EditorialLeaflet - Withers & Sons, 'Beautiful Melbourne, Motor Char-a-banc Trips', 1911-1914, Alternative Name(s): Brochure - Charabanc Journeys, Touring Omnibus, Motor Omnibus Single-page flyer featuring an image of an early bus with open sides and covered roo...
EditorialNegative - Ouyen District, Victoria, 1916, Three men in a carriage drawn by a tandem horse team. Tandem horse teams were used for long journeys through heavy roads and sandhills.
EditorialLantern Slide - Livingstone's Journeys in Africa, Life & Work of Dr David Livingstone, circa 1900, Lantern Slide depicting the David Livingstone's travels in Africa. It is part of an incomplete set of 40 slides, two are missing, illustrating highlights...
EditorialFrontispiece to Jean Baptiste Taverniers 'description of the six journeys ...', Frontispiece depicting a scene in which Tavernier deals with diamonds, 17th century, signed J.C., B?cklin, Sculpsite., A ? 1681, frontispiece, B?cklin, Johann Christoph (sc...
EditorialCaves at Bamian, Narrative of various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, including a residence in those countries from 1826 to 1838, 19th century engraving.
EditorialLeather travel suitcase by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, High square leather suitcase with wooden frame and fabrics and paper interior. The leather is sober processed. The lid is hinged and lockable with a lock. There are two leather handles on either side, ...
EditorialSaracens (with black faces) and Christians. Manuscript illustration of Christians and Saracens meeting. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source: Royal ...
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialPicturesque and Romantic Journeys in Old France: Ruins of the Palace of the White Queen, 1824. Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (French, 1781-1850). Lithograph.
EditorialPicturesque and Romantic Journeys in Old France, Picardie (Vol. 2): Roye (Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France par Charles Nodier, J. Taylor, et Alphonse de Cailleux: Roye), 1824, published 1840. Thomas Shotter Boys (British, 1803...
EditorialCoronation of the Kaan's son Mangalai. Manuscript illustration of the coronation of Kublai Kaan's son Mangalai. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source:...
EditorialThe Kaan dispensing doles of food . Manuscript illustraion of Kublai Kaan dispensing food. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source: Royal 19 D. I f.9...
EditorialSaracens (with black faces) and Christians. Manuscript illustration of Christians and Saracens meeting. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source: Royal ...
EditorialCaroline Matthews, M.B, Ch.B. Dr Caroline Matthews (1878-1927) was decorated for her services during the Messina Earthquake in Italy, 1908 and with the Italian Red Cross. During the Balkan War of 1912-13, she was war correspondent for the Sphere, and h...
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialKilling serpents (crocodiles) in Karajan. Manuscript illustration of three men killing an animal. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source: Royal 19 D. ...
EditorialA manuscript illustraion of magicians taking body down from battlements. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Magicians taking down thebody of an executed malefactor to eat at Shandu. Source: ...
EditorialMonstrous idols of the East. Manuscript illustration of two men (one masked) outside castle walls. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. France. ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Source: Royal...
EditorialMiracle seen by Jean de Vignay. Manuscript illustration of worshippers at St Michael's chapel, Bayeux. From a story of the crusades, the battles and the journeys. . ROMANCES, travels, &c., in French. Miracle seen by Jean de Vignay at Saint Michael's ...
EditorialBox, late 15th century, Italian, Leather (Cuir bouilli), painted interior, Overall: 1 9/16 x 4 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (4 x 12 x 7.4 cm), Leatherwork, Throughout the Middle Ages, household goods of all types were stored in boxes and coffrets which both prote...
EditorialPendant with St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child, late 15th century, German, Copper-gilt, Overall: 2 1/4 x 7/8 x 9/16 in. (5.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Such small pendants of Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, may have be...
Editorial'Rustam Blames Kai Kavus for the Death of Siyavush', Folio 202v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525?30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm), Codices, Paintin...
EditorialCaves at Bamian, Narrative of various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, including a residence in those countries from 1826 to 1838, 19th century engraving.
EditorialCharles Dickens, from a recent daguerreotype by Mayall, 1 December, 1855. . Memoir of Charles Dickens. . The lives of men of genius when happy, are ordinarily uneventful. It may, perhaps, be one of the reaspms for the paucity of materials available for...
EditorialFrom the book of Father Florian Paucke, describing his missionary journeys in Latin America between 1748-1769. " How a missionary crosses a river in a skin, or, alter-natively in a basket. How deep rivers are crossed in Paraguaya. " Codex 420...