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[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...

Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...

Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

The Birth fygures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Woman's stool (birthing chair), fetus in uterus, feet down, and fetus in uterus, head down, latter marked "This is the naturall and best way of birth". Illus. in: The byrth of mankind / Thomas Raynalde. [London... More

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress

Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late ...

Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a c... More

Title page showing enormous serpent, "The Boas", with man in its mouth...

Illus. in: Edward Tobsell, The historie of serpents, London, William Jaggard, 1608, title page. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Reptiles; BI WO... More

Iris and Iridis altera icon - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Illus. in: Dodoens. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex ... Antuerpiae,1616, page. 243. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Agricu... More

[Representation of Boreas, the wintry North Wind of Greek mythology, a...

Illus. in: Matero. Atalanta fvgiens...; 1618, p. 13. Ref. copy may be in SSF - MYTHOLOGY BOREAS. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mythology Boreas; Wind.

[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...

Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... More

Mexican Indians fighting with spear, ax, and shield in foreground; hun...

Engraving on full page of text. Illus. in: Historie Naturael en Morael van de Westersche Indien (Amsterdam, 1624). Reference copy may be in SSF - Indians of Mexico Misc. This record contains unverified, old dat... More

Rembrandt van Rijn - The angel appearing to the shepherds

Etching by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. Rovinski, 44 (3d state). Bjorklund, 34-I (3d state). Modern impression? Collector's mark of Mary Jane Morgan (Lugt 1879). Gardiner Green Hubbard Collection.... More

I.S. Clara. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows four Dutch ships, one burning anchored off small island. Illus. in: Commelin, Begin Ende voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlandedtsche geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische compagnie. Amsterdam, 1646, v. 1, ... More

Avvertimento circa lombre et lumi

Illus. and text in: Della pittura e della statua / Leone Battista Alberti, in Leonardo da Vinci. Trattato della pittura. Parigi : Apresso G. Langlois, 1651, p. 89. Published in: The tradition of science / Leona... More

Op't vernietegen van't genaemde Engels Parlement door Olivier Cromwel ...

Dutch cartoon protesting Oliver Cromwell's reign by showing him as Hercules clad in a lionskin shattering the royal money barrel, symbolically ending the rule of the Long Parliament. By an unknown Dutch artist.... More

Der K:M: von Schweden und dero armee wǔnderbarer zǔg zwölff Meilen übe...

Print of map showing surprise attack of the March across the Belts when Swedish troops were able to cross the frozen water between the islands in Denmark. The winter of 1658 was one of the coldest winters on re... More

[Microscopic view of an ant]

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[West Indies: manufacture of sugar]

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, between pp. 122-123. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY FOOD MISC. 1667. This record contains unverifi... More

[Engraved frontispiece showing 5 cooking scenes and title page of Hann...

Illus. in: Hannah Wolley, The Queen-like Closet, or, Rich cabinet. London, 1672. Reference copy may be in LCQJ, Spring 1981, p. 84. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card trac... More

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Jan Van Eyck, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. from: Académie des sciences et des arts ... / Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, Liv. VI, p. 379. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 43

[Map of the Caribbean in French; 1686]

Engraving by Alexander Olivier Exquemelin. Illus. in: Histoire des Avanturiers, 1686, vol. 1, map at beginning of Chapter 1. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410 A. This record contains unverified, old data from c... More

[A cow and 2 frogs] - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...

Illus. in: Thomas Dilworth, A New Guide to the English Tongue, Part IV?, 17 , p. 42. Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Li... More

[Title page with vignettes of pirate scenes]

Engraving by C. Hugberts. Illus. in: Historie de Boecaniers of Vreybuyters van America (Amsterdam, 1700) title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind... More

Arbre du café dessiné en Arabie sur le naturel

Illustration showing coffee tree. Illus. in: Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'Ocean ... / Jean de La Roque, 1716, p. 234.N. Bitting Collection.

[Anne Bonney with axe and unsheathed cutlass]

Illus. in: The History and lives of all the most notorious pirates, and their crews. London, 1725. Reference copy may be in LOT 4248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Chemical furnaces. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a variety of different types of chemical furnaces, such as an "athanor, digesting furnace, balneum mariæ, sand-furnace, melting-furnace, elliptic furnace, [and] parabolic furnace." Illus. in: A new... More

[Page from 18th Century almanac: t.p. of Titan's New Almanack...1729; ...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4710. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

François Boucher - Watteau, par la Nature, ... sous des traits si gala...

Watteau, half-length portrait, facing left, holding paint brush. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Resolution des Indiens, & leur fortir de l'étang]

Resolution of the Indians and their coming out of the pond. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride /par Ferdinand de Soto. Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome premier. Aleide ... More

[Frontispiece and title page of Richard Bradley's "The Country Housewi...

Engraving by Stuart. Illus. in: Rare Book Collection. Reference copy may be in LCQJ, Spring 1981, p. 96. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: England; Farms; Cooke... More

Canaletto - [The portico with a lantern]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 11. Pallucchini, no. 11 (2nd state).

[Two thatched cottages on the edge of a river]

Marsh Collection. LeBlanc, no. 106.

An astronomical diary, or, an Almanack for the year...1747...by Nathan...

No ref. copy. Illus. in: An astronomical diary, or, an Almanack for the year...1747...by Nathaniel Ames. Almanac Collection (Rare Book Division). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption ... More

Out of fashion. In fashion, British Cartoon Print

Two gentlemen in contrasted costumes starting back amazed at each other; one wars the fashionable dress of ca. 1750, the other a large laced hat of the Kevenhuller style, a loose, wide-skirted, large cuffed coa... More

Map ornament showing a Native family and a large bison, a pelican perc...

Illus. in: Atlas geographicvs maior ... / per Iohannem Baptistam Homannvm. Norimbergae : Curantibus Homannianis Heredibus, 1753-59 [i.e., 1781 ; v. 1, 1759], no. 139. Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...

Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

The pleasures of the married state / W. Proud del. et sculp., British ...

Print shows a family gathering around a table, the husband, seated, is instructing a son who stands next to him with an open book, and the wife, seated opposite, holds an infant daughter, the children mimic the... More

Canoes of Oonalashka / Webber del. ; Birrell sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain photograph of a small watercraft, canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More

Christmas Sound - Tierra Del Fuego

Bird's-eye panorama of mountainous inlets; bird in foreground. Double-page engraving by B.T. Pouncy and W. Watts. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Illus. in: James Cook, a Voyages towards the South Pole (1777), ... More

Gen'l. George Washington, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows George Washington, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform; framed medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to th... More

The botching taylor cutting his cloth to cover a button / John Simpson...

Print shows George III sitting on a table with the Earl of Bute preparing to cut a piece of cloth labeled "Ireland Great Britain Hanover." Lord North is standing to the left holding a piece of cloth already cut... More

The whore's last shift, British Cartoon Print

A woman stands in a sordid and poverty-stricken room. She is naked except for shoes and ragged stockings, and is washing a garment, 'her last shift', in a broken chamber-pot supported on a broken chair. Engravi... More

Gin - engine for drawing the fuzes out of the shell - box with grapesh...

Print shows various devices used with artillery and a cross-section of a petard. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, [PL] XXVII... More

The honble. Horatio Gates, major general of the American forces

Print shows General Horatio Gates, full-length portrait, standing, wearing uniform, facing slightly right, holding scroll labeled "Articles of Capitulation." Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in Ameri... More

John Andre esqr., late Adjutant General of the British forces in Ameri...

John André, full-length portrait, facing right with left arm raised and pointing to the right, wearing military uniform. Illus. in: Walker's Hibernian magazine; or, Compendium of entertaining knowledge. Dublin ... More

Veduta del porto de Malamocco ai lidi di Venezia / F. Tironi pinxit ; ...

Print showing harbor scene in Venice. Caption continues: Fortezza S. Pietro, eretta circa l'anno 1650.

Lord Loughborough, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile; in oval with sword and scale at top. Illus. in: The London magazine, 1780 (August), pp. 347-348... More

A view of the guard-house and Simsbury-mines, now called Newgate - a p...

Print shows a diagram of the guardhouse with sections identified by letter (legend not visible in print); shows shaft leading to underground chamber, "F. A strong trap door opening the descent to Hell" which le... More

General Gage / R. Pollard sculp., engraving, Library of Congress

General Thomas Gage, half-length portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly left; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America; from its firs... More

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

Captain Asgill, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Captain Sir Charles Asgill, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing military uniform and hat, left profile; in oval. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ... More

Lord Keppel / Golder sculp., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Augustus Keppel Viscount Keppel, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, left profile, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

M. Baillij / L.A. Claessens, sculp. ; Boizot, pinx.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, right profile. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows George Washington, possibly at the time of inauguration, stepping on a flag with the crest of England on it.

The departure of Hagar / William Hamilton R.A. pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi ...

Reference copy in LOT 4444-A. Illus. in: The Holy Bible / London : Thos. Macklin. 1824, v. 1, fol. Gen. XXI.

D. Fernando Nuñez de Guzman / Ml. Esquivel lo grabó ; J.L. Enquidanos ...

Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Núñez de Guzmán, Hernán, 1478(?)-1553.

Patience in a punt, British Cartoon Print

Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy. Two are fishing, on stands, the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisher... More

Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden, British C...

British caricature showing the King and Queen sitting in latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down and excreting. They look in horror at Pitt, who tells them of the shooting of Gusta... More

A view of St. Paul's Church, New-York / T. Anderson del. ; Scoles scul...

Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1795 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4445.

[Seven men around table, eating and drinking, with one of them playing...

Public domain image of 18th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The U.S.M. Mississippi passenger steamer, engraving, Library of Congre...

Wreckage of large riverboat in bayou swamp. Wood engraving by W. Redding after drawing by Chas. Graham. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly. Reference copy may be in LOT 4427. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Milord Pouf montant à cheval - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Print shows "Milord Pouf", an overweight Englishman, being hoisted onto a horse by three men using ropes, pulleys (block and tackle), and a jack. The horse is looking fearfully wide-eyed at the pospect of succe... More

Rt. Hon'ble. George Grenville / W. Haines sculpt.

Print shows George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, bust portrait, facing front, in oval. Stauffer, 1202 Inscribed in pencil on verso: 73-501. Former call number: BIOG FILE - Grenville, George 1712-1770

Blowing up the Pic Nic's;--or--Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppet...

"Sheridan leads the forces of the professionals against the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society, who are performing on a small, elegant stage, rising (without orchestra) from the boards in the foreground where thes... More

Tiddy-Doll, the great French gingerbread-baker; drawing out a new batc...

Print shows Napoleon standing before a large "New French Oven for Imperial Gingerbread" drawing out a freshly baked kings labeled "Bavaria, Wirtembg, [and] Baden." On the left, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pér... More

[Birds, nests and eggs] / drawn from nature by A. Wilson ; engraved by...

Scientific illustration of mockingbird, hummingbird, and touché bunting, their nests and eggs.

China Retreat, Pennsyl'a, the seat of Mr. Manigault / drawn, engraved ...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A. DCRM(G) example 1E1 - statement of responsibility

[Unidentified cupolas. Elevation]. Book illustration from Library of C...

Forms part of: Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the River Wye [England]

Illus. in: Aqua pictura / John Hassell. London, 1813. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le Combat naval, gloire Américaine / Garneray,del ; Coquerel,sc.

Print shows the U.S. Constitution and HBM Java, her masts and sails destroyed, after a battle during the War of 1812. Reference copy in LOT 4413A.

A Jangada. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing two men sailing on catamaran-like sailing raft. Illus. in: Travels in Brazil / Henry Koster. London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, pl. opposite p. 2.

[Title page of The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820, il...

/ E Tisdale, del.; W.H. Bassett fc. Engraving by W.H. Bassett after drawing by E. Tisdale. Illus. in: The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, Hartford, 1820. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - PATRIOTISM 1820. This re... More

Hans Holbein / Ipse ; Corner Inct., engraving, Library of Congress

Hans Holbein, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; beneath, medallion inset of King Henry VIII and his court.

Reminiscences of Saint Mark!!, British Cartoon Print

"Scene in a police court, the magistrates standing behind a desk (left). A thin elderly man wearing a top-hat (Sir Mark Wood, J. P., D. L.) threatens them furiously with a brass-bound book of Warrants..." (Sour... More

[Nine advertisement labels for Dupuy products]

Advertisements for hair tonic, hair detergent, huile philocome, six flavors of concentrated extract. Each label shows a center piece (bowl with flowers). LOT subdivision subject: Flowers/Fruit/Trees Title and o... More

Junction of Broadway & the Bowery, New York

Horse-drawn wagon and man with 4 sheep on dirt road in foregrd. Steel engraving by James Smillie, copyrighted by G. Melksham Bourne. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Abduhl Rahhahman / H. Inman, Esqr, N.A., del. ; T. Illman, sculp.

Portrait of a West African prince known as Ibrahima, Prince of Slaves, and Abdu-l-Rahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori. He was captured as a war prisoner and became a slave in the United States for 40 years. He was freed in... More

McIntosh. A Creek chief - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing right. Lithograph by McKenney & Hall. Illus. in: History of the Indian Tribes of North America, Philadelphia, 1838. Reference copy may be in Biog File. This record contains unverified... More

Die Weintraube und der Wein - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Print shows two men working a screw press for crushing grapes and a man pouring liquid through a mesh(?) into a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[Man sitting down on stoop] - Public domain dedication image

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The author of Vanity Fair - Public domain portrait engraving

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

C.F. Hoffman / painted by H. Inman ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two horses]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of M...

Engraved plates from drawing by Frederick Catherwood. Illus. in: Views of Ancient Monuments, N.Y., 1844, plate 4. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Scene of ancient Mayan Indian monument in the Yucatan Penninsula of M...

Engraved plates from drawing by Frederick Catherwood. Illus. in: Views of Ancient Monuments, N.Y., 1844, plate 23. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

A Kalapuya man - a native of Oregon / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.H. Douga...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Kalapuya man. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with thirteen... More

[Fantasy transformation of a bird into a flowerpot, into a woman, into...

Illus. in: Grandville, J. J. Un autre monde, transformations, visions, ..., 1844. Paris : H. Fournier, 1844, p. 243. Reference copy in LOT 4624.

Dr. Jewett's...health restoring bitters

LOT subdivision subject: Printing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by S. Jewett & Co. Caption card tracings: Bitters; Patent medicines; Shelf.

A Meeting of umbrellas / P.V., delin. ; J. Kent, fecit., British Carto...

Cartoon showing two men under umbrellas facing each other and another man under umbrella with left hand extended between the two men. Engraving attributed to Gillray. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints coll... More

The Leap for Life - Public domain book scan / engraving

Music cover showing broadside view of US Navy warship. LOT subdivision subject: Clipper Ships. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by B. Covert. Engraving by Stratton. ... More

[Boar, mastiff, thistle, raspberries, lily, moths and insects]

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A pariquadrata superficie humai corporis perdistincta eo naturali cent...

Print shows a male human body on a grid within a circle. Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A.... More

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