Items matching heraldry (results page 1)

Ornate and Pretentious Title PageUniversal Classic Manuscripts Vol II (1901)

The title page of Universal Classic Manscripts is made to look like an alabaster funeral monument on the wall of a cathedral, with ornater fed and gold filigree work topped by a coat of arms of the UK [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, engravings, colour, lettering, coats of arms, heraldry

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Added: 2017-09-27

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Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page.

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Red Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page. I coloured this one a nice bright red. You could also start with the black-and-white dragon picture and use the Colour tab to get a r [...]

Keywords: dragons, heraldry, mythical creatures, wings, colour

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Title page detail: heraldic scrollworkGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The concordance title page includes this cartouche with a boar’s head (rather like a chess-piece, on a crowned brick base, formally a “mural crown”) with a scroll coming from its mouth and at the bott [...]

Keywords: borders, inscriptions, heraldry, sheep, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-18

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front cover, Allegories and EmblemsAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

The front cover of the second volume of Allegorien und Embleme has a quarter-leather binding and gilt-stamped decoration with black and red printing that includes a woman and an heraldic shield.

Keywords: book covers, lettering, people, typography, colour, heraldry

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Added: 2018-09-02

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Bookplate with CrestThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This bookplate seems to have had the owner’s name cut off, perhaps when the book was sold. It features an heraldic crest with a fleur-de-lys and a chief ermine in a bearing with a lion en passant (or [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour

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Added: 2011-10-09

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Dedication page With CartoucheArt-Journal (1850)

The dedication page comes after the title page and imprint page. Here it uses a giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems to enclose the text. At the foot of the page, under the text, and s [...]

Keywords: page images, cartici, frames, borders, circular, statuary, art, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Oval or Elliptical Victorian FrameArt-Journal (1850)

This giant elliptical (oval) frame or cartouche is taken from the dedication page of the magazine. The giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems enclosed the text. At the foot of the page, [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, crowns, heraldry, royalty, sculpture, statuary, art, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Title Page, Cosmography and AstrologyThe Gentleman’s Recreation (1686)

The title page to the section of The Gentleman’s Recreation is well-known for having the misspelling Cosmgrarhy at the top left. What is more interesting about it is the way Cosmography and Astronomy [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, graphic design, trees, diagrams, astrology, people, women, angels, heraldry

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Added: 2020-12-12

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Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of armsAlt-England (1888)

The endpapers of this German book about England have the royal coat of arms printed in gold on a field of a gold repeated stylized oak leaves motif. Endpapers are gloed to the inside of the front and [...]

Keywords: endpapers, gold, page images, coats of arms, crests, heraldry, patterns, colour

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Added: 2025-02-04

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume IIIThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

A bookplate (ex libris) from inside the front cover of Volume III of Grose’s Antiquities. People who collected books would often have these printed onto labels that they would paste inside the covers [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-14

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III, colour versionThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

This is a lower-resolution scan of the bookplage.

Keywords: bookplates, colour, heraldry

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Added: 2007-05-14

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God and my Divine Right: Royal CrestAlt-England (1888)

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain was printed in black and gold leaf possite the inside front cover (on the end page) of this book. The paper is textured, giving an almost [...]

Keywords: heraldry, colour, coats of arms, unicorns, gold

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Added: 2025-02-08

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Bookplate from Leland’s Itinerary Vol IThe Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

My copy has this book-plate (ex libris) pasted inside the front cover. It has a family crest with the motto “Pour Y Parvenir” (just do it) and the name Louisa Julia Manners beneath it. This is the cre [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-20

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Victorian floral border from title pageNational Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page of “National Portrait Gallery” is surrounded by this ornate and intricate floral border. The border contains four inset designs: the three lions of England, the rampant lion (i.e. side [...]

Keywords: borders, heraldry, victoriana, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2010-07-28

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Two BookplatesThe Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Two bookplates, one seeming older than the other: Ex Libris Jack Norris And, probably older, one with an heraldc shield Azure on a chevron enshrined between three Unicorns’ hads erased or, three cresc [...]

Keywords: bookplates, colour, heraldry

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Added: 2012-10-20

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Bookplate detail: family crestThe Holy Court (1663)

The coat of arms from the bookplate. it is surmounted by a dragon’s head, and there is a bird, perhaps a falcon, in the coat of arms itself. This is a detail from the Bookplate image.

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, dragons, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-21

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Bishopric of St. AsaphThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718)

A woodcut of two vintage keys (skeleton keys), crossed one over the other, their handles towards the bottom, taken from an heraldic shield. St. Asaph is a city in Denbigh in Wales, and is one of the s [...]

Keywords: heraldry, keys, symbols, bishops, greyscale

Places shown: St. Asaph; Flint; Wales

Added: 2019-01-19

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Bookplate, R. B. ColvinHone’s Everyday Book (1826)

It seems that my copy of this book once belonged to one B. B. Colvin, probably Beale Blackwell Colvin (1809 – 1865), of Monkham’s Hall, Waltham, Essex; he was the high sheriff of Essex in 1848. The mo [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour

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Added: 2011-08-15

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Heraldic chapter headThe New World (1671)

This woodcut was at the start of a chapter. It features two mermen, I think, holding a shield bearing an armorial crest.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2008-04-16

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