EditorialBengt Nordenberg, A Revivalist Disturbs the Merrymaking, A reader disturbs the joy of a recreation room, painting, 1866, oil on canvas, Height, 100 cm (39.3 inches), Width, 145 cm (57 inches), Signed, B. Nordenberg 1866.
EditorialArnaldus Reader at Brixen, burnt as a heretic in Rome, Anno 1145, Parallel Title: Arnaldus, Reader at Brixen, as a heretic at Rome, A nn o 1145, copperplate engraving, 42.), p. 93, Luyken, Jan (inv. et fec.), Jan Luyken: Th??tre des martyrs: depuis la ...
EditorialAncient view of a Dutch printing office. A master printer directs compositors, printing press operators and an old proof reader. Copied from a 16th century design by Johannes Stradanus or Jan Van der Straet. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine,...
EditorialCoffee Lessons for the Poor. A Shilling Cookery for the People ... Eightieth th. George Routledge & Co.: London, 1855. Here Soyer describes a 'simplified way of making coffee'. The reader is encouraged to keep the used coffee grounds, and to re-use the...
EditorialA watercolour of a landscape. The Progress of a Water Coloured Drawing wherein is represented to the reader the various gradations through which a drawing passes, from the out-line to its finished state. The intention of this little Work is to enable y...
EditorialA watercolour of a landscape. The Progress of a Water Coloured Drawing wherein is represented to the reader the various gradations through which a drawing passes, from the out-line to its finished state. The intention of this little Work is to enable y...
EditorialEngland's Newest Way in cookery. England's newest way in all sorts of cookery, past. London: Chr. Coningsby, 1708. The title page to England's Newest Way in cookery outlines the objective of the book, which is to introduce the reader to 'England's newe...
EditorialCoffee Lessons for the Poor. A Shilling Cookery for the People ... Eightieth th. George Routledge & Co.: London, 1855. Here Soyer describes a 'simplified way of making coffee'. The reader is encouraged to keep the used coffee grounds, and to re-use the...
EditorialWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616). English playwright, poet and actor. Portrait. The titlepage, which bears the portrait of Shakespeare, engraved by Droeshout, is preceded by a leaf containing verses “To the Reader,” signed, B. I. [i.e. Ben Jonson]....
EditorialWatercolour of a landscape. The Progress of a Water Coloured Drawing wherein is represented to the reader the various gradations through which a drawing passes, from the out-line to its finished state. The intention of this little Work is to enable you...
EditorialAncient view of a Dutch printing office. A master printer directs compositors, printing press operators and an old proof reader. Copied from a 16th century design by Johannes Stradanus or Jan Van der Straet. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine,...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, 9th?10th century, Attributed to Central Islamic Lands, Ink and gold on parchment, Page: H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm), Codices, The angular kufic script of this page is moderated by the roundness of many letters that resemble ...
EditorialAncient view of a Dutch printing office. A master printer directs compositors, printing press operators and an old proof reader. Copied from a 16th century design by Johannes Stradanus or Jan Van der Straet. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine,...
EditorialEnglish Georgian dandies set upon by a gang of thieves at dawn, London, 1820. Peep o'day Boys, a street Row, the Author losing his reader, Tom and Jerry showing fight, and Logic floored. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and...
EditorialPillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double-headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm.