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ARTS 231: Etching: Process/Themes: Rare Books

Legendary History of the Cross (1483)

Heures de Simon Vostre a l'usage de Langres

Andreae Tiraquelli regii in Curia Parisiensi senatoris Tractatus varii 1567

The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton (1596)

Livy. The Romane Historie (1600)

LIVY. The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a Chronologie to the whole Historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke. London, Printed by Adam Islip, 1600.

A source for Coriolanus. See pages 36 and 55.

James II Coronation Book (1685)

The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II: By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. And of His Royal Consort Queen Mary

Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron (1833)

Charles Wilkes (1845)

The Story of Nell Gwyn (1852)

Little Dorrit (1855)

Matthew Perry (1856)

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Perry, Matthew C, and Francis L. Hawks.
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M.c. Perry, by Order of the Government of the United States.
Washington, D.C: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856.

[Image of Map of Coal Mines of Formosa]

[Image of Bird collected in China]

[Image of three Japanese fishes]

[Image of Fishing at Hakodadi]

[Image of Japanese Print of "Crossing the Oho-e-ga-wa" River]

Laurence Oliphant [James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin] (1860)

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Oliphant, Laurence.
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, '58, '59: With Illustrations from Original Drawings & Photographs. in 2 Volumes.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.

[Image of Sewe-kang-ha Waterfall]

[Image of "A View of Fusy-Yama" from a Japanese Drawing]

[Image of "A Winter Scene in Japan" from a Japanese Drawing]

Fore-Edge Paintings (1886)

Jack McLarty (1990)

"Color and I Are One--I Am a Painter” : Quotes from the Artists Selected by Jack McLarty

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