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Front Cover, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The front cover is red cloth with black, grey, and gold foil designs stamped or printed into it. There’s a depiction of a triumpal arch with symbols of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) and a statue of [...]

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Added: 2024-12-04

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Title Page, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The title page shows some foxing, usually caused by iron or other minerals in the paper reacting with moisture making rust, or in some cases mold or mildew. ČECHY SPOLEČNOU PRACÍ SPISOVATELŮV A UMĚLC [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, typography, bohemia

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Added: 2024-12-04

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Battle in the Sacred Linden GrovesBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

Rušení posvŕtných hájů lípových, or, Disruption of sacred linden groves. In this picture by popular Czech artist Adolf Liebscher (brother to Karel, who was in charge of the pictures for this book), a [...]

Keywords: battles, weapons, people, spirit, druids, trees, swords, spears, fighting, death, forests, greyscale

Places shown: Bohemia

Added: 2024-12-05

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Initial letter V with a mermaidBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

She’s a naked woman from head to knee, but then her legs become a twisted knotted tail with fins at the bottom. This mermaid is wearing a wreath or headdress of roses, a garland symbolising romance or [...]

Keywords: initial letters, letterv, mermaids, mermades, mythical creatures, spooky, women, people, nudity, fish, flowers, seduction, mythological creatures, greyscale

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Initial letter capital V with mountain rescueBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

A curly-haired young man cradles a barefoot child in one arm as he hangs on to a branch, standing on rocks on a cliff-face. Above him, nestled inside a letter “V”, a large bird, i think an eagle. Or i [...]

Keywords: initials, letterv, rescue, children, bare feet, birds, nests, climbing, branches, rocks, inhabited initials, greyscale

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Added: 2025-08-08

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Helmsman on a Vltava steamerBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

A man with a moustache is wearing a flat cap, a billowing jacket and button-up waistcoat, and has his hands on a horizontal wheel at the stern of a ship. There are various objects on the deck near him [...]

Keywords: men, people, working, workers, sailors, steerig, helmsmen, helm, wheel, boat, ships, hats, moustaches, concentration, greyscale

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Added: 2025-08-06

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Old Riverside Farm, ZávistBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The picture is captioned, Partie na Závisti, which refers to Závist, most likely the Celtic hill fort near the towns of Dolní Břežany and Zbraslav, at the confluence of the Vltava and Berounka rivers. [...]

Keywords: buildings, farms, rivers, water, boats, hills, people, greyscale

Places shown: Czech Republic

Added: 2025-09-12

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