Im Wechsel Der Tage (page 2/4)

Love Birds Kissing

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

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...] [$]

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...] [$]

Ornament with Roses

Stylized acanthus leaves and roses surround the face perhaps of a young woman wearing a tiara or crown in this quirky end-of-chapter tailpiece or ornament. [more...] [$]

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...] [$]

In the Forest Cathedral

We see a forest with tall straight trunks topped by spreading branches forming almost a vaulted ceiling. The sun’s rays slant down from the left side, and a number of people are walking singly or in pairs. There [...] [more...] [$]

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...] [$]

Full-page border, hillside path through ruined castle

This engraving fills most of a page with a scene of a ruined stone archway with towers on either side leading perhaps to the courtyard of an overgrown medieval castle, perched on the side of a hill. [more...] [$]

Full-page border with roses, black and white

This full-page border or page surround or frame, has roses in bloom along with insects. It was engraved with black and white lines so can reproduce very well. [more...] [$]

Corner of full-page border (2 of 2)

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

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...] [$]