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Bookplate Pictures of old books (2003)

An “ex libris” or bookplate from Swansea Training College, showing a castle gate with raise port-cullis, and with the motto “Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche” from Chaucer’s Clerk, and a Welsh m [...]

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built.1 The Barbacan.2 The Ditch or Moat.3 Wall of the outer Ballium.4 Outer Ballium.5 Artificial Mount.6 Wall of the inner Ballium.7 Inner Ballium.8 K [...]

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. (version with no caption) The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

This is a version ofThe Mode in which Antient Castles...but without the caption.Antientis an old way to spell “ancient.”The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built.1 The Barbacan.2 The Dit [...]

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Harwood 1: scrap of paper Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

A small scrap of paper from Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”—I suspect it’s from the same person who left part of an envelope in the book, and dates from the early 1800s. There is a note that 35 [...]

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Harwood 2: scarp of paper (other side) Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

The other side of asmall scrap of paperI found in my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities” with some writing on it which I cannot read.

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Harwood 3: scrap of envelope. Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

A scrap of a letter or envelope that I found tucked inside my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”—there is a calculation, 14.56 × 225, giving £3,2557; there is also a stamp that I have taken [...]

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Harwood 4: back of scrap of envelo;e. Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

The other side of thescrap of a letter or envelopethat I found tucked inside my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”—there is a list of books written on it, which I tried to transcribehere. Th [...]

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Harwood 5: pressed flower Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

I found a flower between two pages of my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”.

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Harwood 6: pressed flower from the other side Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

I found a flower between two pages of my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”.

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Bookplate: W. T. R. Powell Pictures of old books (2003)

The armorial crest for the Powell family of Nanteos in Wales, pasted inside my copy of “Johnson’s Dictionary” (an 1837 edition, not in itself particularly valuable). The motto isinter hanstas et host [...]

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Added: 2011-08-13

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Bookplate, return this book Pictures of old books (2003)

Beneath the mainex librisor bookplate is pasted a note:

more bookplates

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Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon. The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon.Obit 10 Junii. 1735. Ætat. 57.Vertue SoulThomas Hearne, the famous Oxford Antiquary, or historian, isdepicted in this woodcut or engraving as a portly gentleman [...]

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Luke Chapter Two verses 10 – 23 Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

Part of a page from a 1581 copy of the Geneva Bible. This extract is from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, and tells of the birth of Jesus, called Christ, and of angels announcing this to shepherds. N [...]

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Added: 2007-06-06

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Green leavy Victorian border of Irish shamrock Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

This green border is of clover, or Irish shamrock, as befitted the cover of an Irish song.

You can also see theoriginal cover pageand there is ablack and white shamrock borderversion too.

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Oval shamrock border Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

This border is of clover, or Irish shamrock, as befitted the cover of an Irish song.

You can also see theoriginal cover pageand there is agreen versiontoo.

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Man Know Theyself Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

The front cover of a Victorian song by Henry Vousden (born 1821). I probably have the 1893 edition, but there was an earlier one from 1860.The border is available asa separate imageand there is also a [...]

Keywords: title pages, sheet music, borders, page images, lettering, typography, greyscale

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Music Cover: Country Life by Ernest Newton Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

The cover of “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. Sheet music, such as for a piano and singer, has for many years been published with the title page on the front cover; this is because it is most convenie [...]

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Decorative Art Nouveau Border Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

A blue border or frame from the front cover ofCountry Life, a collection of piano music by Ernest Newton. This art nouveau border around the outside of the page is printed in blue, although of course [...]

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Art Nouveau Ornament 1 Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

A typographic ornament from thecover pageof “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. It was originally printed in the same blue as thedecorative page border, which is in the Art Nouveau style.

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Added: 2010-08-20

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Art Nouveau Ornament 2 Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

Another typographic ornament from thecover pageof “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. It was originally printed in the same blue as thedecorative page border, which is in the Art Nouveau style.

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