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Title: De stadt Benin = Benin, ville de la Guinée, en Afrique
Description: Bird's-eye view of the African city of Benin in Guinea. According to the key, which is printed in both French and Dutch, A denotes the queen's residence. B represents the wall surrounding the royal grounds, and C marks the entrance. The structures marked D are diverse palace buildings. The procession denoted by the letter F (should be E) suggests the "solemn depature of the king." The figure marked E (should be F) represents "his royalty on a horse." G denotes musicians playing for the king; H corresponds with "fools and dwarfs;" and the figures marked I tend to the king's tigers., Double-page plate in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 38 has been written next to the plate., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (38), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2945

Title: [Scottish castle, probably Eileen Donan Castle, Lochalsh, Scotland]
Description: View of a castle near a body of water, probably Eileen Donan Castle, built by Alexander II in the 13th century to protect the country against Viking raids., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: [ca. 1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Residences [5754.F.30m]

Title: Salle du Trour [?]
Description: Interior view of the ornate Tuileries Palace, showing a bust statue situated on a pedestal in front of a large mirror and flanked by candelabra. Includes rows of footstools lining the wall in front of the statue. The Tuileries Palace, constructed beginning in 1564 after designs by Philibert de L’Orme at the request of Catherine de' Medici, sat adjacent to the River Seine until its demolition in 1883., Title from manuscript note on label pasted on verso., Distributor's stamp pasted on verso., White mount with square corners. Cardboard cut out behind images. Embossed lines around images., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Views - Foreign [P.9873]

Title: [J. Peter Gohl trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards advertising fancy cakes, ice cream, and pastries for J. Peter Gohl's confectionery at 257 South Fifth Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict rustic landscapes including a cabin, castle, water mill, and pavillion and various animals and insects, including cattle, deer, a fox, grasshopper, dog, and stork. Also shows Santa Claus, or Saint Nicholas, looking through a book and standing in the snow with a large sack full of toys strapped to his back and a "good luck" horseshoe hanging from a ribbon., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Gohl [1975.F.352; 1975.F.369; 1975.F.371-373; 1975.F.377-386]

Title: [Scrapbook of European views]
Description: Scrapbook containing photographic and printed views of European cities, landmarks, and historical sites. Images depict the city and landscapes; castles, palaces, and estates; cathedrals and chuches; and hotels and resorts of Germany, Russia, Spain, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Great Britain. Images also show bridges, sailing vessels, pedestrians and street traffic, persons on promenades, horse-drawn vehicles, waterways, mountains, and squares and parks. Views (interiors and exteriors) of prominent sites include Vienna Arsenal (as a museum - 1874); Crucis and Netley Abbeys; Chester Cathedral; Staffordshire-in-Arms; the resting place and residence of Wordsworth; tomb of the Lafayette family; the house and bedroom where Msr. Le Duc D'Orleans died; Ripon Cathedral; Haddon Hall; the Crescent (Buxton); Shangana Castle (includes notes by Smith about her "happy days" spent there and the death of Augustus William Heyman); and Peveril Castle. Also includes several Laurie & Whittle vues d'optique published by "act of parliament May 12, 1794" depicting views of European cities, including Venice, Rome, Madrid, Paris and Versailles, as well as a number of plates from F. Sinnett's "La France de nos jours" (ca. 1860). Views of the Wilhelm monuments at Charlottenberg; Derwentwater; Lausanne; and the Druid Stones are also included in the scrapbook., Title supplied by cataloger., Some items contain manuscript notes by Smith inscribed on mount or verso. Notes often detail personal memories., Various artists and photographers, including Alfred Lorens, G. Zocchi, Anth. Canale (Canaletto), M. Marieschi, J. Rigaud, J. Philippe, Asselineau, Chapuy, Wegelin, E. Dardoize, L. L. Raze, E. H. Buckler, T. Bailey, G. Hawkins, J. Croston, T. Allom, H. Gastineau, J. Brandard, W. Coles; L. Aspland, and W. Westall., Various engravers, including T. Bowles, Parr, J. Robert, J. Tinney, Johann Baptist Marie Chamouin, T. Speorli, S. Lacey, W. Le Petit, H. Adlard, W. Floyd, and W. Banks., Various printers and publishers, including Cuvillier, Lemercier, Laurie & Whittle, A. Hauser (Veith et Hauser), Destouches, Deroy, Bulla Freres et Jouy, Tirpenne, Jacottet, Spengler, Becquet frères, William Judson, A. LaRiviere, Day & Son, J. Gow, J. C. Bates, Newman & Co., James Gratton, and M & N. Hanhart., Forms part of M. Rebecca Darby Smith Scrapbooks Collection., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Smith, Mary Rebecca Darby
Date: [ca. 1794-ca. 1874]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4-Alcove 2 [Is 6 1518.Q, vol. 3]

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