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Gold endpaperNorthland Journeys, Part I (1881)

The endpapers of a book hold the cover to the body of the book. Older books, leather-bound, often have ridges on the spine; this is where string is threaded through to hold the signatures, the folded [...]

Keywords: endpapers, book binding, colour, vines, leaves, patterns, borders, page images, full-page borders

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Added: 2025-04-27

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Shabby-Chic Cartouche!Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This cartouche or frame is supported by two winged cherubs or putti, each holding rope with many tassels that connects to a broad-brimmed hat surmounting the frame. There is also a small cross. You ca [...]

Keywords: ornaments, frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

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Added: 2013-04-18

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Vintage endpaper border with flowering vineNorthland Journeys, Part I (1881)

This elegant border is taken from the endpapers of a deluxe printed book from 1881. It features stylized flowers and seed pods on a vine. The middle is solid white; if you want to ake it transparent i [...]

Keywords: full-page borders, borders, floriated borders, foliated borders, good, yellow, colour

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Added: 2025-04-27

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Cartouche from Dedication PageEccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

This woodcut features a scroll-work oval cartouche or frame, with a wide-brimmed hat on top of it. Two cherubs, or winged putti, one on either side, hold multi-tassled rope. I don’t know the significa [...]

Keywords: frames, cartici, borders, cherubs, ornaments, nudity, bare feet, wings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-19

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Cherub (cutout)Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia ... (1564)

A cherub or “putto” isolated from his background.

See also the cherub in context.

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, boys, bare feet, ornaments, greyscale

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Added: 2013-04-21

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Title Page, Cosmography and AstrologyThe Gentleman’s Recreation (1686)

The title page to the section of The Gentleman’s Recreation is well-known for having the misspelling Cosmgrarhy at the top left. What is more interesting about it is the way Cosmography and Astronomy [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour, graphic design, trees, diagrams, astrology, people, women, angels, heraldry

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Added: 2020-12-12

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Title Page, Craftsman’s Plant BookCraftsman’s Plant-Book, The (1909)

The Craftsman’s Plant-Book: or, Figures of Plants Selected fromthe herbals of the sixteenth century, and exhibiting the finest examples of plant-drawing found in those rare works, whether executed in [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2021-07-16

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Cambridge: Title PageCambridge (1920)

“CAMBRIDGE Described by Noel Barwell / Pictured by E. W. Haslehust

Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow”

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-21

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typographic ornament: flower pointing leftThe 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-p [...]

Keywords: ornaments, flowers, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2011-03-17

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Title Page, Family Book Vol 5Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The title page has at least five different lettering styles, and also includes a vignette, a small illustration, a Paddle steamer on stormy seas. Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, lettering, vinettes, greyscale

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Added: 2021-02-21

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Title Page, South by South EastSouth by East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe (1877)

The title page uses at least three typefaces in a range of sizes, and includes an emblem for Marcus Ward, the publishers. Southe By East: Notes of Travel in Southern Europe. By G. F. RODWELL, science [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, greyscale

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Added: 2015-09-18

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Title Page Image (detail)Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, mythical creatures, armour, greyscale

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Added: 2006-08-08

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Title PageThe Land and the Book (1894)

The Land an the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of THE HOLY LAND By W. M. Thomson, D.D>, Thirty years missionary in Syria and Palestine. [i [...]

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Added: 2021-01-11

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Titlepage Illustration: The Faithful Guardian.The People’s Gallery of Engravings (1844)

A small child, presumably a little girl, wearing a frilly lace bonnet, a dress, white stockings and tiny slippers, sits or half-kneels on the floor clutching a small dog—a puppy judging by the size of [...]

Keywords: children, infants, animals, dogs, cute, affection, christmas, colour

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Added: 2015-12-13

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Title Page Detail: Basket of FlowersCraftsman’s Plant-Book, The (1909)

This woodcut of a basket or tub of chrysanthemums and I think roses is in a mediaeval style, and appeared as a page decoration on the title page of the book.

Keywords: flowers, ornaments, roses, greyscale

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Added: 2011-04-12

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Victorian border around page 49 (detail, coloured)The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

I coloured this detail from a Victorian border to give a better idea of the detail, and to show something that could be done with it. If you have used one of these borders, use the Comment link below [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, floriated borders

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Added: 2010-02-24

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Victorian border - floralThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A Victorian border (from 1860); the book has these borders printed around each page in the introduction, with several different borders used in sequence. I combined the borders for the left and right [...]

Keywords: borders, floriated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2010-02-24

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Victorian floral border, redThe Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times (1860)

A version of a printed floral Victorian border used to surround the page of an 1860 book. This version is coloured red like the original. Like many late nineteenth-century designs, this border is cle [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, floriated borders

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Added: 2010-02-24

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Paddle steamer on stormy seasIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

This vignette, with irregular sides, is engraved on the title page. It shows a steam-powered paddle-boat that’s also fitted with masts for sails, funnel belching smoke, with a amaller sailing boat in [...]

Keywords: ships, boats, storms, waves, water, lighthouses, greyscale

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Added: 2021-02-21

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Types of ArmourThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

Explanation of the Plate of Armour No. 1. A Shield called a Roundel. No. 2. A Target. No. 3. A Leaden Mallet, used by the archers, mentioned in the military part of the preface. No. 4. An Iron Mace us [...]

Keywords: armour, weapons, knights, shields, helmets, swords, spears, colour

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Added: 2004-02-22

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