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Africa Maps from the collection of Ken Habeeb

5/28/2023 Ken Habeeb: "Some years back while I was reading about slavery, I ran across the phrase White Man's Grave. In trying to reconcile that with slavery, I saw that maps showed the vast African Interior as being "unknown." That sent me down a path to find out why...The amazing exploration stories followed. Then I was hooked....Africa was the last continent to be explored by anybody - by a lot, and Central Africa, in particular wasn't penetrated by Europeans until the late 19th century. The Spanish, English, and French had been inside the Americas already for four hundred years. Why? The African interior was dangerous because of disease, travel hardship, and inhospitable indigenous tribes. The continent had earned the name The White Man's Grave, and all business for centuries, including slavery was conducted only from forts and towns along the coastline. Today, African countries are determiing their own fate trading and realizing mineral and floral riches. For me, African maps, be they 15th century or later, graphically record the amazing exploration stories of the continent."Ken Habeeb @kenhabeeb 5/28/2023keywords: khabeeb, imagesforsale

Confessions of a Caricaturist - 1917

5/28/2023 I love this book of caricatures by Oliver Herford. The images remind me of New Yorker cartoons. I made a collage of the various caricatures and put it together as a poster in the exhibit. It can be purchased with the "Buy" button on the left side of the screen here.Tom Paper (@tomadmin) 5/21/2023Oliver Herford was a prolific writer, artist, and illustrator. Here are some of his other works:"The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten""Complete Peter Pan Adventures: By J.M. Barrie And Other Authors""The Smoker's Yearbook" (without his illustrations)"The Devil" (a play adapted from Ferenc Molnar)"The Literary Guillotine" (appears as a character in the text)Herford's cartoons and humorous verses regularly appeared in publications including Life, Woman's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, Century Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The Masses, The Mentor, and Punch1.From the 1890s to the 1930s, Herford authored over 30 books1.In addition to his books, Herford is also known for his poems and quotes23.Source: www.perplexity.aiOliver Herford (2 December 1860 – 5 July 1935) was an Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy bon mots and skewed sense of humor. "Herford, regarded as the American Oscar Wilde, was known for his wit". His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist, delivering comic monologues on stage. Herford was a longtime member of the Players Club in New York City, where his wit became "one of the traditions of Gramercy Park." He married Margaret Regan, an Englishwoman, in New York on May 26, 1905. They made their home at 182 East 18th Street for about thirty years. Herford died on July 5, 1935, and his wife died the following December.Source: Wikipediakeyword: memorabilia, imagesforsale, artarch

Mitchell's School Geography - 1845

5/28/2023 This exhibit is for David Cooper-Bryce (@David Cooper-Boyce) , who took my winter study class in January 2023 at Williams College and during almost every class, borrowed and perused this book. To his credit, he split his attention well and didn't miss much of what was going on in the classroom. (See image 33 of 88 for Mitchell's assessment of Williams College...second place, with Amherst, after Harvard.)Tom Paper (@tomadmin) 5/21/23Mitchell's School Geography is a system of modern geography that was published in 1845 by S. Augustus Mitchell123. It describes the geography of the world and includes maps and illustrations. The book was published by Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Company in Philadelphia. Mitchell's School Geography was widely used in American schools during the mid-19th century and was considered a standard textbook4.S. Augustus Mitchell was the publisher of "Mitchell's School Geography" in 1845, which was a system of modern geography1234. He was also the author of "Mitchell's Ancient Geography, Designed for Academies, Schools, and Families: A System of Classical and Sacred Geography with an Ancient Atlas"5. Mitchell was an American geographer and cartographer who lived from 1792 to 18686.Source: perplexity.aiSamuel Augustus Mitchell (1790,[1] Bristol, Connecticut – December 20, 1868, Philadelphia) was an American geographer. Mitchell's 1864 map of India, Tibet, China and Southeast Asia. He was born in Connecticut.[1] Mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publishing geography textbooks and maps. He became involved in geography after teaching and realizing that there were so many poor quality geographical resources available to teachers. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in either 1829 or 1830. He was in Philadelphia when he founded his company. His son, S. Augustus Mitchell, became owner in 1860. Their publications covered all genres of geography: maps, travel guides, textbooks, and more.[1] Sales of his 24 works reached an annual volume of over 400,000 copies.[2]Source: wikipediakeywords: geography histtext

The Birds of Cambridge - 1875

5/28/2023 A cool book about birding in Cambridge for my colleague and birder Collin Smith (@collinsmith). Amazing that this "niche" of bird-watching was so popular so long ago!Tom Paper 5/21/2023"The Birds of the Cambridge Region of Massachusetts" is a book about birds in the Cambridge region of Massachusetts, written by William Brewster and published in 190612. The book is part of the "Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club" series34. The Nuttall Ornithological Club was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest ornithological societies in North America3. The book contains information about the birds found in the Cambridge region, including their habitats, behaviors, and physical characteristics12. It also includes illustrations of the birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, a well-known bird artist15. The book was well-received and is considered an important contribution to the field of ornithology6.William Brewster was an American ornithologist who was born on July 5, 1851, in South Reading (now Wakefield), Massachusetts1. He was the youngest of four children born to John Brewster, a successful Boston banker, and Rebecca Parker (Noyes) 1. Brewster was educated in the Cambridge public school system and spent his childhood observing birds2. At about the age of 10, he became close friends with a boy his age, Daniel French. French's father was a hunter and amateur taxidermist who displayed his skill in cases in his home. Brewster's father gave him a gun and taught him to shoot, providing a means of collecting birds to study1. He co-founded the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and was an early naturalist and conservationist13. He was also the first president of the Massachusetts Audubon Society4.The Nuttall Ornithological Club is the oldest ornithology organization in the United States, founded in 1873123. The club was named after Thomas Nuttall, a botanist and zoologist who published the first field guide for North American birds3. The club was established by a group of young fellows in and around Cambridge, Massachusetts, who were enthusiastic about birds2. The founding members included William Brewster, Henry Augustus Purdie, William Earl Dodge Scott, Francis P. Atkinson, Harry Balch Bailey, Ernest Ingersoll, and Walter Woodman3. The club's mission is to promote the scientific study of birds and their habitats4. The club has been influential in the field of ornithology and has published several journals including the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club3. The club also co-founded the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) with other ornithological societies in North America53.keywords: 19thCentury, memorabilia

The Boston Tea Party - 1882

5/28/2023 I love these colorful images about this historic revolutionary event, published in 1882. The illustrator and author each came from "society" and the author, in particular, had a history of publishing children's stories and bible-themed books. Ron Gibbs (@rgibbs), I think you will like this.Tom Paper (@tomadmin), 5/21/2023The book "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773" was published in 1882 by Dodd, Mead & Company12345. It was written by Josephine Pollard and illustrated by H.W. McVickar12645. The book is an account of the Boston Tea Party, a political protest that occurred in 1773 in which American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing "taxation without representation," dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the Atlantic Ocean12. The book is written in verse and contains thirty color lithographic plates5.Harry Whitney McVickar (1860-1905) was an American artist, illustrator, and real estate investor who was a prominent member of New York society during the Gilded Age12. He illustrated several books, including "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773" written by Josephine Pollard34561.Josephine Pollard (1834-1892) was an American author, hymn writer, and poet1. She wrote "The Boston Tea Party, December 1773," a book about the political protest that occurred in 1773 in which American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Atlantic Ocean234. The book is written in verse and illustrated by H.W. McVickar234.Josephine Pollard was a prolific writer who mainly wrote for juvenile readers. She wrote original fairy tales, verses, natural histories, Bible stories, biographies, and histories. She also wrote several volumes of poetry, including Coeducation (1883), a rhymed tract promoting equal rights for women. Pollard's most inventive contribution to the field of juvenile literature was a series of books consisting almost entirely of words of one syllable. The few polysyllabic words are divided into syllables to help the young reader. The series includes The History of the United States (1884), Our Hero, General U.S. Grant (1885), and A Child's Life of Washington (1887). She also worked as an editor for the Sunday School Times and worked for the Methodist Book Concern, where she edited a magazine intended for African Americans. Pollard published over a hundred hymns and wrote numerous popular children's books mostly on religious and historical topics123456.Source: Perplexity.aikeyword: memorabilia

Tabulae Sceleti - Bernhard Siegfried Albinus - 1749

5/28/2023 I shot these images with my friend Rich Breiman (@rbreiman) in early 2020, just before the pandemic, when we were beginners at image collection. Despite the uneven lighting, I love and appreciate the beauty and intricacy of the images. Tom Paper (@tomadmin) 5/21/2023Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (originally Weiss; 24 February 1697 – 9 September 1770) was a German-born Dutch anatomist. He served a professor of medicine at the University of Leiden like his father Bernhard Albinus (1653–1721). He also published a large-format artistic atlas of human anatomy, with engravings made by Jan Wandelaar.Wikipediakeyword: richbreiman medhist

Etats Unis - 1837

M. Roux De Rouchelle (a.k.a. Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle), source: artnet.com"Etats-Unis" is a book about the United States of America, published in 1837 by M. Roux De Rouchelle12345. It is part of the series "L'Univers Pittoresque Amerique" and contains 96 steel engraved plates24. The book provides a history and description of the United States of America.M. Roux De Rouchelle, also known as Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle, was the author of "Etats-Unis", a book about the United States of America, published in 183712345. He was the French Minister to America from 1829 to 183135.Source: Perplexity.ai

San Francisco and California - 1906

Pictures of San Francisco and California from 1906, immediately before April 18, 1906, when the great earthquake and fire happened. This book was a gift to me (Tom Paper) from my wife, Eleanor Bigelow, in early 2022. Source: TMPThe A.L. Hettrich Company was an import and wholesale dealer in sea shells, coral, and other natural history specimens in San Francisco in the early 1900s12. It is also mentioned in a collection of commercial catalogs from the late 1800s and early 1900s3. Perplexity.aikeyword: memorabilia

Die Schrift - 1929

This exhibit is an exploration of typefaces, from ancient to modern, published in 1929. I find the imagery to fascinating and am eager to learn more. A high school classmate is a typeface designer and I will be curious to see what he thinks about this book. Tom Paper 6/20/2022"Die Schrift" is a book by Hermann Degering that contains an atlas of the various forms of writing in the Western world from ancient times to the end of the 18th century12345. It was published by Ernst Wasmuth in Tübingen, Germany, and the first edition was released in 192924. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in the history of writing and typography.Hermann Degering was a German librarian and author who lived from 1866 to 19421. He is best known for his book "Die Schrift," which contains an atlas of the various forms of writing in the Western world from ancient times to the end of the 18th century23. Degering was also the co-author of "Lettering: Modes of Writing in Western Europe from Antiquity to the End of the 18th Century"4. Source: Perplexity.ai and Wikipedia

Report of the Cruise of the Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean - 1885

I became aware of this book after reading Hampton Side's amazing book, In the Kingdom of Ice, which tells the story of the 1880's De Long expedition of the Jeanette to the North Pole. As a part of the Jeanette story, Sides tells the story of the Corwin, which had a famous crew member, John Muir, who later wrote a book called The Cruise of the Corwin. This exhibit is an official report of one of the cruises of the Corwin, in 1885, led by Michael A. Healy, although it was not the same cruise during which Muir was a crew member, in 1881. However, in that 1881 cruise, whose purpose was to find the De Long expedition, Healy was in command and Muir was one of the crew. keyword: 19thCentury

The Nile Boat - 1852

This exhibit comes from a book about the Nile River, published in 1852, during a period of European history in which people were consumed with Egyptomania. It has an excellent map of the Nile, made about 7 years before construction began on the Suez Canal. The author was William Henry Bartlett who, according to Wikipedia, "one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation.""The Nile Boat or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt" is a book written by W.H. Bartlett. It was originally published prior to 19231. The book provides a glimpse into the land of Egypt and its culture. It has been published in multiple editions, including a fifth edition with an embossed and gilded hardcover2. The third edition was published by A. Hall, Virtue and Company in 18523. Source: perplexity.aiWilliam Henry Bartlett (March 26, 1809 – September 13, 1854) was a British artist, best known for his numerous drawings rendered into steel engravings. Bartlett was born in Kentish Town, London in 1809. He was apprenticed to John Britton (1771–1857), and became one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled throughout Britain, and in the mid and late 1840s he travelled extensively in the Balkans and the Middle East. He made four visits to North America between 1836 and 1852.Bartlett's primary concern was to render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to The Nile Boat (London, 1849). Many views contain some ruin or element of the past including many scenes of churches, abbeys, cathedrals and castles, and Nathaniel Parker Willis described Bartlett's talent thus: "Bartlett could select his point of view so as to bring prominently into his sketch the castle or the cathedral, which history or antiquity had allowed". Bartlett returning from his last trip to the Near East suddenly took ill and died of fever on board the French steamer Egyptus off the coast of Malta in 1854.[2][3] His widow Susanna lived for almost 50 years after his death, and died in London on 25 October 1902, aged 91.[4]Source: wikipediaKeyword: 19thCentury

Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures - 1839

George Bush (June 12, 1796 – September 19, 1859) was an American biblical scholar, pastor, abolitionist, and academic.[1] A member of the Bush family, he is a distant relative of both President George H. W. Bush and President George W. Bush.[2]Source: Wikipedia"Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures" is a book edited by Rev. George Bush and published in 1839[1][2][3]. The book is a compilation of information about the manners, customs, rites, traditions, and forms of speech of the people mentioned in the Bible. It was derived from the works of Harmer, Burder, Paxton, and other authors[1][4]. The book was well-received and was later republished in 1845[2][3]. It is considered a valuable resource for Bible students and scholars[5].Source: perplexity.aiKeywords: bible

Grimm's Fairy Tales - 1883

"Grimms' Fairy Tales" is a collection of German fairy tales by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published in 1812[1][2]. The collection was revised and enlarged seven times between 1819 and 1857. The book has had many publishers and illustrators over the years, including R. Worthington and George Cruikshank in 1882[1]. The Grimm brothers are known for their contributions to the modern study of folklore, and their work has had a significant impact on literature and popular culture[3].George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator who illustrated books for children and adults, including the first English translation of Grimm's Fairy Tales[1]. He was considered the most important graphic artist working in England by 1835[2]. Cruikshank used his artistic platform to voice his opposition to the Industrial Revolution[2]. His illustrations for Grimm's Fairy Tales were widely praised, but his own rewriting of fairy tales was criticized, most prominently by Charles Dickens[1].Walter Crane (1845-1915) and E.H. Wehnert (1813-1868) were both illustrators of books, including "Grimm's Fairy Tales" published in 1896[1] [2] [3]. Wehnert was an English-born painter of landscape, genre, and historical subjects, best remembered for his illustrations in books and magazines[4]. Crane was an English artist and book illustrator who was part of the Arts and Crafts movement[5]Source: perplexity.aikeyword: imagesforsale

Elementary Geology - 1856

I might not have featured this exhibit if I had known that the author of this book, Edward Hitchcock, was the third president of Amherst College. (I went to a superior institution, Williams College, from which the founders of Amherst defected and are forever known as The Defectors.) That said, here's what Wikipedia says about this Defector:Edward Hitchcock (May 24, 1793 – February 27, 1864) was an American geologist and the third President of Amherst College (1845–1854).Born to poor parents, he attended newly founded Deerfield Academy, where he was later principal, from 1815 to 1818. In 1821 he was ordained as a Congregationalist pastor and served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Conway, Massachusetts, 1821–1825. He left the ministry to become Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Amherst College. He held that post from 1825 to 1845, serving as Professor of Natural Theology and Geology from 1845 until his death in 1864. In 1845, Hitchcock became President of the College, a post he held until 1854. As president, Hitchcock was responsible for Amherst's recovery from severe financial difficulties. He is also credited with developing the college's scientific resources and establishing its reputation for scientific teaching.In addition to his positions at Amherst, Hitchcock was a well-known early geologist. He ran the first geological survey of Massachusetts, and in 1830 was appointed state geologist of Massachusetts (he held the post until 1844). He also played a role in the geological surveys of New York and Vermont. His chief project, however, was natural theology, which attempted to unify and reconcile science and religion, focusing on geology. His major work in this area was The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences (1851). In this book, he sought out ways to re-interpret the Bible to agree with the latest geological theories. For example, knowing that the earth was at least hundreds of thousands of years old, vastly older than the 6,000 years posited by Biblical scholars, Hitchcock devised a way to read the original Hebrew so that a single letter in Genesis—a "v", meaning "afterwards"—implied the vast timespans during which the earth was formed. Randy Moore described Hitchcock as "America's leading advocate of catastrophism-based gap creationism."[1]Edward Hitchcock (below):Jeffrey Amherst (below, Wikipedia)Ephraim Williams (below, Wikipedia)Williams College Purple Cow Mascot (below, link)Amherst Mascott (below, link about former mascot)keyword: geohist

Martin's Chicago World's Fair Album-Atlas - 1892

The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.[1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage Columbus took to the New World. Source: Wikipediakeyword: memorabilia

The Art of The Book - 1927

"Cesare Ratta ( Bologna , March 13, 1857 - Bologna , September 15, 1938 ) was a scholar of graphic art. Cesare Ratta dedicated his entire life to typography , the art of printing and graphics . He is considered an innovator of typographic art in Italy [1] . Self-taught, composer, proofreader, printer and publisher, he believed that the values of the art of printing and graphics should be within everyone's reach." Wikipediakeywords: artarchexhibit created by Mina de Almeida and Tom Paper

Claire's Stamp Collection - 2022

A stamp collection that Claire Rickard brought to be shot on December 4th 2022.keyword: artarch

The Stones of Venice, by John Ruskin - 1858

Exhibit covering all the images, drawn by Ruskin, from the first two (of three) volumes. His categorization of marble types in Venice reminds me of Die Schrift, a book and exhibit on The Digital Gallery about fonts. "John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy." Wikipedia"Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft." Wikipediakeyword: artarch

Memory Maps - 1896

Alfonzo Gardiner was an editor who worked on educational books such as "The AL / Bright Story Readers" and "Home Lesson Books". He also edited "Tales for Composition" and "Tom Brown's School Days". The "A. L. / Bright Story Readers" series was a set of reading books for children, with "Hereward the Wake" being one of the stories included. The "AL / Bright Story Readers" were a series of educational books marketed as stories for readers aged 7-9. They were challenging stories illustrated in black and white by M. M. Thorpe. The series was approved for use in 1922 and included a Gr. 1 reader used for Gr. 2 and a Gr. 2-3 reader. The series was also used in schools in the 1940s.Source: perplexity.aiThe ’A.L.’ Atlas of Memory Maps series, edited by Alfonzo Gardiner and published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd, Educational Publishers, Leeds around 1896.keywords: geography histtext

Sean Conway Images for CMS 2021 Fall Conference

Sean Conway makes 2D maps look like they are 3D. Amazing.Exhibit has images from a talk by Sean Conway, 9/25/2021, for the California Map Society Fall Conference. Title of talk: "Breaking the Third Wall: Going Beyond Traditional Hillshade," by Mr. Sean Conway, Orthoimagery Technical Expert. Mr. Conway uses his formidable technology skills to transform vintage maps into stunning, three-dimensional relief maps by meticulously rendering elevation data. You can see some of his work at Muir Way.

Jo Mora In and About Carmel-by-the-Sea

An exhibit about Jo Mora's carte of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where Jo lived from 1920 until he passed away in 1947.Click here to read Peter Hiller's account of Jo's work on this spectacular pictorial map.Keyword: JoMora

US Election Maps - 1789 to 1876

One map for now, but soon to be an exhibit of historical election maps. Tom Paper 11/4/2020

California Map Society (CMS) Spring 2022 Conference

Held at the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University on June 4th, 2022.Register to attend in-person here.Register to attend virtually by the webinar here.

The Excursion of One Who Yearns to Penetrate the Horizons - al-Idrisi - 1250

Maps of the known world, by Arab cartographer, Al-Idrisi, made in 1154 for King Roger II of Sicily. Images from the Library of Congress.The Factum Foundation has an excellent article, referred to me by Sonja Brentjes, describing the maps.https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667394/https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_18418/?st=…From Perplexity: Al-Isidri, also known as ash-Sharif al-Idrisi, was a 12th-century Arab geographer and scientist who wrote one of the great medieval works of descriptive geography[1] He was born in 1100 in Sabtah, which is now Ceuta, and spent much of his early life traveling in North Africa and Spain[1] Al-Isidri's most famous work is the Nuzhat al-mushtāq, which includes a circular world map showing south at the top[2] Commissioned by Roger II, the Norman King of Sicily, in 1138, the manuscript was not completed until 1154[3] Al-Isidri's works contained remarkably precise depictions of Africa and the Nile River[4]keywords: earlymaps

Maps for Tom Paper talk to CMS 5 Nov 2022 & ERTSF 28 June 2021

Antique maps & geospatial analytics. How I help companies make better decisions using lessons from history's greatest cartographers. Link to video of talk (June 30, 2021)Google Presentation DeckGoogle Doc - Text of remarksPresentation by Tom Paper to The Economic Roundtable of San Francisco on June 30, 2021.Tom Paper is the Managing Partner of Webster Pacific and the Founder of The Digital Gallery. Tom is originally from Minnesota, one of four kids; he has three sisters and went to a summer camp in Northern Minnesota that led him on wilderness canoeing expeditions where he often was the navigator; he attended Williams College where he studied economics and environmental studies and then worked as a grain trader in South Dakota and a consultant with Bain & Company in Boston. He then attended the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, before joining his family’s business which makes bolts & forgings for the railroads of north america. He then became the CFO of a timber and lumber company and then was president of a coffee roasting business. In 2003, he established Webster Pacific, a ten-person consulting firm which helps companies make better decisions using data, analytics, geospatial analytics and a lot of common sense and little a bit of wisdom. Most importantly, he is married to Eleanor Bigelow, with whom he has raised two children. Tom lives in San Francisco in an 1887 Victorian, which, after his wife and children, has been the recipient of all of his earnings.

Anatomical Atlas - 1876

Henry Hollingsworth Smith, 1815-1890"The utility of drawings in illustration of a purely demonstrative branch, is now too well established to require any argument in its favor. Separated from the centre of instruction, and deprived of the advantages of the Dissecting Room, the 'ideas once so thoroughly acquired soon begin to fade, and the images once so distinct, become confused and mixed. A recourse to plates, in the absence of dead bodies, is then the on]y means of refreshing our knowledge." Henry H. Smith"Henry Hollingsworth Smith was born in Philadelphia on December 10, 1815, to James S. Smith and Lydia Leaming. Following in his father’s footsteps, the younger Smith enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania in 1830 as a member of the Class of 1834. Four years later he earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During his undergraduate years, Smith was a member of the Philomathean Society. Following graduation from the College, Smith enrolled in the Medical School where he earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine with the Class of 1837.After commencement from the Medical School, Smith traveled to Europe where he continued his medical studies in London, Vienna, and Paris. Upon returning to the United States, Smith served as a resident physician at Pennsylvania Hospital.During his medical career Smith was on the staff of numerous Philadelphia Hospitals, including St. Joseph’s Hospital, Philadelphia Episcopal Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Blockley Hospital. He also returned to his alma mater, first as an assistant in demonstrative surgery in 1849 and, six years later, as a professor of surgery, a position he held until 1871 when he was named emeritus professor of surgery.During the Civil War, Smith served under another former Pennsylvania student, General George McClellan. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Smith was charged with the organization of Pennsylvania’s hospital system in response to the fighting and held the position of Surgeon General of Pennsylvania in 1861 and 1862. Smith organized surgical and medical services at the Battles of Williamsburg, West Point, Fair Oaks, and Cold Harbor, and at the siege of Yorktown. After the war Smith returned to teaching, retiring in 1871.During his distinguished career, Smith wrote a number of books and journal articles on the practice of medicine. He was a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the president of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Medical Societies, the chair of the Surgical Section of the American Medical Association, and the chair of the Executive Committee of the International Medical Congress. He also received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Lafayette College in 1885.Smith was married to Mary Edmonds, the daughter of William Edmonds Horner, a professor of medicine at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania.Henry Hollingsworth Smith died in Philadelphia on April 11, 1890."https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/henry-hollingsworth-smith/keywords: medhist

The Witches' Frolic - 1888

Just in time for halloween! Spooky and sophisticated, this is a beautiful book, large in size, about 10" x 15". Each page is a beautiful plate. It was written in 1888 by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Barnham) and illustrated by Ernest Maurice Jessop. They partnered on several other books in the late 1800's. TMP 9/16/22Richard Barnham (a.k.a. Thomas Ingoldsby)keywords: kidhist artarch

The Land of Israel - 1866

Images from a book published by The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) in 1866. The SPCK is based in London and is still active today.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Promotin...keywords: 19thCentury

Colossi Maps

These colossi are cartographic curiosities as they were included along with two other images of colossal figures in Matthaus Seutter’s Atlas Novus published in 1728 and 1730. Four additional maps from this atlas are included in the exhibit because of their elaborate and artistic cartouches.Matthaus Seutter the elder (1678-1757) was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher based in Augsburg, Germany. He apprenticed with Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremberg and was awarded the title of Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731. By 1732, Seutter was one of the most prolific publishers of his time and was honored by the German Emperor Charles VI with the title of “Imperial Geographer”. He continued to publish until his death in 1757.From the collection of Rich Breiman.keyword: richbreiman

Williams College Portolan Charts - 1660-61

Portolan charts from around 1660. They were not intended for actual navigation but were instead likely used by a wealthy family either for display or for teaching their children. I put this together exhibit in January 2023 while I was teaching a class at Williams College. My thanks to Anne Peale and the Williams College Special Collections. They allowed me to shoot these images in the reading room of the Chapin Library.Image below is of me and Simon Kent, Williams class of '03, during our photoshoot.https://specialcollections.williams.edu/ keywords: earlymaps

Instruments of Navigation from the Collection of Jane and Ron Gibbs

Images of an astrolabe, an octant and a sextant, all instruments of navigation from the collection of Jane and Ron Gibbs. Shot in the studio of Tom Paper.keyword: rongibbs

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, 1696 - 1770, German anatomist

Images of the human body from the mid-1700's by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, 1696 - 1770, a German anatomist. From the collection of Richard Breiman.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Siegfried_A...keyword: richbreiman

Visscher Atlas of 1690

This atlas is spectacular! The Dutch were amazing map-makers. See 2nd introductory video to this exhibit here.The images for this exhibit come from from David Rumsey.Google doc of introductory remarks by Tom Paper here.For another spectular atlas from 85 years later, see the TDG exhibit of the Ferraris Atlas of 1775 here.

Atlas Comstock Lode - 1882

Beautiful images from a magnificent, large book written by a Harvard grad, class of 1868, who grew up in New York City and then lived a good portion of his life in California. The book is 20"x18" and the maps are double that size! Image Source: Wikipedia“George Ferdinand Becker (1847–1919) was an American geologist. His most important work was in connection with the origin and mode of occurrence of ore deposits, especially those of the western United States. Becker was born in New York City, 5 January 1847. He was the son of Alexander Christian Becker and Sarah Carey Tuckerman Becker of Boston, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1868, studied at Heidelberg, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1869, and, two years later, passed the final examination of the Royal School of Mines in Berlin. From 1875 until 1879 he was instructor of mining and metallurgy at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1879 he became connected with the United States Geological Survey, and later was placed in charge of the California division of geology.” Source: Wikipedia Image Source: Wikipedia"The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock. After the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush of prospectors to the area, scrambling to stake their claims. The discovery caused considerable excitement in California and throughout the United States, the greatest since the California Gold Rush in 1849. Mining camps soon thrived in the vicinity, which became bustling commercial centers, including Virginia City and Gold Hill. The Comstock Lode is notable not just for the immense fortunes it generated and the large role those fortunes had in the growth of Nevada and San Francisco, but also for the advances in mining technology that it spurred, such as square set timbering and the Washoe process for extracting silver from ore. The mines declined after 1874, although underground mining continued sporadically into the 1920s." Source: WikipediaImage Source: socialstudiesforkids.comImage Source: socialstudiesforkids.com

Unser Liederbuch - 1900

I love the joyfulness of the imagery in this book of music from 1900 by Ludwig von Zumbusch. I'm guessing the music is equally joyful.Image of Ludwig von Zumbusch. Source: Wikipedia“Ludwig von Zumbusch was a German realist painter and illustrator. Born on July 17, 1861 in Munich, Germany to the sculptor Caspar Ritter von Zumbusch, he went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in both Vienna and Munich. Over the course of his lengthy career, Zumbusch produced primarily portraits and figural paintings of children, although he also contributed to early German poster design, and painted nudes and amusing scenes of upper-class life. Rendered in an innately academic style, his works gained him critical and commercial success, resulting in his appointment as a professor at the Munich Academy of Art in 1905, and gaining the title of Knight by the Kingdom of Bavaria the same year. Zumbusch died on February 28, 1927.” from ArtnetSee also Wikipedia.Image Source: WikipediaImage Source: Wikipedia

Voyage Du Juene Anacharsis - 1830

Love this book of maps and images of ancient Greece. See great images of the Parthenon and Greek coins and costumes. The book was a supplement to one of the first historical novels, written by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, who was “…a French scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct language. He deciphered the Palmyrene alphabet in 1754 and the Phoenician alphabet in 1758.” Image of Barthelemy below from Wikipedia.“Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece was a fictional work about the travels of the Scythian named Anacharsis in Greece in the middle of the 4th century BCE, written by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy and published in 1788.”Image of Anacharsis below from Wikipedia.

Panoramic California

An exhibit of panoramic maps of cities of California. These maps, which were a phenomena of the late 19th century, are from the Library of Congress. To find maps of cities in your home state, search in the upper right for “panoramic” and a specific state.

Atlas Zu Polyclet -1877

I was fascinated by the images of the human body in this very large book from 1877. It reminds me of Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. The images are, quite frankly, a little spooky. The creator of this book, Gottfried Schadow (see image below), was a famous Prussian sculptor who also created the chariot on top of the Brandenberg Gate. My favorite page is probably the last page, the one with three fully-dressed citizens in a line-up. A website called figure-drawings.com references the historical importance of these drawings and that artists today use these drawings to perfect their craft. TMP 9/18/2022"Atlas of the Measures of Man, according to Sex and Age, by Dr. Gottfried Schadow, Berlin, published by Ernst Wasmuth, 6 Wiederstrasse 6, 1877"Wikipedia - Gottfried Schadow - sculptorWikipedia - Ernst Wasmuth, publisher

Die Brei Gerechten Namacher - 1915

I love the intricacy and emotion of these images. Published in 1915 about three German comb makers working for a master craftsman, the story has a dark ending. I especially love the image of the three men fighting with a wild creature. TMP 9/18/22“The Three Just Comb Makers…is a novella by the Swiss poet Gottfried Keller . Written in Berlin in 1855 and first published in 1856 in the collection The People of Seldwyla , it is one of Keller's better-known stories today and is regarded as an example of a realistic grotesque . The story is about three German journeymen who work for a Seldwyler master craftsman , all three hardworking, frugal, frugal, calculating and conflict-averse. Despite this – or precisely because of this – they become bitter rivals: everyone wants to buy the comb-making business, and everyone wants to marry the same wealthy maid. A decisive race ensues, which ends badly for two of the journeymen. But even the winner ends ingloriously as a henpecked husband.” Wikipedia

1777: Decisive Year of The American Revolution

The Digital Gallery is pleased to present the second exhibit in the American Revolution Series. Previously, in Exhibit 40, "George Washington and The American Revolution, 1775-1776," we displayed, through historic maps and iconic images, the course of the first two years of the war. The cause of American Independence went from elation when the American militia forced the British to retreat from Concord, Massachusetts (April 1775), to horror at the carnage at Bunker Hill (June 1775), and back to victory when the British Army was forced to evacuate Boston (March 1776). But a huge British force returned to New York (July 1776) and defeated General George Washington's army in a series of battles through late summer and autumn. The American cause was on the brink of disaster (December 1776) when Washington decided upon a bold stroke of war to save the American Revolution--and the future of the United States.Come with us now as we jump back to catch up with the momentous story of the Campaign of 1777 and why it proved to be the Decisive Year of the American Revolution.Note : I wish to acknowledge the contributions of my good friend Tom Paper to the development and production of this exhibit.keyword: rongibbs

George Washington and the American Revolution, 1775-1776

During the first two, precarious years of the American Revolution, the outcome was often in doubt. The Digital Gallery is pleased to present the exhibit, “George Washington and the American Revolution, 1775-1776,” to chronicle these critical times through historic maps, iconic paintings, and explanatory text. Here you can explore the maps and images related to both the defeats and eventual victories of these campaigns.See Ron Gibbs' historical novel about George Washington and the American Revolution, The Long Shot.October 2021: “Terrain and Tactics, British War Plan of 1776,” new article by Ronald Gibbs, Courtney Spikes and Thomas Paper. British General William Howe’s “War Plan illustrates the dichotomy of…[his]…tactical brilliance and his characteristic delays that thwarted his ultimate success. In contrast, General Washington was able to maintain the integrity of his army and keep the cause of American independence alive despite his initial defeats” (excerpt from the article). The article was published on-line in Journal of the American Revolution on October 12, 2021. To read the article, click here.See video of Ron's February 2021 presentation to the Washington Map Society here. See pdf of Ron's October 2020 presentation to San Francisco Map Fair here.keyword: rongibbs

The Curse of Drink - 1910

These images are strikingly moral in their admonishment about the dangers of alcohol. Arguments against the problems of alcoholism are not that different today, but rarely published in books.This book was published by Elton R. Shaw, who was "…a churchman, author and publisher, lecturer and educator, campaigner in the prohibition and temperance movement and a naturist."

Ocean to Ocean on Horseback - 1900

A fascinating story about a former Union soldier and Civil War hero who traveled on horseback in 1875 from Boston to San Francisco. Great images of America, including one of his capture by Indians. According to the Albany Times Union, “Willard Glazier was the ultimate ironman and a peerless survivor. He lived by his sword and by his pen.”Willard Glazer biography from Albany Rural Cemetary Explorer

Egypte Ancienne - 1839

A French history of ancient Egypt, published in 1839, twenty years before the construction of the Suez Canal began, with a map and fascinating images. This book was published at the height of the period of "Egyptomania" in Europe, when there was a fascination with ancient Egypt, sparked by the discovery of The Rosetta Stone in 1799 and its translation in 1822. See also TDG exhibit here of various maps of the Suez Canal and Egypt.

Bible Pictures 1890

Bible pictures from 1890, created by the German painter, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.From Wikipedia: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (26 March 1794 – 24 May 1872)[1] was a German painter, chiefly of Biblical subjects. As a young man he associated with the painters of the Nazarene movement who revived the florid Renaissance style in religious art. He is remembered for his extensive Picture Bible, and his designs for stained glass windows in cathedrals.

Punch's Almanac - 1842-1861

A British friend says that Punch magazine was “...real English humour. Offensive to everyone.” These are images are from the first years, 1842 to 1861. The last issue was in 2002. Wonderfully intricate images. Be sure to check out the page from 1850 with cartoons about the California gold rush (Image 111 of 253).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)

Antique Views of Ye Towne of Boston - 1882

I love this book about the history of Boston because it was written in 1882, when the revolution had happened only a century earlier. There must have been people alive at the time who knew people who had been a part of the revolution. All of the maps and images were created by the “Photo-Electrotype-Engraving Company,” which must have been high-tech for its time. Tom Paper 5/27/2022

Ruins of San Francisco - 1906

Shot in my garage, with my son, Michael, this photobook shows the aftermath of the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire. Published in 1906. Tom Paper, 5/27/22

Das Neue Testament - 1827

I love this old German bible that I bought on eBay recently. The images are a little spooky...a couple of them quite graphic. I would love to add translations to each of the images. Tom Paper 4/14/2022keyword: bible

Sketches and Cartoons by Charles Dana Gibson - 1898

I love these images and the beauty, humor, strength and intelligence of women that they portray. They remind me of my wife, Eleanor."Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944)[1] was an American illustrator. He was best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent Euro-American woman at the turn of the 20th century. His wife, Irene Langhorne, and her four sisters inspired his images. He published his illustrations in Life magazine and other major national publications for more than 30 years, becoming editor in 1918 and later owner of the general interest magazine." WikipediaCharles Dana Gibson - wikipediaThe Gibson Girl - wikipediakeywords: histfash, artarch

Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington

An atlas made as a complement to the famous biography of George Washington, written by Supreme Court Justice John Marshall. From the collection of Jane and Ron Gibbs.From Wikipedia: John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. Marshall remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court. Prior to joining the Supreme Court (and for one month simultaneous to his tenure as Chief Justice), Marshall served as the fourth United States Secretary of State under President John Adams.After his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall began working on a biography of George Washington. He did so at the request of his close friend, Associate Justice Bushrod Washington, who had inherited the papers of his uncle. Marshall's The Life of George Washington, the first biography about a U.S. president ever published, spanned five volumes and just under one thousand pages. The first two volumes, published in 1803, were poorly-received and seen by many as an attack on the Democratic-Republican Party.[119] Nonetheless, historians have often praised the accuracy and well-reasoned judgments of Marshall's biography, while noting his frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon's 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register.[120] After completing the revision to his biography of Washington, Marshall prepared an abridgment. In 1833 he wrote, "I have at length completed an abridgment of the Life of Washington for the use of schools. I have endeavored to compress it as much as possible. ... After striking out every thing which in my judgment could be properly excluded the volume will contain at least 400 pages."[121] The Abridgment was not published until 1838, three years after Marshall died.[122]Keywords: RonGibbs

Arbuckle's World Atlas - 1889

I bought this 1889 atlas on eBay in 2019 and, just recently, I scanned it and uploaded it to The Digital Gallery. I love the pictorial images of the countries; they convey so much more than boundaries and so much more than text. I also love that the atlas was made by a coffee company, marketing itself. The Arbuckle Coffee Company was an innovative marketer, the #2 coffee company in its day and the brand still exists today. Tom Paper 11/16/2021History of the Arbuckle Coffee CompanyMore history about Folger's and ArbuckleArbuckle Coffee in New York CityArbuckle Coffee mentioned on Wikipedia page about home coffee roasting

The Crusader Bible - 1240s

"The Crusader Bible, also known as the Morgan Picture Bible, the Maciejowski Bible, and the Shah ‘Abbas Bible, is not only one of the greatest medieval manuscripts in the Morgan, it also ranks as one of the incomparable achievements of French Gothic illumination." The Morgan Library and MuseumThumbnails of all images here.Wikipedia

Levi Walter Yaggy - 1887 & 1893

Welcome to The Digital Gallery’s exhibit on Levi Walter Yaggy, comprising 30+ images from the late 1800's used to teach kids about geography. When I first saw his maps and images, I imagined that the creator of these fantastic and creative images must have someone like van Gogh, Warhol or Basquiat, because of my notion of what is a creative personality. Well, it turns out, I was significantly wrong. Levi Walter Yaggy, was an entrepreneur, an investor, an inventor and a farmer. He was born in 1848, the tenth of eleven children. His main business was the Western Publishing House, a company he founded when he was 26 and which grew to have over one thousand employees. His inventiveness may explain why his maps and images have flaps, dials, sliders and other mechanical elements.As a publisher, Yaggy’s company specialized in materials for teachers. His maps came in a kit and were each substantial in size, about 2 feet x 3 feet. Our Yaggy exhibit is composed of two sub-exhibits. The first, from 1893, has nine images that represent geographic terms and climate zones of the world, as well as a relief map of the United States. An unfortunate part of his work is the propagation of the racist idea that temperate zones and their people favor superior cultural development over tropical zones and their people. However, from an information design perspective, his maps and images are exquisitely done because they are "BAZIC" (see Google Slide below). They of their simplicity, their use of color and the overall engagement they foster.Sources:* Boston Rare Maps* Open Culture article 2019* National Geographic 2018* Collossal 2019* Yaggy Obituary* Image of Yaggy and ancestry info* Yaggy Plantation for Sale 2016. Also here.* Books by L.W. Yaggy eBay* Google Slide document about Yaggy and "View of Nature in Ascending Regions". Also describes BAZIC criteria for judging quality of a map.keyword: histtext

La Science Des Personnes De Cour - 1752

Maps and images from a 1752 French geography textbook."The science of the people of the court of sword and robe...which contains an introduction to geography, with a particular description of all the principal parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and America."I'm pretty sure a few of the maps originally in the book were missing when I purchased it, in particular a world map and a map of North and South America.

Atlas of Mean Monthly Temperatures - 1964

Made by the US Army in 1964, these beautifully colored maps were used "...to work out a realistic system of clothing allowances to protect the soldier at any time of the year, in any part of the world." Peveril Meigs, Ph.D, was employed by the US government as a geographer, beginning in WW2. He an American geographer "notable for his studies of arid lands on several continents and in particular for his work on the native peoples and early missions of northern Baja California, Mexico." He also was "prominent among those listed as security risks by Senator Joseph McCarthy." Wikipedia

An Historical Atlas - 1826

Fascinating charts from 1826 about the history of the world by JE Worcester, famous for his "dictionary war" with Noah Webster.From Wikipedia: Joseph Emerson Worcester (August 24, 1784 – October 27, 1865) was an American lexicographer who was the chief competitor to Noah Webster of Webster's Dictionary in the mid-nineteenth-century. Their rivalry became known as the "dictionary wars". Worcester's dictionaries focused on traditional pronunciation and spelling, unlike Noah Webster's attempts to Americanize words. Worcester was respected by American writers and his dictionary maintained a strong hold on the American marketplace until a later, posthumous version of Webster's book appeared in 1864. After Worcester's death in 1865, their war ended.

Star Atlas by Upton - 1896

An atlas of stars made in 1896 by a famous astronomer who attended Brown University and was a founder of the Ladd Observatory.From Wikipedia: Winslow Upton (October 12, 1853 – January 8, 1914) was an American astronomer.[1] He published extensively on the subject of meteorology.[2]He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and was valedictorian when he graduated in 1875.[1] Upton then worked as an assistant at Mitchel Observatory of the University of Cincinnati where he received his master's degree in 1877.[1] He later received an honorary doctorate from Brown in 1906.[3]He became an assistant astronomer at the Harvard Observatory in 1877. During this time he wrote a parody of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore titled Observatory Pinafore.[4] Then he became an assistant engineer for the U. S. Lake Survey from 1879. In 1880 he was a computer at the U.S. Naval Observatory. He was a computer and assistant professor at the U.S. Signal Service in 1881.[5][6] He was appointed professor and head of the department of astronomy at Brown in 1884.[3] He then became director of Ladd Observatory when it opened in 1891.[7] During his tenure Upton also served as secretary of the faculty and dean at Brown.[2]He was a member of the U. S. government eclipse expeditions of 1878 and 1883, also of two private expeditions sent out in 1887 and 1889, and in 1896-97 was attached to the southern station of Harvard University at Arequipa, Peru.[8] His systematic research studying meteorology during solar eclipses has been described as "pioneering."[9]He married Cornelia Augusta Babcock in 1882 and they had two children. Eleanor Stuart Upton was a librarian at the John Carter Brown Library and Yale University Library. Margaret Frances Upton taught bacteriology. She was also a lab technician and research assistant at hospitals.[10]

The Great Miseries of War 1633

18 images from 1633 about the barbarity and tragedy of war. A watershed in art history, as a prominent artist departed from depictions of war that were heroic and just.Thanks to the following individuals for their help in this exhibit:* Translations: Julie Bancilhon (julie.bancilhon@gmail.com) * Research: David Williams (Dawcoronado92@gmail.com)* Scholarly research: Katie Hornstein (https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/katie-horn...) and (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bulletinfront/0054307...)Check out this one-minute (here) that I narrated about how these images, from 1633, were a watershed in the depiction of war.Wikipedia - The Great Miseries of WarTorture Museumkeywords: artarch

Johann Baptist Homann Atlas of 1716

This atlas, from the David Rumsey collection, is a treasure trove of imagery from the early 18th century. There's an ornate drawing of the German Emperor, a dozen beautiful celestial maps, a drawing of a wooden world clock with a map in its center, a drawing of fortress types, a drawing of a sailing warship and its parts, a drawing of whale types and whaling business activities, a glorious world map (of which we have a copy in our living room), incredible cartouches throughout, beautiful city maps of Stockholm, Venice, Vienna, Frankfurt and Constantinople, and several maps where California is depicted as an island. Also noteworthy is that several parts of the world remain undiscovered and unmapped, including Australia and New Zealand and the area from California up to the arctic. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/sear...

A Popular History of the United States - 1883

Timeline charts from an 1883 US history book, remarkably informative and great information design. I bought this 1883 US history book by J.C. Ridpath on eBay in 2019. In November 2021, I collected hi-res images of the timelines and maps in the book and then converted them into this exhibit for The Digital Gallery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clark_Ridpath

Maps of Haiti at Leventhal - for Stephanie Curci CMS Fall Conference

Created 9/22/2021 for Stephanie Curci by Tom Paper.50 maps from the Leventhal library in Boston.https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search?page=1...

Maps of Haiti at David Rumsey - for Stephanie Curci CMS Fall Conference

Created 9/22/2021 for Stephanie Curci by Tom Paper.68 maps in total.https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/...

San Francisco Giants Maritime Bay Cruise

Welcome to our special exhibit for San Francisco Giants Enterprises Maritime, following the route of the California Spirit cruise around the San Francisco Bay, starting and ending at Pier 40, the marina closest to the ballpark. If you'd like to book a cruise or for information on other experiences, please contact: info@giantsenterprises.com or call 415-947-3200 or visit https://giantsenterprises.com/yacht-charters/.

The Cartographic History of San Francisco

Twelve key maps describing the history of San Francisco. Presented to the California Map Society, May 15, 2021, by Jim Schein and Tom Paper.

Brittania Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd 1720

Welcome to The Digital Gallery’s exhibit of the Brittania Depicta, a road atlas of Britain published in 1720 by John Owen and engraved by Emanuel Bowen. This atlas was based on the Britannia atlas of 1675 created by John Ogilby. David RumseyVideo 2 can be found here or in curated text of 1st image in exhibit.

Panoramic Minnesota

During the 19th and 20th centuries, cities’ local chambers of commerce and other civic organizations prepared and sponsored their own maps as ways to advertise the existing commercial activity. Pictorial maps are also known as "illustrated maps, panoramic maps, perspective maps, bird's-eye view maps, and geopictorial maps." This style of map commonly uses a 3-D perspective and heightened angle, typically not drawn to scale. Wikipedia"Somewhat like the websites of their time, every town sought to have one [panoramic map] to remain competitive in attracting industry and the immigrant trade. Sometimes artistic exaggeration bordered on the fraudulent, as some travelers were drawn by images of idyllic, bustling towns with humming factories only to find a sad little bunch of mud-soaked shacks when they got there." WikipediaFive main artists/cartographers created over 55% of the Library of Congress’ panoramic map collection, likely due to the long process of creating each map. Artists would walk city streets, sketching notable trees, buildings, and landmarks, later combining the sketches and raising the visual angle to accurately depict the landscape. Advancements in artistic technologies (lithography, engraving, etc.) allowed for expedited pictorial map recreation. Popular, and heavily detailed, city maps functioned in local homes as wall decor, promoting personal civic pride. Hosts were able to point out to visitors exactly where they lived, worked, and socialized, heightening the relationship between identity and locale. While production occurred throughout the country, the demand for city promotion was higher north of the Mason-Dixon line. Many of these maps (both originals and modern recreations) are still popular today for their detail and visual appeal. Panoramic pictorial maps serve as the main way that the “vitality of America’s urban centers” was graphically documented.For Minnesota specifically, these maps showcase the state's history and growth through mining, milling, timber, and railroads. Minnesota is also notorious for its plethora of lakes and associated recreational activities. The cities showcased in this exhibit represent the metropolitan growth of both Minnesota, and the Midwest as a whole.Minnesota Wikipedia Page Library of Congress, Panoramic Mapping

Jo Mora's Carte of Los Angeles - 1942

This exhibit has been created by Peter Hiller, Curator of The Jo Mora Trust and Nancy Grossman. Here by author and researcher Nancy W. Grossman shares with Digital Gallery viewers her introduction to Jo Mora as found in her book Jo Mora's Carte of Los Angeles: A Trail Guide published in December 2019.Further in the digital exhibit, the dots found on the map correspond to a few of the sections in her book each of which articulates the significance of those vignettes found on Jo Mora's carte..."Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora. How does one begin to summarize such an enormous life? Jo Mora, Renaissance Man of the West, is the phrase I come upon most, that and Jo Mora, cowboy cartographer. This man is also a writer, a painter, illustrator and muralist, sculptor and photographer, and a cartoonist and comic artist, which will come as no surprise to fans of his cartes. He even designs a 1925 half dollar coin for the US Mint commemorating the state of California’s 75th anniversary.During an insurgency in 1877, the Mora family flees Uruguay. Jo is a year old at the time; his brother Luis is three. They go first to Barcelona, finally arriving in the US in 1880, where they settle in the greater New York area. Both boys are already deep into the making of art; at the ages of eight and ten respectively, they consider creating a twenty- foot mural of the Iroquois Indian wars, though there’s no record of them actually doing so.Their father Domingo is an accomplished sculptor. Jo and Luis attend primary school in Perth Amboy and grammar school in Allston, Massachusetts. At 15, Jo completes the Boston Latin School, and graduates from the Pingry Academy in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1894. Both study sculpture under their father, who teaches art in Perth Amboy, Boston and New York City.By 1895 Jo’s studying at the Art Students League, the Chase School of Art in New York and the Cowles Art School in Boston – and, at 19, has already produced poster murals for the Clermont Skating Rink in Brooklyn. Returning to Boston, Jo goes to work first for the Boston Traveler and then becomes a member of the Boston Herald art staff for the next four years, illustrating articles plus various books.In 1903, he takes a trip west, working as a cowpuncher on a ranch in Solvang near the Mission Santa Ines, which inspires him to travel the entire Camino Real and sketch the Missions he saw. In 1904 he travels by mule-drawn wagon across Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Park and the Mojave Desert to Needles on his way to the Hopi mesas in Arizona. In Arizona, he is permitted to witness the Hopi Snake Dance, then sets to both photographing and producing detailed artwork of the ceremonies of the Hopi and Navaho tribes he’s gotten to know over two years of living among them. Upon settling back in California he will marry Grace Needham, of San Jose, CA., at the Mission San Gabriel in 1907 and start to raise his soon to be born children Jo, Jr. and patty.Mora publishes twelve of his iconic cartes over his lifetime. The first, Monterey Peninsula, his second, The 17 Mile Drive, and the first version of California all come out in 1927. San Diego appears in 1928. The three national parks, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, all come out in 1931. Grace Line Fleet to the Old Spanish Main and Evolution of the Cowboy: Levi’s Round-Up of Cowboy Lore are published in 1933; the latter is a poster rather than a map, as is his Indians of North America in 1936. Carmel-by- the-Sea and Los Angeles are both issued in 1942. A second, smaller version of California will be his last, in 1945. An unfinished pencil rendering of a map of Catalina is found after his death. But cartes are hardly all Jo Mora does. This man’s work is as varied as it is prolific. Starting out collaborating with his father, he finds himself working on huge architectural projects. In Los Angeles, at least four buildings include his work, including the Palace Theatre; he is assisting his father on four sculpted allegorical panels representing song, dance, music and drama when his father dies while this commission is still in progress. Mora completes it.In San Jose, Mora creates two heroic male sphinx figures for the Scottish Rite Temple [today the San Jose Athletic Club], plus bas-reliefs over its entrance and throughout the building. He provides decorative elements for the Monterey County Courthouse, as well as numerous detailed panels for the King City High School auditorium. In Carmel, he sculpts Father Junipero Serra’s cenotaph, an altar and a cross.He creates pediments and bas-relief panels for four buildings in San Francisco; his Miguel de Cervantes looks down on his Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Golden Gate Park. A marble bench with sculpted bears by Mora sits in front of the Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus. He creates the main entrance doorway and sculptures of bears to support fountains for the Union Wool Building in Boston. He designs a number of homes himself.Architectural work is just one facet of Mora’s endless creativity. He designs everything from ordinary scale sculptures, many of cowboys breaking broncs, to “heroic” (larger than life) sculptures, to bronze plaques and vast murals. He creates fifteen or more dioramas, thirteen for the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma.One diorama, exhibited at the California State Building at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, is a one-hundred-foot-long depiction of the 1769 Portolá Expedition. Tragically, it is destroyed in a fire six months after the opening of the fair.Mora illustrates countless books, both his own and for those of others. He designs bookends, trophies, coins and scrip certificates for use in Carmel during the Depression. He sculpts his son Jo Jr. at three years of age, reata in hand, breaking a hobby horse."Nancy's book is an annotated look at all of the details seen on Jo Mora's carte of Los Angeles. To purchase the book:https://jomoratrailguides.com/https://www.nancygrossmanbooks.com/my-publicationsNancy Grossman's emailPeter Hiller's email

Ortelius in the Holy Land

This exhibit is of Ortelius, his atlases and his concentration on the Holy Land and its surroundings. From the collection of Leonard and Juliet Rothman, which can be found at Stanford University SearchWorks. Exhibit launched January 2, 2021.

17th Century Vignette Maps

These 17th century maps, while beautiful and informative, are enhanced by vignettes that depict inhabitants in their native costumes from areas included on the maps as well as city maps or biblical scenes. From the collection of Rich Breiman. keyword: richbreiman

The American South in the 19th Century

Maps about the American South in the 19th Century, especially about cotton and slavery. Created as a supplement to a class hosted on October 21st, 2020 by my friend, Jan van Eck. The presentation was led by Steven Mintz of the University of Texas at Austin. The first map, however, is of Africa and was featured in a book called "America in 100 Maps" by Susan Schulten; it is a British map highlighting the extreme competition between the British and other countries over slave trading. My other favorite maps are Lincoln's slavery map from 1861 and the Armour map of commodities across the US, as well as the Reynold's 1856 map of the divided nature of the country in 1856, which features telling statistics about population of whites and slaves. Resources:* See stats about slavery and the south here.* Steven Mintz of the University of Texas at Austin. * Interview of Sven Beckert, regarded as "the" author of the book on cotton, by Christopher Lydon on Open Source* Wikipedia entry on "cotton mills"* Episode 2 of the New York Times podcast "1619" starting at around 7:30.* van Eck course outlineTom Paper 11/1/2020https://pudding.cool/2017/01/shape-of-slavery/

The Ferraris Maps of 1777

25 maps from 1775 of Belgium by the Austrian cartographer Ferraris. Incredible cartouches.See the Visscher Atlas of 1690, click here.Remarks by Tom Paper in video here. 20 Famous Belgians

Waldseemuller's Carta Marina of 1516

17 images about The Carta Marina of 1516, by Martin Waldseemuller, most famous for a map called "America's Birth Certificate." Based on a talk by Chet Van Duzer from May 2020.Library of Congress images here.Watch Chet Van Duzer’s entire talk from May 2020 on YouTube here.Read the announcement about Chet Van Duzer’s talk here.Read Tom Paper’s summary of the talk here.Read about Martin Waldseemuller here.>>>Link here for a November 20, 2020 talk given by Van Duzer about an unstudied map of the world from 1535. Sponsored by NYU.keywords: earlymaps

Paris Transformed

Appointed by Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, Seine Prefect and city planner Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891) reconfigured the map of France’s capital into the ‘city of light’ we celebrate today. The Digital Gallery is pleased to offer the exhibit Paris Transformed as part of the California Map Society's annual conference which took place on 25 April 2020. Here you can explore maps and images related to Paris during its transformation under the regimes of the Second Empire (1852-1870) and Third Republic (1870-1940). Curated by C. Spikes.

Captain Cook Engravings and Maps

Various maps and engravings that were among the illustrations included in the publications of Captain Cook's journals that served as a first hand account of the experiences of Cook and the crew on each of his three 18th century voyages. These voyages resulted in monumental discoveries of previous unknown lands, people, animals and plants. They were responsible for changing conceptions off the world, particularly the Pacific Ocean from Australia to North America. The official British Admiralty authorized journal publications in total include 8 volumes of text, maps and engravings (3 volumes for the 1st and 3rd voyages and 2 volumes for the 2nd voyage and an atlas of engravings that accompanied the journal of the 3rd voyage).From the collection of Rich Breiman.keyword: richbreiman

Jo Mora in Yosemite

An exhibit about Jo Mora's travels in Yosemite and the corresponding map and its variations. This exhibit was created in September 2020 by Peter Hiller, Jo Mora Trust Collection Curator, and Tom Paper and Courtney Spikes. More information about Jo Mora is available at www.jomoratrust.com.

Coronelli's Atlas of 1693

"Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of his life in Venice. Vincenzo Coronelli was born, probably in Venice, on August 16, 1650, the fifth child of a Venetian tailor named Maffio Coronelli. At ten, young Vincenzo was sent to the city of Ravenna and was apprenticed to a xylographer. In 1663 he was accepted into the Conventual Franciscans, becoming a novice in 1665. At age sixteen he published the first of his one hundred forty separate works. In 1671 he entered the Convent of Saint Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, and in 1672 Coronelli was sent by the order to the College of Saint Bonaventura and Saints Apostoli in Rome where he earned his doctor’s degree in theology in 1674. He excelled in the study of both astronomy and Euclid. A little before 1678, Coronelli began working as a geographer and was commissioned to make a set of terrestrial and celestial globes for Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Each finely crafted globe was five feet in diameter (c. 175 cm) and so impressed the Duke that he made Coronelli his theologian. Coronelli's renown as a theologian grew and in 1699 he was appointed Father General of the Franciscan order."David Rumsey WikipediaCoronelli Globes at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Francois Mitterand LibraryArticle on Coronelli from Academia.edu

The Cartographic History of San Francisco

This exhibit was first presented by Jim Schein and Tom Paper on April 18, 2019, at the offices of Webster Pacific in downtown San Francisco. The date, April 18, was the anniversary of the great earthquake and fire of 1906. The exhibit was a pop-up, which meant that it was put up and taken down within a span of six hours. Every image was printed and mounted onto a posterboard and then rested on a portable easel. The exhibit remains available as a popup for venues that have 150 lineal feet of wall-space.

Railroads and Canals from The David Rumsey Center

A collection of railroad and canal maps from The David Rumsey Center at Stanford University.

Railroads and Canals from the Library of Congress

A collection of railroad and canal maps from the Library of Congress

Arrowsmith Atlas of 1812

This exhibit was put together by Ken Habeeb and Tom Paper when Ken had a map whose origin he did not know. Ken presented about his map, the one Tom Paper found at Rumsey, which is the Arrowsmith map, as well as the 1804 Wilkinson map, also from Rumsey, that has far more information on it. Ken spoke about both of these maps in his presentation on February 5, 2022 to the Bay Area Map Group.Rumseykeywords: khabeeb

London Interiors - mid-18th Century

"London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition" is a book that showcases various aspects of life in London, including religious, regal, and civic events, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes12345. It was published by Joseph Mead in London in 1841124. The book features illustrations by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, who was known for his depictions of London's architecture and urban life5. The book provides a glimpse into the social and cultural history of London during the 19th century.Joseph Mead was a publisher and printer in Britain during the mid-19th century1. He published the book "London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition" in 1841123. Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864) was a British topographical watercolor artist who was well known for his architectural paintings12345. He was the brother of topographical artist George "Sidney" Shepherd3. Thomas Hosmer Shepherd illustrated architecture in London, Edinburgh, Bath, and Bristol3. His paintings were the basis for steel engravings in many books3. He was employed to illustrate modern London architecture in the publication "Metropolitan Improvements" commissioned by the publisher Jones & Co3. Shepherd's work is characterized by an attention to detail, along with lifelike scenes that contained people, carriages, and horses3.Source: Perplexity.ai

Muirhead's Seventy Miles Around London - 1930

A gift from my wife Eleanor, this exhibit is of images from a small guidebook about London from 1930.

A Graphic Story of the Great War - 1919

Small atlas, bought on eBay, published in 1919, in the aftermath of what was then known as the Great War, but would soon become World War One. Published by Frank F. Lovell and written by Merton M. Wilner. More info from Art Source International here.

Pictorial Family Bible - 19th Century

Nelson & Phillips were publishers of "The Pictorial Family Bible" according to the book's title page[1][2]. There is not much information available about Nelson & Phillips, but they were likely a publishing company in the 19th century. Thomas Nelson, a publishing firm that began in Scotland in 1798, is a related company that is still in operation today[3].William Smith was an English theologian and scholar who compiled a Bible dictionary[1][2][3][4]. The dictionary was originally published in three volumes in 1863, and it was later revised and condensed into one compact volume by the Peloubets[2][4]. The dictionary is still available for purchase today, and it is a valuable resource for those who want to study the Bible in depth. Source: Perplexity.aiKeywords: Bible

Dictionaire Geographique - 1812

The "Dictionnaire Géographique" was a book published in 1812 by Vosgien and Goigoux. It was a universal geographical dictionary that contained information on the geography, history, and statistics of various regions around the world. The book was well-received and became a popular reference for scholars and geographers. It was later revised and updated by other authors, including Faber and Mellet, and continued to be used as a valuable resource for geographical information. Today, copies of the "Dictionnaire Géographique" can be found in various libraries and online bookstores.[1][2][3][4]Source: Perplexity.aiKeyword: histtext

Bits of Camplife - 1888

"Bits of Camp Life" is a book published in 1888 by Obpacher Brothers. The book was written by C.W. Reed and Louis K. Harlow and is a collection of chromolithographs depicting Union army camp scenes and songs[1]. The book was dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic by the artists[2][3][4]. The book is available in English and was published by Obpacher Bros.[5].Louis K. Harlow was born in 1850 and died in 1913. He was an American artist and illustrator who worked for many magazines and newspapers, including Harper's Weekly and The New York Times[1]. Charles Wellington Reed was born in 1841 and died in 1926. He was an American artist and illustrator who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War[4].Source: Perplexity.ai, Abe BooksKeyword: memorabilia

Wide World War Book - 1942

I have not been able to find any history about this publication, other than it was printed by a number of newspapers around the United States. The one below was printed by the Providence Journal Bulletin.keywords: memorabilia

Scotland Illustrated - 1847

"Scotland Illustrated" is a book that was published in 1847 by William Beattie. The book is a series of views taken expressly for this work by Messrs. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, and H. M'Culloch. It was published by George Virtue & Co, London and New York. The book is available in two volumes and contains illustrations of Scotland's landscapes, architecture, and people. The book was a popular travel guide for tourists visiting Scotland in the 19th century. It is still available today in various formats, including leather-bound editions.Source:_Perplexity.aiA review of beautiful places throughout Scotland, written by the William Beattie, a physician and poet, with illustrations by T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, and H. M'Culloch.

The Natural and Artificial Wonders of the United Kingdom - 1825

"The Natural and Artificial Wonders of the United Kingdom" is a book that was published in 1825 by J. Goldsmith. The book contains descriptions and illustrations of notable locations including Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, Old Sarum, Mont Saint Michel, Lindisfarne Ruins, York Cathedral, and dozens of other noteworthy places and buildings[1]. The book was published by G.B. Whittaker and authored by Sir Richard Phillips[2]. The work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it[3]. The book has been reprinted several times, including in 2010 and 2016 [3, 5].Source:Perplexity.aiKeyword:19thcentury

The Harbours of England - 1895

"The Harbours of England" is a book written by John Ruskin, a prominent English art critic and social thinker. The book was first published in 1856 and describes the harbors of England in detail, including their history, architecture, and natural beauty. It is considered one of Ruskin's most important works and is known for its vivid descriptions and beautiful illustrations. The book has been republished several times over the years and is still available for purchase today1234. Perplexity.aiJohn Ruskin first came to widespread attention for his support for the work of J. M. W. Turner and his defence of naturalism in art. Later he was the executor of Turner's will. GoogleJohn Ruskin (1819-1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic, artist, and social thinker of the Victorian era. He is considered the leading English art critic of the Victorian era and the father of modern art criticism. Ruskin wrote on a wide range of subjects, including geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany, and political economy. He was also a talented watercolorist, teacher, and geologist. Ruskin's ideas and concerns are widely studied and discussed today, and his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Ruskin's relationship with Turner cemented after the artist died in 1851, and Ruskin cataloged nearly 20,000 sketches that Turner gave to the British nation123. Perplexity.ai

Indian Massacres and Savage Life

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The San Francisco Calamity - 1906

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History of the Rebellion - 1866

“A Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States” by William Jewett Tenney.

Monteith's Manual of Geography - 1876

The Powers of Europe and The Fall of Sebastopol

Chatterbox - 1892

Chatterbox was a children's magazine that was published by Estes & Lauriat from 1872 until 1898[1]. The magazine contained stories, articles, puzzles, games, illustrations, poetry, and other material for children. Dana Estes and Charles Emelius Lauriat were the publishers of the magazine[1]. Estes and Lauriat were also celebrated for their victory with Chatterbox by taking extended trips abroad[2]. They were entertained by literary figures such as Tennyson, Thomas Hughes, and the Earl of Lytton[2]. Chatterbox was copyrighted from 1878-1896 by Estes and Lauriat[3].Source: Perrplexity.ai

Men of Different Countries - 1829

The book "Men of Different Countries" published by H&E Phinney in 1829 is not mentioned in the search results. However, here is some information about H&E Phinney and their publishing history:H&E Phinney was a printing and publishing company founded by Henry and Elihu Phinney in Cooperstown, New York in the early 19th century1.The Phinneys published school books, almanacs, and other books of local interest as well as a few more widely circulated titles1.In 1816, Henry and Elihu published their first New Testament1.The Phinney Bible is significant in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1829, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery bought "a copy of the Holy Scriptures" from the Phinneys, which they used to translate the Book of Mormon2.The Phinneys kept a casting for each page of the Bible and when they needed a new printing, they printed from the casting rather than new type setting1.Source: Perplexity.ai

History of the Revolutions in Europe - 1850

Modern Atlas - 1831

.by William C. WoodbridgeLibrary of Congress Blog Post about this atlas

Gainsborough Walker 1894-97

Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms - 1890

Encyclopedia of Architecture - 1852

Love it! Drawings are amazing and intricate. The author was a practical man, a teacher, and a prolific author. He invented the “skew arch”! “Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.” Wikipedia Curated by TPKS

The Gallery of Modern British Artists - 1840

"The Gallery of Modern British Artists" is a book published in 1840 by D. Omer Smith. It consists of a series of engravings from the works of the most eminent artists of the day, including Messrs. Turner, Roberts, Harding, Clennel, Dewint, Austin, Messrs. Stanfield, Bonnington, Prout, Cattermole, C. Fielding, Cox, and others[1]. The book was first published in 1834-1836 as a series of watercolors by the Camden Town Group[2]. The book is available in a reprint edition[3]and can be found in libraries worldwide[4].Source: Perplexity.aiKeywords: 19thCentury, Memorabilia, ArtArch

Sheet Music Scottish Lancers - ~1912

Traite de la Dentelle Irlandaise (Irish Lace Patterns) - 1870

Curated by TMP, KSkeywords: lacehist

Architecture in England - 1848

Les Contes Drolatiques (Droll Stories) - 1855

Raffles Davison - 1927

Hygienic Physiology - 1889

L'Intelligence Des Animaux - 1868

Ernest Menault published [and wrote] "L'Intelligence Des Animaux" in 18681. The book discusses animal intelligence and is part of the "Bibliotheque des Merveilles" series1. The book is considered a historical work on the topic of animal cognition5.Ernest Menault (1830, Angerville -1903) was a French author and zoologist. Menault wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L’intelligence des animaux (The Intelligence of Animals) and L’amour maternel chez les animaux. A review in the Nature journal for his book The Intelligence of Animals, noted that "we have not been led to form a very high opinion of his physiology or of his general philosophy; but he has compiled a most entertaining volume, crammed with most amusing stories about all kinds of animals, from ants to ourang-outangs."[1]La Bibliothèque des Merveilles (see title page) is a collection of educational books launched in 1864 by Louis Hachette1. It replaced a previous series created the year before1. The collection consists of 42 volumes2 and includes books on various topics such as history, science, and literature3. The books are available for purchase in both new and used condition45. "L'Intelligence Des Animaux" by Ernest Menault is part of this collection1.Louis-Christophe-François Hachette was a French publisher who established a Paris publishing house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school instruction1. He was born on May 5, 1800, in Rethel, France, and died on July 31, 1864, in Paris2. After studying law in Paris, Hachette bought a small bookshop there in 1826 and began to publish textbooks for the new primary schools following the revolution of 183021. His firm rapidly became a leading French publishing house, and publications included manuals in almost every branch of knowledge2. The Hachette Livre Group is currently a global publishing house3.Source: perplexity.ai and wikipedia

Japanese Africa - ~1880

The Wizard of Oz - 1899

Alpina America - 1911

The Canadian Rocky Mountains

Sensible Horseshoeing - 1899

1899 Manger's ABC Guide to Sensible Horseshoeing

The Cottage Physician - 1893

First edition homeopathic and color plate manakin medical book.

Doctor Bolus and His Patients

Japanese Woodblock Prints - 1870-1890

The Testimony of the Rocks

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Campfires of the Revolution - 1852

The Story of the Rocks - 1873

Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm - 1898

US Naval Expedition Volume 1 - 1855

James Melville Gilliss (September 6, 1811 – February 9, 1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory. Gilliss was born on September 6, 1811 in Georgetown, District of Columbia. His parents were George Gilliss, a federal employee, and Mary (Melville) Gillis. In 1827 at the age of fifteen he joined the navy as a midshipman. He made several training cruises on the Delaware, the Java, and the Concord. In 1833 he passed his examinations and was advanced to passed midshipman.[1]Source: WikipediaThe US Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere took place during the years 1849-1852123. The expedition was conducted by the US Navy and aimed to conduct astronomical observations in the southern hemisphere. The findings of the expedition were published in three volumes between 1857 and 18594. The material was also published later by the US Naval Observatory in its Astronomical and Meteorological Observations5. The expedition was an important milestone in the history of astronomy and helped to advance our understanding of the southern skies.source: perplexity.ai

Bell's Surgery - 1788

The Harrison Fisher Book - 1907

Harrison Fisher (July 27, 1875 or 1877 – January 19, 1934) was an American illustrator. Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York City[1][2] and began to draw at an early age. Both his father and his grandfather were artists.[2] Fisher spent much of his youth in San Francisco, and studied at the San Francisco Art Association.[2] In California he studied with Amédée Joullin.[1] In 1898, he moved back to New York and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator,[2] working for the San Francisco Call and the San Francisco Examiner, drawing sketches and decorative work.[1] He became known particularly for his drawings of women, which won him acclaim as the successor of Charles Dana Gibson.[2] Together with fellow artists Howard Chandler Christy and Neysa McMein, he constituted the Motion Picture Classic magazine's, "Fame and Fortune" contest jury of 1921/1922, who discovered the It-girl, Clara Bow.[3] Fisher's work appeared regularly on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine from the early 1900s until his death. He also painted for books; his work included the cover for George Barr McCutcheon's Beverly of Graustark, and illustrations for Harold Frederic's The Market Place and Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men on Wheels.[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Fisher BiographyHarrison Fisher spent his sickly childhood in Lameda, California. Since his father and grandfather were both artists, Fisher’s formal art education began early. After studying with Amadée Joullin and then at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco, he worked as an illustrator for the San Francisco Call and the Examiner, a leading publication owned by William Randolph Hearst.Fisher left California for New York City in 1898 to work at Hearst’s New York American. Shortly after arriving in New York, Fisher joined the staff of humor magazine Puck after he sold two drawings to the publication. So began Fisher’s meteoric rise to illustration fame. His position at Puck put him in the way of art directors for a slew of major publications who flooded him with requests for illustrations. Fisher’s work appeared on covers, interior stories, and in advertisements for products marketed to women in The Saturday Evening Post, The Associated Sunday Magazine, Life, Collier’s Weekly, The Ladies’ Home Journal, Puck, and Cosmopolitan.Harrison Fisher is known for the beautiful women he painted, who were overwhelmingly rosy-cheeked, long-limbed, alone, and elegant. The vast and lavishly decorated hats that adorned their heads also became a signature aspect of his design. He joined a legion of other notable illustrators who specialized in the portrayal of glamorous American women, such as Coles Phillips and Charles Dana Gibson. Much like these other illustrators, Fisher was creating a romantic ideal of how women ought to be, but with his “American Girl” and “College Girl” paintings he also wove independence, strength, and intelligence into that romantic narrative. His women acted and reacted as often as they gazed demurely into the middle distance. As a mark of his rise to the top ranks of illustrators who portrayed women, the term “Fisher Girl” was used to describe his paintings in parallel with the “Gibson Girls” of the past and the contemporary “Fadeaway Girls” of Coles Phillips. Cosmopolitan made an exclusive contract with Fisher that resulted in over 300 covers. Although Fisher spent much of his life surrounded by beautiful and amiable women, he claimed to be too busy to marry and remained a bachelor until his death in 1934. https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/harrison-fisher keywords: histfash, artarch

Illustrations of Syphilitic Disease -1852

Philippe Ricord (1800-1889) was a French physician and specialist on venereal diseases[1] [2]. He was surgeon in chief to the hospital for venereal diseases and to the Hôpital du Midi[2]. Ricord won a worldwide reputation in his special field and was considered a true master in the field of STD[3] [4]. He was born in Baltimore to French parents who escaped arrest by coming to America as political refugees near the end of the French Revolution[5]. Ricord's contributions to the field of STD include suggestions on the cure of varicocele and on the operation of urethroplasty[2]"Illustrations of Syphilitic Disease" is a book by Philip Ricord that was originally written in French and translated into English by Thomas F. Betton[1][2][3][4]. The book contains 50 large quarto plates with 117 colored illustrations of syphilitic disease. It also includes a history of syphilis and a complete bibliography and formulary of remedies collated and arranged by Paul B. Goddard[1][2][4]. The book was first published in 1852[4]and has been reprinted in recent years[5].keyword: medhist, 19thCentury

The Sinking of the Titanic - 1912

Le Plutarque De La Jeunesse - 1822

Indians of America - 1935

by Lillian Davids FazziniAbe Books

Atlas de Enfans - 1790

The "Atlas des Enfans" was published in 1790 by Jean-Marie Bruyset, a publisher based in Lyon, France. It is a children's atlas that contains 24 folded maps and a new treatise on the sphere. The atlas was designed to teach geography to children using a new method. The atlas is rare and highly sought after by collectors. It was published in full calf binding and is considered a valuable piece of history.1, 2, 3, 4, 5Jean-Marie Bruyset (1719-1793) was a French publisher and bookseller based in Lyon, France. He published a variety of books on different subjects, including a children's atlas called "Atlas des Enfans" in 1790. He also published a catalogue of French books and a treatise on moral and historical reflections. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Source: perplexity.ai

Wildflowers of America - 1894

A History of Wonderful Inventions - 1849

A History of Lace - 1875

A Manual of Gothic Molding - 1891

Terra Cotta of the Italian Renaissance - 1925

The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry

US Geological Survey - 1885

Life And Exploits Of DON QUIXOTE - Charles Jarvis - 1824

I put this exhibit together for my friend Steve Hanon (@SRHanon). I don't know the meaning of all the images, but they are beautiful, intricate and likely from 1824. Tom Paper @tomadmin) 5/21/2023"Translated By Charles Jarvis ESQ. Printed By W Sears. The book seems to be missing the first few pages and therefore I can find no date, however the Life Of The Author section and The Author's Preface are present and complete and the book begins at the beginning on page 1 which is Part I Book I. The Book also contains Part II Book I. After a little research I believe the book may date to around 1824 and possibly published by either Knight & Lacy or Jones & Co. I may be utterly wrong so please feel free to do your own research - there is a fantastic iconography of Don Quixote online. This edition has a "Directions For Placing The Cuts" page and approx 24 incredibly detailed engravings." vintagehomeantiques@hotmail.co.uk https://www.ebay.com/str/aloadofoldtatuk keyword: memorabilia

The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia - 1807

I love this book by an English lawyer and farmer, Thomas Potts, who gave advice about farming: implements, crops, and processes in the very early 1800's. The Renaissance Man was alive and well, in the mold of William Smith, who made geological discoveries in England around the same time. Potts also published the Compendious Law Dictionary. Tom Paper (@tomadmin) 5/21/23"The British Farmer's Cyclopedia" was published in 1807 by Thomas Potts. It is a comprehensive agricultural dictionary that covers various aspects of modern husbandry, including the breeding, feeding, and management of livestock12. The first edition was printed in 1807, and a second edition was issued in 18093. The book was intended for use by farmers and other individuals involved in agriculture. It is not clear what inspired Potts to write the book or what his background in agriculture was1. However, Potts was also the author of "Trial of the Lancaster Witches" and "A Compendious Law Dictionary"4. "The British Farmer's Cyclopedia" is still available for purchase today25.Thomas Potts was an English lawyer and writer who lived from 1778 to 18421. He was known for compiling reference works, including "A Compendious Law Dictionary"1. Potts was also the author of "Trial of the Lancaster Witches" and "Discovery of Witches"23. It is not clear what his background in agriculture was, but he published "The British Farmer's Cyclopedia" in 18074. Potts died on November 8, 1842, in Upper Clapton1.Source: www.perplexity.ai , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Potts_(writer) keyword: memorabilia