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1243x1316, 189x200, 699x740, 932x987 | BookplatePictures of old books (2003) An “ex libris” or bookplate from Swansea Training College, showing a castle gate with raise port-cullis, and with the motto “Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche” from Chaucer’s Clerk, and a Welsh m [...] Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-08-13 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 140x200, 471x673, 628x897 | Bookplate: W. T. R. PowellPictures of old books (2003) The armorial crest for the Powell family of Nanteos in Wales, pasted inside my copy of “Johnson’s Dictionary” (an 1837 edition, not in itself particularly valuable). The motto is inter hanstas et hos [...] Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, colour Places shown: none Added: 2011-08-13 + S K L |
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1087x613, 1449x817, 1932x1089, 355x200, 611x345, 815x459 | Old Books 2: ChambaudPictures of old books (2003) Chambaud’s Dictionary. Some old leather-bound antique books on a black background. They have a reddish tint, deliberately, but you might want to use Levels/Auto in PhotoShop or the Gimp to correct t [...] Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books Places shown: none Added: 2005-11-10 + S K L |
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1296x972, 1728x1296, 2304x1728, 267x200, 729x547, 972x729 | Old Books 1: Chambaud’s French/English DictionaryPictures of old books (2003) Close-up of the tops of three volumes from Chambaud’s Dictionary of English and French. Leather-bound books are always photogenic. I’ve made this image available in lots of sizes; please use the siz [...] Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2005-11-10 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | My Wandering BoyPictures of old books (2003) There’s a freshly cut red rose on this old hymn book. The music is open at “Where is my Wandering Boy?” and also “Give Me thy Heart.” Underneath you see the tuning pins, felts and keyboard of the gra [...] Keywords: colour, pictures of books, roses, romance, pianos, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-11 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 2304x1728, 267x200, 800x600 | 1581 Psalter with RosePictures of old books (2003) Warm sunlight streams down on this ancient prayer book, bible and psalter, open to the Lord’s Prayer set to music. A rose lies on the open book. There are also some page scans of this Geneva Bible. It [...] Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, roses, romance, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-11 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 2115x1608, 267x200, 800x600 | MemoriesPictures of old books (2003) A photograph of an old leather-bound photograph album with a candle and a rose nearby. Sunlight, polished wood, and emotion. 
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Keywords: colour, pictures of books, candles, romance, roses, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2006-07-11 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1199x644, 372x200, 375x201, 73x39, 899x483 | Withered Love (clinical version)Pictures of old books (2003) An old astrology book lies open, but on the open page is a withered rose. Love has faded. There is also a version of this photo with romantic colours. In both cases the background is close to white t [...] Keywords: pictures of books, colour, roses, romance Places shown: none Added: 2006-12-27 + S K L |
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1199x644, 372x200, 375x201, 674x362, 899x483 | Withered Love (romantic version)Pictures of old books (2003) An old astrology book lies open, but on the open page is a withered rose. Love has faded. There is also a version of this photo with neutral colours, In both cases the background is close to white to [...] Keywords: pictures of books, colour, roses, romance Places shown: none Added: 2006-12-27 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | He was taking notes until he diedPictures of old books (2003) A relief pen (an old-fashioned dip-pen for writing), with a steel nib and an ivory handle, lies on an open book; a written manuscript lies below. Leather-bound books litter the oaken desk. Keywords: pictures of books, pens, calligraphy, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: none Added: 2007-02-21 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1152x928, 1544x1244, 248x200, 750x604 | Against the LightPictures of old books (2003) A pile of dictionaries on a table near a whitewashed wall. Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language. Bailey’s Dictionary, 1737 Jacobi’s Geste Typographica Bailey’s Dictionary, 1737 (a diff [...] Keywords: pictures of books, colour, spines, leather books, dictionaries Places shown: none Added: 2013-07-15 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 267x200, 3888x2592, 800x600, 972x648 | Alphabet Book PilePictures of old books (2003) Several antique books of alphabets all open in a pile: 1. Manfredi from 1564, with the medieval music used as a cover; 2. Ornamental Alphabets by Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1879 (with the green letters); [...] Keywords: pictures of books, books, alphabets, colour, music, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2007-06-03 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Manfredi’s BookPictures of old books (2003) This is a close-up of the antiquarian book tableau in Alphabet Book Pile. The book in the foreground was printed in 1564, and is a legal text by Girolamo di Manfredi; there are also some more pictures [...] Keywords: pictures of books, books, calligraphy, music, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour Places shown: none Added: 2007-06-03 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 267x200 | Green and Gold books on polished woodPictures of old books (2003) A row of old books, green, with gold decoration and lettering on their spines, arranged in a row on the top of a polished wooden surface. Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds Places shown: none Added: 2007-09-12 + S K L |
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