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- Creator:
- Bowles, Resolvid W., author
- Published / Created:
- not before 1847.
- Call Number:
- Za B6811 847J
- Image Count:
- 54
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript ship's log, illustrated, mounted on pages from a bound printed copy of John Rowlett's Tables of Discount, or Interest, on Every Dollar[...]. The majority of the volume (pages 1A/1B-31) details a whaling voyage that began in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 1845 July 18, destined for the Pacific Ocean. The author describes whale hunts, places visited (including Lima, Peru, and the Hawaiian islands), weather, animals, and life on the ship. Illustrated with eight colored-pencil drawings of ships, whale species, and geographic views. The last entry, dated 1847 November 5, marks the end of the voyage. Pages 32-38 contain six poems or shanties; the names and locations of the crew and officers are listed on pages 39-40.
- Alternative Title:
- Log of the whaling ship Acushnet : Captain William B. Rogers out New Bedford two years voyage 1845 and Rowlett interest tables
- Description:
- The Acushnet is the same whaling ship Herman Melville joined in 1840; his experiences helped shape Moby-Dick., Title from title page., Written on single sheets of paper adhered to a printed copy of Rowlett's Tables of Discount. Page 1A/1B is laid in. Resolvid W. Bowles' name and occupation (cooper) are written on the title page and he is listed among the ship's crew, but it is unclear whether the manuscript is in his hand or was copied by someone else at a later date., Endpapers include manuscript notes, figures, and J.D. Sturtevant's autograph. The number "4050" is written on a sticker adhered to the title page., and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Hawaii and Lima (Peru)
- Subject (Name):
- Acushnet (Whaler)
- Subject (Topic):
- Whaling, Whaling ships, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Log of the whaling ship Acushnet : Capt. W.B. Rogers out N.B. 2 yrs. voyage 1845 : manuscript
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- Creator:
- Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971, illustrator
- Published / Created:
- [1930?]
- Call Number:
- 2023 Folio 19
- Container / Volume:
- 3
- Image Count:
- 56
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Set of 290 black-and-white prints of Rockwell Kent's illustrations and decorations for the 1930 Lakeside edition of Moby Dick. The prints are housed in 148 mats, with each mat holding one to four prints, and divided into three volumes that correspond to the published Lakeside edition. The mats for each volume are housed in a custom case with paper spine and cover labels featuring Kent's illustrations. Volume 1 contains mats 1-49 (95 prints) and the inventory of illustrations; volume 2 contains mats 50-94 (89 prints); and volume 3 contains mats 95-148 (106 prints).
- Alternative Title:
- Moby Dick
- Description:
- BEIN 2023 Folio 19: From the library of William S. Reese. Twenty-six sheets bear the Strathmore drawing board trademark stamp. Accompanied by manuscript inventory of illustrations in an unidentified hand (11 pages). Each mat is numbered in pencil with a number corresponding to this inventory. The final 9 illustrations (mats 145-148) likely do not appear in the published Lakeside edition. and Title devised by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- The Lakeside Press
- Subject (Name):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Subject (Topic):
- Whales, Whaling, Sailors, and Ships
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Proofs of illustrations and decorations for Lakeside edition of Moby Dick, or the whale, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent].
