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Decorative clip-art Victorian border, Black and White

This is a version of the red border from Page 27 in black and white (actually grayscale, desaturated and darkened). There are also a green and a brown version. To make your own version of this old pag [...]

Keywords: borders, decorative elements

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Added: 2008-03-04

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Romantic and Atmospheric Graveyard

Tombstones sit in long grass under a spreading tree. There is also a tomb visible, as well as a number of graves.

Keywords: gravestones, trees, churchyards, spooky

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Added: 2007-10-28

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves

A decorative full-page border used to frame an illustration in the book. Twigs and leaves. The original picture is the portrait of King Henry VIII and his six wives. There are also coloured versions [...]

Keywords: borders, ornaments, decorative elements

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Added: 2008-03-09

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My Wandering Boy

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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178. – English Gothic Letters. 15th Century. F.C.B.

“Figures 177 to 179 show some English Gothic Letters, the last being that employed so effectively in the pen-drawn page by Mr. Abbey, [Fig. 153].” (p. 140) The diagram is signed F.C.B., which I take t [...]

Keywords: lettering, calligraphy, blackletter, typography, alphabets

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Added: 2007-05-02

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Clip-art; calligraphic decorative initial capital letter P from XIV. Century No. 1

Calligraphic letter P from XIV. Century No. 1.

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Keywords: letterp, initials, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2007-02-16

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Stack of old books

A stack of mostly leather-bound antique books. Old books. Antiquarian books. Dusty books. These are the books whose images (and in some cases text) you will find on www.fromoldbooks.org. The books [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, colour

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Added: 2007-08-19

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Pictures of old books: Two shelves of antiquarian books

Keywords: books, colour, shelves, pictures of books, pictures of books

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Added: 2003-02-11

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Clip-art; calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century No. 1

Calligraphic letter R from XIV. Century No. 1.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

Keywords: letterr, initials, calligraphy, colour

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Added: 2007-02-16

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Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown

This is a version of the red border from Page 27 coloured a sepia brown. There are also a green and a black and white version. To make your own coloured version of this old page border, see the notes [...]

Keywords: colour, borders, decorative elements

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Added: 2008-03-04

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Antique Books: Grose

Various antiquarian books, including Francis Grose’s Antiquities; this is one of the most popular images. If you want to use it, please copy it and host it on your own site. It’d be nice if you link [...]

Keywords: books, colour, candles, pictures of books

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Added: 2004-02-29

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170.—Italian Gothic Capitals. 16th Century.

“Figures 170 to 173 exhibit a group of Gothic capitals more or less allied in character and all pen letters.” (p. 140) I have not split these letters into individual images, although I could do so on [...]

Keywords: lettering, calligraphy, blackletter, typography, page images

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Added: 2006-09-29

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