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History of Wales (page 1/7)

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[picture: Front Cover, History of Wales]

Pictures from The History of Wales by B. B. Woodward, B.A., London, (Quarto, 1853 [First edition] vi + (ii) + 608pp, illustrated with 76 steel-engraved plates)

If you use these pictures for anything, or would like me to scan more, let me know. You can refer to the list of illustrations. All of these images are out of copyright (in the public domain). Henry Gastineau (the principal artist) died in 1876.

There is a low-quality scan of this entire book at Google Books but they forgot to scan the plates, I think.

Title: History of Wales

Author: Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke

City: London

Date: 1853

Total items: 33

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: Bookplate]

Bookplate

A book-plate, or “ex libris” as they are sometimes called, from my copy of The History of Wales. I bought this book in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Ragland (Raglan) Castle, Monmouthshire]

Plate 15.—Ragland Castle

Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire. [more...] [$]

[picture: Plate 18.---Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition)]

Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition)

A cropped and resized version of Plate 18 for use as a dekstop background image. [$]

[picture: Llantisilio Church]

Llantisilio Church

Llantisilio Church, Vale of Llangollen, Denbighshire
Drawn by H. Gastineau; Engraved by H. Adlard. [more...] [$]

[picture: 43.---Basingwork Abbey]

43.—Basingwork Abbey

Basingwork Abbey, Flintshire; drawn by H Gastineau; engraved by H. Jorden. [more...] [$]


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