Items matching title pages, greyscale (results page 10)

Title Page from Treasury of VerseA Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

This title page includes a peacock and two little children reading books. A TREASURY of VERSE for LITTLE [heart] CHILDREN SELECTED BY M G EDGAR Illustrated by Willy Pogany The macmillan Compay: New Yo [...]

Keywords: colour, title pages, page images

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Added: 2011-08-04

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Battle of KnightsGaskonští Kadeti (1906)

Men are being nasty to one another, as men are wont to do, some on foot and some riding horses, in this close mêlée or fight.

This is a detail from the title page.

Keywords: battles, sketches, drawing, men, people, horses, soldiers, weapons, swords, fights, hats, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Gascony; France

Added: 2024-12-01

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General Grant’s signaturePersonal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885)

This was underneath the frontispiece showing the young Grant at the age of 21.

Keywords: handwriting, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-07

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Frontispiece: Alice and the White KnightThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“It was a glorious victory, wasn”t it?’ said the White Knight, as he came up panting. “I don’t know,” Alice said doubtfully. “I don’t want to be anybody’s prisoner. I want to be a Queen.” “So you will [...]

Keywords: knights, alice, horses, armour, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-02-19

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Fanny in the Library.Look at the Bright Side (1883)

A girl sits in a chair gazin out of the window. She rests her chin on her arm. She has a ribbon in her hair tied in a bow, a dress that goes just over her knees, stockings, and shoes. The window has [...]

Keywords: children, boredom, windows, people, greyscale

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Added: 2007-06-18

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Oval frame, scallopedEmblems Divine and Moral (1866)

A full-page oval border with a strong solid interior. You could easily use an image editor, such as the GNU Image Manipulation Program, use fuzzy select, or magic wand, or select by region, to select [...]

Keywords: oval, borders, frames, cartici, full-page borders, scallops, greyscale

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Added: 2025-05-17

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Initial Letter T WoodcutA Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative initial letter “T” used as a drop cap (drop capital). It features palm trees and buildings in the background, perhaps intended to be evocative of the Holy Land.

Keywords: initials, lettert, greyscale

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Added: 2007-07-31

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Withdrawal from TroyHomer’s Odyssy7 (1895)

This wood-engraving is the frontispiece at the beginning of the book. It is very large, and has an ornate border round it.

Keywords: soldiers, ancient greece, greek mythology, ruins, bare feet, people, towers, battlements, temples, horses, weapons, spears, death, homer, greyscale

Places shown: Troy; Turkey

Added: 2026-07-29

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Title Page, Bohemia Part TwoBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

The title page shows some foxing, usually caused by iron or other minerals in the paper reacting with moisture making rust, or in some cases mold or mildew. ČECHY SPOLEČNOU PRACÍ SPISOVATELŮV A UMĚLCŮ [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, typography, bohemia

Places shown: Bohemia

Added: 2024-12-05

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Full-page holly and ivy border, US Letter sizedThe Circling Year (1870)

This leafy border features ivy with some holly thwoen in for good measure: it’d be great at Christmas but could be used at other times too. It surrounds the titlepage of the book. This version is prop [...]

Keywords: borders, xmas, christmas, foliated borders, vinles, leaves, full page, surrounds, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2018-02-21

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Title PageHolman Family Bible (1875)

The title page of this huge and lavish Victorian family bible. The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalm [...]

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

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Added: 2025-01-27

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Title page from Homers OdysseyHomer’s Odyssy7 (1895)

The margins are uneven because this is a right-hand (recto) page. HOMER’S ODYSSEY Vossian Translation With 40 original compositions by Friedrich Preller Woodcut illustrations by R. Brend’amour and K. [...]

Keywords: title pages, greyscale

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Added: 2026-07-29

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Title PageThe Table Book of Art (1880)

Usually i scan title pages in black and white (greyscale), but here i wanted to keep the red. You can also see the paper is somewhat buckled, i think as a result of an overly tight binding. The Table [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, colour

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Added: 2025-03-29

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From Her BoyA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The picture shows a boy holding a large book open, as if to read, or to offer the book to someone. He has his head cocked to one side as if listening, or perhaps asking for permission. The book’s ded [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, boys, people, books, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-08

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Rococo headpieceMy Boy Life (1882)

This chapterhead, or headpiece, is an ornament from the top of the first page of a chapter (in this case, the table of contents). It features curly vines with syilized leaves surrounding a central cir [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, ornaments, pouring water, aquarius, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-02

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Title Page, New TestamentBible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

The title page has a floriated border full of wild flowers (including thorns), a pair of nesting birds (possibly partridges?) and flowers. There’s some decorative Victorian type, too. There is a vers [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, borders, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Irregular border of flowers, birds and natureBible Pictures and Stories (New Testament) (1892)

This border of wild berries, thorns, flowers, leaves, and even has a pair of nesting birds in it. It came from the title page of the second half of this book. There is also a version of the border col [...]

Keywords: borders, frames, cartici, floriated borders, floral, wild flowers, decoration, page elements, spring, greyscale

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Added: 2013-10-01

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Bible Symbols Title PageBible Symbols (1908)

Some people say that a good title page should contain an odd number of clumps of text; here there are five, so this must be good, right? I have also made a separate image out of the purple border arou [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2010-06-22

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Title Page, Error’s ChainsError’s Chains: How Forged and Broken (1884)

The title page is very typical for an 1880s reference work in the USA: ERROR’S CHAINS: How forged and broken. A comparative history of the national, social and religious errors that mankind has falle [...]

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Added: 2023-03-10

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Frontispiece: Portrait of Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1897)

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley engraved by Francis Holl after a miniature in the possession of Shelley’s son.

Keywords: portraits, people, men, writers, poets, authors, youth, books, greyscale

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Added: 2018-07-09

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