Items matching castles, colour (results page 11)

Frontispiece: Dinant, Showing Old Castle and CathedralThe Forest of Arden With Some of its Legends (1914)

The building with the elongated dome structure is the main church, the thirteenth century Notre Dame de Dinant. When we fared forth into the streets of Dinant the morning after our arrival, we found a [...]

Keywords: views, cityscapes, churches, mountains, rivers, water, colour, art, buildings, houses, rooves

Places shown: Dinant; Wallonia; Namur; Belgium

Added: 2018-08-24

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Title PageQuiet Roads and Sleepy Villages (1914)

The text reads: QUIET ROADS and SLEEPY VILLAGES By ALLAN FEA, Author of “Old World Places,” “Nooks and Corners of Old England,” &c. New York McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1914 The printing is in black and r [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-29

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Bookplate for 1581 Geneva BibleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The dot screening tells me this isn’t actually a very old book-plate (ex libris). My guess would be early 1900s. It is a crest with the name Huss, surmounted with the closed helmet of a lesser knight [...]

Keywords: bookplates, crests, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-06

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Victorian Retro-Goth Book Cover With Gryphon and Gold BorderSpécimen Album (1900)

This is a dark version of the book cover of a 1900 French catalogue of type and engravings.

Keywords: mythical creatures, victoriana, goth, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-04-26

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BookplateHistory of Wales (1853)

A book-plate, or “ex libris” as they are sometimes called, from my copy of The History of Wales. I bought this book in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, America, so it’s no surprise that the bookplate say [...]

Keywords: bookplates, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-15

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Frontispiece: Cranbrook, KentOld English Country Cottages (1906)

From a water-colour drawing by Herbert Alexander, A.R.W.S.

Keywords: cottages, flowers, gardens, houses, colour

Places shown: Cranbrook; Kent; England

Added: 2004-07-29

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Inscription in the bookFamiliar Wild Flowers (1906)

My copy of the book has my father’s signature, Eric A. Quin, on the inside of the cover and, opposite, this inscription. This book belonged to Mrs. Wilson of River’s Lodge. Given to Mrs. Hull for the [...]

Keywords: handwriting, inscriptions, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-01-15

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Frontispiece: “Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!”Myths Every Child Should Know (1914)

“At length—not that he was weary, but only idle and luxurious—Pegasus folded his wings, and lay down on the soft green turf. But, being too full of aërial life to remain quiet for many moments togeth [...]

Keywords: mythology, mythical creatures, people, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-29

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Frontispiece: Lâon, View From the PlainCathedral Cities of France (1907)

The Cathedral of Lâon, or Laon, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon, was built in the 12th century. “Voillet-le-Duc, in his review of the cathedral of Lâon, says that it has a certain ring of democracy and [...]

Keywords: colour, cityscapes, views, cathedrals, sheep, hills, trees

Places shown: Lâon; Picardy; France

Added: 2006-06-29

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Victorian Border, Red on White.Christian Parlor Magazine Vol III (1847)

This Victorian Floral Border is taken from the front cover. Gold border on a black background. Red border on a white background. Black border on a white background. Moody silver border on a black back [...]

Keywords: borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-08

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Spine from Our village bookOur Village (1893)

The spine of “Our Village” by Miss Mitford; it is a dark greenish colour with gold flowers and gilt lettering.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-09-23

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Photograph of the BookPicturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 (1870)

A photograph of the “Picturesque Views” book showing the red moroccan leather cover and the gold tooling. In the background are some other antique books, and a brown leather-bound antiquarian book fr [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-06-10

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Title Page, Mansions of EnglandThe Mansions of England in the Olden Time (1906)

THE MANSIONS OF ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME By Joseph Nash [sigil] NEW EDITION Edited by CHARLES HOLME With an Introduction by C. HARRISON TOWNSEND OFFICES OF ‘THE STVDIO’, LONDON PARIS, AND NEW YORK [...]

Keywords: title pages, lettering, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2020-10-15

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Title Page: Bailey’s Universal Etymological DictionaryUniversal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

The title page of the dictionary:

title page transcription

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-01-30

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A Siege of the Fifteenth CenturyCastles (1926)

From a manuscript belonging to EdwardIV., now in Sir John Soan’s Museum. The [castle] walls, having ben breached by the artillery, are being stormed through the breaches; the stormers are covered by t [...]

Keywords: castles, colour, people, weapons, soldiers, towers

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-13

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Title Page from Peck’s DesiderataDesiderata (1779)

The title page from this collection of random fascinating articles by Fracis Peck in 1779. I have left it in colour to give a feel for the yellowed paper. The book is over twelve by nine inches in siz [...]

Keywords: title pages, typography, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-03

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Dustjacket flaps from Proverbs bookDictionary of Proverbs (1917)

The dust-jacket of the fac-simle had adverts on the front and back flaps for other books by Yale University Press, including There’s Pippins and Cheese to Come, Journeys to Bagdad, Les Trophées and Th [...]

Keywords: advertisements, book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-09

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Frontispiece: She clipped a precious golden lockGoblin Market (1933)

Laura snips off a lock of her golden hair to give to the goblin fairy folk, so that she can buy something to eat and drink. But sweet-tooth Laura spoke in haste: “Good folk, I have no coin; To take w [...]

Keywords: goblins, people, trees, forests, colour, illustrations for children

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-05-10

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Title Page, American AnimalsAmerican Animals (1902)

American Animals A popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar species By Witmer Stone and William Everett Cram New York Doubleday, Pa [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-13

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Title Page from Famous MusiciansFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

The title page has a border surrounding it printed in green, yellow, blue and black, which I have made available as a musical border. There is also a small picture from the top of the border, an open [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-14

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