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Sacrificial Rites of the Ancient British Druids
English Manufacturing
Helen and Paris
11. Seal of Gusion.
Front Cover
That wall of stone
Title page, The Defence of Guenevere
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique green
Jesus and Moses
145.—Leading a Horse
Foliated initial capital letter S, coloured
Sir Isaac Newton
Oval frame, scalloped
Tailpiece with peacock
Front Cover With Alice
53.8.—IHS
Foliated Initial Letter S
Tailpiece of hunting paraphernalia
Convolvulus Tricolor
Dark Passion Flowers
70.—Border of cherubs climbing in trees
Classical full-page border with goddess
Simon de Montfort: Knight on his Horse
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
Buckingham Palace
Heralds’ College
Indian Civet, Fossa, Genet
Historiated decorative initial capital letter M in Blue
The old tollbooth in Canongate, Edinburgh
The Cow Doctor
Vintage endpaper border with flowering vine
clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book
Gold endpaper
Faust, detail from title page
Mephistophiles
Full-page border with hearts and moons
Faust
Thought Icon
Frontispiece: A bride’s dream
Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
On the Terrace
Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from aon old painting
Usk Bridge
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
733.—Oxford Cathedral.
Mount Edgcombe
Our Father Who Art In Heaven
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
clipart: initial letter P from late 15th century printed book
clipart: initial letter O from late 15th century printed book
Fig. 37. — Tunnel in the Catacombs of Rome
Scrollwork Border from page 227
Fig 36. — A staircase of the catacombs
One Bay of the “Angel Choir,” Interior, Lincoln Cathedral
Initial letter I with Transitional Capital
Names of Angels and Days (overview)
Title Page
Portrait of Ebeneezer Sibly, M.D>, F.R.H.S.
Her mirror was the smooth water of the tide pool
2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.
Front Cover
The white horse carried the earth king’s son and the princess over the sea
Front Cover
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
Franciscan Monk Going Down Staircase
God and my Divine Right: Royal Crest
Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of arms
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, Black and White
An Egyptian Priest and Scribe
An Owl in the Pope’s Council
Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century  No. 1
A Display of Manuscripts on Reading Desks.
Title Page
Summary of the Law, in gold
The Virgin Mary
A genteel wheelchair in Paris
Cherub with grin and cloven hoofs
Plate XXIV.—Knowledge Is Power
Free clip-art: Eighteenth-century Border from Figures pour les Missels
Title Page
Fig. 86.—Curves.
Plate XVIII.—Stylized Chinese Dragon
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown
Front Cover, Art of Decorative Design
Plate XIV—Chinese Dragon
And then began a murder, grim and great
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Gibeon
Cupid with a Butterfly
December Night (Dezembernacht)
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
The Irmin Column in the Cathedral of Hildesheim
Taymouth Castle
Rustic postcard border of interleaved twigs and vines
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
Old Bologna (1850s)
Isaak Newton [Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton]
Battle in the Sacred Linden Groves
Decorative initial (drop cap) D
Initial letter V with a mermaid
Title Page, Bohemia Part Two
Front Cover, Bohemia Part Two
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
Battle of Knights
Full-page border of repeated vine leaves
Votivkirche, Vienna
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Avenue of Sighs
Christmas Still Life
The Seranade
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
A schoolroom in Tunisia
Llanthony Priory, Valley of the Honddu
Adrift from The Snow Queen
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
The giants tore up trees
Dark brown fantasy watercolour border
initial letter R with small girl
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
Leicester Hospital, Warwick
Scheuerfest - Spring Cleaning
Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and roses
Victorian vine-leaf page border
Banner with ribbons and Snitch
Title Page

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