Books Collection (page 21)

Map of Hispaniola (San Domingo, Haiti), West Indies. The island is now divided into two separate nations: Haiti to the west (French Creole-speaking)

Title page, Histoire de l Isle Espagnole ou de S. Domingue [History of the Spanish Island or of San Domingo], based on the memoirs of Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuit priest and missionary

Correggio, Italian artist, with detail from St John
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (1489 - 1534), Italian artist, with an engraving of his fresco painting of St John the Evangelist in the church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma

The British Valhalla -- two knights reading history book
The British Valhalla -- two knights reading a history book of Britain, a suggestion for the scheme to decorate the newly built Houses of Parliament with frescoes

Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Cloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Board cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Scene in a bookbinding workshop, City of London
Scene in a bookbinding workshop (roan binding shop), Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842

Bookish woman in a library talking to an author. She says, Your last novel is delicious with an indescribable charm. She thinks, Although I only read a few pages

Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, London
Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, 101 The Strand, London. View of the library room with people looking at paintings, books and prints under gas light fittings by F.C. Accum

Steerforth and Mr Mell, David Copperfield
Steerforth and Mr Mell at Dotheboys Hall, in a scene from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. 19th century

Books
Colourful illustration of books on a shelf. Date: 1933

Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book, published for the Song Book Committee of the Students Representative Councils of Scotland

SPG Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, Sussex
SPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, Sussex -- two women at the Melanesia table, with a native hut, artefacts, books and portraits of clergymen

Bookplate, William Ridley Richardson
The armorial bookplate of William Ridley Richardson (1856-?) of Ravensfell and Bromley House, Bromley, Kent. Date: late 19th century

Music cover, Victoria Music Books, Irish Ballad Album. Date: late 19th century

Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College

Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky and Scots dictionary
Comic postcard, Scotsman with Old Scotch whisky and Scots dictionary. Date: circa 1910s

The Lesson, seated girl reading a book

The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution
Poster, The Reds of the Midi, An Episode of the French Revolution, Felix Gras, published by William Heinemann, London

Once Upon a Time by Muriel Dawson. 1942

Book cover - Lots of Pictures
Front cover of a book called Lots of Pictures showing children riding on an elephant at the zoo. Date: c.1930

A Good Turn - Get Well Soon
A little girl reads a book with an invalid friend who is recuperating in bed. Date: c. 1930

Children making silhouette portraits 1885
Children making silhouette portraits by casting a shadow on the wall, drawing the outline and then cutting it out. Date: 1885

Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885
Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885

Alexis Soyer
French-born Alexis Soyer was Britains first celebrity chef. He was head chef at Londons Reform Club, set up a soup kitchen in Dublin during the Irish Famine, wrote best-selling cookery books

Busts of the Period - O P Q Philander Smiff
Figaro Cartoon, Busts of the Period - O P Q Philander Smiff - the most unreliable historian

Ladies reading books in a library. early 19th century

Editor in the throws of composition
Cartoon, Literary Study - an editor in the throws (throes) of composition. 1898

Almacks Petite Ball-Room Manual and Polka Guide
Book cover, Almacks Petite Ball-Room Manual and Polka Guide. circa 1850

Illustration, Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with a spider in a web, holding a ring. Date: 1840

Illustration, Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Introductory illustration, profile portrait of Timon. Date: 1840

Illustration, Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with Trojan War scene. Date: 1840

Illustration, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare. Introductory illustration, depicting a dozy member of the nightwatch. Date: 1840

Illustration, Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with decorative border of chains, a sword, a crown and a hooded cloak. Date: 1840

Illustration, Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with vine and grapes. Date: 1840

Illustration, Merry Wives of Windsor, William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to The Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with decorative skull and antlers. Date: 1840

Illustration, Two Gentlemen of Verona, William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with decorative images. Date: 1840

Illustration, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. The storm at sea, watched by Ariel. Date: 1840

Illustration, The Newcomes, by Thackeray, showing a supposed sketch by Clive Newcome, following a visit to his step-grandmother

Frontispiece illustration, The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne -- He had plunged his knife up to the hilt in the animals throat. Date: circa 1900

Bookplate inside The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne -- Victoria Street Sunday School, Derby, January 1901, presented to Alfred Watson for Regular Attendance and Good Conduct, signed by R Richardson

Front cover design, The Ice Desert, by Jules Verne. Date: circa 1900

Advert for Josiah Westley, bookbinders 1851
Josiah Westley, bookbinding establishment, adjoining The Times, office, London. 1851

W H Smith bookstall at a railway station, London, showing a young lady cleaning with a feather duster. Date: circa 1916

Astronomer looking at the sky from an attic room. Date: circa 1860s

Man playing a flute, New Caledonia, south west Pacific. Date: 1922

Young woman of Tahiti, French Polynesia, surrounded by large leaves. Date: 1922

Man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
Native man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Date: 1922

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