Barker, Nicolas.

THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA.

2 VOLUMES
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 10.6 x 13.75 inches. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 141 pp. (text); 231 pp. (facsimile). 231 color plates. 2 VOLUMES. This work unites the Rothschild Alunno, now in the Cotsen Children's Library, with Alunno's remaining work from four European collections and reconstructs the original appearance of the cartoni by the preeminent 15th century Italian writing master. The cartoni are presented in full color facsimile, with a...... READ MORE about THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA

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Bucking, Scott.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2011. 7 x 9 inches. cloth, in slipcase. 266 pages. This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with historical and social context, and discusses current issues in papyrology relating to papyri as archaeological objects. With a 61-page color facsimile..... READ MORE about PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: P. COTSEN-PRINCETON 1 AND THE TRAINING OF SCRIBES IN BYZANTINE EGYPT

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2019. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper cover, title label on spines. 2 vol.: xi, 610 pages; xxxviii, 565 pages. "Turn to any page of the recently published, two-volume, folio-size Catalog of the Cotsen Children's Library: The Nineteenth Century -- say, page 24 of volume II -- and the bibliographical detail accompanying each entry and illustration are case studies in thoroughness. In my case, page 24 reveals..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, (VOLS. I & II

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CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II).

Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000-2003. 9.4 x 12.6 inches. cloth, with gilt-stamped decoration on upper covers, title labels on spines. 656, 818 pages. In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. Complete, this catalogue describes that portion of the non-circulating collection of printed books which the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (VOLS I & II

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Cohn, Don J. (ed.) with text by Ann Herring.

THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.25 x 11.4 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 136 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded, else a near fine copy. The Cotsen Children's Library is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese books and printed matter for children outside of Japan. At present, this remarkable and constantly expanding corpus consists of over 10,000 items, including not only books and magazines, but also printed..... READ MORE about THE DAWN OF WISDOM: SELECTIONS FROM THE JAPANESE COLLECTION OF THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

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Cohn, Don J.

VIRTUE BY DESIGN: ILLUSTRATED CHINESE CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 8.25 x 11.5 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 90 pages. The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children's Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks, dictionaries, supplementary readers, wall posters and slides from the school classroom, comic..... READ MORE about VIRTUE BY DESIGN: ILLUSTRATED CHINESE CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM THE COTSEN CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

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Cotsen, Margit Sperling, Judy Taylor, Anne Stevenson Hobbs, and Ivy Trent.

THE BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION OF LLOYD COTSEN: PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2004. 14.25 x 11.25 (landscape). cloth. 190 pages. In November 2004 the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University became the home of Mr. Lloyd Cotsen's extensive collection of Beatrix Potter manuscripts, original art, photographs, and related ephemera. To mark the occasion of this very special gift, the Cotsen Occasional Press produced this lavish, oversized catalogue full of illustrations and photographs of the diverse items in the collection. Part I of..... READ MORE about THE BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION OF LLOYD COTSEN: PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY

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James, Solomon and Allan Salt (trans.).

LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2010. 4.2 x 5.5 inches. hardback with dust jacket. 16 pages. Facsimile of an illustrated manuscript and of a contemporary letter providing its translation by Reverend Allan Salt. Introduction by Ivy Trent. The original was written in Ojibway and painted on birchbark by Soloman James, Sound of Thunder Ravens, Chief of the Shawanagaw Band of Ojibway Indians, for his son, Louis. The book illustrates hunting and way of life around..... READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS

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Kallmeyer-Melhorn, Margarete.

DER WUNDERKNAUL: THE WONDROUS BALL OF YARN PICTURES AND VERSES.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2008. 12.4 x 15.1 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 40 pages. Der Wunderknaul is the beautifully illustrated tale of Inge's adventures with a ball of yarn. This innovative picture book with verses by Margarete Kallmeyer-Melhorn reflects an interesting transitional period in German society from a nursery perspective: the change from traditional German society to the modern world. The book contains a biographical note with family photographs by Kallmeyer-Melhorn's great nephew, Thomas..... READ MORE about DER WUNDERKNAUL: THE WONDROUS BALL OF YARN PICTURES AND VERSES

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Shefrin, Jill.

THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 522 pages. Winner of the Justin G. Schiller Prize (Bibliographical Society of America) and the F.J. Harvey Darton Award (Children's Books History Society). Nominated for the International Bibliographical Prize (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Catalogue of alphabets tiles, battledores, block puzzles, cards, jigsaw puzzles, educational aids, board games, maps, map samplers, pictures sheets, scrolls and writing sheets published by the Darton firms..... READ MORE about THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A...

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Shefrin, Jill.

NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY: JOHN SPILSBURY AND EARLY DISSECTED PUZZLES.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...

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Shefrin, Jill.

SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE III.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2003. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between..... READ MORE about SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF...

Price: $45.00 save 50% $22.50  other currencies  Order nr. 130473