Frontispiece Collection

Frontispiece illustration from Frankenstein
Frontispiece illustration from Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Date: first published 1818

Market in the Gate of Ravenna in Bologna. Street traders. Mi
Market in the Gate of Ravenna in Bologna. Street traders. Frontispiece of codex Marticola dei Mercanti, 1470. Museo Civico. Bologna. Italy

Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid / Eros
Zodiac with winged male, poss. Cupid/Eros. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Twelve breeds of pigeon. Drawing / Engraving from Daniel Girton, The new and complete pigeon-fancier; or, Modern treatise on domestic pigeons. Frontispiece. Date: circa 1804

Dream of Gerontius
A Visitant is knocking his dire summons at my door. (Frontispiece) ~First published: 1866~Illustration by Robert T Rose to John Henry Newmans Dream of Gerontius, c.1914 edition.~dream, of, gerontius

Hercules honoured by the Hesperides.. Engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter, from Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Hesperides: sive, De malorum aureorum cultura et usu libri quator. Frontispiece. Date: 1646

Frontispiece design by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses -- Moreton Old Hall, Congleton, Cheshire, also known as Little Moreton Hall, a moated, half-timbered manor house dating back to the 16th century

Frontispiece illustration, Peter, the fox terrier. Date: 1912

Pregnant nun Sister Jean sitting in her convent cell, her habit open to reveal her breasts. A picture of Saint Martha on the wall. Soeur Jeanne

WW2 - German Plane Attacking Warship
A frontispiece illustration to A Young Airmans Annual, showing a German WW2 bomber plane attacking a British warship. Date: circa 1940s

Miss Modern the pilot, Schoolgirls Adventure Book Date: 1938

Children on a fairground carousel Date: 1935

Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888-1938), British-born conservationist, fur trapper and writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl Date: circa 1930s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown
Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), actor and clown Date: circa 1810s

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite artist, self-portrait dated 20 September 1855 Date: 1855

Marconi - Master of Space, first edition biography
Marconi - Master of Space, first edition authorised biography by B L Jacot and D M B Collier. Date: 1935

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, main staircase
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, main staircase. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining room
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet cover
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912

The Minuet Dance of Long Ago Date: 18th century

Frontispiece, The Boys Book of Soccer for 1946 Date: 1946

Gallant Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks Date: 1871

Butterflies and Moths, Plate 1, Papiliones, Erycinidae, etc
Butterflies and Moths, Plate 1, Papiliones, Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Erycinidae, Hesperidae. Date: 1896

A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
Frontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons

Frontispiece to Michelet's LA SORCIERE [1911 edition] with portrait of the author and a depiction of sensational goings-on, matching his somewhat extravagant text Date: 1911

Midshipman Newcome transferred by rowboat to HMS Vanguard
Midshipman Newcome transferred by rowboat to the HMS Vanguard near Gibraltar. Johnny in disgrace sent to another ship. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams

Frontispiece with vignettes and medallions. Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by William Heath from Pierce Egans Real Life in Ireland, or the Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles

Victorian tourists wading through dung on a farm looking for a rustic sight on their tour. The grotto and waterfall is just a barn. Ducks attack a child, a gentleman gets stuck in the mud

Frontispiece with two cherubs holding a bicorn and sword. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Nelson Gardiner after an illustration by Princess Elizabeth from Thomas Parks Cupid Turned

Regency actor John Emery singing John Grouse
Popular Regency actor John Emery singing the comic song John Grouse and Mother Goose at Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1808

Frontispiece with skeleton of death seated with scythe and globe. Vignettes of death attacking a baby, an invalid, a glutton and a drunkard

Woman in scarf and kimono with maid walking
Japanese woman in scarf and kimono with maid walking in a wintry landscape with bare trees. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Terasaki Kogyo, frontispiece from a book, Tokyo, circa 1910

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Rodrigues solitaire and domed Rodrigues giant
Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct. Facsimile of the frontispiece of Francois Leguats Voyage, published 1708

Juvenal
Frontispiece for Juvenal. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1890s

An Evil Motherhood
Black & white frontispiece from An Evil Motherhood. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1890s

Frontispiece design, The Story of Me, a baby book in which details can be recorded of the babys date of birth, weight, first birthday, etc. Depicting a baby sitting inside a large flower. Date: 1940s

BOOKS / BUTLER / HUDIBRAS
Frontispiece to Samuel Butlers satirical poem Hudibras published 1663-78. Date: first published 1663-78

TRISTRAM SHANDY
Frontispiece of Tristram Shandy. Date: First published: 1760

Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a frontispiece to John Davidsons plays by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, theatre manager; Oscar Wilde; Beardsleys sister Mabel (nude woman); Henry Harland

Map of the Old Continent (Europe, Africa, Asia). Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Frontispiece of a mazurka by Chopin
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Polish composer. Frontispiece of a mazurka for the pianoforte. Music Library of the Court. Turin. Italy

Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brede et de (1689-1755). French erudite philosopher and writer. Frontispiece of the book Consid鲡 tions sur les causes de la grandeur des

The Road to Bethlehem - Mary and Joseph
This picture shows Mary and Joseph on the way to Bethlehem for the census and birth of Jesus. Mary is shown with a halo and riding the donkey with Joseph leading them

Manor or country house garden, with workers. Copper-plate illustration from Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Frontispiece. Date: 1739

Frontispiece from The Aurelian, by Moses Harris, 1766
Two men with butterfly nets

Awful Changes
Frontispiece - Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Buckland. A cartoon by H.T de la Beche. You will at once perceive, continued Professor Ichthyosaurus

Fuegian (Yapoo Takeenica)

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