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

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