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Daguerrotype of Susan Dickinson with Frame

Daguerrotype of Susan Dickinson with Frame

A daguerreotype of a young Susan Dickinson, with frame (sister-in-law of Emily Dickinson). bMS Am 1118.99b (29.4), Dickinson Family Photographs, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

EMWardDrJohnson - Public domain portrait engraving

EMWardDrJohnson - Public domain portrait engraving

Dr. Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield. Coloured engraving. Shrewsbury Museums Service (SHYMS: FA/1995/008) image sy1386. From the original painting [Dr. Johnson in Lord Chesterfield's anteroom] [gr... More

Houghton - FC5.F494.528tb, Oronce Fine, title

Houghton - FC5.F494.528tb, Oronce Fine, title

Title page from La theorique des cieulx et sept planetes, avec leurs mouvements, orbes & disposition, 1558, by Oronce Fine (1494-1555). *FC5.F494.528tb, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton 57-1633 - Astley's Amphitheatre, 1808 - cropped

Houghton 57-1633 - Astley's Amphitheatre, 1808 - cropped

"Astley’s Amphitheatre" colored plate from Microcosm of London, 1808. *57-1633, Houghton Library, Harvard University Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, know... More

Houghton AC85 M4977 Zz878o - Rubáiyát, cover

Houghton AC85 M4977 Zz878o - Rubáiyát, cover

Book cover: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia. First American edition: Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. From the third edition of the English translation by Edward FitzGera... More

Houghton AC85.J2335.Zz831s2 - Roderick Random, p 70

Houghton AC85.J2335.Zz831s2 - Roderick Random, p 70

Illustration by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) for The Adventures of Roderick Random, 1831, by Tobias Smollett Smollett, (1721-1771). *AC85.J2335.Zz831s2, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton AC85.Su662.Zz843m

Houghton AC85.Su662.Zz843m

Includes "Article XXIX", translated, with notes, by Ada Lovelace, from Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq. Published: London: Taylor and Francis, 1843. Scanned from the personal ... More

Houghton EB75 Ad176 748d - Adams, Sea Quadrant

Houghton EB75 Ad176 748d - Adams, Sea Quadrant

Illustration from The description and use of a new sea quadrant, for taking the altitude of the sun from the visible horizon by George Adams, 1748.

Houghton EC7 T3841 B730s En758p - Jahrszeiten, plate O3

Houghton EC7 T3841 B730s En758p - Jahrszeiten, plate O3

Illustration from Jacob Thomsons ("James Thomson", d. 1748) Jahrszeiten aus dem englischen nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersezt von Johann Franz von Palthen: mit Kuptem, 1758. Translated from Seasons. *EC7 T3841... More

Houghton EC75.B1938.786a (A) - balloon prospect

Houghton EC75.B1938.786a (A) - balloon prospect

Illustration from Airopaidia, Chester: 1786, by Thomas Baldwin. Full title of book: Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes m... More

Charles Perrault - Houghton FC6.P4262.Eg729s - Perrault, frontispiece

Charles Perrault - Houghton FC6.P4262.Eg729s - Perrault, frontispiece

Frontispiece: Histories, or tales of past times, London: 1729, by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). First known English translation of Perrault’s Contes des fées, better known as the tales of Mother Goose. From th... More

Jean Charles Baquoy - Houghton FC7 R7628 B753r - Bordes, Discours, frontispiece

Jean Charles Baquoy - Houghton FC7 R7628 B753r - Bordes, Discours, fro...

Frontispiece: Discours sur les avantages des sciences et des arts, Geneva: 1752, by Charles Bordes (1711-1781). *FC7 R7628 B753r, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton GC6 K6323 652o - Oedipus aegyptiacus, Isidis

Houghton GC6 K6323 652o - Oedipus aegyptiacus, Isidis

Illustration of Isis from Oedipus Aegyptiacus, 1652 (volume 1), by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). GC6 K6323 652o, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton IC6.G1333.610s - Sidereus nuncius

Houghton IC6.G1333.610s - Sidereus nuncius

Title page of Sidereus nuncius, 1610, by Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). *IC6.G1333.610s, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Inc 7988 - title

Houghton Inc 7988 - title

Latin copy of Epistola de insulis nouiter repertis, published in Paris circa 1493. This is the copy of the letter written by Christopher Columbus announcing his discovery of the New World and addressed to Sanx... More

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 6

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 6

Illustration from Trages y costumbres de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 1839) by Gregorio Ibarra. LAC8.Ib170.839t, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf I iii verso

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf I iii verso

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Proemio : comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino. IImpressi i[n] Venesia : P[er] Bernardino Benali & Matth... More

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf q ii recto

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf q ii recto

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Proemio : comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino. IImpressi i[n] Venesia : P[er] Bernardino Benali & Matth... More

Houghton MS Am 1759.4 (7) - Fenollosa

Houghton MS Am 1759.4 (7) - Fenollosa

Photograph, presumably of the home of Ernest Francis Fenollosa (1853-1908) in Japan. MS Am 1759.4 (7), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton MS Am 21 (22) - John James Audubon

Houghton MS Am 21 (22) - John James Audubon

Drawing depicting the Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) by John James Audubon (1785-1851). John James Audubon Letters and Drawings, 1805-1892. MS Am 21 (22). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Houghton MS Hyde 75 (6.8) - Mr. Wilkes' Address of Thanks to his Electors

Houghton MS Hyde 75 (6.8) - Mr. Wilkes' Address of Thanks to his Elect...

The portrait of Mr. Wilkes, cut round the circle serves for a watch paper security for the subject, against general warrants & seizure of papers, 1768, with Mr. Wilkes' Address of Thanks to his Electors, etc. ... More

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 2v - coin, public domain photograph

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 2v - coin, public domain photograph

Illustrations of Graeco-Roman coins, 1550, by Jacobus Strada (d. 1588). Cropped from original page scan. MS Typ 411, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 4v - coin, public domain photograph

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 4v - coin, public domain photograph

Illustrations of Graeco-Roman coins, 1550, by Jacobus Strada (d. 1588). Cropped from original page scan. MS Typ 411, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton NC5 L6698 582se - Justus Lipsius, amphitheatri interior, 1592

Houghton NC5 L6698 582se - Justus Lipsius, amphitheatri interior, 1592

Illustration of "amphitheatri interior" from Ivsti LipsI Ad Iac. Monavivm epistola, 1592, by Justus Lipsius (1547-1606). *NC5 L6698 582se, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Oc 127.72.3 - Cook, Potatow

Houghton Oc 127.72.3 - Cook, Potatow

Portrait by William Hodges, printed in A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world : performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 by James Cook, 1779

Houghton OLC.V834.567 - Vitruvio 89

Houghton OLC.V834.567 - Vitruvio 89

Illustration from De architectura libri decem, originally by Vitruvius Pollio. From an edition published in 1567 by Daniel Barbaro, using plate illustrations from the Marconi edition of 1556, and are the same ... More

Houghton SF-251 - Goddess of Atvatabar, illustration p 241

Houghton SF-251 - Goddess of Atvatabar, illustration p 241

Illustration by Cyrus Durand Chapman, from The Goddess of Atvatabar: being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by William Richard Bradshaw (1851-1927). New York: J.F. D... More

Houghton STC 24058 (B) - Thucydides

Houghton STC 24058 (B) - Thucydides

Title page: Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes secretary to ye late Earle of ... More

Houghton STC 24627a.8 - Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa - pg 45

Houghton STC 24627a.8 - Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa - pg 4...

Illustration from Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa, 1608, page 45, by Otto van Veen (1556-1629). STC 24627a.8, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Bernard Salomon - Houghton Typ 515.47.123 - Fables, 1547 - L'ignorant

Bernard Salomon - Houghton Typ 515.47.123 - Fables, 1547 - L'ignorant

Page from "The Cock and the Jewel" for a French version of 'Aesop's Les fables d’Esope phrygien, mises en ryme françoise, 1547, translated by G. Corrozet with illustrations attributed to Bernard Salomon. Typ 5... More

Houghton Typ 520.97.225 - Icones quinquaginta virorum illustrium - Poggio Bracciolini

Houghton Typ 520.97.225 - Icones quinquaginta virorum illustrium - Pog...

Engraving of Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini. From Icones quinquaginta virorum illustrium, 1597, by Jean Jacques Boissard (1528-1602). Typ 520.97.225, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 615.75.219 - Blondel, ill 1

Houghton Typ 615.75.219 - Blondel, ill 1

Illustration from Cours d’architecture enseigné dans l’Academie royale d’architecture, 1675, by François Blondel (1618-1686). Typ 615.75.219, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 625 09.405 - Habiti delle donne venetiane intagliate in rame nuouament, plate 12

Houghton Typ 625 09.405 - Habiti delle donne venetiane intagliate in r...

Illustration (plate 12 from Habiti delle donne venetiane intagliate in rame nuouament, ca. 1608, by Giacomo Franco (1550-1620). Typ 625 09.405, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 625.47.194 (A) - Dominicus Barrière, Villa Aldobrandina Tusculana, plate 5

Houghton Typ 625.47.194 (A) - Dominicus Barrière, Villa Aldobrandina T...

Engraving by French artist Dominique Barrière (c. 1622-1678). From Villa Aldobrandina Tusculana sive varij illius hortorum et fontium prospectus, 1647. Plate 5. Typ 625.47.194 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 715.49.734 - Réaumur, pl 6

Houghton Typ 715.49.734 - Réaumur, pl 6

Illustration [plate 6], from Art de faire éclorre et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes especes: soit par le moyen de la chaleur du fumier, soit par le moyen de celle du feu ordinaire, ... More

Houghton Typ 715.51.426 - Gilliers, Le cannameliste français, p 230

Houghton Typ 715.51.426 - Gilliers, Le cannameliste français, p 230

Illustration from Le cannameliste français, ou, Nouvelle instruction pour ceux qui desirent d’apprendre l’office, Nancy: 1751, by Sieur [Joseph] Gilliers (d. 1758). Typ 715.51.426, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 720.85.363 - fig 17 and fig 18

Houghton Typ 720.85.363 - fig 17 and fig 18

Illustration from Ideen zu einer Mimik by J.J. Engel. Published in Berlin: Auf Kosten des Verfassers und in Commission bey August Mylius, 1785-1786. Typ 720.85.363, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 725.43.696 - Piranesi, Prima parte di architetture

Houghton Typ 725.43.696 - Piranesi, Prima parte di architetture

Frontispiece to Prima parte di architetture, e prospettiv, Roma: 1743, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1770-1728). Typ 725.43.696, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 805 55.5463 Baxter - The Summit

Houghton Typ 805 55.5463 Baxter - The Summit

"The Summit" illustration for The Ascent of Mont Blanc, a series of four views, ca. 1855, by John MacGregor (1825-1892), printed and illustrated by George Baxter (1804-1867). Typ 805 55.5463, Houghton Library,... More

Houghton Typ 815.32.2750 - Le Charivari, 14 January 1849

Houghton Typ 815.32.2750 - Le Charivari, 14 January 1849

Illustration from Le Charivari, 14 January 1849. Typ 815.32.2750, Houghton Library, Harvard University "Le Charivari" was a French newspaper that was published from 1832 to 1937. It was known for its satirica... More

Houghton Typ 815.32.2750 - Le Charivari, 24 April 1849

Houghton Typ 815.32.2750 - Le Charivari, 24 April 1849

Illustration from Le Charivari, 24 April 1849. Typ 815.32.2750, Houghton Library, Harvard University "Le Charivari" was a French newspaper that was published from 1832 to 1937. It was known for its satirical ... More

Houghton TypTS 515.52.370 - Alphabetum Graecum

Houghton TypTS 515.52.370 - Alphabetum Graecum

Title page: Alphabetum graecum regiis trium generum characteribus postremò excusum, 1550. TypTS 515.52.370, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Caricature, Clemence Royer caricature 1881, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, Clemence Royer caricature 1881, public domain cartoon imag...

Caricature of Clémence Royer from Les Hommes d’aujourd’hui, Volume 44 , no 170 (1881). She is reading a copy of her new book, Le bien et la loi morale.

Houghton Typ 565.43.868 - De humani corporis fabrica, 164

Houghton Typ 565.43.868 - De humani corporis fabrica, 164

Illustration from De humani corporis fabrica, Basileae: 1543, by Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564). Typ 565.43.868, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton 2001 M-8 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family - cropped

Houghton 2001 M-8 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family - cropped

Family of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), including son Ernest Longfellow and brother in law Thomas Gold Appleton, posing for a photographer in Venice, 1869. Cropped version. 2001 M-8, Gulotta Collecti... More

Houghton 2002M-44 - Alice Gibbens James

Houghton 2002M-44 - Alice Gibbens James

Photograph of Alice Gibbens (1849-1922), wife of William James, undated but likely taken near the time of her marriage in 1878. 2002M-44 (67), Houghton Library, Harvard University Houghton Library    P... More

Houghton 57-430 - Museum of TCD

Houghton 57-430 - Museum of TCD

Illustration in History of the University of Dublin (1819).

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, 1878 cover

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, 1878 cover

Title page from an 1878 English edition Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). *AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, frontispiece for part 2

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, frontispiece for part...

Frontispiece illustration from part 2 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), illustrated by her sister May Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. *AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa, Houghton Library, Harvard... More

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, illustration 116

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, illustration 116

Frontispiece illustration from part 1 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), illustrated by her sister May Alcott. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. *AC85.Aℓ194L.1869, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, spines

Houghton AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa - Little Women, spines

Both volumes of Little Women (volume 1: 1868, volume 2: 1869), by Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868-1869. *AC85.Aℓ194L.1869 pt.2aa, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton AC85.J2335.Zz831s2 - Roderick Random, frontispiece

Houghton AC85.J2335.Zz831s2 - Roderick Random, frontispiece

Illustration by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) for The Adventures of Roderick Random, 1831, by Tobias Smollett Smollett, (1721-1771). *AC85.J2335.Zz831s2, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Thomas Rowlandson - Houghton EB8.R7967.810h - backgammon

Thomas Rowlandson - Houghton EB8.R7967.810h - backgammon

Illustration: "A hitt at backgammon" from Tegg's Caricatures, 1810, by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). EB8.R7967.810h, Houghton Library, Harvard University Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th ... More

Houghton EC7 T3841 B730s En758p - Jahrszeiten, title

Houghton EC7 T3841 B730s En758p - Jahrszeiten, title

Title page from Jacob Thomsons ("James Thomson", d. 1748) Jahrszeiten aus dem englischen nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersezt von Johann Franz von Palthen: mit Kuptem, 1758. Translated from Seasons. *EC7 T3841 B... More

Houghton EC8 Au747 811s (B) - Sense and Sensibility

Houghton EC8 Au747 811s (B) - Sense and Sensibility

Title page from Sense and Sensibility: a novel, London: 1811, by Jane Austen (1775-1817). First edition. *EC8 Au747 811s (B), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton EC9 C7638 902y (A) - Conrad, End of the Tether 1

Houghton EC9 C7638 902y (A) - Conrad, End of the Tether 1

First page of "The End of the Tether" from Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1902. *EC9 C7638 902y (A), Houghton Library,... More

Houghton EC9 C7638 902y (A) - Conrad, title

Houghton EC9 C7638 902y (A) - Conrad, title

Title page: Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1902. *EC9 C7638 902y (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton GC6.P6904.689d - Placcius, 154

Houghton GC6.P6904.689d - Placcius, 154

Illustration featuring a system for filing notes, from De arte excerpendi vom gelahrten Buchhalten liber singularis: quo genera & praecepta excerpendi, ab aliis hucusq[ue]; tradita omnia, novis accessionibus a... More

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 11

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 11

Illustration from Trages y costumbres de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 1839) by Gregorio Ibarra. LAC8.Ib170.839t, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 4

Houghton LAC8.Ib170.839t - Trages y Costumbres 4

Illustration from Trages y costumbres de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 1839) by Gregorio Ibarra. LAC8.Ib170.839t, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf h i recto

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf h i recto

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Proemio : comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino. IImpressi i[n] Venesia : P[er] Bernardino Benali & Matth... More

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf l ii verso

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), leaf l ii verso

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Proemio : comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino. IImpressi i[n] Venesia : P[er] Bernardino Benali & Matth... More

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), x vi recto

Houghton Library Inc 4877 (B), x vi recto

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia. Proemio : comento di Christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino. IImpressi i[n] Venesia : P[er] Bernardino Benali & Matth... More

Houghton MS Am 1743.26 (16) - Sarah Orne Jewett in doorway

Houghton MS Am 1743.26 (16) - Sarah Orne Jewett in doorway

Photograph of American author Sarah Orne Jewett (died 1909) in front of her home in South Berwick, Maine. Sarah Orne Jewett Compositions and Other Papers, 1847-1909 (MS Am 1743.26 (16), Houghton Library, Harva... More

Houghton MS Typ 258 - Andrómeda y Perseo, f8

Houghton MS Typ 258 - Andrómeda y Perseo, f8

Illustration from Andrómeda y Perseo, ca. 1653, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681). MS Typ 258, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 2 - Public domain dedication image

Houghton MS Typ 411 - 2 - Public domain dedication image

Illustrations of Graeco-Roman coins, 1550, by Jacobus Strada (d. 1588). Cropped from original page scan. MS Typ 411, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton MS Typ 55.21 - Edward Lear, brown bird

Houghton MS Typ 55.21 - Edward Lear, brown bird

Brown bird by Edward Lear (1812-1888), with additional sketches. Watercolor over graphite. Adjusted for color. MS Typ 55.12 (20), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton MS Typ 55.21 - Edward Lear, swan

Houghton MS Typ 55.21 - Edward Lear, swan

Swan by Edward Lear (1812-1888), watercolor over graphite. Adjusted for color. MS Typ 55.12 (1), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton OLC V834 Ei536 - Architittura, p 115

Houghton OLC V834 Ei536 - Architittura, p 115

Page 115 from Architittura, Perugia: 1536, by Vitruvius Pollio. *OLC V834 Ei536, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton PFr 275.1.9 - Cometa apparsa in Roma l'Anno 1680

Houghton PFr 275.1.9 - Cometa apparsa in Roma l'Anno 1680

Illustration: "Cometa apparsa in Roma l'Anno 1680". From an issue of Mercure Galant, published in Paris. Original paper is imperfect. PFr 275.1.9, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Portrait File - Caroline Sheridan Norton

Houghton Portrait File - Caroline Sheridan Norton

Engraving of Caroline Sheridan Norton, "the Honble. Mrs. Norton" (1808-1877). Undated. Engraved by John Cochran after a portrait by George Hayter (died 1871). Portrait File, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton STC 24627a.8 - Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa - pg 191

Houghton STC 24627a.8 - Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa - pg 1...

Illustration from Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa, 1608, page 191, by Otto van Veen (1556-1629). STC 24627a.8, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton STC 25900 - emblemes, xxvii

Houghton STC 25900 - emblemes, xxvii

Illustration from A Collection of Emblemes, ancient and moderne, London: 1635, by George Wither (1588-1667). STC 25900, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 525.85.562 - Pietro Andrea Mattioli, vite vinifera

Houghton Typ 525.85.562 - Pietro Andrea Mattioli, vite vinifera

Plate 1376, "Vite vinifera" from See libri di pedacio dioscoride anazarbeo, della materia medicinale, 1585, by Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500-1577). Typ 525 85.562, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 530.65.510 - Lampsonius, 1565 - a1v

Houghton Typ 530.65.510 - Lampsonius, 1565 - a1v

Page from Lamberti Lombardi apvd Ebvrones pictoris celeberrimi vita, 1565, by Dominicus Lampsonius (1532-1599) - slightly cropped from original scan of page. The image depicts artist Lambert Lombard and is att... More

Houghton Typ 625.21.132 - Alciati Emblemata, 1621 - In obliuionem patriæ

Houghton Typ 625.21.132 - Alciati Emblemata, 1621 - In obliuionem patr...

Emblema cxv "In obliuionem patriæ" from Emblemata (1621) by Andrea Alciati, updated by Claude Mignault. Typ 625.21.132, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 630.12.867 (A) Qvuinti Horatii Flacci emblemata, 1612, 191

Houghton Typ 630.12.867 (A) Qvuinti Horatii Flacci emblemata, 1612, 19...

Engraving from Qvinti Horatii Flacci emblemata, 1612, by Otto van Veen (1556-1629), p. 191. Typ 630.12.867 (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 630.41.423 - Gevaerts, Pompa, title

Houghton Typ 630.41.423 - Gevaerts, Pompa, title

Title page from Pompa introitvs honori Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi Avstriaci Hispaniarvm Infantis, Antwerp: 1641, by Jean Gaspard Gevaerts (1593-1666). Typ 630.41.423, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 715.52.219 - Architecture françoise, vol. II, plate xviii

Houghton Typ 715.52.219 - Architecture françoise, vol. II, plate xviii

Illustration from Architecture françoise, Paris: 1752, by Jacques-François Blondel. Vol. II, Livre IV, Plate XVIII, pl.3. Typ 715.52.219, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 725.81.321 - Genoa, 1781

Houghton Typ 725.81.321 - Genoa, 1781

Foldout image, ""Vue de Genes", from Description des beautés de Genes et de ses environs, 1781. Typ 725.81.321, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 805 55.5463 Baxter - Leaving the Grands Mulet

Houghton Typ 805 55.5463 Baxter - Leaving the Grands Mulet

"Leaving the Grands Mulet", illustration for The Ascent of Mont Blanc, a series of four views, ca. 1855, by John MacGregor (1825-1892), printed and illustrated by George Baxter (1804-1867). Typ 805 55.5463, Ho... More

William Daniell - Houghton Typ 805.09.3161 - Interesting selections from animated nature, snail

William Daniell - Houghton Typ 805.09.3161 - Interesting selections fr...

Snail illustration from Interesting selections from animated nature: with illustrative scenery (London: 1809) by William Daniell (1769-1837). Typ 805.09.3161, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 815.02.2616 - Cassas, Vue de L'aqueduc de Salones

Houghton Typ 815.02.2616 - Cassas, Vue de L'aqueduc de Salones

Illustration "Vue de L'aqueduc de Salones" from Voyage pittoresque et historique de l’Istrie et Dalmatie, Paris: 1802, by Louis-François Cassas (1756-1827). Typ 815.02.2616, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 905.12.7265 - Arthur Rackham, Serpentine

Houghton Typ 905.12.7265 - Arthur Rackham, Serpentine

Illustration labeled "The Serpentine is a lovely lake…", 1912. From the Peter Pan Portfolio, by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Typ 905.12.7265, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ 920.07.7733 - Jenseits-Galeri, plate 8

Houghton Typ 920.07.7733 - Jenseits-Galeri, plate 8

Illustration, plate 8, from Jenseits-Galeri (Berlin: 1907), by Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915). Typ 920.07.7733, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton Typ Inc 4366 - Regiomontanus 4

Houghton Typ Inc 4366 - Regiomontanus 4

Image from Qvesta opra da ogni parte e un libro doro, Venice: 1476, by Joannes Regiomantanus (1436-1476). Cropped and rotated so image is centered better. Typ Inc 4366, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton TypDr 715.C294.75a - Cochin, Allegory of connoisseurship of the arts, 1775

Houghton TypDr 715.C294.75a - Cochin, Allegory of connoisseurship of t...

"Allegory of connoisseurship of the arts", 1775, by Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790). Red chalk over black chalk on paper, with author signature. An engraving after this drawing was published as the frontisp... More

Houghton WKR 1.1.12 - Brant, XI

Houghton WKR 1.1.12 - Brant, XI

"On useless books." Page from Stultifera nauis [Ship of fools], 1497, by Sebastian Brant (1458-1521). WKR 1.1.12, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton WKR 3.5.4 - Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, m6

Houghton WKR 3.5.4 - Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, m6

Illustration from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice: 1499, by Francesco Colonna. WKR 3.5.4, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton - TCS 21. Anna Swan - Victorian era public domain image

Houghton - TCS 21. Anna Swan - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph of giantess Anna Haining Bates (née Swan).

Eliot station from Houghton collection

Eliot station from Houghton collection

Collotype photograph of the Eliot station, designed by H. H. Richardson. MS Typ 1070, Box 10, folder 134, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Francesco Tortoli's signature, 1822

Francesco Tortoli's signature, 1822

Signature of Francesco Tortoli (1790 – 1824) on a contract for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Tortoli was the chief scenographer of the theatre. MS Thr 415 (249), Houghton Library, Harvard University

Harvard Daguerreotypes - 93M-57 (pf) - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Harvard Daguerreotypes - 93M-57 (pf) - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Daguerreotype of American physician and author Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), ca. 1840-1860. *93M-57 (pf), Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Houghton 1273.51 - Dictionary of Sioux Language, p. 3

Houghton 1273.51 - Dictionary of Sioux Language, p. 3

Page from Dictionary of the Sioux Language, unidentified publisher in Fort Laramie, Dakota, 1866. Interior page gives alternate title Lacotah. By Joseph Keyes Hyer (d. 1882) and William Sylvanus Starring (d. 1... More

Houghton 2001 M-8 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family, 1869

Houghton 2001 M-8 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and family, 1869

Family of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), including son Ernest Longfellow and brother in law Thomas Gold Appleton, posing for a photographer in Venice, 1869. 2001 M-8, Gulotta Collection of Henry Wadsw... More

Houghton 64-730 - Les navigations peregrinations L3

Houghton 64-730 - Les navigations peregrinations L3

Illustration from Les navigations peregrinations et voyages, faicts en la Turquie, Antwerp: 1576, by Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-1583). *64-730, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton EC F6707 B638p v.1 - Robert Fludd, Et sic in infinitum

Houghton EC F6707 B638p v.1 - Robert Fludd, Et sic in infinitum

Illustration, "et sic in infinitum" from Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia, 1624, by Robert Fludd (1574-1637). EC F6707 B638p v.1, Houghton Library, Harva... More

Houghton EC F6707 B638p v.1 - Robert Fludd, Integrae Naturae

Houghton EC F6707 B638p v.1 - Robert Fludd, Integrae Naturae

Illustration, "Integrae Naturae" from Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia, 1624, by Robert Fludd (1574-1637). EC F6707 B638p v.1, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton EC65.A100.674w - Women's Petition Against Coffee

Houghton EC65.A100.674w - Women's Petition Against Coffee

Title page for Women's Petition Against Coffee, an anonymous pamphlet published in London in 1674. *EC65.A100.674w, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Houghton EC65.Og454.669e - Wenceslaus Hollar, Cia or Te Herbe

Houghton EC65.Og454.669e - Wenceslaus Hollar, Cia or Te Herbe

Illustration “Cia or Te Herbe” by Wenceslaus Hollar, from An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China, 1669, by Johannes Nieuhof (1618-1672). Sou... More

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