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Tags: Houghton Library (Harvard University)

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(MBB 3.6) -- Grandville’s tailpiece to “The Wolf and the Shepherds” in Melville’s copy of the Fables of La Fontaine

MBB 3.6 grandeville illustation from La Fontaine.jpg

Tags: Animals; English language; Fables of La Fontaine; Grandville (J.J.); HM "At the Hostelry"; HM "The Encantadas"; HM Marginalia; HM Moby-Dick; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Literary Illustrations

(MBB 2.1) -- Finden after Turner. The Walls of Rome (Tomb of Caius Sestus)

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Tags: Ancient Rome; Architecture and Archeology; Burial Ground; Cemetery; Cityscapes; English language; Finden (Edward); HM "Shelley's Vision"; HM "Time's Betrayal"; HM Journals; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Life and Works of Lord Byron (c. 1853); Steel engraving; Turner (J. M. W.)

(MBB 1.4; Fig. 2) -- Vedder. Cover of Melville's copy of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

MBB 1.4 fig 1 vedder cover from HCL phoptp HM copy jpg copy.jpg

Tags: Cosmic revelation; English language; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Literary Illustrations; Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; Vedder (Eilhu)

(MBB 1.4) -- Vedder. The Sorry Scheme in Melville's copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

MISC MBB 1.4 vedder sorry scheme houghton jpg copy.jpg

Tags: Angels; Animals; English language; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Literary Illustrations; Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; Vedder (Eilhu)

(MBB 1.3) -- Lützelburger after Holbein the Younger. The Duchess from The Dance of Death

MBB 1.3 surrogate duplessis holbein duchess from SAM.jpg

Tags: Bed chambers; Death (as persona); Duplessis (Georges); English language; HM Clarel; HM Journals; Holbein (Hans the Younger); Houghton Library (Harvard University); Lützelburger (Hans); Wonders of Engraving (1871); Woodcut engraving

(MBB 1.2; Fig. 1.) -- E. Finden after Turner. The Castellated Rhine

MBB 1.2 fig 1 Turner Castellated Rhine from HM Byron HCL slide jpg.jpg

Tags: Annotated by Herman Melville; English language; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Life and Works of Lord Byron (c. 1853); Rhine River; Turner (J. M. W.)

(MBB 1.2) -- Finden after Turner. The School of Homer (Scio)

MBB 1.2 Finden after Turner. School of Homer from HM's Byron. HCL.jpg

Tags: Ancient Greece; English language; Finden (Edward); HM "Syra A Transmitted Reminiscence"; HM "The Paradise of Bachelors"; HM Journals; Homer; Houghton Library (Harvard University); Landscapes; Life and Works of Lord Byron (c. 1853); Turner (J. M. W.)

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