Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books

The entire Sinclair Hamilton Collection contains more than 3000 books, broadsides, and other materials. Browse a selection of digitized items below.

1.
The knight of the wheelbarrow!!

Creator:

Downes, John, 1799-1882

Date:

1835

2.
Washerwoman.

Creator:

Polat, F..

Date:

1800-1899

3.
Passage de la marmite.

Creator:

Lalanne, Maxime, 1827-1886

Date:

1876

4.
Little Eva song / Uncle Tom's guardian angel.

Creator:

Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874

Date:

1852

5.
The Boston gazette, or, Weekly journal. Numb. 1173 Tuesday, August 21, 1744

Date:

1744

6.
My own picture book.

Date:

1844

7.
Little Eva song / Uncle Tom's guardian angel.

Creator:

Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874

Date:

1852

8.
The Girl's own book full of short stories.

Date:

1831

9.
The Riddle book : for the entertainment of boys and girls.

Date:

1824

10.
Young America.

Date:

1853-1856

11.
The young child's A B C, or, First book.

Date:

1806

12.
ABC- und Bilder-Buch : ABC and picture-book.

Creator:

Henkel, Ambrose, 1786-1870

Date:

1817

13.
Youthful piety; a memoir of Miriam Warner ... and of Eliza M'Carty ...

Date:

1820

14.
The life and death of Tom Thumb, the little giant : together with some curious anecdotes respecting Grumbo, the great giant, king of the country of eagles : embellished with cuts.

Date:

1800

15.
The Pennsylvania chronicle, and universal advertiser. Numb. 298. No. 36, of Vol. VI, From Saturday, September 19, to Saturday, September 26, 1772

Date:

1772

16.
Das gute kind vor, in und nach der schule / [by J. Heinrich C. Helmuth].

Creator:

Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian, 1745-1825

Date:

1796

17.
The brother's gift, or, The naughty girl reformed : [Four lines of verse].

Date:

1795

18.
The hermit of the forest, and the wandering infants : a rural fragment : embellished with cuts.

Creator:

Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793

Date:

1792

19.
The miner's ten commandments.

Creator:

Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902

Date:

1853

20.
The History of Fortunio, and his famous companions. Also, The wishes; an Arabian tale ...

Date:

1805

21.
The boy's book of sports: or, Exercises and pastimes of youth. Embellished with engravings.

Date:

1838

22.
The hermit of the forest, and the wandering infants : a rural fragment : embellished with cuts.

Creator:

Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793

Date:

1794

23.
The Renowned history of Giles Gingerbread : a little boy who lived upon learning.

Date:

1768

24.
The history of Master Jackey and Miss Harriot : together with a few maxims for the improvement of the mind : dedicated to the good children of the United States of America : [Four lines of verse]

Date:

1792

25.
Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new threepenny plaything, for little giants : to which is prefixed, an abstract of the life of Mr. Thumb, and an historical account of the wonderful deeds he performed : together with some anecdotes respecting Grumbo, the great giant.

Date:

1794

26.
The Child's alphabet : with pictures.

Date:

1840

27.
The History of the Holy Jesus ... Being a pleasant and profitable Companion for Children : composed on Purpose for their Use. By a Lover of their precious Souls.

Date:

1767

28.
False alarms, or, The mischievous doctrine of ghosts and apparitions : of spectres and hobgoblins, exploded.

Creator:

Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 1734-1793

Date:

1802

29.
The history of Goody Two Shoes : embellished with neat engravings.

Date:

1829

30.
Tom Thumb's play-book , to teach children their letters as soon as they can speak. Being a new and pleasant method to allure little ones in the first principles of learning.

Date:

1768

31.
The history of the Holy Jesus : containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven ; and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable companion for children ; composed on purpose for their use / by a lover of their precious souls.

Creator:

Lover of their precious souls

Date:

1793

32.
The history of the English Bible : with reflections.

Date:

1838

33.
The house that Jeff built.

Creator:

Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865

Date:

1863

34.
A curious hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select passages in the Old and New Testaments : represented with emblematical figures, for the amusement of youth : designed chiefly to familiarize tender age, in a pleasing and diverting manner, with early ideas of the Holy Scriptures : to which are subjoined, a short account of the lives of the Evangelists, and other pieces : illustrated with nearly five hundred cuts.

Date:

1788

35.
The New England primer, improved : for the more easy attaining the true reading of English : to which is added : The Assembly of Divines catechism.

Date:

1788

36.
The Royal primer, or, An easy and p[l]easant guide to the art of reading : Authorized by His Majesty King George II. To be used throughout His Majesty's dominions. Adorn[e]d with cuts.

Date:

1770

37.
The History of the Holy Jesus : containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascention into heaven : and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable companion for children : compos'd on purpose for their use / by a lover of their precious souls.

Date:

1749

38.
The Lilliputian masquerade : occasioned by the conclusion of peace between those potent nations, the Lilliputians and Tommythumbians : [Two lines of verse].

Date:

1795

39.
An exhibition from the Sinclair Hamilton Collection of American Illustrated Books, 1670-1870, recently presented to Princeton University, 40 Mercer Street, afternoons from two to five.

Creator:

Foster, John, 1648-1681

Date:

1945

40.
The drunkard's progress, or The direct road to poverty, wretchedness & ruin. / Designed and published by J.W Barber, New Haven, Con. Sept. 1826.

Creator:

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885

Date:

1826

41.
Divine & moral songs : attempted in easy language, for the use of children ... by Isaac Watts.

Creator:

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748

Date:

1799

42.
The history of the Holy Jesus : containing a brief and plain account of His birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven, and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable companion for children : composed on purpose for their use : together with a number of innocent songs / by a lover of their precious souls.

Date:

1794

43.
The Royal primer, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading : Adorned with cuts.

Date:

1787

44.
The New-England primer enlarged, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading. Adorn'd with cuts : to which are added : The Assembly of Divines catechism.

Date:

1798

45.
The History of the holy Jesus : containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven : and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment : being a pleasant and profitable companion for children : composed on purpose for their use / by a lover of their precious souls.

Date:

1774

46.
The history of the Holy Bible, as contained in the Old and New Testament : adorned with cuts : for the use of children : [Two lines from Luke].

Date:

1792

47.
The New-York preceptor, or, Third book.

Date:

1822

48.
Portrait of Richard Mather.

Creator:

Foster, John, 1648-1681

Date:

1670

49.
The prison [Venice].

Creator:

Canaletto, 1697-1768

Date:

1697-1768

50.
Stories about whale catching. By the author of Stories about the elephant. With cuts by Anderson.

Creator:

Teller, Thomas, 1804-1872

Date:

1832

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