Glaciers; Blanc, Mont (France and Italy); Photography of mountains -- Europe; Landscape photography -- Europe; Glacier des Bossons; Gorner Glacier; Aletsch Glacier
"[Illustrations are twenty-five heliotype] plates by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, from photographs by W.H. Jackson, Braun, Frith, Knudsen, Bourne & Shepard. A major example of heliotype printing and the first of what was to be a series. This...
Design; Lace and lace making -- Italy -- Early works to 1800; Embroidery -- Italy -- Early works to 1800; Sources and documents -- Italy -- 16th century;
Published in 1567, "La vera perfettione del disegno di varie sorti di ricami…" is a pattern book that provided designs for the elaborate lacework and embroidery of the period. These pattern books were designed to be portable and easily handled,...
Prints, French -- 18th century;Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050-1106;Gregory VII, Pope, ca. 1015-1085;Papacy -- History;Court and courtiers;Interior spaces;Courts;Kings and rulers;Courts
Nicolas Le Sueur After Federico Zuccaro
Medium Notes: Etched line block and two-tone wood blocks on laid paper without watermark
Sophocles. Oedipus Tyrannus; Guild, Curtis, 1860-1915 -- Portraits; Riddle, George -- Portraits; Opdycke, L. E. -- Portraits; Norman, Henry, 1858-1939 -- Portraits; Lane, G. M. -- Portraits; Manning, W. H. -- Portraits; Wendell, E. J. -- Portraits;...
"15 Heliotype plates of photographs of the cast and the play in rehearsal. 'The groups were photographed on the stage of the Sanders theater with electric light;...are believed to constitute the most extensive piece of photography of this kind...
"20 collotype plates from photographs of New Zealand, South Sea Natives, photomicrographs, and two portraits of the author. The Lewis Co., Boston, did the collotype prints. This is the only book by this company thus far identified. The book notes...
"[9] phototypes from photographs of scenery. [17] half-tones from photographs of scenery. Collotypes by Brit[t]on & Rey, San Francisco. Another Brit[t]on & Rey printing job with some of the plates showing a high degree of skill. The images are an...
"7 plates of Albertypes of fossils, 7 plates of Heliotypes of Indian artifacts, arrow heads, ax heads, etc. E. Bierstadt, New York did the albertypes and James R. Osgood, Boston (unidentified except under each plate "Heliotype") did the...
Obelisks -- Egypt -- Alexandria; Cleopatra's needle (New York, N.Y.); Obelisks -- Great Britain -- London; Obelisks -- Rome; Archaeology -- Egypt; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt
"31 Artotype illustrations from photographs, one mounted and glazed, produced by Harroun and Bierstadt, and E. Bierstadt, New York. ...The Artotypes in this book are some of the finest produced by Bierstadt. The pictorial record of this engineering...
"16 chromo-photolithographs from photographs of rugs. Many colors to match the rugs. 8 artotype illustrations of photographs of rugs. 8 half-tone illustrations from photographs of rug manufacture."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 134
Photoengraving -- Halftone process; Photomechanical processes; Town Hall (Kempten, Germany); Immenstadt im Allgau (Germany); Oberstdorf (Germany)
"12 Half-tone plates from photographs and art. Excellent description with very clear explanation of the formation of the dot on the negative and the importance of the shape of the stop and its distance. Plates made by students at the Practical...
Natural history -- Outdoor books; Botanical illustration
"...The most startling half-tones are...where the photograph of eye glasses and a beetle are superimposed directly over the type as if they were directly on the page. The ability to cut text and image in this way was a radical step..."--Hanson...
Waterfalls -- New York (State); Landscape photography -- United States; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.); New York (State) -- Description and travel; New York (State) -- Surveys
"9 mounted heliotype illustrations from photographs of the Falls and surroundings. Plates by the Heliotype Printing Company, Boston, from photographs by George Barker. This volume is the only one...[with] mounted and glazed prints. This style of...
