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Front cover for the history of civilizationLa Civilizacion (1881)

Black printing with inlaid gold make this large red book cover look very strong. It would be great for a restaurant menu! The outer border is available as a separate image, as is the entire front cove [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, victoriana, lettering

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Added: 2018-05-19

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Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric BorderLa Civilizacion (1881)

This geometric full-page border includes stylized acanthus leaves and knotwork in blackand orange. It came from the front cover of the book. The outer back border is a typographic ornament repeated. T [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, patterns, typography, colour

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Added: 2018-05-20

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Abstract border and front cover designLa Civilizacion (1881)

This is the pattern and design from the front cover. There are two main areas for text, there’s swirly barbed wire, there’s a Grecian urn, what more could you want? Well, OK, I can also provide the va [...]

Keywords: borders, full-page borders, templates, victoriana, colour

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Added: 2018-05-20

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Courtyard of an Egyptian HouseLa Civilizacion (1881)

This could almost be the atrium of a modern hotel, but it’s a drawing (speculatively, presumably) of an ancient Egyptian house built to surround a central courtyard that seems perhaps to have a glass [...]

Keywords: ancient egypt, interiors, people, statuary, decoration, ornament, pillars, yellow, bare feet, colour

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2018-07-18

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Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killedLa Civilizacion (1881)

King Ashurbanipal ruled over what was then the largest empire the world had ever seen, now called the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The empire lasted for around three hundred years (911 – 612 BCE). The scene i [...]

Keywords: people, royalty, assyria, religion, sacrifices, interiors, colour, lions, animals, costumes, processions

Places shown: Assyria

Added: 2018-05-22

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Infancy of SemiramisLa Civilizacion (1881)

Infancia de Semíramis We see the infant girl Semiramis naked and seemingly alone in a tropical forest, with doves. Semiramis was the wife of Onnes and, after the death of Onnes, of Ninus. Ninus was kn [...]

Keywords: nudity, infants, children, girls, birds, trees, jungles, forests, miraculous events, colour

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Added: 2018-05-15

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Median CivilizationLa Civilizacion (1881)

The Medes lived in what is now North-West Iran around 800 BCE. This book identifies them with Medai, the third son of Japhet, son of Noah, in the Bible, but this would make Noah much too recent. The t [...]

Keywords: statues, stauary, seated, ancient remains, temples, religion, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Iran

Added: 2018-05-15

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Initial letter L for drop cap, with squiggleLa Civilizacion (1881)

This capital L was used as a decorative initial (dropped capital) at the start of a chapter. The mix of geometric patterns and stylized vines is very characteristic of the period; the wiggly line stic [...]

Keywords: letterl, initials, geometric designs, squiggles, curlicues, greyscale

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Added: 2018-05-15

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Decorative initial letter H with dragonLa Civilizacion (1881)

This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second lin [...]

Keywords: letterh, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2018-05-21

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