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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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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

Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: the face of the sun.

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: the face of the sun.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This diagram, taken from plate XLII on eclipses, shows the sun as an eight-pointed star with a face in the middle, including eyes, nose and mouth! (Obviously the sun does not have a beard, since the h [...]

Keywords: astronomy, sun, diagrams, zodiac, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-22

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

Cupid’s Hunting Fields

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Cupid’s Hunting FieldsMagazine of Art Illustrated Vol 6 (1883)

A greenish yellow tint to this picture, which features a naked young man or boy, Cupid, standing with one bare foot on a flat stone, part of the ground, and another on the leg of a lady wearing a thin [...]

Keywords: romance, archery, cupid, nudity, people, men, women, bare feet, yellow, hunting, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-01-09

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

38: Lusitanica; Biscaina, sive Canabrica

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38: Lusitanica; Biscaina, sive CanabricaOratio 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

Plate 46.—Hay Church

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Plate 46.—Hay ChurchHistory of Wales (1853)

Hay Church, Brecknockshire

Keywords: churches, trees, animals, sheep, people, christmas, colour

Places shown: Hay; Brecknockshire; Wales

Added: 2003-07-15

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

Opening of a New Promenade and Drinking-Fountain at Blackpool, Lancashire

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Opening of a New Promenade and Drinking-Fountain at Blackpool, LancashireIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

The engraving shows soldiers, a marching band, flags and banners, triumphal arches and crowds, with the Clifton Arms Hotel in the background. The Clifton Arms Hotel was being rebuilt, and here I thin [...]

Keywords: processions, people, crowds, buildings, uniforms, soldiers, horses, parades, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Blackpool; Lancashire; England

Added: 2011-01-08

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

Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!

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Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!Atalanta Magazine (1888)

Thus the two lived on, each for the other, in one long summertime, lit by their great love. The nights grew long; day after day the sea fought fiercely with the cruel winds that broke its rest. and t [...]

Keywords: romance, warriors, people, nighttime, storms, water, beards, people, weapons, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-02-14

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

39: Berriensis, Valachica

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39: Berriensis, ValachicaOratio 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

Samaria

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SamariaThe Land and the Book (1894)

The site of this celebrated capital is delightful, by universal consent. It is a very large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces at least six hundred feet above the valleys which surround it. [...]

Keywords: ruins, pillar, bridges, arches, animals, temples, trees, mountains, columns, colour

Places shown: Samaria; Syria

Added: 2021-01-11

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

40: Dalmatica, Croatica

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40: Dalmatica, CroaticaOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

Keywords: page images, alphabets, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2001-09-05

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

48.—Numerals.

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48.—Numerals.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Some historic numerals from the sixth through to the fourteenth centuries. The four and seven especially have varied in shae significantly.

Keywords: numerals, calligraphy, purple, colour, typography

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-06-13

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s House

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s HouseWarwick and Leamington (1920)

“The way to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘nest of a place’ is up the shady Holly Walk, which leads immediately out of the Royal Parade, [...] by the imposing Renaissance Town Hall and the attractive life-siz [...]

Keywords: colour, houses, trees, gardens, dickens

Places shown: Leamington; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2005-05-01

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

Plate 48.—Remains of the Priory at Havorfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

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Plate 48.—Remains of the Priory at Havorfordwest, Pembrokeshire.History of Wales (1853)

Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by J. Hinchiffe.Haverfordwest (modern spelling) is now in the care of Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments), according to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.The [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, cattle, water, boats, colour

Places shown: Havorfordwest; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2003-10-26

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

Entrance to the Cave of the Elephanta

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Entrance to the Cave of the ElephantaTravels Around the World (1873)

We ascended an easy flight of stone steps to a plateau one hundred and fifty feet above the sea. [...] Passing to the centre of the plateau and turning to the right, we confronted a work of human art [...]

Keywords: people, trees, temples, water, rocks, bare feet, ceilings, interiors, colour

Places shown: Elephanta Island; Bombay; India

Added: 2004-01-02

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

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