Alphabets; Initials ; Illumination of books and manuscripts
Illustrated title page in colors; Ornamental borders; Bibliographical foot-notes; "The art of illuminating: what it was,--what it should be,--and how it may be practiced. By M. Digby Wyatt, architect." pages 1-96; "Exhibited: Gothic Revival and...
One of "120 three-color Half-tone illustrations from photographs of stuffed birds. Plates by the Chicago Colortype Co., Chicago, Ill...This undertaking was the most ambitious three-color work to this date. These plates were also some of the most...
Fujian Sheng (China); Scientific expeditions -- China; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Crustaceans -- China -- Classification; Mollusks -- China -- Classification; Birds -- China -- Classification; Xiamen (Xiamen Shi, China); Fuzhou Shi (Fujian...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby reports on the situation in the Fujian province, where he's on a collecting trip. He tells of Chinese citizens forcibly impressed by soldiers who are left for...
Scientific expeditions -- China; Fujian Sheng (China); Mammals -- China -- Classification; Crustaceans -- China -- Classification; Mollusks -- China -- Classification; Birds -- China -- Classification; Cephalopods -- China -- Classification; Clark,...
In this letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark, Sowerby reports on a letter he received from a Mr. Ravenal of the Smithsonian Institution, detailing the many hundreds of specimens received by the Institution from...
Watercolor painting, Japanese -- 19th century;Watercolor painting, Japanese -- 20th century;Birds;Branches;Calligraphy;Aspen;Trees
Remarks: Sho Tei identified by Julia Meech-Pecharik as Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918) who visited Paris c. 1878 previously identified as Sho Tei who died 1971
Porcelain -- England -- Worcester -- 18th century;Soft paste porcelain -- England -- Worcester -- 18th century;Worcester porcelain;Vases -- England -- Worcester -- 18th century;Decorative arts -- England -- 18th century;Birds;Decoration and...
Marks: Fretted square in underglaze blue (v. blurred)
Medium notes: Vases painted with blue scale ground, white reserves painted with exotic birds in overglaze enamels, all enriched with gilding hexagonal covers similarly decorated with...
Fujian Sheng (China); Scientific expeditions -- China; China -- Description and travel; China Journal of Science and Arts; China Society of Arts and Science; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Reptiles -- China -- Classification; Amphibians --...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby describes his collecting trip to Fukien Province, his illness, financial and personal issues, news of the China Journal of Science and Arts and the China Society...
Bankers Trust Company (New York, N.Y.); Conseil interprofessionnel du vin de Bordeaux; Daily Racing Form, Inc.; Italy (Kingdom, 1805-1814); United States. Bureau of Animal Industry; United States. Committee on Public Information About, Edmond,...
The personal reading library of Robert Sterling Clark includes collected works of fiction and history with significant subject development in cookery and horses.
