engraving

Shakespeare's House. Book illustration from Library of Congress

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

Ezra Stiles / D.C. Hinman, sc. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Ezra Stiles, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Another version published in: The history of Connecticut ... / G.H. Hollister. New Haven : Durrie and Peck, 1855, opp. p. 234. After painting ... More

This certifies that by the payment of blank dollars blank has been con...

Print shows an angel among clouds, holding an open bible illuminated by rays of light breaking through the clouds. Redactions in ink paritally obscuring the names of the "Recording Secty." and "President" at b... More

Washington aus der Vogelperspective / Druck v. Weger, Leipzig.

Engraving shows visitors on grounds of partially constructed United States Capitol building.

Life of religious reformer Martin Luther A. Kollner des. & eng

Prints show a portrait of Martin Luther and scenes from his life, as a young boy in a family setting, as a young man speaking before Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at the Diet of Worms, also shows a scene that ... More

[Felix Constantin Alexander Johann Nepomuk Salm-Salm, three-quarter le...

On mount: Prince and Princess of Salm-Salm. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 26, upper left.

North front of the City Hall, Washington City

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: North. Bears stamp from Map Division: Dec. 8, 1933. Pencilled on front: "185-" Reference copy in LOT 4386-17.

[Theodore Parker, 1810-1860, half length portrait, standing behind pul...

Wood engraving in the Illustrated London News, September 27, 1856, p. 314. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Remains of the party of Narvaez / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Wolf(?) eating bones. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 307. Reference copy in LOT 4409-D.

Capture of secession varmints / T. Gunn.

Cartoon shows Brother Jonathan pulling skunks (caricatures of southern secessionists) out of the back pockets of John Bull. Caption: Bull- "What are you about, sir? Picking my pockets, eh?" Jonathan- "Don't ge... More

[Portrait of Lincoln. Reproduction from an engraving based on a Brady ...

Based on Meserve no. 87. A photograph by Matthew B. Brady made in Washington on February 9, 1864. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection. Penciled on back: Gift Gladys Tallman, 10/23/64

Map showing the comparitive area of the Northern and Southern states e...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 217 (1861 February 23), p. 124. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.

The iron-clad New Ironsides under sail

Photograph shows a reproduction of an engraving of the ironclad. No. 5511. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Army of the Potomac--Kearney's division fighting in the woods, Mon...

"Bushwhacking" battle in Virginia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Aug. 9, p. 500, bottom.

Maj. General Philip Kearny. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Half lgth., standing, facing slightly right; in uniform, holding sword and hat. Wood engraving after phtoogrpah by Anthony. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 Sept. 20, p. 408. Reference copy... More

Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson, 1826-1911

Full length, on horseback, facing left, in front of troops. Wood engraving after a photograph by Jacobs. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. VII, no. 336 (1863 Jun3 6), cover. Reference copy may be in LOT 4417. This... More

Lieut. Genl. Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A. border designed by W. Momberger ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; he is surrounded by vignettes of Civil War scenes, showing Union troops in action at top right and a naval bat... More

Cold Harbor, Virginia General Burnside and his staff at 9th Corps head...

Illus. from Harper's weekly, July 23, 1864, p. 469. Engraving made from a photograph not included in American Memory edition (Library of Congress reproduction no. LC-USZ62-70354). Identification from William A.... More

Rebel attack on General Lee's wagon train at Mansfield, La., April 8

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 May 24, p. 129. Wood engraving from a sketch by C.E.H. Bonwill.

Very probable / TJ.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cartoon showing Lord Punch saying, "That was Jeff Davis, Pam! Don't you recognise him?" and Lord Pam replying "Hm! Well, not exactly--may have to do so some of these days." Sign reads "America, another federal ... More

Jean Antoine Houdon - George Washington daguerreotyped, from the statu...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military coat, with right hand resting on short pillar and holding walking stick in left hand. Caption continues: From the st... More

Pictures of the South / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Sept. 15, p. 581.

"Interior view of Blow & Kennett's Lead Furnaces, Granby, Mo."

Wood engraving by E.C. Hussey Company, after D.H. Huyett. Illus. in: Nathan H. Parker's Missouri as it is in 1867 (Philadelphia, 1867) Opp. p. 99. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 I. This record contains unver... More

Pioneer tobacco. Kentucky. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Tobacco label showing man in buckskin, standing on mountain, with two dogs and dead deer. Copyright by Caleb Clark(?).

"The Labor Exchange - Emigrants on the Battery in front of Castle Gard...

Wood engraving after Stanley Fox. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1868 Aug. 15. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - preparing th...

Wood engraving after a sketch by James E. Taylor. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1868 March 28, p. 28. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ.... More

[People in rowboat with furniture]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Ardagh Chalice -- bottom of chalice

Probably published in book or periodical on Irish art. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Frances Anne Kemble, 1809-1893 - Public domain portrait engraving

3/4 lgth., seated, facing slightly left. Actress. Steel engraving after painting by Alonzo Chappel after painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, copyrighted by Johnson Wilson, & Co. This record contains unverified, ol... More

Missouri - President Grant's farm near St. Louis from sketches by Will...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 41, no. 1046 (1875 Oct. 16), p. 93.

[3 Figures of the Moon: The Crater of Plato, The Crater Wargentin, The...

Wood engraving in Scientific American, May 13, 1876, p. 309. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Science; Moon; Shelf.

Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gi...

Auction poster to sell furnishings at James McNeill Whistler's home in Chelsea on Tite Street on Tuesday, May 13, 1879. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection.

The hare and the hound - Public domain book illustration

Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.27). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Aesop's Fables, p. 84.

[Shaw crowning a bust of Shaw] - Public domain monumental decor engrav...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Henry Foster / eng. by E.G. Williams & Bro, N.Y.

Henry Foster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fairies, ferns, and birds] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as heading and border for: "Dreamland."

Washington, D.C. - Incidents of Life at the National Capitol during a ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 52, no. 1332 (1881 Apr. 9), p. 97. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Women in politics; Lobbying; St... More

Mary Arthur McElroy, White House hostess for President Chester Arthur

Photograph showing Mary McElroy, head and shoulders portrait, left profile. Photo of engraving by John Sartain.

[Two illustrations--head-and-shoulders portrait of Gerhard Mercator, f...

Print of Abraham Ortelius based on painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Illus. in Narrative and critical history of America / Winsor. 1886, v. 4, p. 372. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE - Mercator, Gerhard.

Even Song. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Woman standing on porch of house; snowman in the front yard]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Father Lacombe heading the Indians / drawn by Frederic Remington.

Battle, with Father Lacombe, missionary of the Oblates, in front of Blackfeet Indians, at Calgary, in the Canadian province of Assiniboia (now Saskachewan?). Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 Oct. 18, p. 805.

The Sioux chiefs before Secretary Noble / Drawn by T. De Thulstrup.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1891 Feb. 21, p. 140. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, managers, directors, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A tennis court in Chelsea - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Down Love Lane" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 87:588 (Sept. 1893).

David Paul Brown - Print, Library of Congress collection

David Paul Brown [facsimile signature], painted by J. Neagle From the original picture in the Law Library printed for the Junior members of the Philadelphia Bar. Phila., J.S. Earle 1839. mezzotint and stipple e... More

Lieut. R. Pearson Hobson, U.S. N., the fearless young hero who sank th...

Print shows a portrait of R. Pearson Hobson, in uniform, facing right. The initials "F.F." are written within the left shoulder of the image. Publication date based on copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp,... More

Letter from Frederick P. Fish to Alexander Graham Bell, May 1, 1906

Arch Street Theatre [Philadelphiadelphia], engraving, Library of Congr...

Steel engraving by A. Yeager This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Transferred from Map Division in 1921. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; Theatres Pe... More

[Scenes in cotton field - Blacks picking; White men watching; large fa...

Steel engraving copyrighted by American Bank Note Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African Americans and whites; Cotton industry; Cotton picking; Shelf.

Horologium deuotionis, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]). Translated by the author. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Rosenwald 139 Goff B-505 Hai... More

Belägerung vnd Eroberung der Festung Benfeld so durch den Schwedischen...

Print shows two images. Upper image shows the a birds-eye view of the fortress of Benfeld in Alsace, the cloister Ehl and the headquarters of field marshall Gustav Horn during the siege of that town in 1632. Th... More

Abriss der Statt vnd Porto Piombino

Broadside of the siege of Piombino, Italy by the Spanish on 25 May 1650 showing the fortress of Piombino at the end of a peninsula, the locations of Spanish artillery with lines of fire, and Spanish ships attac... More

Rossīĭskīi︠a︡ propisi, sluzhashchīi︠a︡ dli︠a︡ nauchenīi︠a︡ di︠e︡teĭ, p...

Cover title. Signed on plate i: Andreĭ i Ivan Reshetnikovy. Dedicated by gentleman-in-waiting Vasiliĭ Petrovich Saltykov to his sons Sergei ̆and Mikhaĭl -- Preliminary leaf [2]. Etched/engraved throughout; p... More

Pirro, ré d'Epiro. Libretto. Italian - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed: Gaetano Maldonati--p. 5-6; foreword--p. 7; "Argomento"--p. 8; scene and ballet scene descriptions--p. 12. "Colla permissione"--title page. "Compositor... More

United States Capitol ("Federal Capitol"), Washington, D.C. Floor plan

Inscription: 15. S. Hallet - Arch. Com. Plan. Principal floor. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

Baltimore National Convention of Ratification. Clay and the tariff

A crude campaign badge produced for Whig National Convention held at Baltimore in May of 1844. There are two illustrations: above, a sailor with a hammer nails an American flag with the words "HENRY CLAY" to a ... More

The Alabama State Fair - the Amphitheatre

Illustration shows spectators viewing horses and carriages parading around track; judges and band in center gazebo. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 2 (1858 November 27), page 756. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434G.

Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, K...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building. Caption on print: View of the Capitol at Washington. Envelop... More

Young American crushing rebellion and sedition / engraved by William S...

A symbolic vision of the North's defeat of the Confederacy. "Young America" or the Union is shown as the infant Hercules strangling two serpents representing rebellion and sedition. According to Greek mythology... More

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Mabel Hubbard Bell, June 25, 1890

Available text: Transcription

Houdini letterhead from 1912 - Public domain book scan / engraving

Letterhead with cameo portrait of Harry Houdini in profile; a note signed by Houdini identifies this item as his steel engraving letterhead of 1912, made in Bradford, England. From the collections of the Rare B... More

Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion

Signatures: A-M⁶ N⁴ O⁶ (-O6?) P-S⁶ T⁴ V-X⁶ Y⁶ (-Y6?) Z⁶. "Elegia Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri in obitum Alberti Düreri": p. [261]-[262]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 657 Rosenwald Collection... More

Kurtze Beschreibung der Freystatt im Hertzogthumb Francken gelegen wie...

Print shows birds eye view of Freising in Bavaria in August 1632 in flames in the valley below. Troops are fleeing the city but other troops are in battle formation on the edge of the valey. Additional troops d... More

Copie d'une lettre escrite de Donawert à Son Altesse Électorale par S....

Signed at end: Le Comte d'Arco. Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 173C. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 173. Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were house... More

The jail, Philada. Malcolm delt. et sc

Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Another copy in: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure [...]. London : Published [...] according to Act of Parli... More

Pirro, ré d'Epiro. Libretto. Italian - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed: Gaetano Maldonati--p. 5-6; foreword--p. 7; "Argomento"--p. 8; scene and ballet scene descriptions--p. 12. "Colla permissione"--title page. "Compositor... More

Theodore Sedgwick, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to edge of plate mark. Dexter, variant of 449 Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). Published in: Sa... More

Armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. External elevation

With alternate scheme for cupola and masonry finishes. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Aureliano in Palmira. Libretto. Italian - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Argomento"--p. 3. Libretto by Gian-Francesco Romanelli--New Grove. "Musica del Sig. maestro Gioachimo Rossini"--p. 5. "Le scene sono nuove, d'invenzione e d'esecuzione del... More

Rossīĭskīi︠a︡ propisi, sluzhashchīi︠a︡ dli︠a︡ nauchenīi︠a︡ di︠e︡teĭ, p...

Cover title. Signed on plate i: Andreĭ i Ivan Reshetnikovy. Dedicated by gentleman-in-waiting Vasiliĭ Petrovich Saltykov to his sons Sergei ̆and Mikhaĭl -- Preliminary leaf [2]. Etched/engraved throughout; p... More

St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook, London, Eng. Section

Inscription on recto: "St. Stephen's Walbrook". In: The Bulfinch sketchbook. Drawing has not been definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to him. Reference print (copy photo) also ... More

Aureliano in Palmira. Libretto. Italian - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Argomento"--p. 3. Libretto by Gian-Francesco Romanelli--New Grove. "Musica del Sig. maestro Gioachimo Rossini"--p. 5. "Le scene sono nuove, d'invenzione e d'esecuzione del... More

Horologium deuotionis, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]). Translated by the author. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Rosenwald 139 Goff B-505 Hai... More

Antigona. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed "Bartolomeo marchese Calderari"--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5-6; scene descriptions--p. 11; scene descriptions for the ballets--p. 12. "Colla permissione"... More

Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion

Signatures: A-M⁶ N⁴ O⁶ (-O6?) P-S⁶ T⁴ V-X⁶ Y⁶ (-Y6?) Z⁶. "Elegia Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri in obitum Alberti Düreri": p. [261]-[262]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 657 Rosenwald Collection... More

Pirro, ré d'Epiro. Libretto. Italian - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed: Gaetano Maldonati--p. 5-6; foreword--p. 7; "Argomento"--p. 8; scene and ballet scene descriptions--p. 12. "Colla permissione"--title page. "Compositor... More

Orfana della grotta (balletto favoloso). 1802

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Ai leggitori"--p. [3] at beginning; "Mutazioni di scene pel ballo primo ...pel ballo secondo"--p. [8] at beginning; "Mutazioni di scene per l'opera"--p. [9] at beginning. "Le parole... More

Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben

Title extracted from colophon (leaf ccclxxxvb). Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Cf. E. Panofsky's A. Dürer, II, p. 52. Signatures: [a² b-v⁸ x⁶ y⁸ z⁶ A-Z⁸, 2a⁸ 2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸]. Rosenwald 127... More

Wappenbüchlein. Antzeygung deren Wappen darauf des Heyligen Römischen ...

Engravings (13 x 11 cm) include title, colophon and 3 half-titles. According to Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, this edition has 51 engravings, but Nagler in his Künstler-Lexicon, correcting Bartsch's statement p... More

Rossīĭskīi︠a︡ propisi, sluzhashchīi︠a︡ dli︠a︡ nauchenīi︠a︡ di︠e︡teĭ, p...

Cover title. Signed on plate i: Andreĭ i Ivan Reshetnikovy. Dedicated by gentleman-in-waiting Vasiliĭ Petrovich Saltykov to his sons Sergei ̆and Mikhaĭl -- Preliminary leaf [2]. Etched/engraved throughout; p... More

Amor artigiano. Libretto. Italian. Performance: Roma

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two parts; date of performance on title page corrected by hand to read 1787; "Con licenza de' superiori"--title page; advertisement--title page; "Protesta"--verso of title page; appr... More

Finto giardiniere chinese (ballo). 1788 - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Colla permissione"--title page; "Mutazioni di scene"--p. 8. Dedication on p. 3-4, signed, "Lorenzo Formenti." "Compositore della musica, Sig. maestro Luigi Caruso"--p. 6. ... More

Caligola. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

di A. Ghislanzoni ; musica di Gaetano Braga ; Teatro alla Scala, quaresima 1874. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal note--p. 2; "Note istoriche" from Svetonio's "Vita di Caligola"--... More

Antigona. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed "Bartolomeo marchese Calderari"--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5-6; scene descriptions--p. 11; scene descriptions for the ballets--p. 12. "Colla permissione"... More

Dürer in Venedig. Libretto. German

Dichtung von Adolf Bartels nach der gleichnamigen Novelle von Adolf Stern ; Musik von Waldemar von Baussnern. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Textbibliothek"--front cover. "Copyright ... More

Albrecht Dürer. Libretto. German

Friedrich Leber ; Musik von Fritz Baselt. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Price on front cover: 50 Pfennig; "Vollständiges Textbuch."--title page; "Den Bühnen gegenüber als Manuscript ... More

Caligola. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

di A. Ghislanzoni ; musica di Gaetano Braga ; Teatro alla Scala, quaresima 1874. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal note--p. 2; "Note istoriche" from Svetonio's "Vita di Caligola"--... More

Dürer in Venedig. Libretto. German

Dichtung von Adolf Bartels nach der gleichnamigen Novelle von Adolf Stern ; Musik von Waldemar von Baussnern. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Textbibliothek"--front cover. "Copyright ... More

Wappenbüchlein. Antzeygung deren Wappen darauf des Heyligen Römischen ...

Engravings (13 x 11 cm) include title, colophon and 3 half-titles. According to Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, this edition has 51 engravings, but Nagler in his Künstler-Lexicon, correcting Bartsch's statement p... More

Caligola. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

di A. Ghislanzoni ; musica di Gaetano Braga ; Teatro alla Scala, quaresima 1874. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal note--p. 2; "Note istoriche" from Svetonio's "Vita di Caligola"--... More

Horologium deuotionis, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]). Translated by the author. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Rosenwald 139 Goff B-505 Hai... More

Finto giardiniere chinese (ballo). 1788 - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Colla permissione"--title page; "Mutazioni di scene"--p. 8. Dedication on p. 3-4, signed, "Lorenzo Formenti." "Compositore della musica, Sig. maestro Luigi Caruso"--p. 6. ... More

Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion

Signatures: A-M⁶ N⁴ O⁶ (-O6?) P-S⁶ T⁴ V-X⁶ Y⁶ (-Y6?) Z⁶. "Elegia Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri in obitum Alberti Düreri": p. [261]-[262]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 657 Rosenwald Collection... More

Festa di ballo in teatro (ballo). 1791

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; p. I-VII numbered by hand; handwritten notes throughout; "Colla permissione"--title page; scene descriptions--p. VII. Handwritten note on title page: Musica di Marcello di ... More

Passional, das ist Der Heyligen Leben

Title extracted from colophon (leaf ccclxxxvb). Some of the woodcuts are attributed to Albrecht Dürer. Cf. E. Panofsky's A. Dürer, II, p. 52. Signatures: [a² b-v⁸ x⁶ y⁸ z⁶ A-Z⁸, 2a⁸ 2b⁶ 2c-2d⁸]. Rosenwald 127... More

Antigona. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed "Bartolomeo marchese Calderari"--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5-6; scene descriptions--p. 11; scene descriptions for the ballets--p. 12. "Colla permissione"... More

Caligola. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

di A. Ghislanzoni ; musica di Gaetano Braga ; Teatro alla Scala, quaresima 1874. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal note--p. 2; "Note istoriche" from Svetonio's "Vita di Caligola"--... More

Horologium deuotionis, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]). Translated by the author. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Rosenwald 139 Goff B-505 Hai... More

Antigona. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; dedication, signed "Bartolomeo marchese Calderari"--p. 3-4; "Argomento"--p. 5-6; scene descriptions--p. 11; scene descriptions for the ballets--p. 12. "Colla permissione"... More

Horologium deuotionis, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]). Translated by the author. The woodcuts are sometimes ascribed to Dürer. Cf. Erwin Panofsky's A. Dürer, 2nd ed., II, p. 51-52. Rosenwald 139 Goff B-505 Hai... More