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The following is the guide to the materials on exhibit in Special Collections.  The exhibit is open to the public from 9:00-6:00 Monday through Friday through Fall 2000.
 
 

1.  Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Poetry for children.  London: The Leadenhall Press ; New York:  C. Scribner' Sons, 1892.  2 volumes. Call Number: (Shaw) PR4860 .A25 1892
Binding signed on inside lower front cover by Zaehnsdorf.  Marble grained leather with gilt triple fillet and rolled saw edge, gilt swag and cameo on front cover. Blue marbled end leaves with gilt edges of leaves and gilt-tooled inner dentelle. Spine is flat with seven panels divided by double fillets and rolled saw edge, gilt lettering for title on darker panels.

2.  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  A new edition; illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs, drawn by John Gilbert, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. London: George Routledge, 1856. Call Number: (Shaw) PS2250 E56
Binding labeled  “Myers & Co. 80 New Bond Street London” on inner lower front cover.  Bound in green morocco with borders of gilt fillets and corner arabesques with center medallion arabesque.  Gilt-tooled inner dentelle with marbled end leaves and gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels with gilt title lettering and other panels with arabesque decoration.

3.  Turner, William, d. 1568. The first and seconde partes of the herbal of William Turner... lately oversene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte, lately gathered, and nowe set oute with the names of the herbes in Greke, Latin, English, Duche, Frenche, and in  he Apothecaries and herbaries Latin…  Collen: Imprinted by Birckman, 1568. Call Number: (Spc) QK99 .T8 1568
Signed by Riviere & Son on inside front cover. Bound in tan morocco with five borders of triple gilt fillets, two blind-tooled geometric floral borders, and a blind-tooled cypher medallion in the center.  Cream end leaves with double gilt fillet inner dentelle and gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels by single raised bands decorated by gilt pointille.  Panels decorated with blind-tooling and triple gilt fillets.

4.  Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Pippa passes. London: G. G. Harrap, 1841. Series note: The Kings treasury of literary masterpieces.  Call Number: (Spc) PR4218 .A1 1841
Binding not signed.  Tan morocco with tooled and gilt leaf and vine border.  Front inner panel blind-tooled in interlace design.  Brown end leaves, top edges of leaves gilt.  Spine with gilt fillets, gilt title lettering and gilt-tooled floral decorations.

5. Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855.  Poems.  A new ed. London: Moxon, 1854. Illustrations engraved by Finden, Goodall, and others. Call Number: (Shaw) PR5234 .A1 1854
Binding signed by Seton & Mackenzie on lower inside front cover.  Red morocco with gilt-tooled urn surrounded by arabesques and double gilt fillet frame.  White moire silk doublure, gilt-tooled inner dentelle in Greek key with corner medallions and gauffered gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands edged with gilt hatching, gilt lettering in title panels with gilt Grolieresque pattern in other panels.

6.  The history of Helyas : Knight of the Swan. Translated by Robert Copland from the French version published in Paris  in 1504. A literal reprint in the types of Wynkin de Worde after the unique copy printed by him upon parchment in London, MCCCCCXII. New York: The Grolier Club, 1901. Call Number: (Spc) PR2235.C7 H5 1901
Binding not signed but limited edition with unique binding.  Tan blind-tooled morocco with double fillet dividing the cover into three panels using the printing devices of Wynkin de Worde (successor to Caxton) as decorations.  Two brass clasps hold cover closed.  Spine is divided into three panels with tooled floral motifs and title in center.  Blind-tooled inner dentelle, marbled end leaves with edges of leaves left deckle edged.  Spine is divided into three panels by blind-tooled border, tooled title lettering with tooled plant in each panel.

7.  The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the Newe Testamente.  Translated by Nicholas Udall, Thomas Caius, and Mary Tudor; with the text of the New Testament, Great Bible version. London: Edwarde Whitchurche, 1548. Call Number: (Spc) BS2055 1548
Binding not signed.  Front and back covers appear to be original with newer spine and clasps.  Brown morocco over heavy wooden boards with gilt-tooled Grolieresque design of interlace and floral scrolls.  Inner leaves plain and edges of leaves are gilt and gauffered.  Spine is divided into six panels by double raised bands.  Titles in gilt on red leather and other panels with gilt-tooled floral pattern. Clasps and corner supports are brass.

8.   Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. A journal of the plague year: being observations or memorials, of the most remarkable occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. <1st. ed.> London: Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange; F. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd without Temple Bar; and J. Graves in St. James's-Street, 1722.  Call Number:  (Spc) PR3404 .J6
Binding signed “Bound by Ramage” on inner lower front cover.  Gilt-tooled green morocco with triple gilt fillet and gilt arabesque border.  Gilt-tooled inner dentelle, marbled end leaves and gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands with gilt title lettering and gilt-tooled arabesque borders.

9.   Morin, Louis, 1855-1938. Vieille idylle.  Douze pointes seches et vingt ornements typographiques par l'auteur. Paris: L. Conquet, 1891. Call Number: (Spc) PQ2367.M67 V5 1891
Signed by M. Lortic on lower inner front cover.  Blue morocco with gilt double fillet and simple gilt Grolieresque design.  Wide gilt inner dentelle with floral border, pastel marbled end leaves, and gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands with gilt title lettering and gilt scroll decoration in other panels.

10.  Archer, Thomas, 1830-1893. Pictures and royal portraits illustrative of English and Scottish history, from the introduction of Christianity to the present time. Engraved from important works by distinguished modern painters, and from authentic state portraits. With descriptive historical sketches, by Thomas Archer. London: Blackie & Son <1878?> Call Number:  (Spc)  DA30  .A7
Binding labeled “bound by Blackie and Sons” on lower left of inside back cover.  Bound in heavily blind-tooled and gilt-tooled red morocco.  Decorated with nine gilt medallions, the center one a royal shield set in borders of gilt floral and geometric patterns, the cover has shadowed blind-tooled geometric patterns over all.  Gilt-tooled inner dentelle in scrolling floral pattern, marbled end leaves with gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into seven panels by raised bands with blind and gilt-tooled decorations.

Books with Half Leather over Board

11. Gay, John, 1685-1732.  Fables by John Gay; with a life of the author and embellished with seventy plates. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1793. Call Number: (Shaw)  PR3473  .F33 1793b
Binding not signed.  Half red leather with red cloth boards and leather corner pieces.  End leaves plain and top edge of leaves gilt with the rest plain.  Spine has six panels divided by raised bands.  Gilt title lettering in second panel, all other panels decorated with gilt-tooled animal figures.

12.  Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805. The administration of the British colonies. Wherein their rights and constitution are discussed and stated.  The 5th ed. London: Printed for J. Walter, 1774. Call Number: (Spc) 325.342 P889a, 1774
Labeled: “Bound by Goodwyn, Tetbury” on lower inner front cover.  Tan half leather with blind-tooled roll border, leather corners and marbled boards.  Brown paper end leaves and marbled edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into six panels by gilt double fillets.  Title panels have black background with gilt lettering, other panels plain.

13.  Cowper, William, 1731-1800. The task, a poem, in six books.  London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1785.
Call Number: (Shaw) PR3382 .T37 1785
Signed on verso of the flyleaf by Sangorsci and Sutcliffe, London.  Tan half leather with single gilt fillet border, leather corner pieces, and marbled boards. Marbled end leaves with edges of leaves left plain.  Spine is divided into eight panels by raised bands with gilt-tooling and gilt title lettering.  Gilt flowers decorate panels without lettering.

14.  Noce, Fernande de, 1845-.  Cecilia : ou, Les premiers temps du christianisme en Italie et en Grece. Tours: A. Mame, <1887?>. Call Number: (Spc) PQ2376.N5 C43
Binding not signed but unique.  Tan half leather with blind-tooled double fillet border, leather corner pieces, and boards in hand made paper with a checkerboard pattern.  End leaves in floral print paper, edges of leaves are plain.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands with single gilt fillets and gilt title lettering.  Other panels are plain except for gilt geometric pattern at top and foot of spine.

15.  Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.  Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri.  Fiorentino nuovamente rivedute nel testo e diligentemente emendate dal reverendo dottore Edoardo Moore, ed ora stampate per la gentile cortesia dei distinti direttori della stamperia della Universita di Oxford.  Shelly House, Chelsea nella stamperia Ashendeniana, 1909. Call Number: (Spc)  PQ4300  .A1 1909
Binding signed with tooled initials WHS on lower back cover.  Oak boards with half white leather spine and two braided leather clasps.  Leather is blind-tooled in knotwork pattern with gilt pointille.  Boards are plain.  Inner leaves are also plain.  Ends of leaves are untrimmed with deckle edge.  Spine consists of six panels divided by raised bands with gilt title lettering but otherwise plain.

Books Bound in Unusual Materials

16.  Schippeitaro.  Translated by Mrs. T.H. James.  Tokyo: Y. Nishinomiya, <ca.  1936>  (Japanese fairy tale series ; no. 17)  Call Number: (Spc)  GR340  .S3513 1936
Printed on Japanese crepe paper on double leaves, folded in Japanese style and tied with red silk thread.

17.  Kachi Kachi mountain. Tokyo: Y. Nishinomiya, <19--?>  (Japanese fairy tale series ; no. 5) Call Number: (Spc)  GR340  .K3313 1900z
Printed on Japanese crepe paper on double leaves, folded in Japanese style and tied with red silk thread.

18.  The Keepsake. London: Hurst, Chance and Co., 1827-57. Call Number:  (Shaw)  AY13  .K5
Binding not signed.  Bound in black calf covered heavy boards inlaid with mother-of-pearl and painted with gilt and green.  Center has bouquet with abstract design around border.  End leaves are shiny white paper and edges of leaves are gilt.  Spine is gilt-tooled with title and small floral design.

19.  Ainslie, Douglas, 1865-1948. Chosen poems.  With a preface by G.K. Chesterton.  London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1926. Call Number: (Shaw)  PR6001.I55 A6 1926
 Binding not signed.  Bound in unusual hand colored paper in lavender spotted with dark red specked with gold. Spine is plain with paper label.  End leaves are plain and edges are trimmed.

20.  Martinez de la Riva, Ramon. Blasco Ibanez; su vida, su obra, su muerte, sus mejores paginas.  Madrid: Editorial Mundo latino <etc., 1929> Call Number: 868 B644Zma
Binding not signed but very unique.  Hand tooled and colored tan saddle leather with blanket stitching at edges. End leaves are red silk damask, top edge of leaves is gilt.  Spine has hand-tooled lettering.

21.  Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897- Sian: a coup d'etat. by Mayling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-shek). A fortnight in Sian: extracts from a diary by Chiang Kei-shek. Shanghai: The China publishing company, 1937. Call Number: (Spc)  DS778.C55  C452 1937
Binding not signed, stamp of the Kwang Hsueh Publishing House on upper left corner of inside back cover.  Front and back boards are covered with red silk (front faded) and spine covered in a red and green silk brocade and tied with blue silk thread.  Inner leaves handmade bamboo fiber paper.  Cover lettering gilt with calligraphy.

End Leaves and Inner Dentelles

22-25.  Brinkley, F. (Frank), 1841-1912. Oriental series: Japan and China. Lotus ed. Boston: J. B. Millet, 1901-1902. Call Number: (Spc) DS508 .B7 12 volumes
Binding unsigned one of 26 lettered copies—letter U.  Bound in green morocco with gilt multiple fillets and gilt outlined painted lotus on front and back.   Gray silk crepe doublure with ink brush painting on free end leaves; attached leaves have wide green leather gilt inner dentelle with medallions in corners and blue-green leather inset. Top edges of leaves are gilt.  Spine is divided into four panels by raised bands, panels are decorated with lotus leaves and flowers.  Each volume has a unique frontispiece illustration hand-painted on silk.

26.  Gautier, Theophile, 1811-1872. Le petit chien de la marquise.   Preface par Maurice Tourneux ; vingt et un dessins de Louis Morin.  Paris: L. Conquet, 1893. Call Number: (Spc) PQ2258 .P4 1893
Signed binding by Ganape, RD on inner front cover.  Blue morocco cover with triple gilt fillet border.  Inner dentelles with gilt arabesque and marbled end leaves.  Top edge of leaves is gilt.  Spine is divided into six panels with raised bands with gilt pointille. Title panel has gilt lettering with gilt floral pattern in other panels.

27.  Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903. Poems. 4th ed., rev. London: D. Nutt, 1900. Call Number: (Shaw) PR4783 .A3 1900
Binding signed by H. Wood.  Green morocco with single gilt fillet, ochre silk doublure surrounded by green morocco with multiple gilt fillets.  Edges of leaves are gilt .  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands decorated with a single gilt fillet.

28.  Degrevant (Romance)  Sire Degrevaunt.  <Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1896>. Call Number: (Spc)  PR2065  .D414 1896a
Binding signed by B. C. D., in 1902 on lower inside back cover. Bound in blue morocco with gilt fleurons forming a broad border on the front cover accented with inlaid red roundels. Roman lettering on cover.  Spine with six gilt-tooled panels decorated with the same motifs as the front, divided by raised bands. The back is elegantly embellished with gilt floral corners joined by fillets. Gilt-tooled inner dentelles with corner medallions and end leaves of white moire silk. Top edge of leaves is gilt with rest untrimmed.

29.  Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. The works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895-98. Call Number: (Shaw) PR5550 .E95
Binding not signed, but inside is beautifully done limited edition numbered 10 of 100 copies.  Plain tan morocco with gilt inner dentelle and cream and brown print silk doublure. Top edge of leaves is gilt with rest left untrimmed.  Spine is divided into six plain panels by raised bands.  Lettering in gilt.

30.  Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Poetry for children.  London: The Leadenhall Press ; New York : C. Scribner' Sons, 1892.    2 volumes. Call Number: (Shaw) PR4860 .A25 1892
Binding signed on inside lower front cover by Zaehnsdorf.  Marble grained leather with gilt triple fillet and rolled saw edge, gilt swag and cameo on front cover. Blue marbled end leaves with gilt edges of leaves and gilt-tooled inner dentelle. Spine is flat with seven panels divided by double fillets and rolled saw edge, gilt lettering for title on darker panels.

Cloth Bound Books

31.  Meredith, George, 1828-1909. The nature poems of George Meredith.  With sixteen full-page pictures in photogravure by William Hyde. London: A. Constable, 1907. Call Number: (Shaw)  PR5007 .A1 1907
Binding not signed.  Bound in vellum like white board with single gilt fillet and all over gilt arabesque design.  Endleaves are of cream paper with top edge of leaves gilt and other edges left untrimmed.  Spine is flat with gilt lettering and decoration.

32. Omar Khayyam.  Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the astronomer-poet of Persia, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an accompaniment of drawings by Elihu Vedder. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, c1894. Call Number: (Shaw)  PK6513  .A15 1894
Binding not signed.  Brown cloth with gilt double fillet and decorative illustration on cover.  End leaves have tan and dark blue all over grape-vine and floral pattern.  Top edge of leaves is gilt with the rest left plain.  Spine has gilt tile lettering.

33. Buckton, Alice Mary.  The burden of Engela: a ballad-epic.  by A. M. Buckton. London: Methuen, 1904. Call Number: (Shaw)  PR6003.U173  B87 1904
Binding not signed.  Blue cloth binding has heavy gilt tree and leaf pattern on front cover.  Title lettering is  gilt on cover and spine.  End leaves are plain, top edge of leaves gilt with rest left plain.  Spine has titles intertwined in vine and leaf pattern.

34.  Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Little journeys to the homes of the great. Memorial ed. Printed and made into a book by the Roycrofters, who are in East Aurora, Erie County, New York. New York: W.H. Wise & Co. <c1928> Call Number: (Shaw) CT101 H8 1928b
“Printed and made into a book by Roycrofters”  Brown leather look cloth with embossed and painted with a scene of a sunset.  Dark brown handmade paper end leaves and gilt top edge of leaves with other edges left untrimmed.  Spine has embossed and gilt title lettering and embossed decoration.

35.  French, Frank, 1850-  Home fairies and heart flowers.  Twenty studies of children's heads with floral embellishments, head and tail pieces, and initial letters, by Frank French, accompanied by poems by
Margaret E. Sangster. New York: Harper & brothers, 1887. Call Number: (Shaw) N7642 .F85 *
Binding not signed; art work credited to Frank French.  Bound in ochre cloth with water lilies on lower part of cover in gilt, mauve, and olive.  Upper portion of cover is lettered in gilt with three gilt portraits.  Edges of leaves gilt, inner leaves are pale rose paper.  Spine is plain with gilt lettered title.

36.  Mackay, Eric, 1851-1898. A lover's litanies: and other poems. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. Call Number: (Shaw)  PR4971.M3 L68 1890
Labeled with paper label: “Alfred Wilson, successor to JA Gilbert & Co” on lower inner front cover.  Bound in red cloth with black and gilt all over arabesque design.  Cream and tan floral paper end leaves with gilt edges of leaves.  Spine is divided into four panels by gilt fillets and geometric gilt borders.  Gilt title lettering with gilt and black floral pattern on other panels.

37.  Brine, Mary D. (Mary Dow) A mother's song.  Illustrated by Miss C.A. Northam. New York: Cassell <c1886>  Call Number: (Shaw) B44 M7 1886
Binding unsigned but nicely done.  Brown cloth with gilt titles and embossed and painted geometric and floral decorations surrounding a gilt medallion illustration.  End leaves in tan and cream calico print paper with gilt edges of leaves.  Spine has gilt title lettering with painted and embossed decoration at top.

38. Gilchrist, Alexander, 1828-1861. Life of William Blake, with selections from his poems and other writings.  A new and enlarged edition, illustrated from Blake's own works, with additional letters and a memoir of the author. London: Macmillan, 1880. Call Number: (Shaw) PR4146 .G5 1880
Paper binding label “Bound by Burn & Co” found on inside back cover.  Dark green cloth with gilt illustration by Blake on cover.  Edges of leaves left with deckle edge, end leaves are plain paper.  Spine is plain with gilt lettering and illustration.

39. Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881. Yesterdays with authors.  Illustrated with photogravure portraits, autograph letters, etc.   Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. Call Number:  (Shaw)  PR453  .F4 1900
Binding not signed.  Dark red cloth with all over gilt floral pattern and gilt title lettering.  End leaves of heavy cream paper and top edge of leaves is gilt with rest left plain.   Spine has gilt floral pattern similar to front cover.

Fine and Unique Bindings from the Napoleon and the French Revolution Collection

40. Collot-d'Herbois, 1750-1796.  Almanach du pere Gerard pour l'annee 1792, la troisieme de l'ere de la liberte : ouvrage qui a remporte le prix propose par la Societe des amis de la constitution, seante aux Jacobins, a Paris. Paris: Se vend, 1792  Call Number: (Nap)  DC140.5  .A55
Binding not signed.  Quarter green leather with green marbled boards.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands with gilt lettering and single gilt fillets.  End leaves and edges of leaves marbled in a different pattern than boards.

41. Maceroni, Francis, 1788-1846  Interesting facts relating to the fall and death of Joachim Murat, king of Naples; the capitulation of Paris in 1815; and the second restoration of the Bourbons: original letters from King Joachim to the author, with some account of the author, and of his persecution by the French government. 2d ed. with additions.  London: Printed for Ridgways, 1817 Call Number: (Spc)  944.05  J62M, 1817
Binding not signed.  Bound in antiqued brown leather on heavy boards decorated with single border of gilt roll-tool scallop.  Spine is divided into six panels by double raised bands with gilt Greek key on bands.  Title bands have gilt lettering on colored leather insets; other panels have gilt-tooled tulip pattern.  Top edge of leaves is marbled rest is untrimmed.  End leaves are black mottled paper.

42. Almanach imperial. Paris: Testu, <1805-1813>. Call Number: (Spc) JN2304 .A5 1805
Binding not signed.  Bound in red morocco with gilt fillet and sinuous vine pattern as borders. Medallion of laurel leaves and stars with “SENAT” in center. Gilt-tooled inner dentelle. Light blue end leaves and gilt edges of leaves.  Spine divided into five panels with gilt fillets, with gilt title lettering and other panels decorated in gilt tooling.

43. Hebert, Jacques-Rene, 1757-1794. Le Pere Duchesne, 1790-1794.  Introduction par Albert Soboul. Paris:  Edhis, 1969. Call Number: (Spc) DC141  .H4 1969, t. 1.
Binding not signed.  Bound in antiqued tan leather, front cover is left plain.  Spine is divided into six panels by raised bands decorated with gilt-tooled broken line.  Title is gilt lettered with single gilt fillet border, other panels with gilt illustrations.  Edges of leaves in red speckled pattern; end leaves marbled.

44. Girard, Just, 1794-1870.  Les francais en Espagne; souvenirs des guerres de la Peninsule 1808-1814.  Nouvelle edition. Tours: Mame, 1865.  Call Number: (soc)  DC231  .R68 1865
Binding not signed.  Bound in black cloth with geometric and floral pattern embossed front and back. Edged by a single gilt fillet.  Spine divided into five panels by raised bands with gilt title lettering in one panel and gilt geometric floral pattern in others.  Edges of leaves and end leaves marbled.

45. Wojda, Karol Fryderyk, 1771-1846. Briefe eines franzosischen Offiziers geschrieben im Jahre 1800, aus Steiermark, Karnthen, Italien, der Schweiz, Baiern und Salzurg. Leipzig: P.P. Wolf, 1803. Call Number: (Spc)  DC221  .W63
Binding not signed.  Bound in a burled tan leather with a geometric gilt-tooled border.  Spine is divided into five panels by gilt-tooled scalloped border.  Title and date set onto colored leather with gilt lettering, other panels have single gilt daisy medallions.  Edges of leaves are plain and end leaves in a tan and dark blue abstract paper.

46.  Napoleon Bonaparte's secret oracle.  Translated from the German.   Jersey: <s.n.>, 1825.Call Number: BF1861  .N37 1825
Binding with label of the Burrows Brothers Company on inside back cover, lower left corner.  Bound in red morocco with two single gilt fillet borders, two blind tooled borders and a center gilt-tooled border of a geometric floral.  Spine is divided into five panels each with gilt-tooled geometric design.  Edges of leaves gilt with brown mottled end leaves and narrow geometric gilt-tooled inner dentelle.

47. Austria.  Osterreichische staatsvertrage.  England  Bearb. von Alfred Francis Pribram.  Innsbruck: Wagner, 1907-13. Call Number: JX676  1907
Binding not signed.  Bound in brown half leather with blind tooled border and tooled leather corner pieces over brown cloth boards embossed in all over arabesque pattern of leafy vines with cherubs.  Spine divided into five panels with raised bands decorated with single gilt fillets.  Title panels have gilt lettering on black background; other panels blind tooled in floral pattern.  Top edge of leaves red, remainder left plain.  End leaves in marbled paper.

48. Ladek, A.  Die Schlacht bei Kulm, 1813,  Aus Oesterreichs Heldentagen fur die vaterlandisch Jugend.  Brux: Bohmen, 1890. Call Number: (soc)  DC236.7.K85  L34
Binding not signed.  Bound in cream colored half leather with gilt-tooled border and gilt-tooled leather corner pieces and marbled boards.  Spine is divided into six panels with title panels letter in gilt on red or green background, other panels with gilt-tooled geometric pattern.  Edges of leaves gilt and end leaves in a gold and white fleur-de-lis pattern.

49. Schottenloher, Karl, 1878-  Flugblatt und zeitung; ein wegweiser durch das gedruckte tagesschrifttum.  Berlin:  R. C. Schmidt, 1922. Call Number:  PN5204  .S37 1922
Binding not signed.  Bound in purple half leather with single gilt fillet border and tiny leather corner pieces and brown batik patterned paper covered boards.  Spine is divided into six panels by gilt-tooled broken line border.  Title lettering gilt on green background, other panels with gilt-tooled arabesque pattern.  Edges of leaves plain and trimmed, end leaves in a maroon heavy paper.

50. Rigel, Franz Xaver, 1783-1852. Der siebenjahrige Kampf auf der Pyrenischen Halbinsel von Jahre 1807-bis 1814, besonders meine eigenen Erfahrungen in diesem Kriege nebst Bemerkungen uber das Spanische Volk und Land. Darmstadt (Germany): In Commission bey Heyer und Leske, 1819-1822  Call Number: (soc)  DC231  .R48, t. 1.
Binding not signed.  Bound in red morocco with gilt-tooled border of urn and scroll and single gilt fillet.  Spine has all over gilt-tooled honeycomb pattern and title panel in gilt lettering on a beige leather background.  Gilt-tooled inner dentelle in honeycomb pattern and end leaves in watered silk, with edges of leaves gilt.