Guide Collection (page 7)

Soap-scented toadstool and grey knight mushroom
Soap-scented toadstool, Tricholoma saponaceum, and grey knight mushroom, Tricholoma terreum. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

European white egg mushroom, Amanita ovoidea. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A. Bessin from Leon Rollands Guide to Mushrooms from France, Switzerland and Belgium

Plums and custard mushroom and bitter knight
Plums and custard, Tricholomopsis rutilans (Tricholoma rutilans), and bitter knight mushroom, Tricholoma acerbum. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Pinkmottle woodwax, russet scaly tricholoma
Pinkmottle woodwax, Hygrophorus russula (Tricholoma russula), russet scaly tricholoma, Tricholoma vaccinum, and Tricholoma albobrunneum. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Freckled dapperling and European matsutake
Freckled dapperling, Lepiota aspera (Lepiota acutesquamosa) and European matsutake, Tricholoma caligatum (Armillaria caligata). Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Bulgar and truffle mushrooms
Black bulgar, Bulgaria inquinans, candlestick fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, Elaphomyces muricatus (Elaphomyces variegatus), black truffle, Tuber melanosporum, and summer truffle, Tuber aestivum

Peziza mushroom and pink crown
Peziza mushroom, Galactinia sarrazini, and pink crown, Sarcosphaera coronaria. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Saddle mushrooms
White saddle mushrooms, Helvella pityophila and Helvella crispa, and elastic saddle, Helvella elastica. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Morel and jelly baby mushrooms
Half-free morel, Morchella semilibera, jelly baby, Leotia lubrica, and false morel, Verpa digitaliformis. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Puffball and earthstar mushrooms
Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, earthball, Scleroderma citrinum (Scleroderma vulgare), fringed earthstar, Geaster fimbriatus and Tulostoma fimbriatum (Tulostoma granulosum)

Edible parasol mushroom, Lepiota procera and poisonous Lepiota helveola. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Tawny grisette and grisette mushroom
Tawny grisette mushroom, Amanita fulva and grisette mushroom, Aminata vaginata var. plumbea. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Roman citizen entering the Catacombs of Rome with a guide with torch

Beehive, icehouse and mortar mill
Bee hive and ice house, mortar mill, and artists guide to drapery and horse. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

British Raj hunters shooting tigers in India
British colonial hunters mounted on elephants with Indian guides chasing and shooting at a tiger in a river in India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann

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

Cairo Characters, ministers to the travellers comfort
Sketches of the types a traveller to Cairo might meet during his stay. Top left, a page boy, top right, a porter, centre, the dragomans (guides)

Training a guide dog and its owner
Illustration by Bryan de Grineau in The Illustrated London News showing stages of training a guide dog and its blind owner at the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association School in Wallasey. Date: 1937

Two Knapsacks in the Channel Islands - A Jersey Car Guide. 1897

Battlefields pilgrimage 1928, pilgrims at Vimy
A group of Home Counties pilgrims on the steps of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy, listening to a War Graves Commission guide describing the fighting

Tartar Guide and Neapolitan Priest
A Tartar Guide and a Neapolitan Priest. 1828

Entrance to Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA
Entrance to Clear Creek Canyon, Golden, Colorado, USA, from Castle Rock Mountain scenic incline railway. Date: circa 1920

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1
The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!

Brochure for Seeing London by Tram
Round and about London by tram - North of the Thames. A London County Council guidebook, with an illustration of a tram travelling along the Embankment past Cleopatras Needle.. Date: circa 1930s

Waterloo : a guide explains to tourists visiting the battlefield just where the actions of the 1815 battle took place. Date: 1888

A floor plan from the official guide to the Festival of Britain - South Bank Exhibition. Date: 1951

Take My Tip The one way to follow horses with success
Take My Tip.. Theres only one way of following horses with any success... AND THIS IS IT! circa 1930s

Antebellum Mansion Tour Date: 1950

Camel Palanquin Date: 1950

Maharaja Rides Elephant, India Date: 1950

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White camellias, Kagiri and Monokaha, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kanen Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

ST. BERNARD WITH GIRLS
Three lovely young women, tourists, from Yorkshire, England, make friends with a St. Bernard guide dog in the snow of the Swiss Alps. Date: early 1930s

FRANCE / ALPS / SACCONAY
French Alps: Mont Blanc, glacier de Sacconay, where Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after slipping through a break in the ice Date: 1855

Lady Tourist on camel - Giza, Egypt
A young woman on holiday poses whilst sitting on a camel as her male companion captures the moment on his cinecamera Date: January 1936

SPORT / CLIMBING / ALMER
CHRISTIAN ALMER Alpine mountain guide. Date: circa 1855

Tourism - Herculaneum
Visiting the remains of the Theatre at Herculaneum : the guide uses a burning torch to illuminate the building for the sightseers Date: circa 1830s

GUIDE TO MONEY 1723
Title-page of Monsieur Barremes handy guide to money, helping traders to calculate prices in all currencies Date: 1723

SHOPPING GUIDE
Title-page of Monsieur Barremes handy guide to money, helping traders to calculate prices in all currencies Date: 1723

BATTLE OF FUTTEHABAD
At the battle of FUTTEHABAD, Lieutenant Hamilton of the Guide Corps is awarded the Victoria Cross for his brave cavalry charge Date: 2 April 1879

Cartoon, The Tourists Guide
Cartoon, THE TOURISTS GUIDE, a satirical comment on the growing number of climbing accidents. Date: 1867

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seances
Photographs of Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seances. Photograph of Duncans spirit guide Peggy. (Copyright: W.M.Scott, Dundee)

Motorised Charabanc Tour party about to depart (27 passengers plus the driver!) Date: circa 1920s

Woodland School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - Girl Guide troupe camping trip. Date: 1940s

WW2 - Home Front - Girl Guide Rangers and Guiders doing forestry work in the West Country - pictured here cutting down bracken and foliage to promote the straight growth of young saplings. Date: 1941

Cedric Robinson MBE, Queens Guide to the Kent Sands, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, Cedric has now retired. Date: 2004

Cedric Robinson, Queens Guide to the Kent Sands
Cedric Robinson MBE, Queens Guide to the Kent Sands, Morecambe Bay, leads a walking tour of hundreds of people across the sands. Cedric has now retired Date: 2004

Cycling in Loire Valley, France
A touring cyclist stops in Saumur, in the Loire Valley, France. He leans on a signpost and looks thoughtfully at his guidebook. His bicycle is propped against the road sign Date: 1988

Front cover of Signpost, motor guide to British Inns
Book jacket of Signpost, a confidential motor guide to British inns by W. G. McMinnies. The guide was a popular handbook for the growing number of motorists taking to the roads during the inter-war

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