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| Image title: | Chapter Heading Woodcut featuring Eagle |
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| Source: | Ray, John: “A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs” (1737) |
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| Keywords: | decorations, eagles, chapterheads, greyscale |
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This decorative woodcut was at the start of the preface; the woodcuts do not appear to bear any relation to the text, but are purely decorative. This one features an eagle, the symbol of the Roman Empire, and,more recently, or the German (and Nazi) Empire, and of course the American Empire. |
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| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/e/001-chapter-heading-roman-eagle-q75-500x155.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/e/pages/001-chapter-heading-roman-eagle/ |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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