
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Photo, Print, DrawingSonatore in Piazza 1 print : engraving. | Man playing lute.- Contributor: Carracci, Annibale
- Date: 1646-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Virgin, Child, and St. John the Baptist 1 print : chiaroscuro woodcut ; 17.8 cm. x 15.4 cm. | Print shows Mary and infant Jesus with young St. John the Baptist.- Contributor: Reni, Guido - Coriolano, Bartolomeo
- Date: 1647-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingUnus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 1 print : etching ; 10.2 x 7.6 cm. (sheet) | Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Sitter identified as a Munsee-Delaware Algonquian-speaking warrior called Jaques who was transported to Amsterdam from New Amsterdam in 1644.- Contributor: Hollar, Wenceslaus
- Date: 1645
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Photo, Print, DrawingPerillvstri et reverendissimo domino, D. Antonio Triest, episcopo gandavensi, dominii s. bavonis toparch æ, comiti evergemiensi catholic æ maiestati a consiliis statvs, etc. 1 print : engraving. | Print showing the massacre of the innocents ordered by Herod, from a 17th century perspective.- Contributor: Pontius, Paulus - Rubens, Peter Paul
- Date: 1643-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDe Nova stella, anni 1572 New star discovered in 1572 by Tycho Brahe in the constellation Cassopeia.- Date: 1648
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal Coin, Louis XIII. Ten Louis d'Or.
Monnaie royale, Louis XIII. Dix louis d'or The mechanization of the minting of coins from precious metals in France made possible the creation, in 1640, of the louis d'or, named after King Louis XIII (1601--43; reigned, 1610--43), who first introduced the coins. This series of gold pieces was part of a reform that changed the minting method from hammered coinage to a more precisely milled and weighed coinage. These coins included…- Contributor: Louis XIII, King of France - Varin, Jean
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Hero's miraculous altar] 1 print : engraving. | Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors.- Contributor: Hero - Aleotti, Giambattista - Hero, of Alexandria
- Date: 1647-01-01
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CollectionFine Prints About 85,000 prints created as art works, ca. 1450-present (most dating between 1800 and the present). Prints by American printmakers and artists (e.g., Paul Revere, Mary Cassatt, Jim Dine, Joseph Pennell) predominate, but creators in many other countries are also represented (e.g., Albrecht Dürer and Marc Chagall). Subjects vary widely, for example, portraits, religious themes, historical events, and street scenes.- Date: 1450
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Photo, Print, DrawingTheatrium Fontium anté Palatium 1 print : engraving. | Ornate theatre on Palatine hillside. Atlantis fountain in center. Rome.- Date: 1647-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSchreiber collection of European book illustrations Wilhelm Schreiber (1855-1932), German printmaking scholar and author of the major reference work Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle (1891-1911), organized a personal study collection of over 20,000 book illustrations produced during the 15th through the 18th centuries. The Library acquired this collection in 1929 along with Schreiber's handwritten inventory. (Source: Melville guide)- Contributor: Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig
- Date: 1400
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CollectionFinding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond A thematic collection exploring changing models of the universe through time, ideas of life on other words and Carl Sagan’s place in the tradition of science. It features manuscripts, rare books, celestial atlases, newspaper articles, sheet music and movie posters.- Contributor: Macfarlane, Seth - Druyan, Ann - Sagan, Carl
- Date: 1495
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Photo, Print, Drawing[The three trees] 1 print : etching, with drypoint and engraving on laid paper; sheet 20 x 28 cm. | Print shows landscape with three trees. "The view is probably taken from near the Diemerdijk in the vicinity of Amsterdam." (Source: White & Boon, p. 103)- Contributor: Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn
- Date: 1643-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDrei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players)- Contributor: Pauli, Andries
- Date: 1600
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Forearm with arteries marked to show blood flows from heart in continuous one-way cycle] 1 print : engraving.- Date: 1643-01-01