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Front Cover My Friends’ Birthdays (1885)

The front cover of this Victorian desk-book features a floral design with a gilt scroll bearing the title.

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Keywords: book covers, victoriana, colour, flowers

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-08

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Front Cover Farm Weeds (1906)

The illustration is Lesser Burdock, which is also shown in Plate 27. The text reads, Farm Weeds, Department of Agriculture, Canada, 1906.

Keywords: flowers, page images, colour, book covers, pictures of books, wild flowers, weeds

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-14

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typographic ornament: rosette The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A decorative rosette of oak leaves in a circle, used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-pointing flower - det [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-17

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typographic ornament: flower pointing right The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, typography, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-17

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Title Page Detail: Basked of Flowers The Craftsman’s Plant-Book (1909)

This woodcut of a basket or tub of roses is in a mediaeval style, and appeared as a page decoration on the title page of the book.

Keywords: flowers, ornaments, roses, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-12

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typographic ornament: flower pointing left The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-17

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The Great Court, Trinity College Cambridge (1920)

“The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, though inheriting much from the earlier college—King’s Hall—which was set up by Edward II and his son Edward III, owes almost everything to King Henry V [...]

Keywords: colour, towers, flowers, colleges

Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (green/brown version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, mythical creatures, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-03

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (red version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from the title page of this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers [...]

Keywords: borders, cherubs, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-03

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Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-29

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Title Page Chatterbox Annual (1916)

The ornate title page from the 1916 Chatterbox annual. There are pictures of a girl with straw on her head, a group of children reading, or perhaps singing, to a lady I take to be their teacher; a boy [...]

Keywords: title pages, children, illustrations for children, leaves, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-12-08

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Frontispiece: Cranbrook, Kent Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Cropped version suitable for screen background, lightened

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-31

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested