New England Gravestone Images 1646-1850
Subtitle: Third Edition, Revised  Limited Edition of 50!
Publisher: Roy Kahn
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oakland, California, USA
Format: Hardbound
Number of pages: 141
Description: Images of stone rubbings taken from  early New England (USA) stones using non-ink techniques. A fair number of the images are in color (!), eliciting the affect inherent in the carvings.
Table of contents: title: Preface i  / Overview of Catalogue iii / Introduction tot he imagery -1, Death, Reality and Myth -4/; title: 'Impuritanism' - 6/ Styles and Homebodies - 7/ Odd Ends - 8/ Imagery: Signs and Symbols- 9/; title: Brief Notes on Stone Rubbing- 10/ Partial Listing of Common Signs on Stones- 13/ Qauality of Detail Obtainable via Non-ink Rubbing - 19; title: Catalogue : Numerical Listing and Illustrations -25 (over 500 illustrations); title: Index A : by Date and Catalogue Number   123; title: Index B : by State, Site and Catalogue Number 127; title: Index C : 'Missing' Images by Catalogue Number, Date and Sites  131; title: Appendix A : Known Carvers by Catalogue Numbers and Stone Dates  133; title: Appendix B : Texts on Imaged Stones 136; title: Appendix C : Notes on Signs and Symbols and Significance  139