DLC Catalog

1. Abecedarium

Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: Third quarter of 15th century
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/primers/page-1

2. American Geography: or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America. Containing Astronomical Geography. Geographical Definitions. Discovery, and General Description of America

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826

Name: Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1789
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-4

3. American Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion

Fisher, George (Accomptant)

Name: Fisher, George (Accomptant) (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1748
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-3

4. American Penman, Comprising the Art of Writing, Plain and Ornamental

Huntington, Eleazer, 1789-1852

Name: Huntington, Eleazer, 1789-1852 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1824
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-3

5. American Preceptor; being a new Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking. Designed for the use of schools

Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817

Name: Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1797
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-3

6. Arithmetiqve made easie

Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656

Name: Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1630

7. Arts Glory, or, The Pen-Mans Treasury

Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675

Name: Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1666
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-2

8. Boke Named the Governour

Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546

Name: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1557
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-2

9. Boke Named the Governour

Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546

Name: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1557
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-2

10. Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands, as well the English as French Secretarie with the Italian, Roman, Chancelry & Court Hands

Beau-Chesne, Jehan de

Name: Beau-Chesne, Jehan de (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1570
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-1

11. Cherokee alphabet

Sequoyah, 1770?-1843

Name: Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: circa 1835
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-4

12. Course of Elementary Reading in Science and Literature

M'Culloch, J. M. (James Melville), 1801-1883

Name: M'Culloch, J. M. (James Melville), 1801-1883 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1857
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-4

13. De Proprietatibus Rerum

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

Name: Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: Mid 15th century
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/encyclopedias/page-1

14. Dean’s Recently Improved Analytical Guide, to the Art of Penmanship

Dean, Henry, 1788-1849

Name: Dean, Henry, 1788-1849 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1808
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-3

15. Description of and Instructions for the Operation of an Astronomical Clock with an Armillary Sphere

Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 17th century
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/mathematics/page-3

16. Directions for Writing. Set Forth for the Benefit of Poore Schollers

G. D.

Name: G. D. (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1656
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-2

17. Education of Chaucer Illustrated from the Schoolbooks in Use in His Time

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936

Name: Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1935
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/medieval-trivium/page-1

18. Education of Shakespeare: Illustrated from the Schoolbooks in Use in his Time

Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936

Name: Plimpton, George A. (George Arthur), 1855-1936 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1933
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-1

19. Elements of Geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Euclide of Megara

Euclid

Name: Euclid (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1570
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-2

20. Fonotipic instructur, or, Furst rediu buc for adults hw hav nevur ben tot tw red

Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890

Name: Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1846
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-4

21. Gaskell’s Complete Compendium of Elegant Writing

Gaskell, G. A. (George A.), 1844-

Name: Gaskell, G. A. (George A.), 1844- (Author)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1876
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-5

22. Geometrical Practical Treatize Named Pantometria

Digges, Leonard, -approximately 1559

Name: Digges, Leonard, -approximately 1559 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1591
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/mathematics/page-3

23. Ginn & Company's writing books

Ginn and Company

Name: Ginn and Company (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1892

24. Gradual

Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: Mid 14th century

25. Gramaticall Cards, Comprising the Generall Rules of Lilley’s Gramer

Lenthall, John, 1683-1765

Name: Lenthall, John, 1683-1765 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: Circa 1700
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-3

26. Handwriting for the broad-edge pen : a teachers' manual

Moore, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1846-

Name: Moore, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1846- (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1926
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-5

27. Journal of an African Slaver, 1789-1792

American Antiquarian Society

Name: American Antiquarian Society (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1930
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/slavery/page-1

28. Learned Maid, or Whether a Maid may be a Scholar

Schurman, Anna Maria van, 1607-1678

Name: Schurman, Anna Maria van, 1607-1678 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1659
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-2

29. New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggars, thieves, cheats, &c

B. E.

Name: B. E. (Author)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: Bookseller's notes indicate 19th century reprint, in boards, with paper label dated 1690
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-3

30. Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning, or, the Partitions of Sciences

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Name: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 (Author)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1640
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-3

31. Penmanship

Lewis, Priscilla G.

Name: Lewis, Priscilla G. (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: December 16, 1835
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-4

32. Penmanship, or, The Beauties of Writing Exemplified in a Variety of Specimens, Practical and Ornamental

Gould, Nathaniel D. (Nathaniel Duren), 1781-1864

Name: Gould, Nathaniel D. (Nathaniel Duren), 1781-1864 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1822
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-4

33. Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools

Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802

Name: Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1797
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-3

34. Principles of Musik, in Singing and Setting : vvith the Two-Fold Use Therof, Ecclesiasticall and Civil

Butler, Charles, -1647

Name: Butler, Charles, -1647 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1636
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-3

35. Rara arithmetica : a catalogue of the arithmetics written before the year MDCI

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

Name: Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1908
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/mathematics/page-1

36. Rudiments of Conchology

Venning, Mary Ann

Name: Venning, Mary Ann (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1826
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-4

37. Rudiments of Latin Prosody

Otis, James, 1725-1783

Name: Otis, James, 1725-1783 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1760
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-4

38. Short Introduction of Grammar Generally to be used: Compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latine tongue

Lily, William, 1468?-1522

Name: Lily, William, 1468?-1522 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1638
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/early-modern/page-3

39. Spencerian key to practical penmanship

Spencer, H. C. (Henry Caleb)

Name: Spencer, H. C. (Henry Caleb) (Author)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1866
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-5

40. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education

More, Hannah, 1745-1833

Name: More, Hannah, 1745-1833 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1806
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-4

41. Tunaikeion, or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerning Women

Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641

Name: Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1624
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-2

42. Universal Penman

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Name: Bickham, George, 1684?-1758? (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1741
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-2

43. Very fruteful and pleasant boke called the Instruction of a christen woman

Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540

Name: Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1557
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-2

44. Vindication of the Rights of Women

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

Name: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 (Contributor)
Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1792
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/women/page-3

45. Writing Tables with a Kalender for xxiiii. yeeres, with sundry necessarye rules

Collection Name: George Arthur Plimpton Library
Date: 1583
Item in Context: https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/plimpton/handwriting/page-1

46. Young Lady's Accidence, or, A short and easy introduction to English grammar