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Dragon! Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page.

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Title page detail: heraldic scrollwork Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

The concordance title page includes this cartouche with a boar’s head (rather like a chess-piece, on a crowned brick base, formally a “mural crown”) with a scroll coming from its mouth and at the bott [...]

Keywords: borders, inscriptions, heraldry, sheep, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-18

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Book Plate: Sproatt and Rolph Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Sproatt and Rolph was a firm of architects based in Toronto; the bookplate (Ex Libris) is dated 1915. It shows a woman kneeling with a blueprint or plan of a building which is being constructed behin [...]

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Added: 2007-11-09

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Title Page, In Search of Scotland In Search of Scotland (1929)

The date is actually on the reverse of this leaf, which I have not scanned. I have the fourth edition; all four are dated 1929.

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Added: 2008-01-13

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Half-Title Page Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

The half-title page features an ornate decorative initial "M" available as a separate image. I have not cleaned up this scan at all; let’s have some antique paper! Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire, 1 [...]

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Added: 2012-03-31

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1. Castor, Northamptonshire, from the South-West. A Norman Church with alterations and additions of each succeeding style. Mediæval Styles of the English Parish Church (1936)

Early Norman [church] towers sometimes recieved an additional stage within a brief space. Castor (Fig. 1) is a magnificent example of this, and here the upper stage was certainly not contemplated whe [...]

Keywords: churches, norman architecture, towers, church architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Castor; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2010-10-12

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Ornament The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a knight’s helmet with a sword and arrows.

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Added: 2004-06-15

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Ornament The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine.

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Added: 2004-06-15

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Title Page, Antiquities of England and Wales The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

The Antiquities of England and Wales By Francis Grose, Esq. F.A.S. Vol. I. New Edition. [picture of a tomb in a ruined castle or abbey] London Printed for S. Hooper, No. 212, High-Holburn, facing Sout [...]

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Added: 2006-11-22

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Title page, 1737 English Dictionary Canting Dictionary (1736)

The Canting Dictionary doesn’t seem to be mentioned on the title page particularly.

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Added: 2008-06-29

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Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M. Desiderata (1779)

The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...]

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Added: 2012-06-03

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The Thames Illustrated: Title Page The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

The title page has a decorative border containing flowers, vines, and the face of a man with oak leaves for his beard, presumably intended as a reference to the Green Man of British folklore. The Tham [...]

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Added: 2006-01-19

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