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[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elaborate border showing figures of "Nobilitas" and "Scientia"] / Fr. Delaram sculp. anno. 1522 [i.e., 1622]

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

Virginia - tenth annual convention of the Knights of Labor, at Richmond - Frank J. Farrell, colored delegate of District Assembly No. 49, introducing General Master Workman Powderly to the convention / from a sketch by Joseph Becker.

Virginia - tenth annual convention of the Knights of Labor, at Richmon...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 Oct. 16, p. 129.

[Title page to A geometrical practical treatize named pantometria, divided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria ...]

[Title page to A geometrical practical treatize named pantometria, div...

Illus. in: A geometrical practical treatize named Pantometria : diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria : containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and so... More

Floral department of the great fair

Floral department of the great fair

People looking at flowers at the Metropolitan Fair, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8 (1864 April 16), p. 241.

[Title page of a scriptural geology, The annals of the world, with border vignettes of Biblical kings Solomon and Nebuchadnezzar, temples before and after destruction, Cyrus, Vespasian, Adam and Eve, and the last supper] / R. Gaywood, fecit ; F. Barlowe, inv.

[Title page of a scriptural geology, The annals of the world, with bor...

Title page in: The annals of the world / James Ussher. London : Printed by E. Tyler for J. Crook and G. Bedell, 1658. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Con... More

[Frontispiece and title page from: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano]

[Frontispiece and title page from: The interesting narrative of the li...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Gordon Bennett, Esq. / SW [monogram]

James Gordon Bennett, Esq. / SW [monogram]

James Gordon Bennett, Esq., half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Photographed by Brady. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 2, 1858 July 10, title page.

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bordered in columns with scene of seated teacher lecturing as assistant dissects cadaver]

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...

Title page in: Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini / Jacopo di Berengario. [Bononiae : Impressum per H. da Benedictis, 1521]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

Kupferstiche von Allerhand Batailles und Rencontres zu Land Belagerungen Eroberungen und dergleichen de. Ao. 1566 ad A. 1711. 206 Stücke und 33 Stücke ohne Datis. Item Allerhand See-Batailles de A. 1570 ad 1705. 16 Stücke und 2 Stücke ohne Datis

Kupferstiche von Allerhand Batailles und Rencontres zu Land Belagerung...

Handwritten title page for the Hauslab album of copper plate engravings indicate 206 pieces date from 1566 to 1711 with 33 undated items. Title page also indicates16 pieces that depict different sea battles bet... More

Palmetto-tree, and old custom-house, at Charleston, South Carolina

Palmetto-tree, and old custom-house, at Charleston, South Carolina

Groups of people gathered near a palmetto tree in front of the old customs house in Charleston, South Carolina. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 205 (1860 December 1), p. 753 (title page, bottom).

Major Robert Anderson, U.S.A., in command of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S.C. / photographed by Webster & Bros.

Major Robert Anderson, U.S.A., in command of Fort Sumpter, Charleston ...

Title page illustration showing Robert Anderson, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing front. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 271 (1861 February 2), p. 161.

End of the poor Funeral from a tenement house in Baxter Street, Five Points, New York / / from a sketch by our artist.

End of the poor Funeral from a tenement house in Baxter Street, Five P...

Group of people gathered outside tenement house watch men carry out a coffin; in the street, two boys drag a dog by one leg. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 20 (1865 July 1), p. 225.

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in decorative border]

[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 and geometric diagrams]

[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.

The Diadem 1847 / Reverend W.H. Furness ; John Sartain.

The Diadem 1847 / Reverend W.H. Furness ; John Sartain.

Print shows a young boy walking between tall flowers in a grassy field and stopping to look at a butterfly on a flower blossom. Includes verse from "Song of the Flowers" by "Leigh Hunt": "The dear lumpish baby ... More

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

[Title page of De arte supputandi, book four; with decorated border including men inside tent, Scaevola and Porsenna]

[Title page of De arte supputandi, book four; with decorated border in...

Bordered title page in: De arte supputandi / Cuthbert Tunstall. [Londoni : Impress. Aedibus R. Pynsoni, 1522]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More

[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my forty-fifth ascension..., showing a balloon with a man holding an American flag]

[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my ...

Illus. in: Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., 1793. Title page and frontispiece. Published in... More

The European plan / Th. Nast. - Drawing. Public domain image.

The European plan / Th. Nast. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Maréchal MacMahon of France, using scissors labeled "Canal", is cutting a map of North and South America on which the Mason-Dixon line has been drawn through the Isthmus of Panama; John Bull stands to the left ... More

[Title page of an edition of the Douay version of the Old and New Testament depicting St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City]" / designed and engraved by J. F. E. Prud'homme.

[Title page of an edition of the Douay version of the Old and New Test...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences" with portrait of the author and other scenes]

[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set fo...

Illus. in: Natural magick, / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences. London : Printed for T. Young and S. Speed, 16... More

[Title page and frontispiece showing slave on top of mountain, with his hands raised to paper labelled "libertas justitia" which appears in sky] / Childs.

[Title page and frontispiece showing slave on top of mountain, with hi...

Illus. in: Walker's appeal, with a brief sketch of his life / by David Walker. New York : Printed by J.H. Tobitt, 1848, title page and frontispiece.

All day long are we counted as sheep for the slaughter, Psal. 44 - how long Lord, holy and true? Apocal. Cap. 6, verse 10

All day long are we counted as sheep for the slaughter, Psal. 44 - how...

Print shows the Pope seated on throne slaying sheep being held by a monk, dead sheep at his feet, while two men burn at the stake in the background; with biblical verse above and below image. Illus. in: An abr... More

[Title page of On the origin of species]

[Title page of On the origin of species]

Title page in: On the origin of species / Charles Robert Darwin. London : John Murray, 1859. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 113.

[Title page of An argument in the case of James Sommersett ...]

[Title page of An argument in the case of James Sommersett ...]

Text in: Hargrave, Francis. An argument in the case of James Sommersett,... London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Otridge ..., 1772, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bi... More

[The chief's daughter] / J. G. Chapman, del. ;  Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, sculp.

[The chief's daughter] / J. G. Chapman, del. ; Rawdon, Wright & Hatch...

Native woman standing in stream, clutching her clothes to her breast. Illus. in: The Evergreen. Philadelphia : Carey and Hart, 1847, title page. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for th... More

[Title page of De revolutionibus orbium coelstium, with statement that the sun, and not the earth, is the center of our universe]

[Title page of De revolutionibus orbium coelstium, with statement that...

Title page in: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium / Nicolaus Copernicus. Norimbergae : Apud I. Petreium, 1543. Published in: The tradition of science/ Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More

The Central America engulphed in the ocean, about eight the ship began to settle rapidly, when she momentarily righted and went down stern foremost

The Central America engulphed in the ocean, about eight the ship began...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 3, title page.

General James Watson Webb / SW [monogram]

General James Watson Webb / SW [monogram]

James Watson Webb, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right. Photographed by Fredericks. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 2, 1858 Sept. 4, title page.

Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot

Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot

2 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 May 26, p. 321. Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Title page of Extra ordinem classium libri, with border illustrations showing medical scenes from life of Galen, physician to Marcus Aurelius]

[Title page of Extra ordinem classium libri, with border illustrations...

Illus. in: Extra ordinem classium libri / Galenus. Veneti : Apud Haeredes L. Luntae, 1541. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 129.

Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects

Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the followin...

Title page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Caption continues: I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession... More

[Loss of the Central America--Two illustrations: Mrs. Ellis and her four children in the berth, known as the "birdsnest"; the rescued female passengers of the Central America in the cabin of the brig Marine]

[Loss of the Central America--Two illustrations: Mrs. Ellis and her fo...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 10, title page.

[Frontispiece and title page from "The Lady's magazine, and repository of entertaining knowledge" showing the "Genius of the Ladies magazine" presenting the figure of Liberty with a copy of Mary Wollstoncraft's "Vindication of the rights of women"] / Thackara & Vallance, sculpt.

[Frontispiece and title page from "The Lady's magazine, and repository...

Illus. in: The Lady's magazine, and repository of entertaining knowledge. Philadelphia : Printed for the proprietors by W. Gibbons, v. 1, (1792 Dec.), frontispiece and title page. Published in: American women :... More

[Hunter shooting at birds in flight with lines indicating how the calculus method makes analysis of movement possible, mathematicians conversing at left, and title page]

[Hunter shooting at birds in flight with lines indicating how the calc...

Frontispiece and title page in: The method of fluxions and infinite series / Isaac Newton. London : Printed by H. Woodfall, and sold by J. Nourse, 1736. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno... More

[Illustrations of experiments proving air is a compressed substance and title page]

[Illustrations of experiments proving air is a compressed substance an...

Frontispiece and title page in: Experiments and observations on different kinds of air / Joseph Priestley. 3 vols. London : J. Johnson, 1774-1777. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Wash... More

[Engraved frontispiece showing pressure cookers opposite the title page to a book suggesting the use of steam as a force to drive an engine]

[Engraved frontispiece showing pressure cookers opposite the title pag...

Illus. in: A new digester or engine for softning bones, .... / by Denis Papin M.D. London : Printed by J. M. for H. Bonwicke, 1681. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology .... More

[Frontispiece and title page for Mechanick exercises by Joseph Moxon, showing framing for a wooden building]

[Frontispiece and title page for Mechanick exercises by Joseph Moxon, ...

Illus. in: Mechanick exercises : or, the doctrine of handy-works / by Joseph Moxon. London : Printed and sold by J. Moxon, 1694, frontispiece and title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmar... More

[Santorio Santorio seated in weighing chair in front of table, part of his quantitative approach to medicine, and title page of De statica medicina aphorismorum]

[Santorio Santorio seated in weighing chair in front of table, part of...

Frontispiece and title page in: De statica medicina aphorismorum / Santorio Santorio. Lungduni Batavorum : Apud C. Boutesteyn, 1703. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

[Diagrams of various electrical phenomena and title page of Experiments and observations on electricity]

[Diagrams of various electrical phenomena and title page of Experiment...

Frontispiece and title page in: Experiments and observations of electricity / Benjamin Franklin. London : Printed for F. Newbery, 1774. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... More

Marcus Sadeler - Menses XII anni solaris Egidius Sadeler

Marcus Sadeler - Menses XII anni solaris Egidius Sadeler

Print shows the figure of a man carrying a sword and keys, and trailing a banner labeled "Menses XII Anni Solaris", stepping through an archway in a gallery with statues of the seasons to the right and left; ab... More

[Title page illustration for La pyrotechnie showing columns, arches, a huge fire emanating from a cauldron, cannons and cannon barrels of various sizes, as well as flaming cannon balls]

[Title page illustration for La pyrotechnie showing columns, arches, a...

Illus. in: La pyrotechnie de Hanzelet Lorrain .... Pont a Mousson : par 1. & Gaspard Bernard, 1630, title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Brun... More

[Title page of Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze; with device showing man picking fruit from tree marked "non Solus"]

[Title page of Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuo...

Title page in: Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuova scienze / Galileo Galilei. Leida : Appresso gli Alsevirii, 1638. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D... More

Kupferstiche von Allerhand See-Batailles de A. 1570 ad 1705 16 Stücke und 2 Stücke ohne Datis

Kupferstiche von Allerhand See-Batailles de A. 1570 ad 1705 16 Stücke ...

Handwritten added title page for the Hauslab album of copper plate engravings indicate 16 pieces that depict different sea battles between 1570 and 1705 with 2 undated items. Hauslab Album added title page. Ref... More

[Title page of Mirifice logarithmorum canonis descriptio; with border of fruit and angels]

[Title page of Mirifice logarithmorum canonis descriptio; with border ...

Bordered title page in: Miriface logarithmorum canonis descriptio / John Napier. Edinburgi : Ex Officina Andreae Hart, 1614. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More

[Title page of Conicorum, with seated helmeted figure holding lance and shield in front of sheldonian Theater, Oxford, England] / delin. M. Burghers ; scult. Univ. Ox. 1704.

[Title page of Conicorum, with seated helmeted figure holding lance an...

Title page in: Conicorum / Apollonius Pergaeus. Oxoniae : E. Theatro Sheldoniano. 1710. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 228.

[Title page of Experiments upon vegetables]

[Title page of Experiments upon vegetables]

Title page in: Experiments upon vegetables / Jan Ingenhousz. London : Printed for P. Elmsley and H. Payne, 1779. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

[Title page of Quesit et inventioni diverse; with half length portrait of the author, mathematician Nicolo Tartaglia]

[Title page of Quesit et inventioni diverse; with half length portrait...

Title page in: Quesit et inventioni diverse / Nicolo Tartaglia. [Venetia : Per N. de Bascarini], 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.

[Title page with allegorical illustration at top]

[Title page with allegorical illustration at top]

Illus. in: Opera omnia tribvs tomis digesta. Mogvntjæ : sumptibus A. Hierat, excudebat I. Volmari, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Wash... More

Aristotellis stragiritae de historia animalium liber primus

Aristotellis stragiritae de historia animalium liber primus

Decorative border and text in: De natura animalium [...] / Aristotle. Venice : Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1492. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... More

Seven old songs with new pictures

Seven old songs with new pictures

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as title page in: Old songs. New York : Harper & Bros., 1888.

Balli di Sfessania 'di Jacomo Callot / Jac. Callot, in., fe.

Balli di Sfessania 'di Jacomo Callot / Jac. Callot, in., fe.

Title page showing characters in a comic performance. Set of prints with same title, originally published by Israel Silvestre in 1621. Below title: "Israel Silvestre, ex. cum privil. regis."

Utah - trains of cars of the Union Pacific Railroad snow-bound in a drift near Ogden / from a sketch by J.B. Schultz.

Utah - trains of cars of the Union Pacific Railroad snow-bound in a dr...

Chinese laborers digging out snowbound train. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1872 Feb. 17, title page.

[Illustration for chapter one of L'art de jetter les bombes showing a man standing amid artillery shooting cannon balls]

[Illustration for chapter one of L'art de jetter les bombes showing a ...

Illus. in: L'art de jetter les bombes, ... / par Monsieur Blondel. Paris : Chez l'autheur et N. Langlois, 1683. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Brun... More

Seven old songs with new pictures

Seven old songs with new pictures

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as title page in: Old songs. New York : Harper & Bros., 1888.

[Frontispiece and title page from "The Lady's magazine, and repository of entertaining knowledge" showing the "Genius of the Ladies magazine" presenting the figure of Liberty with a copy of Mary Wollstoncraft's "Vindication of the rights of women"] / Thackara & Vallance, sculpt.

[Frontispiece and title page from "The Lady's magazine, and repository...

Illus. in: The Lady's magazine, and repository of entertaining knowledge. Philadelphia : Printed for the proprietors by W. Gibbons, v. 1, (1792 Dec.), frontispiece and title page. Published in: American women :... More

[Medallion portraits of Christoph Jacob Trew, the Margrave of Bradenburg (the editor's patron), and Konrad Gesner above cherubs and plants; with text below] / F.F. Preifler, inv. et del. ; J.M. Seligmann, sculps. Norimb.

[Medallion portraits of Christoph Jacob Trew, the Margrave of Bradenbu...

Illus. and text in: Opera botanica / Konrad Gesner. Norimbergae : Impensis I.M. Seligmanni, Typus I.I. Fleischmanni, 1751-1771. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

[Ornament for the title page of The European magazine showing the goddess Europe shining light on three figures representing America, Africa, and Asia] / Seally script. ; Bayly sculp.

[Ornament for the title page of The European magazine showing the godd...

Illus. in: The European Magazine. London : Philological Society of London, v. 3, 1783, title page. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library... More

The secession movement--Entrance hall to an hotel at Charleston, South Carolina

The secession movement--Entrance hall to an hotel at Charleston, South...

Title page with illustration showing people in lobby of hotel, Charleston, S.C. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 Feb. 2, p. 87.

[Opening page of Aphorismi, with decorated initial V]

[Opening page of Aphorismi, with decorated initial V]

Illus. in: Aphorismi / Hippocrates. Parisi : Apud S. Colinaeum, 1530, p. 2. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 127.

[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra by Andrea Palladio]

[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra ...

Illus. in: I qvattro libri dell'architettvra, ... / Andrea Palladio. Venetia : D. de' Franceschi, 1570, title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. ... More

["The  conjurer's magazine" title page and frontispiece with illustration of magician]

["The conjurer's magazine" title page and frontispiece with illustrat...

Houdini believed "The conjuror's magazine" to be the first English-language work published in the serial literature of magic. Within its volumes appeared articles concerning alchemy, astrology, legerdemain and... More

[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences" with portrait of the author and other scenes]

[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set fo...

Illus. in: Natural magick, / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences. London : Printed for T. Young and S. Speed, 16... More

Chi mi vela é in periglio e chi mi svel / C. Coltellini pinx. ; Gio. Lapi scul.

Chi mi vela é in periglio e chi mi svel / C. Coltellini pinx. ; Gio. L...

Print shows title page illustration, an allegorical scene with naked female figure reclining in pastoral setting with two cherubs, admiring herself in a mirror. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le ... More

[Title page of Harper's weekly, September 5, 1863, showing Mosby's guerrillas destroying sutlers' train]

[Title page of Harper's weekly, September 5, 1863, showing Mosby's gue...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 September 5, title page.