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Needlework Map of England. Girls' Education.

Needlework Map of England.

Bristol: March 1786. A nice example of an embroidered map sampler, which were an important component of girls' education in Britain and America from 1770-1840. This one meticulously labels all of the English counties, the seas and channels, and includes part of Scotland to the north, and the east coast... Read More

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Discovery of America by Northmen. Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Leif Ericksen delivered at Faneuil Hall, Oct 29, 1887. Eben Norton Horsford.

Discovery of America by Northmen. Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Leif Ericksen delivered at Faneuil Hall, Oct 29, 1887.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. First edition. In an attempt to answer criticisms of "The most incautious linguistic inferences, and the most uncritical cartographical perversions" (points raised by Justin Winsor) Horsford assembles evidence to assert the claim for the antiquity of the Norse presence in America; and rather startlingly, he continues... Read More

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Albert Durer Revived: or, a Book of Drawing, Limning, Washing, or Coloring of Maps and Prints: and the Art of Painting, with the Names and Mixtures of Colors Used by Picture-Drawers. With Directions How to Lay and Paint Pictures Upon Glass. Or, the Young-Man's Time Well Spent. Thomas? Jenner.

Albert Durer Revived: or, a Book of Drawing, Limning, Washing, or Coloring of Maps and Prints: and the Art of...

London: for Thomas Glass, 1731. Later edition. A generously illustrated manual for the 17th- and18th-century print and map seller, with detailed instructions for the making, printing, and presentation of prints. Originally published in 1652 under the title, A BOOK OF DRAWING, LIMNING, WASHING OR COLORING OF MAPS AND PRINTS, and... Read More

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