307.

Perloff, Caroline Benenson and Daniel M. Albert.

TICKETS TO THE HEALING ARTS: MEDICAL LECTURE TICKETS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.

New Castle, DE and Philadelphia, PA: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Archives, 2015. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 364 pages. For more than the first century of formal medical education in America, medical schools were proprietary in nature. At most private and university-affiliated institutions, medical faculty ran the medical schools, controlling admissions, the curriculum, and graduation standards. They collected fees directly from medical students and in return, issued tickets for admission to their..... READ MORE about TICKETS TO THE HEALING ARTS: MEDICAL LECTURE TICKETS OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118577

309.

Havens, Earle (ed.).

THE DR. ELLIOTT & EILEEN HINKES COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.

Baltimore: The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, 2011. 9.5 x 12 inches. paperback. 122 pages. First edition. In addition to providing a complete bibliography of the Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes Collection of Rare Books in the History of Scientific Discovery, this beautifully-illustrated volume includes narrative essays that put the books in the collection into their proper historical context. With well over 250 individual items, the Hinkes Collection encompasses over 500 years of printing history..... READ MORE about THE DR. ELLIOTT & EILEEN HINKES COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108257

311.

Kirkpatrick, Robert.

FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFULLER.

A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2013. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 586 pages. A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950. This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. It contains 100 black-and-white illustrations and 16 in color..... READ MORE about FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFULLER

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108513

313.

Price, Lois Olcott.

LINE, SHADE AND SHADOW: THE FABRICATION AND PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and the Winterthur Museum, (2015). 9 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 384 pages. As documents of the built environment, as source material for architectural historians and preservation architects, and as stunning works of art, architectural drawings serve a wide and diverse audience. This book explores the materials and techniques used in their fabrication while illustrating their evolution from the eighteenth through the twentieth century. In addition to documenting..... READ MORE about LINE, SHADE AND SHADOW: THE FABRICATION AND PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96676

316.

Krogt, P. van der, and Elger Heere (editors).

GUIDES TO DUTCH ATLAS MAPS: THE BRITISH ISLES, VOLUME 1: ENGLAND.

New Castle and Houten: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF, 2011. 5 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 256 pages. This is the first in a series of sixteen reference guides designed for the historic and antique map collector, curator, or enthusiast. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, the Netherlands had a thriving map production and publishing industry, with figures like Johannes Blaeu and Abraham Ortelius leading the Dutch cartographic industry. The maps produced in..... READ MORE about GUIDES TO DUTCH ATLAS MAPS: THE BRITISH ISLES, VOLUME 1: ENGLAND

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 105517

318.

Pollack, John H. (editor).

"THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH": WORLDS OF LEARNING IN THE AGE OF FRANKLIN.

New Castle, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. In 1749, Benjamin Franklin published his educational call to arms, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. In it, Franklin set forth a radically new template for educating students, one that stressed social utility, secular independence, and an English language-based curriculum. This slim pamphlet led to the creation of..... READ MORE about "THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH": WORLDS OF LEARNING IN THE AGE OF FRANKLIN

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 100470

320.

Schimmelman, Janice G.

BOOKS ON ART IN EARLY AMERICA: BOOKS ON ART, AESTHETICS AND INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES THROUGH 1815.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2007. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 292 pages. First Edition. An expanded version of two of the author's previous publications, this bibliography covers a broad range of books on art in early America, including not only art treatises and instruction manuals but all books related to drawing, painting, engraving, sculpture, artist biography and the history of art. The bibliography covers art books up to 1815, the year that..... READ MORE about BOOKS ON ART IN EARLY AMERICA: BOOKS ON ART, AESTHETICS AND INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE IN AMERICAN...

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 94205