Items matching title pages, greyscale (results page 5)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 [...]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Added: 2009-10-18

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Title Page Quiet 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 red.

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

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Added: 2006-01-29

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Bookplate from Leland’s Itinerary Vol I The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary (1745)

My copy has this book-plate (ex libris) pasted inside the front cover. It has a family crest with the motto “Pour Y Parvenir” (just do it) and the nameLouisa Julia Mannersbeneath it. This is the crest [...]

Keywords: bookplates, heraldry, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-20

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Title Page The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772)

Title page from volume I:The Life of Anthony à WoodFro the Year 1632 to 1672,Written by Himself, and Published byMr. Thomas Hearne.Now Continued to the Time of his Death from Authentic Materials.The w [...]

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Added: 2006-03-11

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Title page, Oxford Pictured by Haslehust, described by How Oxford (1910)

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Added: 2006-10-19

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Title Page, Art In England Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods (1908)

Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart PeriodsWritten by Aymer Vallance, With a Note on the First Century of England Engraving by Malcolm C. Salaman. Illustrations after drawings by Wilfrid [...]

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Added: 2006-10-09

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Title Page, Memorials of Old Hampshire Memorials of Hampshire. (1906)

MEMORIALS OF OLD HAMPSHIREEdited by G. E. Jeans, M.A., F.S.A.Vicar of Shorwell and Rector of Mottiston, Isle of WightFellow of Hertford College, OxfordAuthor and Editor of“Murray’s Handbooks for Linco [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-11

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