Items matching maps, colour (results page 1)

Front CoverConjuring Tricks (1890)

Keywords: book covers, page images, colour

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Added: 2010-06-03

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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

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-09-27

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Front Cover, Moderne Kunst Vol IModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band I (1895)

The front cover of this huge book is a dark red; in the picture i have brightened it, thinking it probably faded over time. We have an ornate scrollwork border round the outside; we have angels with l [...]

Keywords: book covers, front covers, colour, borders, angels, cherubs

Places shown: none

Added: 2019-02-13

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Front CoverThe Defence of Guenevere (1904)

This copy of “The Defence of Guenevere” is bound in light brown suede with gold foil stamping.

Keywords: book covers, foil stamping, gold, brown, frames, colour

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Added: 2025-06-16

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Front CoverRed Book Of York (1901)

Red cloth with stamped gold.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2004-04-25

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Newark TowerThe Scott Country (1920)

(Frontispiece) Newark Tower

External link to Castles in Scotland page

Keywords: castles, trees, water, sunsets, towers, colour

Places shown: Newark; Fife; Scotland

Added: 2004-02-27

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Sulgrave ManorAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

The English home of the WashingtonsNow little more than a farm house, the manor was a priory of St Andrew’s before the Reformation in the 16th Century. It’s located in Sulgrave, near Banbury in Oxford [...]

Keywords: manors, horses, trees, farms, george washington, colour

Places shown: Sulgrave; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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Warwick Castle from the RiverWarwick and Leamington (1920)

The towers of Warwick Castle are silhouetted against a sunset; smoke from the chimneys of two thatched cottages rises up against trees in autumn foliage. In the foreground, a solitary boatsman punts d [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, colour, water, boats, people, houses, sunsets, trees

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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Front CoverOratio Dominica: The Lord’s Prayer in above 100 Languages, Versions and Characters (1713)

The front cover; my copy has a quarter-leather binding and marbled boards, as you can see.

Keywords: colour, book covers

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Added: 2006-05-28

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Front Cover, Wonderful Prodigies of Judgement and MercyWonderful Prodigies of Judgement and Mercy (1685)

This tiny book is bound in full leather.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-28

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Front CoverCassell’s Family Magazine (1889)

The front cover of the copy i have of Cassell’s Family Magazine has a quarter-leather binding with marbled boards.

Keywords: book covers, colour, front covers, marbling, scuffed

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-07-31

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Front Cover Vol 64Little Folks Magazine Vol 64 (1906)

The front cover for Volume 64 (1906) has a full-page illustration in colour of a large stork wearing hiking boots and walking down a country path with a girl alongside it. The girl wears a red coat. I [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, people, illustrations for children, children

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-10-31

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Front Cover of Evers’ ‘Steam and the Steam Engine’Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

The front cover says that the book is part of Collins’ Advanced Series.

Keywords: book covers, titles, railways, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Front Cover, Fry’s PantographiaPantographia (1799)

This unpreposessing volume contains the most fabulous examples of alphabets made with eighteenth century fonts and engravings.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2006-11-02

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Cartouche or frame from title page of ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This is the frame around the device (or trade-mark) of the printer Christopher Barker that was on the 1581 title-page of the Geneva Bible. It features trees and scroll-work and an oval central space. [...]

Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, colour

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Added: 2012-06-18

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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

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-19

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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

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-09-02

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Front cover in red and goldPeter Parley’s Annual (1856)

The front cover of this 1856 children’s book seems to have had something happen to it as some point to wear the gold off the bottom half.

Keywords: book covers, front covers, red, gold, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-07-06

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Title pageThe Grammar of Heraldry (1718)

Keywords: page images, colour

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2003-02-26

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Front Cover, Pied Piper of HamelinDer Rattenfänger von Hameln: Eine Aventiure (1890)

The cover is red with gold ffoil stamping, and features the piper with his pipe, some very large rats around his ankles, some small barefoot children, and some birds, all in a decorative frame. Der Ra [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, people, men, hats, rats, children, red, gold

Places shown: none

Added: 2026-04-11

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