THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE TREATING OF THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. By Erra Pater. Canaan, N.Y.: Printed by E. Phinney and sold by T. Spencer, 1794.
Woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Typical 18th Century American original binding of leather spine and wooden boards covered with handmade paper. Here "wisdom" includes astronomy, animal husbandry, interpretations of dreams and astrology. Pater is identified as a Jew, a doctor in Astronomy and Physic; born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet , in Judea. W. Lilly is credited with translating the text. Exhibit checklist 10.1 (View this item)

PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. By Samuel G. Goodrich. Boston: Gray & Bowen and Carter, Hendee and Babcock, 1831.
Wood engravings, uncolored. Exhibit checklist 10.2 (View this item)

HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE. By Edwin Lankester. London: R. Hardwicke, [1863]. New edition.
Relief illustrations, uncolored, and intaglio illustrations, uncolored, both from nature by Tuffen West. A popular book that went into several editions. Over 7,000 copies had been sold of the first [1859] and second editions. Gift of Martin Chamberlain. Exhibit checklist 10.6 (View this item)

SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY & ZOOLOGY. London: Edward Wallis, n. d.
Illustration of Genesis 2:20: "And Adam Gave Names to all Cattle, and to the Fowl of the Air, and to Every Beast of the Field." Wood engraving, hand colored. One copy mounted on linen, one copy made into puzzle pieces, with original box. Exhibit checklist 10.8 (View this item)

MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY; OR, FIRST LESSONS IN EARTH LORE FOR CHILDREN By Charles Kingsley. New York: Macmillan, 1881.
Relief illustrations, uncolored. Dedicated to the author's son Arthur and to "his schoolfellows at Winton House". Chapters on earthquakes, volcanoes, ice-ploughs and coral reefs. Exhibit checklist 10.11 (View this item)

ALPHABET OF QUADRUPEDS. [London]: Printed by C. Blair Leighton, [1840?].
Lithographic illustrations, hand colored. Exhibit checklist L.71 (View this item)

HOCH-DEUTSCHES LUTHERISCHES ABC UNDE NAMEN BÜCHLEIN FÜR KINDER. Harrisburg, PA: G.S. Peters, 1852.
Woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Combination ABC and object book in German. Exhibit checklist L.74 (View this item)

LITTLE ASTRONOMER EDWARD WALLACE. London: F. Westley & A. H. Davis, 1827. Small chapbook with woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Exhibit checklist L.77 (View this item)

THE HISTORIE OF FOVRE-FOOTED BEASTES. COLLECTED OUT OF ALL THE VOLUMES OF CONRADVS GESNER AND ALL OTHER WRITERS TO THIS DAY. By Edward Topsell. London: Printed by W. Iaggard [Jaggard], 1607.
Woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Exhibit checklist L.78 (View this item)

THE HISTORIE OF SERPENTS. OR, THE SECOND BOOKE OF LIVING CREATURES. By Edward Topsell. London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1608.
Woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Exhibit checklist L.79 (View this item)

A NATURAL HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS; THIRTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. By Thomas Bewick. Alnwick: W. Davison, [1815?].
Chapbook with wood engraved illustrations, uncolored. Shown are "Little Grebe" and "The Pelican." Thomas Bewick, the artist-engraver of Newcastle, had a genius for working in miniature. His vignettes were well suited to the small books for children. Bewick was an engraver on metal (an intaglio process) but is now best remembered for his engraving on wood (a relief process). He was born in 1753, He apprenticed with the engraver Ralph Beilby and later became his partner. His younger brother, John (1760-1795), also became an engraver, doing much work for John Newbery. Exhibit checklist 11.2 (View this item)

AMUSING STORIES OF ANIMALS; BEING INSTANCES OF THE INSTINCTS, MANNERS, & PROPENSITIES, OF SOME OF THE BRUTE CREATION. Dunfermline: Printed and sold by John Miller, 1828. Cheap Tracts No. 4
Chapbook with woodcut cover illustration, uncolored. Exhibit checklist 11.4 (View this item)

THE LION &C. One from the series Nelson's PICTURE BOOKS OF NATURAL HISTORY. London, Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson & Sons, 1867(?).
Relief illustrations, color printed "in oil colors". Exhibit checklist 11.6 (View this item)

CHILD'S HEALTH PRIMER FOR PRIMARY CLASSES. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, STIMULANTS, AND NARCOTICS UPON THE HUMAN SYSTEM. By Mary Hannah (Hanchett) Hunt. New York and Chicago: A.S. Barnes & Co. [1885].
Wood engraved illustrations, uncolored. Pathfinder Physiology No. 1. This book's main emphasis is on the bad effects of alcohol and tobacco and also counsels against the use of soothing syrups for babies to keep them from crying by pointing out that opium is the reason they work. This copy belonged to Ethel Bagley, a member of the Clarence Bagley family, and has her notes and drawings. Exhibit checklist 11.7 (View this item)

"Learning to Smoke" single page from YOUNG TROUBLESOME OR MASTER JACKY'S HOLIDAYS. Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1860. Designed by Leech and engraved by Baker.
Wood engravings, handcolored. Exhibit checklist 11.8 (View this item)

Trade card for Excelsior Corn Starch "as food for invalids & children". Young girl holding a doll. Excelsior Starch Mfg. Co., Elkhart, Indiana.
Color lithograph. Exhibit checklist 11.12 (View this item)

A SHORT HISTORY OF BIRDS AND BEASTS FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN. London and Wellington, Salop: Houlston and Son, n.d.
Chapbook with woodcut illustrations, uncolored. Thumbnail shows frontispiece with lion and title page. Exhibit checklist 11.1 (View this item)