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The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (page 1/2)

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[picture: Front Cover]

Pictures from The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (Richmond to Hampton Court) by John Leyland (1897).

The British Library catalogue says John Leyland was “of Forest Hill” but I have no more information than that.

The edition I have could be either 1897 or 1901. I am only guessing that he died no later than 1937, and that hence the images are out of copyright, but it seems likely.

Title: The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford

Author: Leyland, John

Published by: Geo. Newnes Ltd. Southampton St. W.C.

City: London

Date: 1897

Total items: 11

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: Mediaeval Border from Title Page]

Mediaeval Border from Title Page

This 1890s Victorian book has an arts-and-crafts-inspired Mediaeval/medieval-style calligraphic title page drawing, a design based on manuscript books and early printed books. The full-page border includes “green man” heads (sometimes also called jack-in-the-green) and vines. The heavy top left area is intended to be a decorative initial letter “T” [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Medmenham Abbey]

Medmenham Abbey

Medmenham is among the prettiest places on the Thames, and the Abbey, bogus structure though it really is, makes a picturesque feature upon the bank. Here was a Cistercian House colonised, the second time in 1212, by monks from Citeaux, [...]. In the beginning of the 16th century, [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: typographic ornament: flower pointing left]

typographic ornament: flower pointing left

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. [more...] [$]

[picture: typographic ornament: flower pointing right]

typographic ornament: flower pointing right

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. [more...] [$]

[picture: The Thames Illustrated: Title Page]

The Thames Illustrated: Title Page

The title page has a decorative border containing flowers, vines, and the face of a man with oak leaves for his beard, presumably intended as a reference to the Green Man of British folklore. [more...] [$]


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