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Front cover for the history of civilization
La Civilizacion (1881)
Black printing with inlaid gold make this large red book cover look very strong. It would be great for a restaurant menu!Theouter borderis available as a separate image, as is the entirefront cover de [...]
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book covers, colour, victoriana, lettering
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Added: 2018-05-19
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Abstract border and front cover design
La Civilizacion (1881)
This is the pattern and design from thefront cover.There are two main areas for text, there’s swirly barbed wire, there’s a Grecian urn, what more could you want? Well, OK, I can also provide the vari [...]
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borders, full-page borders, templates, victoriana, colour
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Added: 2018-05-20
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Ornate Early Victorian full-page Geometric Border
La Civilizacion (1881)
This geometric full-page border includes stylized acanthus leaves and knotwork in blackand orange. It came from thefront coverof the book. The outer back border is a typographic ornament repeated.Thef [...]
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borders, full-page borders, patterns, typography, colour
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Added: 2018-05-20
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Courtyard of an Egyptian House
La Civilizacion (1881)
This could almost be the atrium of a modern hotel, but it’s a drawing (speculatively, presumably) of an ancient Egyptian house built to surround a central courtyard that seems perhaps to have a glass [...]
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ancient egypt, interiors, people, statuary, decoration, ornament, pillars, yellow, bare feet, colour
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Egypt
Added: 2018-07-18
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Ashurbanipal sacrificing the lions he has killed
La Civilizacion (1881)
King Ashurbanipal ruled over what was then the largest empire the world had ever seen, now called the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The empire lasted for around three hundred years (911 – 612 BCE).The scene in [...]
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people, royalty, assyria, religion, sacrifices, interiors, colour, lions, animals, costumes, processions
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Assyria
Added: 2018-05-22
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Infancy of Semiramis
La Civilizacion (1881)
Infancia de SemíramisWe see the infant girl Semiramis naked and seemingly alone in a tropical forest, with doves.Semiramis was the wife of Onnes and, after the death of Onnes, of Ninus. Ninus was know [...]
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nudity, infants, children, girls, birds, trees, jungles, forests, miraculous events, colour
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Added: 2018-05-15
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Median Civilization
La Civilizacion (1881)
The Medes lived in what is now North-West Iran around 800 BCE. This book identifies them with Medai, the third son of Japhet, son of Noah, in the Bible, but this would make Noah much too recent.The tw [...]
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statues, stauary, seated, ancient remains, temples, religion, ancient egypt, greyscale
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Iran
Added: 2018-05-15
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Decorative initial letter H with dragon
La Civilizacion (1881)
This decorated initial h is inan uncial form and has a dragon resting on top of it! In the book, the bottom of the large rectangle containing the letter was aligned with the baseline of the second lin [...]
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letterh, initials, dragons, mythical creatures, greyscale
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Added: 2018-05-21
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