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2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
John Davis Batchelder ephemera and special collections, 2200 BCE-1948
480 items. 14 containers. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Theater programs, playbills, newspapers, incunabula leaves, prints, official documents, bookplates, inaugural souvenirs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts and politics primarily in the US, but also Europe. Persons represented in the collection include Albrecht Durer, Peter Schoeffer, Wynkyn de Worde, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Edwin Booth, and several US Presidents.
Schreiber collection of European book illustrations
20,413 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Wilhelm Schreiber (1855-1932), German printmaking scholar and author of the major reference work Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle (1891-1911), organized a personal study collection of over 20,000 book illustrations produced during the 15th through the 18th centuries. The Library acquired this collection in 1929 along with Schreiber's handwritten inventory. (Source: Melville guide)
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