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Old Books 3: Chambaud Close-up Pictures of old books (2003)

Chambaud’s Dictionary, close-up view showing the leather binding and the gold leaf used for the lettering on the spine.

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Added: 2005-11-10

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Old Books 1: Chambaud’s French/English Dictionary Pictures of old books (2003)

Close-up of the tops of three volumes from Chambaud’s Dictionary of English and French. Leather-bound books are always photogenic. I’ve made this image available in lots of sizes; please use the siz [...]

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

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Added: 2005-11-10

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My Wandering Boy Pictures of old books (2003)

There’s a freshly cut red rose on this old hymn book. The music is open at “Where is my Wandering Boy?” and also “Give Me thy Heart.” Underneath you see the tuning pins, felts and keyboard of the gra [...]

Keywords: colour, pictures of books, roses, romance, pianos, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2006-07-11

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1581 Psalter with Rose Pictures of old books (2003)

Warm sunlight streams down on this ancient prayer book, bible and psalter, open to the Lord’s Prayer set to music. A rose lies on the open book. There are also some page scans of this Geneva Bible. It [...]

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, roses, romance, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2006-07-11

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Memories Pictures of old books (2003)

A photograph of an old leather-bound photograph album with a candle and a rose nearby. Sunlight, polished wood, and emotion.

This work is dedicated to the Public Domain.

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Added: 2006-07-11

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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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Alphabet Book Pile Pictures of old books (2003)

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

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Added: 2007-06-03

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Manfredi’s Book Pictures of old books (2003)

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

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Added: 2007-06-03

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Green and Gold books on polished wood Pictures of old books (2003)

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.

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Added: 2007-09-12

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yyy Pictures of old books (2003)

This atlas, shown here closed and sitting on a table, is much larger than it appears: it weighs fifty pounds! It is bound in full leather with brass to protct the corners, and with brass clasps to hol [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, colour, book covers, fine binding, backgrounds, wallpaper

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Added: 2011-12-17

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