Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

Digitized materials from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA) are available in SLA's Digital Library and this corresponding Internet Archive smithsonian collection, which generally excludes natural history subject areas. SLA's digitized natural history materials can be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and in the equivalent Internet Archive biodiversity collection.

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

112,209 112K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 112,209

favorite 693

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Title from daisen on cover
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

71,769 72K

The grammar of ornament

1856 1856

by Jones, Owen, 1809-1874; Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894; Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875; Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893; Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877; Sky Meadow Bindery, binder. DSI

eye 71,769

favorite 1,019

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statement of responsibility: by Owen Jones; illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and Son
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Design

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

77,935 78K

Shin-bijutsukai

1000 1000

eye 77,935

favorite 459

comment 2

Description based on surrogate of: 1901 (monthly issues bound together subsequent to publication)
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Artists, Decoration and ornament -- Japan -- Periodicals, Artists -- Japan...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

83,709 84K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 83,709

favorite 531

comment 0

Title from daisen on cover
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

263,292 263K

America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither : the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, and other large provinces and territories, with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions : their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the Arctick region

1671 1671

by Ogilby, John, 1600-1676; Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683

eye 263,292

favorite 307

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statement of responsibility: collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures by John Ogilby

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

23,812 24K

The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India

1999 1999

by Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627; Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-

eye 23,812

favorite 22

comment 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-482) and index
Topic: Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

35,311 35K

Handbook of marks on pottery & porcelain

1909 1909

by Burton, William, 1863-; Hobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart), 1872-1941

eye 35,311

favorite 55

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"Works of reference consulted": p. [xii]
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Pottery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

55,006 55K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 55,006

favorite 358

comment 0

Title from daisen on cover
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

23,673 24K

Embroidery hints: Fall and Winter 1910

1910 1910

by New York Embroidery House

eye 23,673

favorite 229

comment 0

Cover title
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

913 913

Narrative of a journey to Musardu, the capital of the western Mandingoes

1870 1870

by Anderson, Benjamin J. K., b. 1834; Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912

eye 913

favorite 0

comment 0

118 p. 19 cm
Topic: Liberia -- Description and travel

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

45,914 46K

An embroidery pattern book

1917 1917

by Waring, Mary E

eye 45,914

favorite 512

comment 3

viii, 171 p. : 22 cm
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,504 7.5K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 7,504

favorite 147

comment 0

Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

31,790 32K

The Art of knitting

1892 1892

by Butterick Publishing Company

eye 31,790

favorite 322

comment 1

154 p. : 28 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Knitting

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

33,243 33K

Shin-bijutsukai

1000 1000

eye 33,243

favorite 206

comment 0

Description based on surrogate of: 1901 (monthly issues bound together subsequent to publication)
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Artists, Decoration and ornament -- Japan -- Periodicals, Artists -- Japan...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,844 9.8K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 9,844

favorite 176

comment 1

Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Biodiversity Heritage Library

20,494 20K

La plante et ses applications ornementales

1896 1896

by Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917; Verneuil, M. P. (Maurice Pillard), 1869-1942, ill

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favorite 386

comment 2

statement of responsibility: sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Flowers in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,413 10K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 10,413

favorite 193

comment 0

Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

26,059 26K

A list of early American silversmiths and their marks

1917 1917

by French, Hollis, 1868-1940; Walpole Society (U.S.)

eye 26,059

favorite 19

comment 0

At head of title: The Walpole society
Topics: Silverwork, Hallmarks

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

24,416 24K

Nigerian artists : a who's who and bibliography

1993 1993

by Kelly, Bernice M; Stanley, Janet L; Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch

eye 24,416

favorite 14

comment 0

Includes indexes
Topics: Artists, Art, Nigerian

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,860 7.9K

Examples of English medieval foliage and coloured decoration, taken from buildings of the twelfth to the fifteenth century: with descriptive letterpress

1874 1874

by Colling, James Kellaway

eye 7,860

favorite 126

comment 0

vii, 72 p. 32 cm
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Church decoration and ornament, Decoration and ornament, Medieval,...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,447 7.4K

Le style Louis XV

1920 1920

by Jessen, Peter, 1858-1926

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favorite 60

comment 0

[10] p. 34 cm

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,643 11K

Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United States. With rules for criticism, and introduction

1876 1876

by Hobbs, Isaac H., and son, Philadelphia

eye 10,643

favorite 94

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xii, [9]-265 p. incl. front., illus., plates, plans. 24 cm
Topic: Architecture, Domestic

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

32,654 33K

American Indian painters; a biographical directory

1968 1968

by King, Jeanne Snodgrass, 1927-

eye 32,654

favorite 15

comment 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-269)
Topics: Indians of North America, Indian art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

2,263 2.3K

English and Muskokee dictionary. : Collected from various sources and rev.

1914 1914

by Loughridge, R. M. (Robert McGill), 1809-1900

eye 2,263

favorite 4

comment 0

236 p. : 20 cm
Topics: English language -- Dictionaries -- Creek, Creek language -- Dictionaries -- English

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,526 3.5K

O le tusi paia o le Feagaiga Tuai ma le Feagaiga Fou lea, ua faasamoaina

1872 1872

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favorite 2

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2 p. l., 1113, [1] p. 23 cm
Topic: Bible. Samoan. 1872

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,121 9.1K

Modern cabinetwork, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinetwork & furniture, with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction;

1910 1910

by Wells, Percy A; Hooper, John

eye 9,121

favorite 56

comment 0

Part of the plates printed on both sides
Topics: Cabinetwork, Furniture

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,751 9.8K

Japanese marks and seals

1882 1882

by Bowes, James Lord, 1834-1899

eye 9,751

favorite 31

comment 0

3 p., l., [v]-ix, [2] p., 1 l., 379 p. 29 cm
Topics: Pottery, Pottery, Japanese

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

5,761 5.8K

The signs and symbols of primordial man; being an explanation of the evolution of religious doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians

1910 1910

by Churchward, Albert

eye 5,761

favorite 64

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xxiii, 449, [1] p. 26 cm
Topics: Freemasons, Symbolism, Eschatology, Religion

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,833 6.8K

Astronomia nova aitiologetos [romanized] : sev physica coelestis, tradita commentariis de motibvs stellæ Martis, ex observationibus G. V. Tychonis Brahe ; jussu & sumptibus Rvdolphi II ... plurimum annorum pertinaci studio elaborata Pragæ ...

1609 1609

by Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601; Rudolph II, emperor of Germany, 1552-1612; Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, former owner. DSI; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 6,833

favorite 11

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Caspar. M. Bibl. Kepleriana
Topics: Astronomy, Planetary theory

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,763 14K

Dictionnaire des marques et monogrammes des faiences, poteries, grès, terre de pipe, terre cuite, porcelaines, etc. : anciennes et modernes ...

1879 1879

by Ris-Paquot, 1835-

eye 13,763

favorite 21

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Includes index
Topics: Pottery, Porcelain, Monograms

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,347 8.3K

A companion to Manual of illumination : containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail finishings, & c

- -

by Laing, J. J; Bradley, John William, 1830-1916. Manual of illuminations

eye 8,347

favorite 114

comment 0

16th thousand
Topic: Illumination of books and manuscripts

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,946 4.9K

L'art arabe

1893 1893

by Gayet, Albert Jean, 1856-

eye 4,946

favorite 43

comment 0

Series title also at head of t.-p
Topics: Islamic art, Art, Arab

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,734 14K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 13,734

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,434 4.4K

The workwoman's guide : containing instructions to the inexperienced in cutting out and completing those articles of wearing apparel, &c. which are ususally made at home : also, explanations on upholstery, straw- platting, bonnet-making, knitting, &c.

1838 1838

by Lady, active 1838, author

eye 4,434

favorite 135

comment 0

viii, 303, [1] pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : 29 cm
Topics: Sewing, Knitting, Dressmaking -- Pattern design, Tailoring -- Pattern design

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5,523 5.5K

Meister des ornamentstichs, eine auswahl aus vier jahrhunderten

1900 1900

by Jessen, Peter, 1858-1926

eye 5,523

favorite 82

comment 0

I. Gotik und renaissance.--II. Das barock.--III. Das rokoko.--IV. Der klassizismus
Topic: Decoration and ornament

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692 692

English manual, or, Prayers and catechism in English typography

1896 1896

eye 692

favorite 2

comment 0

v. p. ; 15 cm
Topics: Prayer-books and devotions, English, Catechisms, Creeds, Catholic Church -- Prayer-books and...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

16,617 17K

Cross-stitch embroidery

1899 1899

by Wilkie, Harriet Cushman

eye 16,617

favorite 170

comment 1

48 p. 28 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,350 8.4K

American silversmiths and their marks, III

1948 1948

by Ensko, Stephen Guernsey Cook, 1896-1969

eye 8,350

favorite 13

comment 0

Maps show location of silversmiths in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, 1660 to 1800
Topics: Silversmiths, Hallmarks, Silverwork

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

5,368 5.4K

Ars orientalis; the arts of Islam and the East

1954 1954

by University of Michigan. Center for Chinese Studies; Freer Gallery of Art; University of Michigan. Department of the History of Art

eye 5,368

favorite 7

comment 0

Issued by the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan
Topics: Islamic art, Art, Asian, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

14,192 14K

Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office

1920 1920

by United States. Patent Office

eye 14,192

favorite 1

comment 0

Vols. for 1966- issued in 2 pts: pt. 1, List of patentees; pt. 2, Index to subjects of invention
Topic: Patents

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,868 11K

An embroidery book

1920 1920

by Arthur, Anne Knox

eye 10,868

favorite 64

comment 0

xv, 183 p. 23 cm
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

5,271 5.3K

A history of ornament ..

1916 1916

by Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926

eye 5,271

favorite 40

comment 0

Contains bibliographies
Topic: Decoration and ornament

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

2,567 2.6K

Clothing for women : selection, design, construction : a practical manual for school and home

1916 1916

by Baldt, Laura Irene

eye 2,567

favorite 119

comment 1

xiv, 454 p., [7] leaves of plates : 22 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Clothing and dress, Dressmaking, Sewing

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

12,806 13K

Alphabets old and new, for the use of craftsmen

1910 1910

by Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910

eye 12,806

favorite 175

comment 1

xxx, 256 p. : 20 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Alphabets

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

20,550 21K

Plans, elevations, sections, and details of the Alhambra, from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by Jules Goury, and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones

1842 1842

by Goury, Jules, 1803-1834; Jones, Owen, 1809-1874; Gayangos, Pascual de, 1809-1897

eye 20,550

favorite 141

comment 4

Design Digitized: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library’s Rare Books, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, was supported in part by funds from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) through the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases Program
( 4 reviews )
Topic: Alhambra (Granada, Spain)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,805 8.8K

Esquisses décoratives

- -

by Binet, René, 1866-1911; Geffroy, Gustave, 1855-1926

eye 8,805

favorite 168

comment 4

statement of responsibility: par René Binet, architecte ; preface de Gustave Geffroy
( 4 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Art nouveau, Architecture, Interior decoration, Jewelry

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,618 6.6K

Gothic alphabets

1897 1897

by Springer, Jaro, 1856-1915; International Chalcographical Society

eye 6,618

favorite 237

comment 0

Also published in German in the same year: Gothische Alphabete
Topics: Alphabets, Lettering, Initials, Illumination of books and manuscripts, E. S., Meister, active 15th...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,252 8.3K

L'Émirat des Trarzas

1919 1919

by Marty, Paul, 1882-1938

eye 8,252

favorite 1

comment 0

Originally published in Revue du monde musulman v. 36 (1917-1918)
Topic: Ethnology

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,439 6.4K

Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire

2009 2009

eye 6,439

favorite 21

comment 0

317 p. : 28 cm
Topics: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Exhibitions, Mongols -- History -- To 1500 -- Exhibitions, Mongols --...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,975 9.0K

La dentelle renaissance

1920 1920

by Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890

eye 8,975

favorite 45

comment 0

Includes transfer patterns

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,882 8.9K

The Priscilla filet crochet book, no. 2 ; a collection of beautiful designs in filet crochet, introducing filet crochet brodé, embroidery on crochet and cameo crochet

1914 1914

by Kettelle, F. W., Mrs

eye 8,882

favorite 91

comment 1

48 p. 27 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Crocheting

Biodiversity Heritage Library

7,070 7.1K

Kunstformen der Natur

1899 1899

by Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919; Bibliographisches Institut (Leipzig, Germany)

eye 7,070

favorite 64

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statement of responsibility: von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel
Topic: Natural history

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

16,354 16K

English goldsmiths and their marks, a history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with over thirteen thousand marks reproduced in facsimile from authentic examples of plate and tables of date-letters and other hall-marks used in the assay offices of the United kingdom

1921 1921

by Jackson, Charles James, Sir, 1849-1923

eye 16,354

favorite 8

comment 0

xvi, 747 p. 31 cm
Topics: Plate, Goldwork, Silverwork, Hallmarks

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

5,241 5.2K

Islamic metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art

1985 1985

by Freer Gallery of Art; At¸l, Esin; Atl, Esin; Chase, W. T. (William Thomas); Jett, Paul; Smithsonian Institution

eye 5,241

favorite 23

comment 0

"Exhibition held at the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 27, 1985-January 5, 1986"--T.p. verso
Topics: Freer Gallery of Art, Art metal-work, Islamic art metal-work

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

14,072 14K

Album de broderies au point de croix

1890 1890

by Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890

eye 14,072

favorite 67

comment 0

Bibliothèque D.M.C
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,326 10K

Ships, sea songs and shanties

1913 1913

by Whall, W. B; Whall, R. H

eye 10,326

favorite 72

comment 1

( 1 reviews )
Topic: Sea songs

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,638 8.6K

Great Benin; its customs, art and horrors

1903 1903

by Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1854-1925

eye 8,638

favorite 20

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"The number of copies of this work is limited to 320 for sale in the British Isles and abroad ..."
Topic: Art, Primitive

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,751 7.8K

Slave songs of the United States

1867 1867

by Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889; Ware, Charles Pickard, 1840-1921; Garrison, Lucy McKim, 1842-1877

eye 7,751

favorite 59

comment 2

Unaccompanied melodies
( 2 reviews )
Topics: African Americans, Folk music, Folk songs, English, Spirituals (Songs), Slaves

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,214 4.2K

Disquisitiones arithmeticae

1801 1801

by Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855

eye 4,214

favorite 7

comment 0

XVIII, 668, [10] p. ; 21 cm
Topic: Number theory

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,598 4.6K

Führer für sammler von Porzellan und Fayence, Steinzeug, Steingut usw : Vollständiges Verzeichnis der auf älterem Porzellan, Fayence, Steingut usw. befindlichen Marken

1919 1919

by Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor, 1814-1885; Jaenniche, Friedrich, 1831-1907; Zimmermann, Ernst, 1866-1940

eye 4,598

favorite 5

comment 0

Includes indexes
Topic: Pottery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

12,027 12K

Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V ... : Appendix habet comparationem huius operis cum Harmonices Cl. Ptolemaei libro III, cumque Roberti de Fluctibus, dicti Flud. medici oxoniensis speculationibus Harmonicis, operi de Macrocosmo & microcosmo insertis. Accessit nunc propter cognationem materiae eiusdem authoris liber ante 23. annos editus Tubingae, cui titulus Prodromus, seu Mysterium cosmographicum, de causis coelorum numeri, proportionis motuumque periodicorum, ex quinque corporibus regularibus ..

1619 1619

by Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Ptolemy, 2nd cent; Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637; Tambach, Gottfried, fl. 1607-1632, publisher; Planck, Johann, fl. 1615-1627, printer; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 12,027

favorite 42

comment 0

Books 1-2 and books 3-5 are paged continuously
Topics: Geometry, Music

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,895 6.9K

Dessins d'ornements d'architecture de Joseph Beunat : reproduction de l'ouvrage, epoque du premier Empire

1900 1900

by Beunat, Joseph

eye 6,895

favorite 78

comment 1

Caption title
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Decoration and ornament

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,482 8.5K

Motifs pour broderies

1922 1922

by Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890; Dollfus-Mieg & Cie

eye 8,482

favorite 136

comment 0

Première-2me série: 14 x 21 cm
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

15,765 16K

Niederländisches künstler-lexikon; auf grund archivalischer forschungen bearbeitet

1906 1906

by Wurzbach, Alfred von, 1846-1915

eye 15,765

favorite 2

comment 0

Issued in 24 parts
Topics: Artists, Artists

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,504 6.5K

A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field

1865 1865

by Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879; Burndy Library, donor. DSI; Royal Society (Great Britain)

eye 6,504

favorite 17

comment 0

Extracted from: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, v. 155 (1865)
Topic: Electromagnetic fields

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,130 6.1K

The Priscilla filet crochet book : a collection of beautiful designs in filet crochet, equally adapted to cross-stitch beads and canvas with working directions

1915 1915

by Robinson, Belle; Priscilla Publishing Co

eye 6,130

favorite 80

comment 0

Cover title: Priscilla filet crochet book, no. 1
Topic: Crocheting

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

24,327 24K

Among the Ibos of Nigeria, an account of the curious & interesting habits, customs, & beliefs of a little known African people by one who has for many years lived amongst them on close & intimate terms

1921 1921

by Basden, George Thomas, 1873-1944

eye 24,327

favorite 49

comment 0

315, [1] p. incl. front. 23 cm
Topic: Igbo (African people)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,287 8.3K

American etiquette and rules of politeness

1883 1883

by Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929

eye 8,287

favorite 48

comment 0

424 p. : 20 cm
Topic: Etiquette

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,217 4.2K

The Palmer method of business writing : a series of self-teaching lessons in rapid, plain, unshaded, coarse-pen, muscular movement writing for use in all schools, public or private, where an easy and legible handwriting is the object sought; also for the home learner

1915 1915

by Palmer, A. N. (Austin Norman), 1859-1927

eye 4,217

favorite 39

comment 1

96 pages : 15 x 24 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Penmanship, Study and teaching, Penmanship -- Study and teaching

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,571 11K

Embroidery : a collection of articles on subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, including stitches, materials, methods of work, and designing, and history ...

1909 1909

by Christie, Grace

eye 10,571

favorite 113

comment 2

On cover: A new serial containing articles upon stitches, methods of work, design, and other subjects connected with the study of fine needlework, with coloured plates and other illustrations
( 2 reviews )
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

20,872 21K

The architecture of A. Palladio, in four books : containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building : as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights : to which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before

1715 1715

by Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580; Leoni, Giacomo, ca. 1686-1746; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652; Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903, donor. DSI; Dubois, Nicholas, ca. 1665-1735

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statement of responsibility: revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... ; translated from the Italian original
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Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office

1920 1920

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Vols. for 1966- issued in 2 pts: pt. 1, List of patentees; pt. 2, Index to subjects of invention
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Annals of the Smithsonian Institution

1994 1994

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Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts

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by Kingsborough, Edward King, viscount, 1795-1837; Dupaix, Guillermo; Sahagún, Bernardino de, -1590; Veytia, Mariano, 1718-1780?; Simón, Pedro, b. 1565; Adair, James, approximately 1709-1783; Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557; Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de, 1578-1650; Alvarado Tezozómoc, Fernando, active 1598; Aglio, Agostino, 1777-1857, lithographer; Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. Library, former owner. DSI

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statement of responsibility: by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio
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Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen ..

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by Rosenberg, Marc, 1852-1930

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