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Turtle Skeleton
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Descendants of William the Conqueror
11. Seal of Gusion.
Frontispiece: The Barbican, Sandwich
331.—Switches and Crossings
On The Beach
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique green
Ludwig Richter-Haus in Loschwitz
An imp or devil or demon laughing and pointing
The Secret Seal of Solomon
Sir Isaac Newton
St. Ives Bridge
ront Cover
Frontispiece: Portrait of William H. Seward
53.8.—IHS
Antique British Isles Map: Accuratissima Angliae Scotiae et Hiberniae
Hannibal from an old coin
Hannibal Crossing the Rhone
Dark Passion Flowers
Cylinders, Steam Pipe, Blast Pipe, etc.
Maid in the Forest
Nebuchadnezzar
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
The Magical Circle of King Solomon, Coloured
Fish-plating of rails
Château Montjardin. Remouchamps.
Historiated decorative initial capital letter M in Blue
Old Riverside Farm, Závist
Polkerris, Cornwall
Christmas-tide on the Road
clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book
Lutterworth.
Cherup ascending
Hush! Central Will Hear!
Full-page border with hearts and moons
Gothic Window
Gargoyle, brighter version
The Grotesque (Le Stryge)
Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
Cherub with paintbrush
Cairo, from the East
Inside a feudal castle hall
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
Harvest Time
Field Worker
891.—Trapeze artist walking a tightrope or high wire
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
Portrait of Włodzimierz Czacki
Drawn Picture Frame
Schoolwork
Scrollwork Border from page 227
Cherub Facing Right
Spring Song, Frühlingslied
Portrait of Ludwig Knaus
Names of Angels and Days (overview)
Collared Peccary (Tayassin tayassu)
Title Page, Musaeum Hermeticum
Alchemy Full Page Border
2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.
Front Cover
Alchemical dragons fighting
Naked angel with caduceus
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
49.—St. Sebald’s Church at Nuremberg.
84.—The Alcazar at Toledo (Begun 1548)
60.—Doorway from Church at Batalha (Begun 1385)
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, Black and White
The Battle
Give me a Ham Sandwich
Haigha and Hatta
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century  No. 1
Map XVII. british Isles; Showing places of greatest Historical Interest.
Map XIX. Ireland
Hymn to the Seasons
The Virgin Mary
Bless the Lord O My Soul
The front cover, with gold foil
Initial letter capital V with mountain rescue
Free clip-art: Eighteenth-century Border from Figures pour les Missels
Helmsman on a Vltava steamer
Title Page
157.—Uncial Gothic Letters. 14th Century.
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown
Front Cover
The Storming of Jerusalem by Titus
Buddhist Priest of Annam—TYPE
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Chaldean Slaves
A Christmas-Box From China
Decorative initial letter C with holly and icicles and snow
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
Indra, God of Atmosphere
The Keep, Walmer
Title Page
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
The Stocks. Monkton
Niccolò Paganini on the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Death
The Engraver
Decorative initial (drop cap) D
The Painter
The Novel
Front cover in red and gold
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
The Counsel (a Scotch Terrier)
Frontispiece: Don’t Cry
Tortured with feet to the fire
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Zeus and Europa
Poppies and Tiger Lillies
Menu Card 2: Chef
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
Menu Card 1: Court Jester
Menu Card 3: Celler Master
Menu Card 4: Waitress
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
Initial Letter I With Art Nouveau Swirls
Venus danced for Apollo
Chapterhead with Boy’s Head
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
Sacrificial Rites of the Ancient British Druids
English Manufacturing
Helen and Paris
Victorian vine-leaf page border
That wall of stone
Front Cover

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