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Front CoverAlt-England (1888)

The front cover of this book about Old England features sailing ships at the coast, near a cliff surmounted by a lighthouse.

Keywords: book covers, colour, ships, rigging, lighthouses, cliffs

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Added: 2022-06-03

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Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of armsAlt-England (1888)

The endpapers of this German book about England have the royal coat of arms printed in gold on a field of a gold repeated stylized oak leaves motif. Endpapers are gloed to the inside of the front and [...]

Keywords: endpapers, gold, page images, coats of arms, crests, heraldry, patterns, colour

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Added: 2025-02-04

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God and my Divine Right: Royal CrestAlt-England (1888)

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain was printed in black and gold leaf possite the inside front cover (on the end page) of this book. The paper is textured, giving an almost [...]

Keywords: heraldry, colour, coats of arms, unicorns, gold

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Added: 2025-02-08

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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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View of St. Paul’s Cathedral from the ThamesAlt-England (1888)

This is an unusual view of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, which replaced an earlier cathedral founded in A.D. 64 after it burned down in the Great Fire of London. We see a man leaning out of a st [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, circles, windows, sailing boats, ships, boats, churches, domes, london, rivers, river thames, greyscale

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2022-06-03

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Fountains AbbeyAlt-England (1888)

This is a spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. I found a photograph from approximately the same angle in a page on the Historic UK Web site. The abbey was founded in 1139, so [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, churches, arches, windows, stonework, greyscale

Places shown: Aldfield; Ripon; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2022-06-03

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Eagle Tower, CaernarfonAlt-England (1888)

Der Adlerturm von Schloss Carnarvon Wales This engraving, very much in the stype of a pencil or charcoal sketch, shows one corner of Caernarfon Castle in Wales, the Eagle Tower, with its crenellated b [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, sketches, towers, turrets, harbours, birds, ruins, mediaeval architecture, greyscale

Places shown: Caernarvon; Gwynedd; Wales

Added: 2022-12-06

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