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Kabouter knielend knippend op een tafel

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Orgelspelende vrouw - Public domain portrait engraving

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Carte-de-visite met beeld van Hoop

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Detailstudies van vissen, met kleurnotities

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Fra Angelico, Windsor, 163 verso. [St. Lawrence, a woman holding a chi...

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Italian Renaissance painter from "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La...

This image has been taken from scan 000911 from volume 13 of "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from... More

[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.

[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]

Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

Rene Lochon - Leonardo da Vinci - Nicolas Poussin - Traitté de la Pein...

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[Man performing autopsy on cadaver lying on table as 8 other men look ...

Illus. in: Joannes de Ketham, Fasciculus medicinae, Venice, Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 15 Oct. 1495, verso of leaf eII. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - MEDICINE. This record contains unverif... More

Morghen, Raphael - Public domain portrait engraving

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Merck, Karl Rudolf - Public domain portrait print

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[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

Suttermans, Justus - Public domain portrait print

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Berlioz, Hector - Public domain portrait print

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Fedor Iwanowitsch - Public domain portrait painting

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Weisse, Christian Felix - Public domain portrait engraving

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Titelpagina voor: L. Sylvius (= Lambert van den Bosch), Historien onse...

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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

[Title page of Opera quae ad nos extant omnia, with Froben family devi...

Title page in: Opera quae ad nos extant omnia / Hippocrates. Basileae : [Per H. Forbenium et N. Episcopi]. 1546. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

Fourth fol. (reverse) after title page (map of Vaucluse)

Illus. in: Francesco Petrarca, Il Petrarca, Venice, Giolito, 1547. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: France V-; G&M Div.; Maps...; BI; RBD; Shelf.

Kaart van Europa, ingekleurd als koningin

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Tekstblad behorende bij de kaart met het beleg van Alkmaar, 1573

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Cartografie in Nederland, kaart van Afrika

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Luxembourg, Charles-Emmanuel-Sigismond de Montmorency Duc de

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Portret van Kolleté, en profil - Public domain portrait print

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Portret van Johan Ali-Wa-Ja, en face

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Portret van een meisje bij een balustrade

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Portret van Maja-Roekama, en profil

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Portret van Marioetari, en profil

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Portret van Aliha-Kama, en face

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[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.

Titelpagina van het pamflet: Den Spaenschen ende Arragoenschen spiegel...

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Titelpagina voor: Verzameling van Bouw- en Beeldhouw-kunst en vele ver...

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Konstantin der Große, römischer Kaiser

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Ferdinand III., römisch-deutscher Kaiser

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Titelpagina 'Vedute di Roma' - Public domain book scan / engraving

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Morning cap - Public domain portrait print

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Karl von Lothringen, Herzog von Guise

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Karl, Infant von Spanien - Public domain portrait engraving

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Caesar, Gaius Julius - Public domain portrait engraving

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Titelpagina met bisschoppen en heidense koningen

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Lengefeld, Charlotte von - Public domain portrait engraving

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Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

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Schlegel, August Wilhelm von - Public domain portrait engraving

Stecher: Zumpe, Gustav Adolph Ludwig Verlag: Gebrüder Schumann Datierung: 1818 / 1832 Erscheinungsort: Zwickau

Titelpagina voor: Ondecking van Tovery

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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

Aragón-Córdoba-Cardona y Fernández de Córdoba, Pascual de

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Pluche, Noel Antoine - Public domain portrait print

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Titelpagina van het pamflet: Boeren-Litanie ofte Clachte der Kempensch...

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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

Piccolomini, Francesco - Public domain portrait engraving

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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.

Titelpagina voor Chronique ofte Historische Geschiedenisse van Vriesla...

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Titelpagina voor: M. Hamconius, Frisia seu de viris rebusque Frisiae i...

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[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

Hedio, Kaspar - Public domain portrait engraving

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Condé, Ludwig Prinz von Bourbon

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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

Titelpagina voor: Philip van Lansberge, Opera omnia. Middelburg: 1663

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[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

Printer's ornament from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting o...

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Printer's ornament from "[The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting o...

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[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

decoration from "[Comedies and Tragedies ... Never printed before, and...

This image has been taken from scan 000013 from "[Comedies and Tragedies ... Never printed before, and now published by the authours originall copies. [With a portrait of Fletcher.]]". The title and subject ter... 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

Titelpagina voor: J. Lydius, Laetsten duyvels-dreck, 1687

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Kaart van Mesopotamië - Public domain vintage map

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Religion from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An...

This image has been taken from scan 000493 from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An heroic poem ... Illustrated by necessary notes ... also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry. W... More

people from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An h...

This image has been taken from scan 000451 from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An heroic poem ... Illustrated by necessary notes ... also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry. W... More

portrait from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An...

This image has been taken from scan 000136 from "The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. An heroic poem ... Illustrated by necessary notes ... also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry. W... More

Titelpagina uit: Lambert van den Bosch, Het leven en bedryf van Willem...

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Titelpagina voor "La Mort de Cyrus", in: P. Quinault, Le theatre, deel...

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[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

De verliefde jonge dichter - Public domain portrait engraving

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Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

Copper plate engravings from "The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the...

This image has been taken from scan 000281 from "The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the Crying and Execrable Sin of ... Murther ... The seventh ... edition. Whereunto are added ... copper plates". The title a... More

Kaart van het beleg van Lille, 1708

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Titelpagina voor: Den Boeren / Oft Schapers Almanach Voor 't Schrickel...

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Francois Boucher - Study for Alceste

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Dervich, ou moine turc qui tourne par devotion

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Le cadi-leskier, chef des loix. Il y en a un d'Europe et un d'Asie

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Femme turque qui repose sur le sopha sortant du bain

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Jean Baptiste Vanmour - Le bach-chiaoux, chef des huissiers

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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.

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