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[picture: Love Birds Kissing]

Love Birds Kissing

Two birds (doves?) touch their beaks together over a rose in this romantic engraving.

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[picture: Full-page border with bird, flowers, ivy]

Full-page border with bird, flowers, ivy

This engraved border surrounded the table of contents in the original book. The text ended one blank line above the ornament at lower middle, although if you needed a [...] [more...]

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[picture: Chapter-head with cherubs, flowers, vines and birds]

Chapter-head with cherubs, flowers, vines and birds

This chapter-head was above the start of the first chapter in the book. There’s flowers (marigolds?) both open and closed, leaves, and two naked children (putti or cherubs) each holding a string of flowers, possibly ending in a dead rabbit. There are also roses. [more...]

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[picture: Vignetted Letter W With Bird in forest]

Vignetted Letter W With Bird in forest

A rustic initial letter W with a built-in illustration showing a bird sitting on a twig and singing, with winter trees in the background: the bird is perhaps heralding the Spring. [more...]

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[picture: Young Romance]

Young Romance

A boy has his arm around the waist of a girl in the countryside, the sun close to the horizon. The picture is in a diamond-shaped frame with twigs in the background, budding to show Spring. [more...]

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[picture: Corner of full-page border (2 of 2)]

Corner of full-page border (2 of 2)

A second corner piece from the middle [US: center] of a full-page border. [more...]

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[picture: Full-page border with hearts and moons]

Full-page border with hearts and moons

This full-page Victorian vintage border features simple lines and geometric patterns giving a sophisticated and ornamental effect. In the corners are hearts drawn with crescent moons on them. [more...]

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[picture: Centrepiece from full-page line-art border]

Centrepiece from full-page line-art border

Centre-piece from the middle [US: center] of a full-page border. [more...]

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[picture: Corner of full-page border (1 of 2)]

Corner of full-page border (1 of 2)

Corner piece from the middle [US: center] of a full-page border. [more...]

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[picture: Full page border of wild flowers]

Full page border of wild flowers

The wild flowers on this vintage full-page border are growing so verdantly and enthusiastically that they don’t leave much room for the text! [more...]

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[picture: Page image, full-page border with wild flowers]

Page image, full-page border with wild flowers

This page is surrounded with a border consisting of a straight lines overgrown with wild flowers fom the bottom of he page and working up more than halfway. [more...]

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