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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
3
Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814–1862
2
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874
2
Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
1
Gibbs, William
1
Harrison, W. Randle (William Randle)
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Jones, L. E. M
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Midolle, Jean, fl. 1830–1850
1
Tymms, W. R. (William Robert)
1
Weale, John, 1791–1862
1
Wood, F. G
1
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1897
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Under Certain Circumstances
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Classification
Books
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Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
Creator Gender
unknown
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Period
19th century
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Work Type
chromolithograph
9
alphabet book
4
wood engraving
3
engraving
2
woodcut
2
alphabet rhyme
1
chromoxylograph
1
copy books (penmanship)
1
game
1
playing card
1
poem
1
primers (instructional books)
1
printed wrappers (binding)
1
readers (primer)
1
recreation
1
Subject Terms
Alphabets.
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Decoration and ornament.
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Initials.
5
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
4
Lettering.
4
Monograms.
3
Barnard (J.) and Son -- Publisher.
2
Gosselin, Charlotte, d. 1892 -- Bookplate.
2
Gosselin, Mary, d. 1892 -- Bookplate.
2
Adams & Gee -- Printer.
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Adams and Gee -- Printer.
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Bogue, David -- Publisher.
1
Bookbinding -- Specimens -- 1836.
1
C. R. -- Provenance. (BAC)
1
Children's poetry.
1
Day & Haghe -- Printer.
1
Day & Son -- Publisher.
1
Ducklewatte, Jeanette -- Autograph.
1
English language -- Alphabet.
1
Ferguson, Charles T. -- Bookplate.
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Great Britain
2
Bombay
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England
1
Glasgow
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Ireland
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Exhibition History
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.
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English
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French
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Foster, Vere, 1819–1900
Vere Foster's Copy books
[approximately 1897?]
2
The darlings delight, or, Easy ABC
[between 1814 and 1817]
3
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Monograms, old architectural ornament, sacred illustrations, borders and alphabets,
[1852]
4
The child's alphabet
[ca. 1820?]
5
Jones, L. E. M
The landscape alphabet
[1831]
6
Gibbs, William
The hand-book of alphabets, initials, and monograms
[1860]
7
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Alphabets, numerals, and devices of the middle ages,
1845
8
The pretty ABC
[between 1829 and 1839]
9
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874
One thousand and one initial letters,
1864
10
Harrison, W. Randle (William Randle)
The handbook of alphabets and ornaments
[186-?]
11
Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814–1862
The book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediæval
1860
12
Tymms, W. R. (William Robert)
The art of illuminating as practiced in Europe from the earliest times
1860
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Ford's Ancient and ornamental alphabets
1858
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Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814–1862
Examples of modern alphabets, plain and ornamental
1859
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Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
Illuminated ornaments,
1833
16
The picture alphabet for a good child
[approximately 1850]
17
Wood, F. G
Alphabets and designs of different periods
[1863]
18
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1889
The hand book of mediaeval alphabets and devices
1853
19
Midolle, Jean, fl. 1830–1850
Album du moyen-age
1836
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Jones, Owen, 1809–1874
702 Monograms
1864
21
Polygraphia curiosa
[1844?]