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Harwood 4: back of scrap of envelo;e. Ephemera and Things Found In Old Books (1806)

The other side of thescrap of a letter or envelopethat I found tucked inside my copy of Harwood’s 1801 “Grecian Antiquities”—there is a list of books written on it, which I tried to transcribehere. Th [...]

Keywords: ephemera, handwriting, paper, colour

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Added: 2010-02-02

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Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon. The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon.Obit 10 Junii. 1735. Ætat. 57.Vertue SoulThomas Hearne, the famous Oxford Antiquary, or historian, isdepicted in this woodcut or engraving as a portly gentleman [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-18

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The Castle of Oxford The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

This small woodcut shows Oxford Castle as it might have been shortly after it was built.“The Castle of Oxford was built in the Year 1071 by Robert Doyley or D’oilli, a faithfull Attendant on King Will [...]

Keywords: castles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-10-06

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Title page, New Year’s Gift The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

This scan shows the title page from the 1772 edition of John Leland’sNew Year’s Gift, which was printed as a fac-simile (such as technology then allowed) of the original 1549 edition of John Bale.My c [...]

Keywords: page images, typography, title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-18

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Antique Eighteenth-Century Map of Berkshire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

BERKSHIREDrawn from theBest Authoritiesand Regulated byAstronomical ObservationsBy T. KitchinGeogr.This 1786 (approx.) map includes Reading, Abingdon, Faringdon, Wantage, Wallingford, East Ilsley Lamb [...]

Keywords: maps, greyscale

Places shown: Berkshire; England

Added: 2008-04-26

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Eighteenth-Century Map of Gloucestershire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The map of Gloucestershire from Boswell’s 1786 Antiquities; it is labeled “Glocestershire”—presumably an antique spelling, but possibly also a mistake.GlocesterDrawn from the bestAuthoritiesand Regula [...]

Keywords: maps, greyscale

Places shown: Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2008-09-02

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Antique Eighteenth-Century Map of Oxfordshire The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The map of Oxfordshire from Boswell’s 1786 Antiquities.

Keywords: maps, greyscale

Places shown: Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-07-26

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Oval shamrock border Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

This border is of clover, or Irish shamrock, as befitted the cover of an Irish song.

You can also see theoriginal cover pageand there is agreen versiontoo.

Keywords: borders, leaves, foliated borders, oval, clover, full-page borders, greyscale

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Added: 2021-01-05

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Man Know Theyself Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

The front cover of a Victorian song by Henry Vousden (born 1821). I probably have the 1893 edition, but there was an earlier one from 1860.The border is available asa separate imageand there is also a [...]

Keywords: title pages, sheet music, borders, page images, lettering, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2021-01-05

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Art Nouveau Ornament 1 Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

A typographic ornament from thecover pageof “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. It was originally printed in the same blue as thedecorative page border, which is in the Art Nouveau style.

Keywords: ornaments, art nouveau, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-20

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Art Nouveau Ornament 2 Sheet Music and Covers (1910)

Another typographic ornament from thecover pageof “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. It was originally printed in the same blue as thedecorative page border, which is in the Art Nouveau style.

Keywords: ornaments, art nouveau, greyscale

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Added: 2010-08-20

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Skeleton with Banner Prints by Hondius (1626)

lang="nl" xml:lang="nl">Skelet mit vaandel, or,Skeleton with flag, by Hendrick Hondius, after Teodoro Filippo di Liagno, printed between 1625 and 1652.This etching shows Death as a skeleton, walking t [...]

Keywords: death, skeletons, bones, spooky, flags, banners, walking, feathers, plumes, anorexia, greyscale

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Added: 2022-04-01

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air (a) Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

This is one of the chemical (or alchemical) symbols for air; see also the next image. See alsoAirin the dictionary itself.

Keywords: symbols, alchemy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-24

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air (b) Universal Etymological English Dictionary (1736)

This is one of the chemical (or alchemical) symbols for air; see also the next image. See alsoAirin the dictionary itself.

Keywords: symbols, alchemy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-24

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Father William somersaulting in through the door Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘as I mentioned before,    And have grown most uncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—    Pray, what is the reason of that?’‘In my youth,’ said t [...]

Keywords: alice, people, interiors, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-20

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Father William finished the goose Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘and your jaws are too weak    For anything tougher than suet;Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—    Pray how did you manage to do it?’‘In my yout [...]

Keywords: alice, people, food, interiors, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-20

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Father William balances an eel on his nose Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘one would hardly suppose    That your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—    What made you so awfully clever?’‘I have answered [...]

Keywords: alice, people, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-20

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The Fish Footman and the Frog Footman Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in [...]

Keywords: alice, people, envelopes, deliveries, entrances, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-20

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Cook, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Baby, and Alice Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over th [...]

Keywords: alice, people, cats, infants, interiors, kitchens, food, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-23

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Alice and the pig baby Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

“The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it. There could be no doubt that it had averyturn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nos [...]

Keywords: alice, people, animals, pigs, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-23

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