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Tolmen Northwethel Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

There are over 150 Bronze-age remains or sites on the Isles of Scilly; I could not find any specific information on this one at Northwethel and would appreciate further details.This is one item from a [...]

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Northwethel; Isles of Scilly; England

Added: 2005-08-12

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Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

A rocking stone is one so placed that it can be wobbled easily, apparently a neolithic amusement.

This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-03

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Druidical Circle near Keswick in cumberland. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate. The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

I remember visiting this stone circle one November, drawn to the spiritual nature of the place. It was cold and rainy, and as group of very determined hikers walked past me one of them, seeing I was c [...]

Keywords: stone circles, druids, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Keswick; Cumberland; England

Added: 2005-12-21

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Rock basons The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

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This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-01

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Rock Bason Coit at Karnbre The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

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This is one item from a full-page plate,Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: megaliths, druids, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Carn Brea; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-03-01

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Gothic Chapter Head: Mediaeval Birds Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A decorative element (a typographic ornament, or part of a border) at the head of the first chapter (the glossary) features mediaeval (medieval) bird designs.

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-17

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Bookplate (ex libris) from Volume III The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol III (1783)

A bookplate (ex libris) from inside the front cover of Volume III of Grose’sAntiquities. People who collected books would often have these printed onto labels that they would paste inside the covers o [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-14

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Frontispiece: When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World The Lost Boy (1913)

“At last, [Hillel] said:“It is better to hope and to wait patiently for Him than to reckon the day of His coming. For if the reckoning is wrong, and He does not come, then men despair, and no longer m [...]

Keywords: religion, people, children, bare feet, people, beards, scholars, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Jerusalem; Palestine

Added: 2007-05-16

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Title Page, The Lost Boy The Lost Boy (1913)

Title page from “The Lost Boy”

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-16

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Early Victorian Border from Book Cover Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth (1878)

This Victorian decorative border is taken from the cover of the book; it features flowers and berries. Note that it is made from eight separate pieces that you could move around if you wanted: for ex [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-28

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Title Page, Ball on Sussex Sussex Painted (1906)

SUSSEX
Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Published by Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square, London

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-19

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Title page from National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery, The (1888)

The title page appears at first quite ordinary, but on closer inspection is in fact very startling. The reason is that the yellow colour has been printed! To be sure there is also foxing and brownin [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, borders

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-07-28

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Title Page, The British Isles (Vol 1) The British Isles (1905)

“The British IslesDepicted by pen and cameraWith thirty-nine coloured plates and siz Rembrandt photogravuresSpecial EditionVolume I.—Section I.Cassel and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York and M [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-07-05

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Title Page, Chambaud’s Dictionary Dictionnaire (1815)

This is a fairly typical title page for a reference work from the period (in this case, 1815) and is somewhat cluttered. In its favour the list of London-based booksellers and publishers at the foot o [...]

Keywords: title pages, french language, typography, page images, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-09-17

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Inigo Jones The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

Inigo Jones, along with Sir Christopher Wren, is surely one of the most famous of architects in England.“Inigo Jones was born on July 15, 1573, in the Parish of St. Bartholemew’s Smithfield, and was c [...]

Keywords: portraits, architecture, people, architects, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-28

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Title Page from Royal Children of English History Royal Children of English History (1904)

Royal Children of English HistoryFrom Alfred the Great to Edward SeventhTold for boys and girlsA True and Instructive Story of England’s Royal Princes Who Became Famous. A History of Nearly One Thous [...]

Keywords: title pages, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-09-08

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Title Page, The Brothers Dalziel Record of Fifty Years’ Work, A (1901)

The Brothers DalzielA Record of fifty years’ work in conjunction with many of the most distinguished artists of the period 1840—1890With selected pictures by, and autograph lettersfrom Lord Leighton, [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-09

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Printer’s Mark: Gryphon Die Kirchliche Baukunst des Abendlandes (1884)

The printer’s mark from the title page is in the form of a winged lion with the head of a bird,en passent, one paw raised, standing on a plinth on whic is inscribed a date,MSCSL, which is, 1690, presu [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, printers marks, gryphons, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-03-21

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Boy thumbing his nose out of a window Les Aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart par Louis Desnoyers: L’Episode de Panouille (1843)

The frontispiece shows Jean-Paul Choppart, the boy the book is about, looking out of a circular stone window and thumbing his nose, or perhaps pretending to play the flute. He has curly hair.I am not [...]

Keywords: boys, people, windows, cartoons, gestures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-02-07

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Titlepage from Works of Goethe Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke] (1882)

Keywords: page images, title pages, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-18

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