New Addition to Rare Books
Over the past few months, the USF library has been conducting an inventory project of all the general collection holdings. The librarians are in the process of fixing catalog records, changing labels, and general maintenance of the thousands of books, CDs, and DVDs. From this process a few treasures have been discovered, which is where the archives steps in. This week a book was brought to my attention and after some research I made the decision to move it to our Rare Books collection. The 1889 edition of American Artists and Their Works: A Series of Etchings, Photo-Etchings, Photogravures, and Engravings, After Designs and Paintings by the Most Celebrated Artists, Volume II is a collection of fully illustrated drawings, original sketches, and etchings of original paintings or sculptures. Volume II highlights the work of nineteen well-known American artists of the 19 th century, including: Maud Humphrey Frederick Stuart Church F. O. C. Darley James Carroll Beckwi...