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On the Terrace
Usk Bridge
Usk Bridge, Monmouth, Coloured from aon old painting
11. Seal of Gusion.
733.—Oxford Cathedral.
Mount Edgcombe
Our Father Who Art In Heaven
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique green
clipart: initial letter P from late 15th century printed book
clipart: initial letter O from late 15th century printed book
Fig 36. — A staircase of the catacombs
Sir Isaac Newton
Fig. 37. — Tunnel in the Catacombs of Rome
One Bay of the “Angel Choir,” Interior, Lincoln Cathedral
Initial letter I with Transitional Capital
53.8.—IHS
Title Page
Portrait of Ebeneezer Sibly, M.D>, F.R.H.S.
Her mirror was the smooth water of the tide pool
Dark Passion Flowers
Front Cover
The white horse carried the earth king’s son and the princess over the sea
Front Cover
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
Franciscan Monk Going Down Staircase
God and my Divine Right: Royal Crest
Endpaper: gold leaf with central British royal coat of arms
Historiated decorative initial capital letter M in Blue
An Egyptian Priest and Scribe
An Owl in the Pope’s Council
Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)
clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book
A Display of Manuscripts on Reading Desks.
Title Page
Summary of the Law, in gold
Full-page border with hearts and moons
A genteel wheelchair in Paris
Cherub with grin and cloven hoofs
Title Page
Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
Plate XXIV.—Knowledge Is Power
Front Cover, Art of Decorative Design
Fig. 86.—Curves.
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
Plate XIV—Chinese Dragon
Plate XVIII.—Stylized Chinese Dragon
And then began a murder, grim and great
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
Gibeon
Cupid with a Butterfly
December Night (Dezembernacht)
Scrollwork Border from page 227
The Irmin Column in the Cathedral of Hildesheim
Taymouth Castle
Rustic postcard border of interleaved twigs and vines
Names of Angels and Days (overview)
Old Bologna (1850s)
Isaak Newton [Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton]
Initial letter V with a mermaid
2.—Stonehenge. – Restored Plan.
Battle in the Sacred Linden Groves
Front Cover, Bohemia Part Two
Title Page, Bohemia Part Two
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
Battle of Knights
Full-page border of repeated vine leaves
Votivkirche, Vienna
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, Black and White
Avenue of Sighs
Christmas Still Life
The Seranade
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century  No. 1
A schoolroom in Tunisia
Llanthony Priory, Valley of the Honddu
Dark brown fantasy watercolour border
The Virgin Mary
initial letter R with small girl
The giants tore up trees
Adrift from The Snow Queen
Free clip-art: Eighteenth-century Border from Figures pour les Missels
Leicester Hospital, Warwick
Scheuerfest - Spring Cleaning
Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and roses
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown
Monroe Colliery Co.
Title Page
Banner with ribbons and Snitch
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Rustic floral border with trellis and grapevines
Chaldee Woman
Front Cover
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan.
Peasant Girl of Pays de Vaud—Type.
Cheerful double-page spread vintage colour border
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
Cheerful full-page vintage colour border
Engraving of smiling urchin boy carrying sack and vegetables
Nazareth, Palestine
Decorative initial (drop cap) D
Klara Küry as Maya in The Greek Slave
Full-page border with roses, black and white
The thoughts of my spirit seek you
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
A Reminiscence
Wandering Minstrel
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Banner, or Banderole
Cherub playing a grand piano
Ornate Victorian Border
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt (At Christmasfest)
Christmas Mass
Seal of Coin of Libra
Seal of Coin of Libra (Obverse)
Seal of Coin of Leo
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
Seal of Coin of Virgo
Seal of Coin of Virgo (obverse)
Seal of Coin of Leo (obverse)
Victorian vine-leaf page border

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