Autograph narrative, extensively illustrated by Mrs. Kenah, of two journeys in Europe taken by the Kenah couple with friends in 1821-24 and in 1827-29. On the first tour, accompanied by Walter Burrell, MP for Sussex, and "Mrs. Crutchley of Sunning Hil...
Description:
Spine title reads: "Journal. Vol. I."
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Lucca (Italy), Naples (Italy), and Vesuvius (Italy)
Ethnic costume, Grand tours (Education), Landscape drawing, Travelers' writings, English, Views, Women authors, Women travelers, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Eruption, 1822
Collection of four scrapbooks compiled by Marcel Jean between 1921 and 1940 containing over 150 tracts, exhibit catalogs, letters, advertisements, subscription forms, invitation cards, and other ephemera documenting Surrealism in France, Belgium, and ...
Description:
Marcel Jean (1900-1993), French artist, member of the Paris Surrealist group and author of numerous publications on Surrealism.
"View of Rubens' house in Antwerp in 1684. View of the courtyard and the garden seen through a gate at centre; the house front at right richly decorated with statues, busts and friezes, a dog in its open doorway; a plainer building with small fountain...
Alternative Title:
Maison Hilwerue à Anvers dit l'hostel Rubens 1684
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Antwerp (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subject (Topic):
Homes & haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Manuscript on parchment of Vita S. Lamberti, by Nicolaus canonicus Leodiensis (12th cent.), Sigebertus Gemblacensis (c. 1030-1112), Godescalcus canonicus Leodiensis (8th cent.), and Godescalcus diaconus Leodiensis
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Saint, Bishop of Maastricht, ca. 635-ca. 705. and Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112.
Manuscript on paper of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), Laudum inter papam Clementem et illustrissimum Ducem ferrariae, the arbitration of the conflict between Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici, 1523-1534) and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1505-1...
Holograph diary of a stay in Brussels and France after the Battle of Waterloo. Many of the author's observations reflect the recent battle; she reports, for example, on the celebrations in Brussels when its inhabitants receive news of Napoleon's surr...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
France, Great Britain, and Belgium
Subject (Name):
Eaton, Charlotte Ann (Waldie), 1788-1859., Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610., Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Waldie, John, 1781-1862., and Watts, Jane (Waldie), 1793-1826.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Travelers' writings, English, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on parchment. The book is not so much a guide to the pilgrimage churches of Rome, as a set of instructions on how to obtain the same spiritual benefits without making the actual pilgrimage. The seven letters designating the seven Roman basi...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of York, Duchess, consort of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1446-1503.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, and Manuscripts, Medieval
