Library Collection (page 19)

Washington DC, USA - Grand Staircase - Library of Congress
Washington DC, USA - Grand Staircase (made out of polished marble) - Library of Congress. Date: circa 1910s

Eastbourne Public Library, Sussex, England, a truly modern integrated library, the Reference Library being on the same shelves as the rest of the books. Date: 1960s

A reflection of a Royal Aeronautical Society staff memb?
A reflection of a Royal Aeronautical Society staff member in the mirrored doors at the front end of the then Library in what is now the Argyll Room at No.4 Hamilton Place circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Library and Museum, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Public Library and Museum, Queen Victoria Memorial Building, Moffat Street, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Date: circa 1908

Low Memorial Library of Columbia University, New York City
Celebrated as an example of purely classical architecture, Low Memorial Library was completed in 1897 and served as the main library until 1934

Chimonanthus praecox - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1789. Original Drawings for Hortus Kewensis, t.10.< br> < br> Held in the Museums Botany Library. Date: 1789

Himantoglossum hircinum, Lizard Orchid flowers - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Bauer Unit. British Orchids 1798 - 1817, f. 76

Flindersia australis, Crows Ash - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 23

The City Hall, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in 1896. Became the National and University Library in 1949 - damaged by fire during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992

Portolan of Joan Martines (16th century). 1587. Map of the C
Portolan of Spanish cartographer Joan Martines (16th century). Majorcal school. 1587. Map of the Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa. Messina, Sicily. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Blanquerna by Ramon Llull (1235-1316)
Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Blanquerna, ca. 1293. Engraving of the back cover with Llull and a disciple. Beati Rhenani Alfatici ad lectores epigramma. Folio in Latin

Red Book of Montserrat. 14th century. Monastery of Montserra
Red Book of Montserrat. Manuscript collection of devotional texts and medieval songs. 14th century. Library. Monastery of Montserrat. Catalonia. Spain. 1st manuscript

Main street, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America
Main street in San Jose, capital city of Costa Rica, Central America. Date: circa 1925

John Law (1671 A?i? 1729). Scottish economist. Dutch satiri
John Law (1671A?i?1729). Scottish economist. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque G?n?rale in France, a private bank

The Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177
The Divine Comedy. Poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Miniature depicting Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177 r. 1480-1482. Painted by Guglielmo Giraldi (active 1445-1490)

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. IllustratorMichael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Language: Latin, German. Engraving

Paddle boat. Study by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century. Mode
Paddle boat. Study by Leonardo da Vinci for a paddle propulsion boat. Windsor, Royal Library, sheet 12650, about 1490. Model by Louis Tursini, 1952

Cardiovascular system Leonardo da vincis drawing
Cardiovascular systems drawing. In 1513 Leonardo da Vinci to study the heart and the circulatory system through animal dissections. Windsor, Royal Library 19073, 1510-1513

Dominican friar preaching. Miniature. Doctrine Chretienne. 1
Doctrine Chretienne. Manuscript. France. 13th century. Miniature depicting a dominican friar preaching. Folio 110. Library University of Valencia. Spain

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)
Map of America. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). First Edition. Antwerp, 1574

Athanasius Kircher (1601 / 16021680). German Jesuit scholar C
Athanasius Kircher (1601/16021680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. Tea Plant

Laberinto de Fortuna (Labyrinh of Fortunes), by Juan de Mena
Juan de Mena (1411-1456). Spanish poet. Labyrinth of Fortune, or The Three Hundred, 1444. Edition in 1566, Alcala de Hernares. Poem CXXXVI

Ludovico Ariosto (1474 1533) Italian poet. Orlando Furio
Ludovico Ariosto (1474 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). Book cover Orlando Furioso, edited in Lyon (Lugdunum), 1556

Juan Alvaro Zapata (1552-1623). Spanish Cistercian monk. Vi
Juan Alvaro Zapata (1552-1623). Spanish Cistercian monk. Abbot of Veruela. Vida, Penitencia i Milagros de Nuestra Gloriosisimo Padre San Bernardo. Edition of Zaragoza, 1595. Episcopal Library

Malinche (c. 1496-1529). Colored engraving
Malinche (c.1496-1529). Nahua woman. Interpreter of the spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes. Mexican engraving, 1885. Colored. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Map of the Atlantic Ocean. 18th century
Map of the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Cape Horn. At A Voyage to the South-sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713 and 1714 by Amedee-Franc

Malinche (c. 1496-1529). Engraving
Malinche (c.1496-1529). Nahua woman. Interpreter of the spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes. Mexican engraving, 1885. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Songbook (Cancionero) by Ibn Quzman (1078-1160)
Ibn Quzman (1078-1160). Hispano-arabic poet and writer. Songbook (Cancionero). Facsimile. The beginning of the manuscript sheet. Library of Catalonia. Spain

History of the conquest of Al-andalus by Ibn al-Qutiyya
Ibn al-Qutiyya (? -977), known as the Cordoban. Hispano-arabic lexicographer, grammarian and writer. History of the conquest of Al-andalus. Copy of Manuscript 706. National Library. Paris. France

The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. The Host (Amphitryo). Engraving. Act I. Edition of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674)
John Milton (1608-1674). English poet. Paradise Lost, 1667. Title cover of an edition printed in London, 1727. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

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

Library of Michel de Montaigne. Detail. Montaigne Castle. Fr
Library of writer and french humanist Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). Detail of inscriptions in the roof-beam. Montaigne Castle. France

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. Harvard Univeristy. Designed by Horace Trumbauer & Associates. Boston. Massachusetts. United States

New Testament. The apostle James and St. Luke writing the Gospel. Miniature of the 13th century. Vatican Apostolic Library

1960S TYPIST
A typist (or perhaps the secretary or the Receptionist) at Barnabys Picture Library types out a letter on Company letterheaded paper. Date: 1960s

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1880s
Victorian furniture, available from Oetzmann & Co, Hampstead, London. Circa 1880s

Jules Verne / Library
JULES VERNE His library at 1 rue Charles Dubois, Amiens Date: 1828 - 1905

Ghost of Lord Combermere
Sybell Corbets photograph of the library at Combermere, taken between 2-3 pm, seeming to show a figure, resembling Lord Combermere, at the time he was being buried Date: 5 December 1891

Advert for Foots library lounge chair 1906
Just a finger touch of the occupant will instantly change the back to any inclination from upright to flat. Date: 1906

Advert for Maple & Co. library table & chair 1904
Library table, finely carved with lift-up flap exposing deep well fitted pigeon-holes and ten drawers, stationery rack with fall-down flap comes with back chair in marone morocco. Date: 1904

Dwarf Zebu bull, Gambier Bolton
Dwarf Zebu Bull photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 553, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring

Falkland Island Aguara-dog, Dusicyon australis. Extinct around 1870.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines

Hoary fox, Lycalopex vetulus.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Dogs published by W. H

Corsac fox, Vulpes corsac.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Dogs published by W. H

Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis Endangered
Sumatran dhole, Cuon alpinus sumatrensis. Endangered.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

North American prairie wolf or coyote, Canis latrans.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Great Plains wolf or buffalo wolf, Canis lupus nubilus. Threatened.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines

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