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Black Man of the Nile and His Family, Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan  Ethiopian American
Yosef A. A. Ben-Jochannan
Alkebu-Lan Books
1972
Plum, Jin Lan  Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, China
Jin Lan
1886
Landscapes after Song and Yuan masters, Lan Ying  Chinese, Album of twelve leaves; ink and color on paper, China
Lan Ying
1642
Red Friend, Lan Ying  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, China
Lan Ying
17th century
Boating amid Snowy Streams and Mountains, Lan Meng  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Lan Meng
mid-17th century
Hermit-Fisherman on a Spring River, Lan Ying  Chinese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, China
Lan Ying
dated 1632
Alkebu-Lan: Land of the Blacks, Mtume Umoja Ensemble, Record
Mtume Umoja Ensemble
Wabembe
1972
The Orchid Room, Jian Guzhai  Chinese, Pine soot and binding medium; inscribed in gilt, China
Jian Guzhai
late 19th–early 20th century
Landscape in the Style of Huang Gongwang, Unidentified artist, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold paper, China
Unidentified artist
Lan Ying
17th century or later, spurious date of 1633
Le Description de l'Egypte; ou, recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée francaise . . ., Illustrated books, Paris: 1809–1829
Paris: 1809–1829
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, David Roberts  British, Scottish, Illustrated books, London : F. G. Moon, 1842–49
Multiple artists/makers
1842–49
Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . ., Richard Lepsius  German, Illustrated books, Leipzig, 1897–1913
Multiple artists/makers
1913
Cup with Eight Daoist Immortals, Rhinoceros horn, China
China
late 18th–19th century
Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, Nauny, Papyrus, paint
ca. 1050 B.C.
Bononiensis de architectura libri quinque quibus cuncta fere architectonicae facultatis mysteria docte, perspicue . . ., Sebastiano Serlio  Italian, Illustrated book
Sebastiano Serlio
1568–69
On Painting in Oil and Water Colours, Landscape and Portraits . . ., Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding  British, Illustrated book
Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding
1839
The Treatyse of  Fysshynge wyth an Angle from the book of Saint Albans, Juliana Berners  British, Illustrated book, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1903
Juliana Berners
William Loring Andrews
1903
Morte d'Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory  British, Illustrated book, London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1893
Sir Thomas Malory
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1893
I quattro libri dell'architettura di Andrea Palladio . . ., Andrea Palladio  Italian, Illustrated book, Venice: Domenico de'Franceschi, 1570
Andrea Palladio
1570
A Beauty, Lu Hui  Chinese, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, China
Lu Hui
dated 1887
Paradise Lost, John Milton  British, Printed book, Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1902
John Milton
1902
Malerei, Photographie, Film, László Moholy-Nagy  American, born Hungary
László Moholy-Nagy
Albert Langen Verlag
1925
Descrizione degli' istromenti armonici d'ogni genere . . ., Filippo Buonanni  Italian, Printed books, engraved plates, Presso Pietro Paolo Montignani-Mirabili
Filippo Buonanni
1806
The Handmade Papers of Japan, Tindale, Thomas & Harriet R., Illustrated books, envelope containing fiber samples, Rutland & Tokyo, 1952
Tindale, Thomas & Harriet R.
Dard Hunter
1952
Huaisu in the Banana Grove, Gu Yun, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, China
Gu Yun
dated 1869
Eugene Schoen
1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Sample books, British
British
19th century
"Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti praestantissimi De vrbibvs...", Albrecht Dürer  German, Illustrated book, Paris: Officina Christiani Wecheli, 1535
Albrecht Dürer
1535
Vita di Michelagnolo Buonarroti raccolta per Ascanio Condivi da la Ripa Transone, Ascanio Condivi  Italian, Illustrated book, Rome: Antonio Blado, 1553 (1st ed.)
Ascanio Condivi
1553
Vita del Tintoretto, Carlo Ridolfi  Italian, Illustrated book, Venice: Oddoni, 1642
Carlo Ridolfi
1642
Descriptio pbvlicae gratvlationis, spectacvlorvm et lvdorvm, in aventv sereniss: Principis Ernesti Archidvcis Avstriae Dvcis Vrgvndiae, Jean Boch  Belgian, Illustrated book, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantíníana, 1595
Jean Boch
Peeter van der Borcht
1595
Pratiqve de la Guerre. Contenant l'usage de l'Artillerie, Bombes & Mortiers, Feux Artificiels & Petards, Sappes & Mines, Ponts & Pontons, Tranchees & Travaux, auec l'ordre des Assauts aux Breches. Ensemble vn traite des Feux de Ioye/par le sievr de Malthvs…, Francis Malthus, Illustrated book
Francis Malthus
1650
Le pitture e sculture di Brescia che sono esposte al pubblico con un' appendice di alcune private gallerie, Luigi Chizzola, Illustrated book, Brescia: [s.n.], 1760
Luigi Chizzola
1760
The Theory and Practice of Gardening : Wherein is Fully Handled all that Relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, as Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens &c. ...., Antoine Joseph Dézallier d'Argenville  French, Illustrated book, London: printed by Geo. James, 1712
Antoine Joseph Dézallier d'Argenville
1712
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, John Lloyd Stephens  American, Illustrated book, New York: Harper Bros., 1843
John Lloyd Stephens
1843
Edwin Davis French, A Memorial: His Life, His Art, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, Illustrated book, New York: De Vinne Press, 1908
Ira Hutchinson Brainerd
1908
Academie de l'espee; ou se domonstrent par reigles mathématiques sur le fondement d'un cercle mystérieux, la théorie et pratique des vrais . . ., Girard Thibault  Flemish, Illustrated book, Anvers, 1628
Multiple artists/makers
1628
Asia; oder, Genaue und grundliche Beschreibung des gantzen Syrien und Palestins, oder belobten Landes . . ., Olfert Dapper  Dutch, Illustrated book, Amsterdam : Jacob von Meursen, 1681
Olfert Dapper
1681
Phonurgia nova, sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum . . ., Athanasius Kircher  German, Illustrated book, Campidonae: Rudolphum Dreherr, 1673
Athanasius Kircher
1673
A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1885–1903), Luigi Palma di Cesnola  American, Illustrated book, Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1885–1903
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Ernst Curtius
1885–1904