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• Art -- Early works to 1800
• Early works to 1800

• Practical Treatise on Painting in Oil-Colours (London: Printed for B. and J. White ..., 1795), by Thomas Bardwell (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Künstler und Werkstatt der Spätgotik (in German; Augsburg: Dr. Filser Verlag, 1923), by Hans Huth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice (Marina Del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1995), ed. by Arie Wallert, Erma Hermens, and Marja Peek (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Effects of Light on Materials in Collections: Data on Photoflash and Related Sources (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2001), by Terry T. Schaeffer (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Effects of Light on Materials in Collections: Data on Photoflash and Related Sources (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2001), by Terry T. Schaeffer (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice (Marina Del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1995), ed. by Arie Wallert, Erma Hermens, and Marja Peek (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• A Practical Treatise on the Steel Square and its Application to Everyday Use (revised edition, 2 volumes; Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1909), by Fred. T. Hodgson
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Stair-Building and the Steel Square: A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Stair-Building and Hand-Railing, and the Manifold Uses of the Steel Square (Chicago: American Technical Society, 1917), by Fred. T. Hodgson and Morris Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Anarchist's Tool Chest (Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2011), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF at lostartpress.com)

• A Comprehensive Handbook on Uses and Applications of the Bench Saw, Jointer and Shaper (Plainfield, NJ: Walker-Turner Co., 1938), by Walker-Turner Company (PDF at woodworkinghistory.com)
• A Comprehensive Handbook on Uses and Applications of the Lathe, Containing Over 100 Photographic Illustrations and Line Drawings (Plainfield, NJ: Walker-Turner Co., c1934), by Walker-Turner Company (PDF with some rotated pages at Wayback Machine)

• The Anarchist's Tool Chest (Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2011), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF at lostartpress.com)

• The Disston Saw, Tool, and File Book (9th edition, revised; Philadelphia: H. Disston and Sons, 1929), by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Disston Lumberman Handbook: Containing a Treatise on the Construction of Saws, and How to Keep Them in Order, Together with Other Information of Kindred Character (Philadelphia: H. Disston and Sons, 1917), by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Saw in History (second edition; Philadelphia: H. Disston and Sons, c1916), by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Saws: The History, Development, Action, Classification and Comparison of Saws of All Kinds; With Appendices (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1880), by Robert Grimshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Saws: Their Care and Treatment (New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., ca. 1917), by Harry W. Durham (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Atkins Saw Book for the Farm Workshop and Woodlands (second edition; Indianapolis: E. C. Atkins and Co., 1932) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Comprehensive Handbook on Uses and Applications of the Bench Saw, Jointer and Shaper (Plainfield, NJ: Walker-Turner Co., 1938), by Walker-Turner Company (PDF at woodworkinghistory.com)

• A Comprehensive Handbook on the Uses and Applications of the Band Saw and Jig Saw, Containing Over 100 Photographic Illustrations and Line Drawings (Plainfield, NJ: Walker-Turner Co., c1934), by Walker-Turner Company (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• A Comprehensive Handbook on the Uses and Applications of the Band Saw and Jig Saw, Containing Over 100 Photographic Illustrations and Line Drawings (Plainfield, NJ: Walker-Turner Co., c1934), by Walker-Turner Company (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1920), by Daniel Carter Beard (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Art of Saw-Filing: Scientifically Treated and Explained on Philosophical Principles; With Full and Explicit Directions for Putting in Order All Kinds of Saws, from a Jeweller's Saw to a Steam Saw-Mill (third edition; New York: J. Wiley and Son, 1871), by H. W. Holly (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Circular Saw: A Guide Book for Filers, Sawyers and Woodworkers (c1918), by Simonds Saw and Steel Company (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Italian Renaissance Frames (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990), by Timothy J. Newbery, George Bisacca, and Laurence B. Kanter (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Frames in the Robert Lehman Collection (Robert Lehman collection series, v13; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c2007), by Timothy J. Newbery (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• The Mysteryes of Nature and Art (London: Printed for R. Mab, 1634), by John Bate
  • page images at loc.gov
  • PDF at loc.gov

• Alberti Dureri Clarissimi Pictoris et Geometrae de Symetria Partium in Rectis Formis Huanorum Corporum, Libri in Latinum Conuersi (in Latin; Nuremberg: In aedib. viduae Durerianae, 1532), by Albrecht Dürer (page images at Vatican Digital Library)

• Andrea Palladio's Architecture, In Four Books: Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders and ye Most Necessary Observations Relating to All Kinds of Building (revised by Hoppus; London: Printed for B. Cole and J. Wilcox, 1736), by Andrea Palladio and E. Hoppus, illust. by Inigo Jones
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• De Re Aedificatoria (in Latin; Florence: N. di Lorenzo, 1485), by Leon Battista Alberti (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• Di Lucio Vitruuio Pollione De Architectura Libri Dece: Traducti de Latino in Vulgare Affigurati; Comentati e con Mirando Ordini Insigniti (in Italian; 1521), by Vitruvius Pollio, ed. by Cesare Cesariano (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Four Books of Architecture (based on the third English edition of 1738), by Andrea Palladio, trans. by Isaac Ware (illustrated HTML with commentary at c82.net)
• La Nuova Architettura Famigliare di Alessandro Capra, Architetto, e Cittadino Cremonese: Divisa in Cinque Libri Corrispondenti a' Cinque Ordini, Cioè Toscano, Dorico, Ionico, Corintio, e Composito (in Italian; Bologna: G. Monti, 1678), by Alessandro Capra
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Livre d'Architecture de Jacques Androuet, du Cerceau; Auquel Sont Contenues Diverses Ordonnances de Plants et Elevations de Bastiments pour Seigneurs, Gentilshommes, et Autres qui Voudront Bastir aux Champs (in French; Paris: J. Androuet, 1582), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
• Livre d'Architecture de Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant les Plans et Dessaings de Cinquante Bastimens Tous Differens (in French; Paris: B. Prévost, 1559), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
• Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste (London: Printed for R. Sayer, 1758), by Charles Over (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant (London: I. and J. Taylor, 1788), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• Second Livre d'Architecture par Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant Plusieurs et Diverses Ordonances de Cheminees, Lucarnes, Portes, Fonteines, Puis, et Pavillons, Pour Enrichir Tant le Dedans que le Dehors de Tous Edifices (in French; Paris: A. Wechel, 1561), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• A Treatise of Architecture: With Remarks and Observations, Necessary for Young People Who Would Apply Themselves to That Noble Art (London: R. Ware, 1732), by Sébastien Le Clerc, trans. by Ephraim Chambers, illust. by John Sturt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns after the Method of the Ancients (translated from the 1683 original; Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1993), by Claude Perrault, ed. by Alberto Pérez Gómez, trans. by Indra Kagis McEwen (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The Genius of Architecture; or, The Analogy of That Art with Our Sensations (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, trans. by David Britt, contrib. by Robin Middleton (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, in Ten Books, by Vitruvius Pollio, trans. by Joseph Gwilt (HTML at Chicago)
• Discours Historial de l'Antique et Illustre Cité de Nismes en la Gaule Narbonoise (in French; Lyon: G. Roville, 1559), by Jean Poldo d'Albenas (page images with commentary at Architectura)
• Useful Architecture (London: Robert Sayer, 1760), by William Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion, and Builder's Assistant, for Rural Decorative Architecture (second edition; London: Robert Sayer, 1756), by William Halfpenny and John Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)

• Divina Proportione: Opera a Tutti Glingegni Perspicaci e Curiosi Necessaria oue Ciascun Studioso di Philosophia; Prospettiua Pictura Sculptura; Architectura; Musica; e Altre Mathematice; Suavissima; Sotile; e Admirabile Doctrina Consequira; e Delecterassi, Co Varie Questione de Secretissima Scientia (in Italian; Venice: A. Paganius Paganinus characteribus elegantissimis accuratissime imprimebat, 1509), by Luca Pacioli, contrib. by Antonio Capella, illust. by Leonardo da Vinci
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Florist: Containing Sixty Plates of the Most Beautiful Flowers Regularly Dispos'd in Their Succession of Blowing, To Which is Added an Accurate Description of Their Colours, with Instructions for Drawing and Painting Them According to Nature, Being a New Work Intended for the Use and Amusement of Gentlemen and Ladies Delighting in That Art (London: Printed for R. Sayer et al., ca. 1770), by Carington Bowles
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• One Hundred and Fifty New Designs (London: Robert Sayer, 1761), by Thos. Johnson (page images at Wisconsin)

• Dictionarium Polygraphicum: or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested (2 volumes; London: Printed for C. Hitch et al., 1735), by John Barrow, illust. by John Devoto and W. H. Toms
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust

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