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

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