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Decorative initial letter “B” with boy and book Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

This decorative initial letter B was used as a drop cap alongside a poem. It features an open book with a quill pen, old-fashioned spectacles scrollwork, roses, fruit, a styilized su with rays shoning [...]

Keywords: romance, cherubs, nudity, letterb, initials, books, pens, writing, sun, roses, flowers, cartici, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-14

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Letter Writing: Pen and Ink Safe Counsel: Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners (1896)

a quill pen sits in a glass ink bottle; writing paper and books in the background.

Keywords: writing, pens, books, pictures of books, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-07

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Cul-de-lampe composé par Mariller, gravé par Marquet. Musée Artistique et Littéraire, Le (1880)

A tail-piece, or end-of-chapter ornament, featuring a putto or cherub standing on a shelf to which are chainedsome books and, underneath, a bat or gargoyle. There is also an ink-pot and two quill pens [...]

Keywords: tailpieces, books, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, pictures of books, pens, feathers, gargoyles, romance, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-11

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He was taking notes until he died Pictures of old books (2003)

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

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Added: 2007-02-21

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