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La fausse magie

Description: This is a ca. [1775] printed copy of the libretto of "La fausse magie" (The false magic), a two-act comic opera by Jean François Marmontel, set to music by Grétry. [The opera was staged for the first time at the Théâtre Français à La Haye, on Thursday, November 30, 1775.] The final scene of act two contains the music of the couplets on pp. 47-48. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of M. Anseaume's comic opera, "Le tableau parlant."
Date: 1775
Creator: Marmontel, Jean François, 1723-1799
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Finnie the Fiddler: Pictures Come to Life!]

Description: Photographs of Julian Wehrs "The Exciting Adventures of Finnie the Fiddler," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is a bright yellow, with different illustration of figures, such as a boy playing the fiddle and a tiger. The title is in the middle in bold red letters. All the little illustrations are in a blue circle, which is surrounded by musical notes. At the top are the words "Pictures Come To Life" and "You can really make them move, Watch them play." Image 2, illustration… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Der fliegende Koffer]

Description: Photographs of "Der fliegende Koffer" (The Flying Trunk) by Hans Christian Andersen, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book contains the title at the top in red, with an illustration of a green trunk flying in the air with a man flailing inside of it. In the background our thin pointy towers that are gold in color, and even further back a boat can bee seen sailing on the water. Image 2 contains a pop-up of a water fountain in the middle of a courtyard of a castle, a man in a red… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Floegels Geschichte des grotesk komischen, bearbeitet]

Description: Photograph of "Flogels Geschichte des Grotesk komischen" (Flogel's story of the grotesquely funny, edited) by Karl Friedrich Flogel, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is tan with a brown spine and brown right corners. Over the front is a giant black circle filled with small white illustrations of people. In the middle of it is a brown circle with a gold knight and gold lettering. Surrounding the black circle is a brown rim filled with gold lettering.
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters]

Description: Photograph of "Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse His Friends on Twelfth-Night: Exhibited in a Series of Characters," held by UNT Special Collections. The small white paper book is framed by little figures all around. The title is in big letters over half the page, under the title is information about the publishers S. and J. Fuller.
Date: March 1, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fun at the Circus]

Description: Photographs of "Fun at the Circus," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book has a red spine and the front of it is an illustration of a clown in red, yellow and pointy white hat riding a white horse backwards, Another clown in blue, and red and white stripes stands on the side of the horse. The title is at the top in yellow letters. Image 2, illustration on left page of a jumping clown in red an yellow, holding a circle with a pig jumping through it. At the bottom it is titled "P… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book]

Description: Photographs of the movable book "The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer," held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration on the cover is of a a circus performer in a red outfit, and white collar extended out like a star. He also wears a pointy red hat, and is jumping on a theater stage, framed on the side by a red curtain. The top of the cover has a yellow banner containing the title. Image 2, "The Maid" poem on a page with three stanzas. On the right is a movable illustration of a maid in brigh… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Glasscock County Cemeteries, 1890 - 1992

Description: Alphabetical listing of burials in the Garden City Cemetery and the St. Lawrence Cemetery of Glasscock County, Texas. Each entry consists of surname, given name, birth date, death date, and any known miscellaneous information.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Clanton, Jimmy & Clanton, Kandi
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Greater Fort Worth City

Description: Map of Greater Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1920, showing roads, railways, interurban lines, streetcar lines, automobile routes, river levees, buildings, schools, churches and residence street numbers. There is a legend on the right side of the map. Scale 1:12,000
Date: 1920
Creator: Fort Worth (Tex.). Chamber of Commerce.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grilled Cheese]

Description: Photographs of the 2009-2010 artist's book competition honorable mention "Grilled Cheese" created by Carlynn Field. The book is a sculptural representation of a grilled cheese sandwich made of yellow fabric, printed fabric, hand-dyed silk, and batting. When opened, the "cheese" is revealed to be a long accordion-folded strip of cloth, each panel with an embroidered representation of the steps to make a grilled cheese sandwich. The volume is presented on a blue heavy plastic circular plate. The … more
Date: 2009/2010
Creator: Field, Carlynn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Haunted House]

Description: Photographs of Jan Pienkowski's "Haunted House," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover of the book is covered in an illustration of a green door with the title in pink bubble letters in the middle, the author is at the top in lime green bubble letters. The door has a mail slot with a tentacle coming out of it. On the gold doorknob is a paper sticking out with the words "Let yourself in." Image 2, pop-up of gorilla in a bedroom, the bedroom containing golden curtains, bird decorations on th… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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