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book covers: the outside of a book, either the front of the book or the spine, showing the binding and any decoration or lettering. Note that older books, especially before 1800 or so, were usually sold unbound: when you bought a book you took it to a book binder, who would make a cover to order, usually to match the other books you owned.
Synonyms: front covers

colour: Images that are in colour, not just black and white or grey.
Synonyms: color

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Christ Church

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Christ ChurchOxford (1910)

Now let us stroll on – ’tis but a step – to Christ Church. Sometimes it seems as though this should take precedence of all other colleges. Its chapel is Oxford’s Cathedral, its quadrangles are the f [...]

Keywords: towns, churches, towers, roads, people, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-03-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Plate 40.—Caerphilli Castle, Glamorganshire

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Plate 40.—Caerphilli Castle, GlamorganshireHistory of Wales (1853)

[unknown artist]

There is an official Caerphilly Castle web site (note modern spelling), complete with an image gallery.

Keywords: ruins, castles, clouds, cattle, colour

Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2003-09-03

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

33: Latina; Alia Versio, à Seb. Castaliona

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33: Latina; Alia Versio, à Seb. CastalionaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-09-18

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Map XIX. Ireland

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Map XIX. IrelandHistory of the World Vol III (1885)

A political map showing county boundaries, with counties in different colours, and Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, Munster labeled; railway are shown, and towns with more than 100,000 people are labeled [...]

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Ireland

Added: 2025-08-12

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Medieval Customs

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Medieval CustomsLa Civilizacion 3 (1881)

costumbres de la media. Mir. Tarradas Comas y Cā - Editores. This picture shows two knights on horseback jousting with long lances in front of a castle, watched by a handful of spectators that might [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, battles, fights, jousting, weapons, street scenes, castles, people, colour, middle ages

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-03-06

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

34: Gallica, Italica

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34: Gallica, ItalicaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-09-18

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

35: Forojuliana, Rhætica seu Grisonum.

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35: Forojuliana, Rhætica seu Grisonum.Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-09-18

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

G to M from XIV. Century  No. 1.

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G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. I have also made these letters available as [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, lettering, red, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-16

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

G to M from XIV. Century  No. 1.

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G to M from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

See XIV. Century No. 1 for the full alphabet, miniscule and majiscule (capitals and small letters). Actually it’s not a full alphabet by modern standards. I have also made these letters available as [...]

Keywords: alphabets, calligraphy, red, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-16

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Lower row of lower-case (miniscule) blackletter from XIV. Century  No. 1.

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Lower row of lower-case (miniscule) blackletter from XIV. Century No. 1.The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

The small (miniscule) letters from p to z; strictly speaking these are not to be called “lower case” since they are for writing and not printing, but it is a distinction no longer widely followed. See [...]

Keywords: alphabets, lettering, calligraphy, red, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-16

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Nazareth

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NazarethThe Land and the Book (1894)

Here we see a small Palestinian town with its white flat-roofed buildings, domes, and a mosque’s tower or minaret, nestled together amongst the hills. In the foreground a lady with a small child ridin [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, towns, villages, people, donkeys, xmas, christmas, religion, colour

Places shown: Nazareth; Palestine

Added: 2025-11-13

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leavesThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

I coloured the border of twigs to make some colour clip-art. There is also a brown border. A rustic border or frame.

Keywords: borders, colour, decorative elements, twigs

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-30

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs

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Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigsThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)

I coloured the border of twigs to make a sepia border or frame. some colour clip-art. There is also a brown and green Victorian Border.

Keywords: borders, colour, decorative elements, twigs

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-30

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

36: Catalanica, Hispanica

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36: Catalanica, HispanicaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-09-18

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

In the Jephson Gardens, Leamington

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In the Jephson Gardens, LeamingtonWarwick and Leamington (1920)

“Enter the Jephson Gardens now by this eastern end, and go right through to the Parade, and to the Pump Room and Gardens across the Parade. These handsoe Gardens take their title from the celebrated [...]

Keywords: colour, trees

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-01-09

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

37: Sardica, ut in Oppidis loqu., Sardica ut in Pagis (JPEG, includes p.36)

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37: Sardica, ut in Oppidis loqu., Sardica ut in Pagis (JPEG, includes p.36)Oratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2000-05-16

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda

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Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library RotundaOxford (1910)

... the great dome of the Radcliffe Camera rose up in the space between All Souls and brasenose colleges, and was thenceforth the first object to take the eye of one who looks on Oxford lying glorious [...]

Keywords: churches, lawns, tudor, flowerboxes, colour, colleges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Plate XLII.—Astronomy.

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

The purpose of the four interwoven figures here is to explain how an eclipse of Jupiter’s satellites (or moons) works. I will scan the details on request. These are beautifully-engraved diagrams, wi [...]

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, sun, labels, eclipses, zodiac, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: antique star engraving

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: antique star engravingEnclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

A copper-plate engraving representing a star from a diagram explaining astronomy; you can also see the full diagram.

Keywords: diagrams, stars, astronomy, astrology, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: sun and eclipses

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: sun and eclipsesEnclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

A diagram with the sun in the middle, complete with a face, and showing the illumination of the earth at varoius times of the year, marked by month and zodiac sign. There is also a version of this dia [...]

Keywords: astronomy, sun, zodiac, diagrams, eclipses, planets, astrology, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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