More Miscellany from the Library of Congress
As promised, more images from the Library of Congress Other Digitized Materials collection that caught my fancy. As yesterday, click the image to go to the material at the LOC website.
History of Insects. New-York: Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-Store, no. 357, Pearl-Street, 1813.
[Ivory hornbook] [realia]. [England: s.n., 18--].
[Wood hornbook] [realia]. [United States?: s.n., 18--]
— Hornbooks were tools used to teach children the alphabet, and sometimes a few words and religious verses, before paper was cheap and widely available. The first example above is ivory with a beautiful carved alphabet, and it looks to have been broken and repaired at some point. The second hornbook is made of wood, with a printed sheet underneath a thin layer of translucent horn to protect the page, which explains the origin of the term “hornbook.” This one appears to be multi-functional, with what looks like an abacus at the top.
The World Turned Upside Down, or, No News, and Strange News. York: Printed and sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [1820?].
Solemn Warning to Dancers, A. New York: Published by N. Bangs and J. Emory for the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, between 1824 and 1832.
— I have a thing for religious pamphlets. I’ve actually been known to go out of my way to get copies from street preachers. The illustration in the above is great – note the snake off to the side.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York : [Walt Whitman], 1855 ([Brooklyn, New York : Rome Brothers])
— I need to get this as a font.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on moral and political subjects. Philadelphia: Printed by William Gibbons …, 1792.
The LOC has a big collection of magic posters. Below are some of my favorites.
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These are awesome as well!