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![[picture: Front cover for the history of civilization]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/tn/000-front-cover-q75-365x500.jpg "[picture: Front cover for the history of civilization]")
Pictures from La Civilizacion en sus manifesticiones artísticas, científicas y literarias en todo el mundo, desde los tiempos más remotos hasta nuestros días, which in English is, Civilization in its artistic manifestations, scientific and literary works around the world, from the most remote times to the present day, by Dom Pelegrín Casabó y Pagés (1831–?); Barcelona, Mir, Tarradas, Comas y C
I bought this at a bookshop in Seville (Feria 26), Libreria Baena.
Title: La Civilizacion
City: Barcelona
Date: 1881
Total items: 9
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Front cover for the history of civilization]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/wm/big/000-front-cover-q70-146x200.jpg "[picture: Front cover for the history of civilization]")
Front cover for the history of civilization
Black printing with inlaid gold make this large red book cover look very strong. It would be great for a restaurant menu! [more...] [$]
![[picture: Median Civilization]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/wm/big/423-medean-civilization-q70-170x200.jpg "[picture: Median Civilization]")
![[picture: Decorative initial letter H with dragon]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/wm/big/725-initial-letter-h-with-dragon-q70-214x200.jpg "[picture: Decorative initial letter H with dragon]")
Decorative initial letter H with dragon
This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second line of text, with the [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Abstract border and front cover design]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/wm/big/000-front-cover-pattern-q75-139x200.jpg "[picture: Abstract border and front cover design]")
Abstract border and front cover design
This is the pattern and design from the front cover. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric Border]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Casabo-LaCivilizacion-1/wm/big/000-front-cover-spiffy-vintage-border-q75-139x200.jpg "[picture: Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric Border]")
Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric Border
This geometric full-page border includes stylized acanthus leaves and knotwork in blackand orange. It came from the front cover of the book. The outer back border is a typographic ornament repeated. [more...] [$]
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