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Isaak Newton [Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton]
Battle in the Sacred Linden Groves
Initial letter V with a mermaid
11. Seal of Gusion.
Title Page, Bohemia Part Two
Front Cover, Bohemia Part Two
Battle of Knights
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique green
Full-page border of repeated vine leaves
Votivkirche, Vienna
Avenue of Sighs
Sir Isaac Newton
Christmas Still Life
The Seranade
A schoolroom in Tunisia
53.8.—IHS
Llanthony Priory, Valley of the Honddu
initial letter R with small girl
Dark brown fantasy watercolour border
Dark Passion Flowers
The giants tore up trees
Adrift from The Snow Queen
Leicester Hospital, Warwick
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
Scheuerfest - Spring Cleaning
Banner with ribbons and Snitch
Title Page
Historiated decorative initial capital letter M in Blue
Monroe Colliery Co.
Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and roses
Peasant Girl of Pays de Vaud—Type.
clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book
Front Cover
Rustic floral border with trellis and grapevines
Chaldee Woman
Full-page border with hearts and moons
Cheerful double-page spread vintage colour border
Cheerful full-page vintage colour border
Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
Engraving of smiling urchin boy carrying sack and vegetables
Nazareth, Palestine
Klara Küry as Maya in The Greek Slave
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
Full-page border with roses, black and white
The thoughts of my spirit seek you
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
A Reminiscence
Choirboy singing from balcony pulpit
Banner, or Banderole
Scrollwork Border from page 227
Cherub playing a grand piano
Christmas Mass
Seal of Coin of Libra
2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.
Seal of Coin of Libra (Obverse)
Seal of Coin of Virgo (obverse)
Seal of Coin of Leo
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
Vorfrühling - Early Spring
Gods of our Saxon Ancestors.
Front Cover
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown
Ancient Druidic Worship at Stonehenge, England
Title Page, Error’s Chains
Cholmondeley Castle
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Frontispiece: Alnwick Castle
Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views
Deer Skeleton from 18th century engraving
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
Title Page, Osteographia
Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engraving
Crusaders conquor Jerusalem
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
Murder in the Castle
My Dearest Child (My Love)
Saint Bonaventura as a Monk
Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible
Summer Evening
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
Sir Christopher Hatton
Atrolabe: scientist and boy
Full-page border with bird, flowers, ivy
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna
Eagle Tower, Caernarfon
They Crossed the Delaware in Safety
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
The figures of the Divine Letters
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Sir Philip Sidney
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
Corner Bookcase Ornament
The Blizzard in America; Dead Boy in the Snow
Choral Recital with the organ
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
Front Cover, Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire
Cartouche With Cherubs
Full-page portrait border with nameplate space
Victorian vine-leaf page border
Monseigneur Dabart, bishop of Périgueux and of Sarlat.

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