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6 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Woodcuts.

  1. Sol Biderman collection, 1954-2004

    8 linear inches of manuscripts. 326 chapbooks. 3 sound recordings. 78 graphic materials. 18 artifacts. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Brazilian chapbooks, xilogravuras woodblock illustrations and woodblocks, sound recordings and additional research material on the subject of Brazilian literatura de cordel collected by Sol Biderman. The collection also includes a play, poems, and other writings by Biderman along with his collection of Chicano corridos and poems.

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  2. Otto H.F. Vollbehr collection of printers' and publishers' marks

    21 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 8.4. Approximate number of items: 15,000. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Otto H. F. Vollbehr Collection of Printers' and Publishers' includes samples of such in nearly all of the major European countries. They chronicle the early example of printing through the seventeenth century.

  3. Janus Press archive

    164 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 75 . Approximate number of items: 57,400. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.

  4. King Lear archive : preparatory materials for an edition of Shakespeare's play published by Theodore Press with illustrations printed at the Janus Press

    ca. 965 items. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Preparatory materials for an edition of Shakespeare's King Lear published by Theodore Press with illustrations printed at the Janus Press.

  5. Walter Hamady and The Perishable Press collection, 1895-2019

    ca. 20,040 items. 129 containers. 161 linear feet. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Walter Hamady was an artist, professor, poet and printer, who ran the Perishable Press, Limited for over forty years. The collection includes correspondence, planning documents, original art, photographs, printing plates, Hamady’s personal library, reference materials, ephemera and realia.

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  6. 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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