Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. These volumes are bound in brown leather with stamped covers, featuring gilt lettering to both covers and spines. Unfollow selmar hess publisher to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Rev j g wood animate creation popular edition of our living world natural. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count. Animate creation illustrated 1885, hard cover, no missing pages, brown, measures 11x14 inches. Revised and adapted to american zoology by joseph b. Containing 30 color lithograph prints by louis prang, boston. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Mostly clean and free of spotting, a much nicer than typical plate book set for the era, with a profusion of illustrations, many original works of. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Your 1885 selmar hess published edition of animate creations our living world by rev. Black and white plate of an elephant at the front, with black and white illustrations of tapirs, varks, and other animals throughout. Animate creation, popular edition of our living world, a natural history by rev. Animate creation color lithos by prang rare posters. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Antique chromolithograph print of animals this 126 year old chromolithograph print from the book animated creations by j. September 23rd, 2018 national book auctions your national. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the general books club where they can select from more than a million. Animate creation 1885 puma chromo by prang selmar hess. Numerous illustrations, including twentysix full color plates four are missing.
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This book is available with additional data at biodiversity heritage library. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Vintage book animate creation illustrated vol 1 only, 1885, 316pgs w 4 full col. A personalized gift inscription, from grandmother adams, dated christmas, 1888, has been stamped in gilt on a red leather label mounted to the front board. Volumes include mammalia, birds and fishes and reptiles. Woods natural history of animate creation new york. Popular edition of our living world, a natural historyauthor.
University of toronto thomas fisher rare book library. All around the world illustrated vol 2 1894 selmar hess. Animate creation popular edition of our living world a. With standards for judging them, 50 chromolithographed plates. A set of four volumes of the antique books animate creations illustrated. Buy great men and famous women by charles f horne, selmar hess creator online at alibris. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publishers website. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Fully illustrated with scientific accuracy, printed by selmar hess, th of october 1898. It was published by selmar hess in new york in 1885. Highlighting our wide array of creation 1885 on sale. The print is in good condition but the paper it is attached to is yellowing and fragile.
Selmar hess collection biodiversity digitizing sponsor biodiversity heritage library contributor. Publishing history this is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. Louis prang 18231909, from boston, was the most prolific and influential publisher of american chromolithographs. Each volume illustrated with 10 chromolithograph plates by l. John george, hess, selmar, agassiz, alexander, baird, spencer. To the internet archive community, time is running out. Selmar hess 1885 tigers with cubs animate creation chromolithograph by prang selmar hess ebay.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. First editionslight edgewear to cloth at the base of some spine and bottom edges of the boards, marginal tear to one plate has been professionally repaired, mild water marks to the outer margins of 12 pages of volume ii with no effect to text. Original wraps are slightly agetanned and worn at extrems, still intact and otherwise pristine. I did not go through ever single page, but as far as i can tell everything is in good shape. Popular edition of our living world, a natural history 1898 selmar hess. Popular edition of our living world, a natural history, revised and adapted to american zoology. Original antique 1885 animal prints, johnsons household. Original color lithograph book plates from 1885 animate creation.
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As here, the publisher also issued the plates separately, tipped onto captioned. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Born in germany, prang learned to print in color from his. Original antique 1885 animal prints, johnsons household book. Woods natural history of animate creation, volume iii. These volumes are bound in brown leather with stamped covers, featuring gilt lettering to both covers. Etsy your place to buy and sell all things handmade. It was published in 1885 by selmar hess in new york. Along the interior are ten fullcolor chromolithograph prints. Animate creation illustrated volume ii birds 1885 biology ornithology. Popular edition of our living world, a natural history by rev. Quarto 32 cm 34 red leather with marbled paper over boards, and a gilt tooled spine. Original publishers half morocco, title elaborately gilt. Presenting creation 1885 in stock and ready to ship today.
Each volume of animate creation, fully illustrated with scientific accuracy, is adorned with tissueguarded. As a public health precaution due to covid19 coronavirus, the smithsonian libraries will temporarily close to the public starting saturday, march 14. This copy is volume one in a series of three by rev. Co chromolithography is a method for making multicolor prints. Great men and famous women by charles f horne, selmar hess.
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