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Alt-England (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover]

Some pictures from Alt-England: Eine Studienreise (Old England: A Study Tour) by Adolf Brennecke, circa 1885.

I also have Im Wechsel Der Tage (In the change of our days) by the same author.

Title: Alt-England

Author: Brennecke, Adolf

Published by: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn.

City: Leipzig

Date: 1888

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: English Manufacturing]

English Manufacturing

Maybe it’s Birmingham, a city that Tolkien likened to the Vale of Mordor. [more...] [$]

[picture: Front Cover]

Front Cover

The front cover of this book about Old England features sailing ships at the coast, near a cliff surmounted by a lighthouse. [$]

[picture: God and my Divine Right: Royal Crest]

God and my Divine Right: Royal Crest

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain was printed in black and gold leaf possite the inside front cover (on the end page) of this book. [more...] [$]

[picture: Fountains Abbey]

Fountains Abbey

This is a spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. I found a photograph from approximately the same angle in a page on the Historic UK Web site. [more...] [$]

[picture: Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of arms]

Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of arms

The endpapers of this German book about England have the royal coat of arms printed in gold on a field of a gold repeated stylized oak leaves motif. [more...] [$]


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