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Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (page 1/3)

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[picture: front cover, Allegories and Emblems]

Images from Allegorien und Embleme (Alegories and Emblems) (Volume II, [Heraldic] Emblems) by Martin Gerlach Senior(1846 – 1918).

I do not have a copy of this book but bought a set of page images; unfortunately the pages were not held very flat and the resolution is lower than I’d like, but copies of this book are incredibly expensive as far as I can tell (and volume I even more so).

Title: Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II

Author: Gerlach, Martin

Published by: Martin Gerlach

City: Vienna

Date: 1882

Total items: 13

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Menu Card 2: Chef]

Menu Card 2: Chef

Menukarte (Koch) [more...] [$]

[picture: Initial Letter S with Frowning Tailor]

Initial Letter S with Frowning Tailor

An elderly man with a long goatee and a tall hat is threading a needle; he sits on top of an oversized thimble, next to a [more...] [$]

[picture: Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphons]

Ornate baroque-stye border with herubs and gryphons

This border is from the 1612 sign for the Nurenberg Guild of Carriage-Makers made by Adolf Mießner. [more...] [$]

[picture: Menu Card 3: Celler Master]

Menu Card 3: Celler Master

Menukarte (Kellermeister) [more...] [$]

[picture: Initial letter R with putti in the rain]

Initial letter R with putti in the rain

A vignetted initial letter “R” designed by Franz Stuck; here we have a design with three rectangles: on the left a rain-filled area dominated by an umbrella, and a lower leg with its bare foot and a bottom (not naked) protruding; the midele rectangle blank except for a shadow of the umbrella; the right-hand rectangle featuring a naked and anatomically [...] [more...] [$]


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