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156x200, 659x847, 878x1130 | Front CoverFarm Weeds (1906) The illustration is Lesser Burdock, which is also shown in Plate 27. The text reads, Farm Weeds, Department of Agriculture, Canada, 1906. Keywords: flowers, page images, colour, book covers, pictures of books, wild flowers, weeds Places shown: none Added: 2006-01-14 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Photograph of the BookPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870) A photograph of the “Picturesque Views” book showing the red moroccan leather cover and the gold tooling. In the background are some other antique books, and a brown leather-bound antiquarian book fr [...] Keywords: pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: none Added: 2007-06-10 + S K L |
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| 164x719, 219x960, 292x1280, 389x1706, 46x200 | fore-edgeThe Holy Court (1663) The fore-edge of the book: you’re looking at the front of the book, the opposite to the spine. It is marbled, a decoration that also served to seal the edges of the pages so that the book can be duste [...] Keywords: book covers, colour, pictures of books, books Places shown: none Added: 2012-05-14 + S K L |
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100x628, 133x838, 177x1117, 32x200 | Holy Court Book decorated leather spineThe Holy Court (1663) It’s an antique! This leather-bound book was produced in 1663, although it has for sure been rebound more than once in the meantime. Here is the spine of the book, with gold lettering and tooled deco [...] Keywords: book covers, spines, lettering, colour, pictures of books, books Places shown: none Added: 2011-01-30 + S K L |
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134x200, 506x755, 674x1007 | Front CoverTravels In The Far East (1909) The front cover of the book is green and gold. The countries listed are Egypt, India, Burma, Ceylon, Java, Siam, China, Manchuria and Korea. Keywords: pictures of books, book covers, colour Places shown: none Added: 2005-03-04 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1522x1539, 198x200, 741x750 | Corner Bookcase OrnamentTypo Ornamenty (1990) This vignette or round image could ba a tailpiece, an ornament at the end of a chapter, or a decoration for an article about books or reading, perhaps, or a private secret place where we love to go, w [...] Keywords: ornaments, books, pictures of books, decoration, tailpieces, round, circular, bookcases, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2022-09-20 + S K L |
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1302x1757, 148x200, 549x741, 732x988, 977x1318 | 37.—Writing My Master’s WordsLa Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910) The poet sits at a writing desk let by a candle. The image is printed in black and gold. “I resolved that I would make a ditty, before I left my chamber, according to the words my master had spoken.” [...] Keywords: scholars, pictures of books, candles, colour, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2005-12-20 + S K L |
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148x200, 469x636, 625x847, 937x1271 | 5.—The Book RevealedFirst Book of Urizen (1794) Urizen (?) holds a giant open book inscribed with strange symbols; the text is as follows: In living creations appear’d In the flames of eternal fury. 3. Sund’ring, dark’ning, thund’ring! Rent away wi [...] Keywords: occult, people, beards, books, pictures of books, poetry, colour Places shown: none Added: 2007-11-17 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 188x200, 233x248, 310x330, 413x440, 620x659, 826x879 | Evangelist with lionBook of Hours, Rosenwald MS. 10 (1533) A bearded man, perhaps in his thirties or forties, sits holding a book in his lap; to his left is a writing stand with an open manuscript; he holds a quill pen to his eye. There is a lion behind him, [...] Keywords: colour, people, art, animals, windows, writing, pictures of books, religion, scholars, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2006-09-29 + S K L |
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143x200, 1714x2400, 536x750, 857x1200 | Rev. Theobald MathewThe Cabinet of Irish Literature (1892) Father Mathew, from the picture by J Haverty. The Reverend Theobald Mathew, D.D. (1790 – 1856) was a temperance reformer from Thomastown in Kilkenny County. He was known for speaking against drinking [...] Keywords: people, portraits, men, books, pictures of books, reading, preachers, religion, colour Places shown: none Added: 2019-03-11 + S K L |
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