Tag: "retro"

Mason family bookplate

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Austin Lamont (1905-1969)

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Woodcut of a (fashionably accoutred!) mermaid with two tails holding a flower in each hand. Used by Valentin Schumann of Leipzig.

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Dog Destruction

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Woodcut coat of arms of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)

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Stamp from the library of S. Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Italy)

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Bookplate of Dr. Bradley H. Kirschberg (1883?-1941), chemist and head of the New York State Police Laboratory

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Woodcut illustration (possibly representing the devil as a bird-catcher?) used by Johann Herrgott of Nuremberg

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Woodcut illustration of the defeat of Cyrus II by Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae

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Woodcut used by Wolfgang Stoeckel

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Bookplate of the Royal Society (Great Britain)

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Tibetan Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana) kapala (Sanskrit for 'skull') a skullcup made from a human skull used as a ritual implement (bowl), elaborately mounted with copper vajra, seed syllables, depiction...

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Woodcut of a crocodile[!]

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Woodcut of an asp[!]

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Woodcut of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd (with ms. note: 'Ecce Agnus de[i] tollit peccata'); used by Melchior Ramminger of Augsburg

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Retro Men

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John Arthur Brooke, 1844-1920, Fenay Hall

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Woodcut title illustration (the risen Christ with crown of thorns and marks in hands and feet pointing to a fruit tree with three banners inscribed 'Werck' [Deeds], 'Lieb' [Love], and 'Glaub' [Faith])...

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Library stamp (with ms. shelf-mark?) of the library of the Royal College of Physicians of London

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cosy II

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Full blind-tooled pig binding with central panel with figures of Faith and Hope

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Device of printer Gracioso Perchacino, fl. 1553-1601

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Stamp of the College of Arms

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Woodcut illustration of a Protestant preacher used by Heinrich Stayner of Augsburg

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