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A Reminiscence
Ornate Victorian Border
Christmas Mass
11. Seal of Gusion.
Banner, or Banderole
Wandering Minstrel
Seal of Coin of Libra
Sir Isaac Newton
Seal of Coin of Libra (Obverse)
Seal of Coin of Leo (obverse)
Seal of Coin of Virgo (obverse)
53.8.—IHS
Vorfrühling - Early Spring
Front Cover
Gods of our Saxon Ancestors.
Full-page border with hearts and moons
Ancient Druidic Worship at Stonehenge, England
Title Page, Error’s Chains
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Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
Cholmondeley Castle
Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views
Deer Skeleton from 18th century engraving
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engraving
Title Page, Osteographia
Crusaders conquor Jerusalem
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
Murder in the Castle
My Dearest Child (My Love)
Angel of the New year
Scrollwork Border from page 227
Saint Bonaventura as a Monk
Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible
Summer Evening
Names of Angels and Days (overview)
Sir Christopher Hatton
Atrolabe: scientist and boy
Full-page border with bird, flowers, ivy
2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.
Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna
Eagle Tower, Caernarfon
They Crossed the Delaware in Safety
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
The figures of the Divine Letters
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Sir Philip Sidney
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, Black and White
Corner Bookcase Ornament
The Blizzard in America; Dead Boy in the Snow
Front Cover, Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century  No. 1
Choral Recital with the organ
Cartouche With Cherubs
Monseigneur Dabart, bishop of Périgueux and of Sarlat.
The Virgin Mary
Full-page portrait border with nameplate space
German Coaching Inn
Free clip-art: Eighteenth-century Border from Figures pour les Missels
Golden Sunday
Front Cover
View of St. Paul’s Cathedral from the Thames
Fountains Abbey
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Mr. Edison’s New Phonograph
John Bunyan’s Cottage
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
Colophon with full-page border
Frontispiece: Why has your tree no flowers while ours are pink?
Front Cover, The SUn’s Babies
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
When She Saw Tinyboy she hid her face shyly in her curls
Title Page, The Sun’s Babies
Ornate Early Victorian Border
Front Cover, Moderne Kunst 14
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
Patriotic Border With Stars, Stripes, Eagles
The Rose of the South (Portrait)
A tiny woodland fairy with wings
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Vintage Tractors
Art Deco Full Page Border
Skeleton with Banner
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
Winged Skeleton with Hourglass on a Tombstone
254.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of July
Eve of St. John’s Day
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
415.—Entrance to Warwick Castle.
A Hole in the Sack
Index, pointing hand, or manicule
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
In the desert between Assouan and Philae.
Decorative initial letter “F” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “S” from 16th Century
Victorian vine-leaf page border
Decorative initial letter “H” from 16th Century
Decorative initial letter “G” from 16th Century

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