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The Book Cover

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The Book CoverSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

The cover of the book is red and black with gold foil.

Keywords: pictures of books, book covers, colour

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Added: 2005-06-14

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

The title page

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The title pageSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

The text (in German) reads as follows, as best as I can make it out; corrections and an English translation would be very welcome: Die schönsten Sagen des Klassischen Altertums. Nach seinen Dichtern u [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Perseus und Andromeda.

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Perseus und Andromeda.Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

A damsel in distress if ever the was one! The woman (Andromeda) is chained at wrist and ankle to a rock in the sea, and a viscious sea-monster is about to swaller her up. But look! The helmeted and sa [...]

Keywords: dragons, monsters, chains, bare feet, gods, heroes, swords, water, waves, mythology, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Chapterhead with urns and winged lions

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Chapterhead with urns and winged lionsSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

This chapterhead piece features winged lions (griffins, or gryphons), leaves and vines, and a central device that might be suggestive of a Medusa figure. It was used at the top of the page to help mar [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, griffins, gryphons, lions, mythical creatures, vines, urns, greyscale

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Added: 2019-09-15

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Foliated Initial Letter S

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Foliated Initial Letter SSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

This Fraktur-style capital S was used as a decorated initial, or drop cap, at the start of a chapter. A large initial can help the reader find the start of the text quickly, and also can help to indic [...]

Keywords: letters, initials, foliated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2025-05-14

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Foliated initial capital letter S, coloured

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Foliated initial capital letter S, colouredSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Sometimes i colour pictures or images as i did this one, to give you ideas of how you might use it.

You can also get the black-and-white capital S if you prefer it.

Keywords: letters, colour, initials, foliated initials, yellow, green, fraktur, leaves

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Added: 2025-05-18

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Crumbling elegance: floriated tailpiece with criblé background

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Crumbling elegance: floriated tailpiece with criblé backgroundSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

This typographic decoration was printed as a tail-piece at the end of a chapter. The stippled white dots on a black background are called a criblé effect; this style was popular in the sixteenth centu [...]

Keywords: ornament, tailpieces, typography, criblé, greyscale

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Added: 2014-01-04

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Herkules in Kampfe gegen die lernäische Schlange.

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Herkules in Kampfe gegen die lernäische Schlange.Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

The mighty hero Herakles (Hercules) is about to slay the Hydra. He appears to be barefoot and naked, but there is a lion-skin cloak on his back part of which conceals his genitals. He doesn’t seem to [...]

Keywords: mythology, nudity, bare feet, heroes, monsters, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Achilles und die Gesandten der Griechen

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Achilles und die Gesandten der GriechenSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Achilles and the envoys of the Greeks engraved by M. Laemmel (?) after Jean August Dominique Ingres.

Keywords: musical instruments, bare feet, nudity, weapons, people, heroes, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Apollo beschuekt die Leiche Hektors

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Apollo beschuekt die Leiche HektorsSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Hector tried to tire [Achilles] by running around the walls of Troy with Achilles in hot pursuit. He caught him on the third lap around and killed him. He then took his armor, tied the corpse behind h [...]

Keywords: bare feet, heroes, nudity, chariots, people, horses, animals, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-06-14

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Odysseus und Polyphem

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Odysseus und PolyphemSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Odysseus and Polyphem

In English I think this is Oedipus and Polypheme; Polypheme was a Cyclops, whome Odysseus blinded after getting him drunk.

Keywords: heroes, bare feet, nudity, people, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-07-05

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Odysseus toetet die Freier

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Odysseus toetet die FreierSagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Keywords: bare feet, nudity, weapons, people, heroes, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2005-10-17

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