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Alphabet & TypographyThe Ancient Japanese alphabet Date: Circa 1760
Japanese girl practising calligraphy Date: 1909
Mosaic with arab and kufic caligraphy (top) on a wall of the Madrasa. Fes. Morocco
Rosemary, Pansies, Fennel, Columbines, Rue, Daisy and Violets (Hamlet). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare
Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. CuneifoMesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Elegant Ottoman calligraphyLovely example of elegant Ottoman calligraphy, topped by a cresent moon
Signwriters at workA wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram showing a master signwriter at work, with his younger collegue (or apprentice) behind. A study in concentration, accuracy and exactitude in the craftsmans art
Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses and Eglantine (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
Ottoman Empire. Turkish books. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840
Egyptians writingEgyptian writing. Upper: Letter to a deceased on papyrus. Around 2000 BC. End of the First Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. Lower: Hieratic Papyrus. Ptolemaic Period. 305-30 BC. Origin unknown
Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man watching a dancerConcubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man with tobacco pipe watching a dancing girl accompanied by musicians on shamisen and blind koto harpist (koze)
Japanese women picnicing in a field, Tokyo, 18th centuryJapanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles
English gentleman flirting with the Fair LimonadiereYoung English gentleman flirting with the Fair Limonadiere in the Cafe de Mille Colonnes, Palais Royal, Paris. Waiters bringing hot chocolate to fashionable ladies, soldiers and officers
Branch of white plum blossom on a rock with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Branch of pink plum blossom on a rock with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Branch of white plum blossom with calligraphy. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection
Branches of plum blossom with calligraphy and sealBranches of white and pink plum blossom with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed
Plum blossom branch with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection
Branch of plum blossom covered with snow. With calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed
Branches of plum blossom. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection, Ichimura Bunko
Branch of pink plum blossom over a river. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection
Branch of pink plum blossom with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Branch of white plum blossom with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden
Purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Sarracenia porporina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Illuminated calendar for December 1846Calendar for December with figures of Daniel and St. Matthew, quote from Epistle to the Hebrews, disciples, man slaying a boar with an axe, goat, dog, birds, foliage and castles
Title page with calligraphy and skulls and crossbonesTitle page with calligraphy and border of figures with skulls and crossbones, hourglasses and wings. Copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah rom The British Dance of Death, Hodgson, London, 1823
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a child walking with her mother in a garden. Death and Infancy. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van
Iris, Iris gemanica, and sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers
Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard Sawyer from John Thomas Smiths Topography of London, 1810
Calligraphic title page in black and redCalligraphic title reading A Series of Antient Allegorical Historical and Legendary Paintings which were uncovered in the summer of 1802 on the walls of the Chapel of the Trinity at Stratford upon
Title page with decorative calligraphy among flowers and butterflies. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural
Title page with vignette from Knorrs DeliciaeTitle page with vignette of Tritons with corals, shells and sea urchins in a border of reptiles and birds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Robert Muys from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae
Title page to volume 1 with calligraphic title and vignette or armour and weapons. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale
Calligraphic title page with vignetteCalligraphic title page with botanical vignette. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after Eliza Eve Gleadall from her self-published The Beauties of Flora
Love-in-Idleness (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Crimson Rose (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Honeysuckles (Much Ado About Nothing). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Oak and Myrtle (Measure for Measure). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Roses of the Spring, Twelfth NightRoses of the Spring (primrose or cowslip), Twelfth Night. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London
Violets (Twelfth Night). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Oaks and Briers (Timon of Athens). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Briers, Furzes, Gorse and Thorn (The Tempest). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Carnations and Gilly flowers (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Daffodils, Violets, Primroses, Oxlips, Crown-imperial, Lilies and Flower-de-lace (The Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram and Marigold (Winters Tale). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe
Hawthorns and Brambles (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Green Holly (As You Like It). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Daisies, Violets, Ladiesmocks and Cuckoo-buds (Loves Labours Lost). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe