Images and some text extracts from South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe by G. F. Rodwell (Marcus Ward, London, 1877).
There’s a copy on Google Books although the images here are much higher quality.
Title: South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe
Published by: Marcus Ward & Co.
City: London
Date: 1877
Total items: 19
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Decorative chapter head with styilized birds and green men
A decorative woodcut used above a chapter title at the start of the book. The image is a “foliate border” because it contains vines and leaves, but there are also two bird heads and two heads (in profile), bearded and horned, sprouting vines from their mouths. This bearded man in foliage is called a “green man” but, when horned, is said [...] [more...]
[$]“Memorials of Michael Angelo meet one at every turn in Florence. His city is justly proud of him. Mrs. Oliphant speaks of him as “the greatest Florentine master, he who stands alone among the crowd, exceeding all as his gigantic statues tower over all other works, alone at once in greatness and in [...] [more...]
[$]Title Page, South by South East
The title page uses at least three typefaces in a range of sizes, and includes an emblem for Marcus Ward, the publishers. [more...]
[$]Images and some text extracts from South by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe by G. F. Rodwell (Marcus Ward, London, 1877).
There’s a copy on Google Books although the images here are much higher quality.
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