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Gold endpaperNorthland Journeys, Part I (1881)

The endpapers of a book hold the cover to the body of the book. Older books, leather-bound, often have ridges on the spine; this is where string is threaded through to hold the signatures, the folded [...]

Keywords: endpapers, book binding, colour, vines, leaves, patterns, borders, page images, full-page borders

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Added: 2025-04-27

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Vintage gold circular leaf border or frameThe Circling Year (1870)

Today people looking at this circular wreath design stamped in gold would think first of Christmas: there’s holly and ivy and what could pass for ornaments. But if you look more closely it represents [...]

Keywords: borders, circular, gold, winter, seasons, christmas, xmas, frames, cartici, ornaments, frames, holly, ivy, mistletoe, leaves, foliate borders, colour

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Added: 2018-01-20

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Title Page, Kelmscott ChaucerThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

The title page from the Kelmscott edition of the works of Chaucer is, unusually, printed on a verso (i.e. the left-hand page of a double-page opening), which is why the outer border is wider on the le [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, arts and crafts, arts and crafts movement, foliated borders, leaves, vines, william morris, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-08

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Title PageChatterbox Annual (1916)

The ornate title page from the 1916 Chatterbox annual. There are pictures of a girl with straw on her head, a group of children reading, or perhaps singing, to a lady I take to be their teacher; a boy [...]

Keywords: title pages, children, illustrations for children, leaves, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2007-12-08

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Full-page oak-leaf borderThe Select Works of John Bunyan (1864)

This engraved border of oak leaves and acorns would be ideal for an invitation to a sacred druidical confluence, but it’d also make a great frame for a wedding invitation or a certificate relating to [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, leaves, oak leaves, acorns, surrounds, full-page borders, greyscale

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Added: 2018-03-13

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Faust, detail from title pageIllustrations fo Goethe’s Fause (1871)

Faust, or, the Lucky One. This illustration is from the title page of the book of Konewka’s ilustrations to Goethe’s Faust, and shows silhouettes of Faust (left) bargaining with Mephistophiles, or the [...]

Keywords: faust, silhouettes, people, men, lettering, socks, thistles, birds, leaves, greyscale

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Added: 2025-04-26

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Full-page arts and craft movement borderThe Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press] (1896)

This ful-page border, frame, or surround is made with an intricate design of grape leaves and swirling vines and includes bunches of grapes. It’s taken from the title page of the William Morris editio [...]

Keywords: foliated borders, borders, arts and crafts movement, arts and crafts, grapevines, grapes, vines, leaves, surrounds, frames, full-page borders, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-08

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Full-page holly and ivy border, US Letter sizedThe Circling Year (1870)

This leafy border features ivy with some holly thwoen in for good measure: it’d be great at Christmas but could be used at other times too. It surrounds the titlepage of the book. This version is prop [...]

Keywords: borders, xmas, christmas, foliated borders, vinles, leaves, full page, surrounds, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2018-02-20

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Victorian vine-leaf page borderRecord of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

A border for a title-page, made from vine leaves with fruits. The engraving has a lot of small dots that might be ink spots from overly fast or careless printing, or might be part of the design.

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, leaves, vines, grapes, fruit, twigs, greyscale

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Added: 2008-07-28

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Floriated initial letter “T”Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An early Victorian capital letter T used as a 14-line drop cap. There is shading used to create a three-dimensional effect, enhanced by foliage going both behind and in front of the letter. I also ma [...]

Keywords: initials, lettert, leaves, floriated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Floriated initial letter T, coloured versionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I coloured a decorative initial capital letter T that was at the start of a chapter.

Keywords: initials, lettert, colour, leaves, gold, yellow, green, colour, floriated initials

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Added: 2011-04-17

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Roundel with roses and thornsThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

This roundel, or circular wreath illustration, was made as a typographical decoration for the end of one of Spenser’s sonnets. It features flowers with red petals, although the leaves and stems were p [...]

Keywords: decoration, ornaments, wreaths, flowers, leaves, frames, tailpieces, roundels, colour

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Added: 2015-02-01

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Roundel with stylized blue flowersThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

This roundel, or circular wreath illustration, was made as a typographical decoration for the end of one of Spenser’s sonnets. It features flowers with blue petals, perhaps meant to be forget-me-not. [...]

Keywords: decoration, ornaments, flowers, wreaths, frames, leaves, tailpieces, roundels, colour

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Added: 2015-03-04

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Goth skull with vinesTypo Ornamenty (1990)

This black and white goth skull line-drawing has a vine growing out of one eye-socket and all around the frame, with stylised aster flowers and acanthus leaves. There is also a coloured version of the [...]

Keywords: goth, gothic, skulls, death, vines, leaves, flowers, greyscale, fantasy

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Added: 2021-03-20

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Goth skull with vines, colour versionTypo Ornamenty (1990)

I coloured in a line-drawing of a skull with vines coming out of its eye-socket; this was a lot of fun and i tried to use an æsthetic compatiblewit a heavy metal album cover, although the image long [...]

Keywords: goth, colour, gothic, skulls, death, vines, leaves, flowers, fantasy

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Added: 2021-03-20

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53.26.—Ornamental LeafOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A decorated leaf from a calligraphic manuscript. In lots of sizes so you can put it in your scrapbook (scrap-book?) if you like.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: leaves, symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-28

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53.28.—Trifoliate Calligraphic OrnamentOrnamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A piece of religious or spiritual ornament.

This image is taken from plate 53.

Keywords: leaves, symbols, ornaments, calligraphy, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-21

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Persion ceramic tile border: flowers and vines, bright versionL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This is a more brightly coloured version of the Persian ceramic tile full-page border. Note that the brightness of the dark blue background may vary as the image is resized or sharpened.

Keywords: full-page borders, borders, flowers, leaves, vines, colour, blue, floriated borders, green

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Added: 2019-01-06

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Fig. 57. No. 6.—Persian Ceramic Tile BorderL’Ornament Polychrome (Ornament in Colour) (1869)

This full-page border design is taken from ancient persian ceramic building tiles. The original tiles go from the centre of one rosette to the next, and are 10 inches (25cm) from joint to joint. There [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, floriated borders, flowers, vines, leaves, blue, green, colour

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Added: 2019-01-06

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826.—Evergreen, Holly or Holm Oak.Craftsman’s Plant-Book, The (1909)

Holly or Holm Oak Quercus Ilex. M. (1564) 206.

The reference to M. here is to Petrus Andreas Matthiolus, Commentarii, etc. Venice, 1565m The edition with the large figures.

Keywords: herbals, plants, trees, leaves, oak leaves, oak, trees, textures, greyscale

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Added: 2021-07-14

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