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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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Front CoverHolman Family Bible (1875)

The Holman Family Bible is an impressive volume. The cover is closed with a brass clasp, and there is gold lettering on the front cover. The dark parts round the edges are sculpted (actually made out [...]

Keywords: books, book covers, colour, gold, lettering, typography

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Added: 2025-02-24

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Front CoverEccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

The book has been bound in an older (printed) music manuscript.

The book did not fit on my older scanner, but now I am able to show the entire cover.

Keywords: page images, book covers, music, colour, typography, lettering, book covers

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Added: 2006-03-15

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Title PageDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

The title page has been printed in two colours, and includes an ornate decorative border, which I also made available as separate images in green-brown (most like the original), black (easiest to re-u [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, typography

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Added: 2009-03-07

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Title Page, Benson Stock ImagesStock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (1922)

The titlepage has the title and imprint information, the number 141 indicating a limited number of copies were made, and a subtle decorative border with lumps of dog vomit around the edges. Stock Des [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, borders, colour

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Added: 2020-11-16

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Printer’s Flower from Title PageDie Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

Ths ornament is on the title page.

Keywords: ornaments, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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typographic ornament: rosetteThe Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A decorative rosette of oak leaves in a circle, used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-pointing flower - det [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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typographic ornament: flower pointing rightThe Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, typography, flowers, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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Title Page, Craftsman’s Plant BookCraftsman’s Plant-Book, The (1909)

The Craftsman’s Plant-Book: or, Figures of Plants Selected fromthe herbals of the sixteenth century, and exhibiting the finest examples of plant-drawing found in those rare works, whether executed in [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2021-07-16

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typographic ornament: flower pointing leftThe Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book. full title page - detail: the decorative rosette - detail: the right-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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Front Cover with GryphonSpécimen Album (1900)

The front cover of this typeface and engraving specimen features a gryphon (griffin) in gold, standing on the catalogue...

I also made a black and gold Victorian Goth version of this cover.

Keywords: book covers, mythical creatures, typography, colour

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Added: 2012-04-25

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Summary of the Law, in goldHolman Family Bible (1875)

A full-page setting of a biblical quote, with a gilt (gold) page background and red, blue, green, black inks, with scrollwork, a border with crowned seraphs at the codners, and a sidebar in a frame an [...]

Keywords: typography, page images, commandments, religion, biblical texts, bibles, colour

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Added: 2025-01-25

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Title Page, Chambaud’s DictionaryDictionnaire (1815)

This is a fairly typical title page for a reference work from the period (in this case, 1815) and is somewhat cluttered. In its favour the list of London-based booksellers and publishers at the foot o [...]

Keywords: title pages, french language, typography, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2018-09-17

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Title Page, Mansions of EnglandThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

THE MANSIONS OF ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME By Joseph Nash [sigil] NEW EDITION Edited by CHARLES HOLME With an Introduction by C. HARRISON TOWNSEND OFFICES OF ‘THE STVDIO’, LONDON PARIS, AND NEW YORK [...]

Keywords: title pages, lettering, typography, colour

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Added: 2020-10-15

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Title Page from Peck’s DesiderataDesiderata (1779)

The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in siz [...]

Keywords: title pages, typography, page images, colour

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Added: 2012-06-03

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Title PageElements of Geography, Ancient and Modern (1825)

Elements of Geography, ancient and modern: with an atlas. By J. E. Worcester, A.M. Stereotype Edition. Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 134 washington-street. And sold by booksellers gen [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, colour

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Added: 2017-05-05

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Title Page, Old EnglandAlt-England (1888)

Alt-England: Eine Studienreise durch London und die Grafschaften zwischen Kanal und Piktenwall von Adolf Brennecke Gänzliche Neubearbeitung der 2 und 3 Abteilung der Nordlandfahrten. Which is, Old Eng [...]

Keywords: titel pages, colour, typography, page images

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Added: 2022-06-03

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Title page, English CathedralsEnglish Cathedrals (1910)

ENGLISH CATHEDRALS Canterbury · Peterborough · Durham Salisbury · Lichfield · Lincoln · Ely · Wells Winchester · Gloucester · York · London by Mrs. Schuyler van Renssalaer, author of “Henry Hobson Ric [...]

Keywords: title pages, typography, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2020-10-15

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Title Page, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The title page shows some foxing, usually caused by iron or other minerals in the paper reacting with moisture making rust, or in some cases mold or mildew. ČECHY SPOLEČNOU PRACÍ SPISOVATELŮV A UMĚLC [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, typography, bohemia

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Added: 2024-12-04

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Title PageHolman Family Bible (1875)

The title page of this huge and lavish Victorian family bible. The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalm [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, bibles, typography, page images

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Added: 2025-01-26

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