Items by Quin,Liam R. E.

Photograph of the Book

A photograph of the “Picturesque Views” book showing the red moroccan leather cover and the gold tooling. In the background are some other antique books, and a brown leather-bound antiquarian book fr [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-10

+ S K L R N

He was taking notes until he died

A relief pen (an old-fashioned dip-pen for writing), with a steel nib and an ivory handle, lies on an open book; a written manuscript lies below. Leather-bound books litter the oaken desk.

Keywords: pictures of books, pens, calligraphy, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-21

+ S K L R N

Manfredi’s Book

This is a close-up of the antiquarian book tableau in Alphabet Book Pile. The book in the foreground was printed in 1564, and is a legal text by Girolamo di Manfredi; there are also some more pictures [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, calligraphy, music, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-04

+ S K L R N

Victorian book on leather couch

A large, thick Victorian book with an ornate gilt binding lies closed on a leather couch; in the background, wooden floorboards give a warm glow in the evening sunlight.

Keywords: pictures of books, books, fine bindings, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-09-01

+ S K L R N

Stack of old books

A stack of mostly leather-bound antique books. Old books. Antiquarian books. Dusty books. These are the books whose images (and in some cases text) you will find on www.fromoldbooks.org. The books [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-08-19

+ S K L R N

Green and Gold books on polished wood

A row of old books, green, with gold decoration and lettering on their spines, arranged in a row on the top of a polished wooden surface.

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-12

+ S K L R N

Holman’s Holy Bible, 1875 edition

This huge American family Bible was published by Holman of Philadelphia in 1875; there’s a lot of reference material and illustrations including many by Gustave Doré. The binding is held shut by a br [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, bibles, religion, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-11

+ S K L R N

Alphabet Book Pile

Several antique books of alphabets all open in a pile: 1. Manfredi from 1564, with the medieval music used as a cover; 2. Ornamental Alphabets by Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1879 (with the green letters); [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, alphabets, colour, music, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-04

+ S K L R N

Holy Bible, 1875 edition (black background)

A version of the Bible photograph with a plain black background. If you use this as a stock, remember to link back and to give credit.

Keywords: bibles, pictures of books, religion, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-11

+ S K L R N

Open Book with Victorian Border and Blank Page

A Victorian picture-book open to a page with a red floral border on old yellow paper; I have blanked out the text on the page so that you can put your own text in there. (Hint: GIMP users can use the [...]

Keywords: clipart, pictures of books, books, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-28

+ S K L R N