LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Illustrated title page]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTIvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtdGl0bGUtcGFnZS02NDAuanBn/320/455/jpg "[Illustrated title page]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Library of Congress book bindery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1ib29rLWJpbmRlcnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Library of Congress book bindery]")
![Library [of Congress] from Capitol](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1mcm9tLWNhcGl0b2wtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Library [of Congress] from Capitol")
![[Title page with allegorical illustration at top]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS13aXRoLWFsbGVnb3JpY2FsLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1hdC10b3AtYTVkYjY1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Title page with allegorical illustration at top]")
![[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra by Andrea Palladio]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvb3JuYXRlLXRpdGxlLXBhZ2UtaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLWZvci1pLXF2YXR0cm8tbGlicmktZGVsbGFyY2hpdGV0dHZyYS1ieS1hbmRyZWEtNGZiMWNiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra by Andrea Palladio]")
![[Reading Room, Prints Division, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvcmVhZGluZy1yb29tLXByaW50cy1kaXZpc2lvbi1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Reading Room, Prints Division, Library of Congress]")
![From the Library [of Congress] steps](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZnJvbS10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1zdGVwcy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "From the Library [of Congress] steps")
