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Printer’s Ornament with harp and vine The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine.

Keywords: ornaments, music, christmas, musical instruments, harps, greyscale

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Added: 2004-06-15

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Title Page, Antiquities of England and Wales The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

The Antiquities of England and WalesBy Francis Grose, Esq. F.A.S.Vol. I. New Edition.[picture of a tomb in a ruined castle or abbey]London Printed for S. Hooper, No. 212, High-Holburn, facing Southamp [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2006-11-22

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Title Page Art-Journal (1850)

The title page of the collected issues of the Art-Journal for the year 1850.The title page is mostly taken up with a drawing (engraved) of a group of three topless women standing on an ancient sarcoph [...]

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Ornate Rectangular Frame Art-Journal (1850)

This ornate rectangular frame or cartouche surrounded the volume number of the magazine on the title page. I liked the flourishes on the top and inside, with a hint of acanthus leaves.I have made sepa [...]

Keywords: frames, borders, cartici, acanthus, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Cartouche with Sculpture, Art and Architecture Art-Journal (1850)

This is the main engraving from the title page of the 1850 Art-Journal, without the writing.A group of three topless women stand on an ancient sarcophagus; the women represent sculpture (with a hammer [...]

Keywords: cartici, frames, borders, art, architecture, sculpture, painting, people, statuary, circular, sarcophagi, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Dedication page With Cartouche Art-Journal (1850)

The dedication page comes after the title page and imprint page. Here it uses a giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems to enclose the text.At the foot of the page, under the text, and su [...]

Keywords: page images, cartici, frames, borders, circular, statuary, art, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Oval or Elliptical Victorian Frame Art-Journal (1850)

This giant elliptical (oval) frame or cartouche is taken from thededication pageof the magazine. The giant circular frame or cartouche of gems or diadems enclosed the text.At the foot of the page, und [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, crowns, heraldry, royalty, sculpture, statuary, art, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-24

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Front Cover Farm Weeds (1906)

The illustration is Lesser Burdock, which is also shown in Plate 27. The text reads, Farm Weeds, Department of Agriculture, Canada, 1906.

Keywords: flowers, page images, colour, book covers, pictures of books, wild flowers, weeds

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Added: 2006-01-14

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Title Page Farm Weeds (1906)

Dominion of CanadaDepartment of AgricultureBranch of the Seed CommissionerFarm Weeds of CanadabyGeorge H. Clark, B.S.A.andJames Fletcher, LL.D., F.R.S.C., F.L.S.with illustrations byNorman CriddlePubl [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

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Added: 2006-01-14

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Frontispiece: Francis Peck, A.M. Desiderata (1779)

The engraving was taken from life and shows Francis Peck standing, holding some of his own books, and wearing perhaps an academic gown. The inscription says (in Latin) that he was born on the 4th May [...]

Keywords: portraits, people, frontispieces, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-03

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Title Page Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

The title page has been printed in two colours, and includes anornate decorative border, which I also made available as separate images ingreen-brown(most like the original),black(easiest to re-use) a [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, typography

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Added: 2009-03-07

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The Thames Illustrated: Title Page The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

The title page has a decorative border containing flowers, vines, and the face of a man with oak leaves for his beard, presumably intended as a reference to the Green Man of British folklore.The Thame [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, greyscale

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Added: 2006-01-19

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Ornate border from 1878 Title Page (black version) Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

This is the ornate decorative border from thetitle pageof this book; it features cherubs or putti (naked boys with wings) holding up giant urns or vases; mermaids and mermen; angels, vines, flowers an [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, inhabited borders, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2010-01-03

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Mediaeval Border from Title Page The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

This 1890s Victorian book has an arts-and-crafts-inspired Mediaeval/medieval-style calligraphic title page drawing, a design based on manuscript books and early printed books. The full-page border in [...]

Keywords: borders, calligraphy, lettert, inhabited borders, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-20

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Title Page Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

Putnam’s Home CyclopediaHand-book of the useful arts; includingagriculture, architecture, domestic economy, engineering, machinery, manufactures, mining, photogenic and telegraphic art:being an exposi [...]

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Added: 2006-04-04

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Title Page, Benson Stock Images Stock Designs of Page Borders, Top Folio Headings, Tailpieces, Display Pages (1922)

The titlepage has the title and imprint information, the number 141 indicating a limited number of copies were made, and a subtle decorative border with lumps of dog vomit around the edges.Stock Desi [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, borders, colour

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Added: 2020-11-16

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Printer’s Flower from Title Page Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol. I.) (1878)

Ths ornament is on thetitle page.

Keywords: ornaments, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2009-03-07

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Detail from title page Cambridge (1920)

A line drawing of a castle tower with leaves in the foreground.

Keywords: sketches, castles, towers, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-06-21

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typographic ornament: rosette The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A decorative rosette of oak leaves in a circle, used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book.full title page-detail: the decorative rosette-detail: the right-pointing flower-detail: th [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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typographic ornament: flower pointing right The Thames Illustrated: A Picturesque Journey from Richmond to Oxford (1897)

A calligraphic flower (a sort of predecessor to a printer’s flower) used as a typographic ornament on the title page of the book.full title page-detail: the decorative rosette-detail: the right-pointi [...]

Keywords: ornaments, typography, flowers, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-17

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