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First Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology c.1908 -
African American Art Today: Four Major Artists / an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Skunder Boghossian, Valente Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, and Amir I.M. Nour. New York:, African-American Institute, 1974.
Monthly Archives: January 2022
A Scrolling Facsimile of the Bayeux “Tapestry” in Marquand
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99107157823506421 In 2020, the controversial “Brexit” finally severed a relatively new (less than fifty years) bond between Britain and Europe. Marquand Library recently acquired an unusual item that recorded a much earlier, even more tumultuous change in the relationship between … Continue reading
Posted in Rare monograph
Tagged Medieval art
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‘BIRD WATCHING’: Kitao Masayoshi’s “Illustrated Book of Birds from Abroad” (1793)
Colorful birds on flowering branches fill the pages of a recent acquisition to Marquand Library’s Japanese rare book collection. The serene beauty of its illustrations, however, belies a rather scurrilous publishing history. Illustrated Book of Birds from Abroad [Kaihaku raikin … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Rare monograph
Tagged 18th century, Birds, Edo period, Keisai, Kitagawa Utamaro, Kitao Masayoshi, Kiyo Ishosai Shusen, mokkotsu, Nagasaki, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books
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Maria de Wilde and Signa antiqua e Museo Jacobi de Wilde …: The First Museum Catalogue Illustrated by a Woman?
Marquand Library recently acquired a copy of Signa antiqua e museo Jacobi de Wilde veterum poetarum carminibus illustrata et per Mariam filiam aeri inscripta. Amsterdam: Jacob de Wilde, 1700 Signa antiqua is a catalogue of part of the private collection … Continue reading
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Sea Monsters on the Arno: A Delightful European Festival Book
Le Manifique Carousel fait sur le fleuve de l’Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du grand duc. Paris: Chez Balthazar Moncornet, late 17th C. Octavo: 18.6 X 14.3 cm. 19 etched plates: [1] (title) and 18 (scenes from the pageant). … Continue reading
Posted in European, Rare monograph
Tagged 18th century, Festival book, Florence, Medici, naval battles, River theater, sea monsters, Wedding
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SOMETHING FISHY
New to the Marquand Library is the extremely rare Bounty from the Sea (Umi no sachi), one of Japan’s earliest color-printed books. The artist, Katsuma Ryūsui1 (1711-1796), though rarely credited in the history of the Japanese woodblock print, was experimenting … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, Edo period, Fish, haiku, Hayashi Tadamasa, Katsuma Ryūsai, printing, Sea creatures, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books, woodbock printing
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