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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.
Category Archives: Rare monograph
‘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
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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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THE SUBLIME WORK OF TAKEUCHI SEIHO (1864-1942)
Marqund Library recently acquired the beautiful Seiho ippinshū [The Sublime Work of Seiho] (1935-36), which has been called “one of the most magnificent printing achievements of the twentieth century.”[1] It is not actually a “book,” but a luxurious set of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century, Collotype, Showa, Takeuchi Seiho, Woodblock prints
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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925): The Unseen Champion of Vincent van Gogh
In January of this year, Marquand Library acquired a catalogue of one of the earliest exhibitions of art by Vincent van Gogh following his death in July 1890. This slim publication listed the 107 works on display in 1892 at … Continue reading
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An Unusual “Tōkaidō Road Acquisition”
“Adventure was promised to those who traveled the three-hundred-mile-long Tōkaidō Road, which linked Japan’s modern capital, Edo (present-day Tokyo), with the ancient imperial capital at Kyoto from the seventeenth though early twentieth century. For more than three centuries, illustrated books … Continue reading
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Tagged bunken ezu, early 20th century, Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Tokaido bunken ezu, Tokaido gojusan tsugi, Tokaido Road, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed handscroll
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European Architecture from a Japanese Point of View
歐州 都市 の 近代相 / 蔵田 周忠 著 Ōshū toshi no kindaisō / Neues bauen in Deutschland was ich gesehen habe von K. Kurata (Aspects of Modern Architecture in European Cities / New Architecture Seen by K. Kurata in Germany). … Continue reading
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Shanghai scenes
Wu, Youru 吳友如. Shenjiang sheng jing tu 申江勝景圖 : [2 juan]. Shanghai: Dian shi zhai, Guangxu 光緒10 [1884] 4 v. (double leaves : chiefly ill.) in case ; 25 cm. NC1230.W8 View in Catalog SCENIC VIEWS IN AND AROUND SHANGHAI … Continue reading
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Tagged Dianshizhai, Famous Scenes, Guidebook, Shanghai, Wu Youru
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A “Wonder Theatre of Nature” in Marquand
Many people have some sort of souvenirs of the solitary walks they made during the COVID era. Digital memories recorded on phones or tangible objects, perhaps a feather or a curious stone, are proof of our reacquaintance with the “wonders … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Cabinets of curiosities, Haarlem, Romeyn de Hooghe, Science
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