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Zwölff geistliche Andachten, dari[n]nen gar schöne trostreiche Gebet b...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American pocket book - Public domain dedication image

This item is a leather cover of a pocket book. Written on the front of the cover in gilded gold: "American pocket book, 1842." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

American pocket book - Public domain dedication image

This item is a leather cover of a pocket book. Written on the front of the cover in gilded gold: "American pocket book, 1842." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The illustrated book of Christian ballads

Print shows what appears to be a book cover for a possible second edition of the 1844 edition of "The Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads and Poems" edited by Rev. Rufus W. Griswold, published by Lindsay & Bl... More

Berries of the brier [Front cover]

Grey cloth, brown stamped flower. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lyrics and sonnets [Front cover]

Cream cloth with gold stamped fleurs-de-lys border, leaf-printed sage green cloth with dark green stamped lettering. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The marble faun [Front cover] - Public domain dedication image

Cream vellum, gold stamped lettering and stylized iris. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Six portraits : Della Robbia, Correggio, Blake, Corot, George Fuller, ...

Three-part binding, cream cloth and beige paper, gold stamped lettering and flower. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The marble faun [Back cover, spine, and front cover]

Cream vellum, gold stamped lettering and stylized iris. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Our old home [Front cover] - Public domain dedication image

Binding: Crimson silk, gold stamped border and flowers (front cover), gold stamped lettering and flowers (spine). Dust Jacket: Light green paper, dark green stamped lettering and flower (front cover), dark gree... More

The song of Hiawatha [Spine and front cover]

Brown suede, gold stamped lettering with geese and pine branch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The scarlet letter [Front cover]

Three-part binding, cream and red cloth, gold stamped lettering and stylized iris designs, red cloth dust jacket with gold stamped lettering and iris. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

As it is in Heaven [Front cover]

Cream cloth, gold stamped lettering and lozenge with lily. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

In the Levant [Front cover] - Public domain dedication image

Moss green suede, gold stamped lettering and flower frame with flower border. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dorothy Q : together with A ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmoth...

Dark grey cloth, silver stamped lettering and hinge [?] pattern. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Under the man-fig [Front cover]

Light green cloth, black stamped lettering and flowers. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The supply at Saint Agatha's [Back cover, spine, and front cover]

Leaf green cloth, gold stamped lettering and crosses. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Seven on the highway [Front cover]

Dark red cloth, gold stamped lettering and flowers within rectilinear border. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Marm Lisa [Front cover] - Public domain dedication image

Yellow cloth, brown stamped cross with angel and child. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The martyrs' idyl [Spine and front cover]

Beige cloth, gold stamped design of title, cross, rose and circlet of thorns (front cover), gold stamped lettering and flower (spine). Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The queen's twin and other tales [Front cover]

Dark blue cloth, gold stamped lettering and plant motif. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Address delivered at Wellesley College upon the opening of the Farnswo...

Grey paper, black printed lettering with foliated initial letter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Back cover of binding - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Zwölff geistliche Andachten, dari[n]nen gar schöne trostreiche Gebet b...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Zwölff geistliche Andachten, dari[n]nen gar schöne trostreiche Gebet b...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Back cover and spine - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zwölff geistliche Andachten, dari[n]nen gar schöne trostreiche Gebet b...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Iconomanie of Zoo maken de kinderen een prentenboek published by J. va...

Collection of book illustrations from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey. Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Snakerijen van Tijl Uilenspiegel by D. Dekker, 1873

Bodleian Libraries, Annonius monachus, De Regum … francorum

One of the earliest French gold-tooled bindings. French (Paris), c.1514. Brown calfskin, tooled in gold and blind with three Italianate tools: a pair of circles, a leaf tool, arms of Cardinal Francesco Soderini... More

Bodleian Libraries, Bustan - Public domain dedication image

Persian elegance. Persian, late 16th or early 17th century. Red goatskin, decorated with goldblocked centre and cornerpieces, in the most refined and elegant expression of the classic Islamic style.

Bodleian Libraries, Commentarii in Haggaeum

Gold blocked and gold tooled. French, mid 16th century. Brown calfskin; central block of gilt tooling decorated in an interlacing ribbon style, with floral cornerpieces. A contemporary inscription records this ... More

Bodleian Libraries, Controuersiarum de eucharistiae … Sacramento

Filigree strap-work. Italian?, late 16th century. Vellum, decorated with gold tooling. The central panel is cut away to reveal goatskin filigree strapwork overlaying green silk. This unusual binding may be an e... More

Bodleian Libraries, De claris mulieribus

Fine goatskin. English, late 18th century. Red straight-grain goatskin, with gilt borders within double rules and flower tool in corners. Spine with gold-tooled compartments between rolls of Greek key design.

Bodleian Libraries, Die in Gott andächtige Jungfer …

Painted vellum. German, early 18th century. Vellum, tooled and painted; depicting the Ten Commandments on the front cover, the Crucifixion on the back cover, in shaped frame. While indicating the pious purposes... More

Bodleian Libraries, Disputatio juridica 13

Scottish decorative gilt tooling. Scottish (Edinburgh), mid 18th century. Dark green goatskin; decorated with gilt tooling in a classic Scottish 'herring-bone' pattern. One of four standard designs recognizable... More

Bodleian Libraries, Disputatio juridica

Scottish 'wheel' binding. Scottish (Edinburgh), c. 1771. Red goatskin, decorated with gilt tooling in a classic 'wheel' design, one of the standard Scottish binding styles. Derived from European 'fan' bindings ... More

Bodleian Libraries, Diwan 16 - Public domain dedication image

Sunken panels. Persian, 16th century. Dark brown goatskin, decorated with gilt-blocked panels with a scallopedged centrepiece, and a protective fore-edge flap decorated in similar fashion. This classic Persian ... More

Bodleian Libraries, Diwan - Public domain dedication image

Bodleian Libraries, Ducale for Lorenzo Caveo

The Orient in Venice. Italian (Venice), 1577. Lacquered brown goatskin over pasteboards, with sunken central centrepiece and side compartments in Oriental style. In centre of front board, the winged lion of St ... More

Bodleian Libraries, Ecclesiastica Historica

Painted and gilt. English, 16th century. Calfskin, gold-tooled, painted green and white; gilt and gauffered edges. By an unknown binder, probably in London, called the 'MacDurnan Gospels Binder', who often used... More

Bodleian Libraries, En habes lector Bucolicarum auctores xxxviii

A motto binding. French, mid 16th century. Brown goatskin, blocked in gold with an architectonic design and E / SPOYR. / ME. / TOR / MEN. / TE in central oval on both covers. The motto ('hope torments me') is a... More

Bodleian Libraries, Epigrams - Public domain dedication image

Renaissance Italy influenced by Islamic art. Italian, c. 1460–70. Brown goatskin, gilt-tooled: a style heavily influenced by Mamluk bindings of the 15th century.

Bodleian Libraries, Epistolae - Public domain dedication image

Emblematic binding. Italian (Rome), mid 16th century. Dark brown goatskin, with gilt border, and a cameo of Apollo and Pegasus in the centre. Bound for the young Genoese patrician Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (c.... More

Bodleian Libraries, Epitome vitae miraculorum S Francisci

Straw binding Dutch, late 18th–early 19th century Amateur straw-work binding.

Bodleian Libraries, Essays - Public domain dedication image

Rococo tooling. Scottish (Edinburgh), c. 1776. James Scott. Brown calfskin, with mottled octagonal panel in centre, flanked by gilt pillars and flamboyant rococo ornaments. This is the work of Scotland's greate... More

Bodleian Libraries, Holy Bible Psalms

Embroidered binding. English, mid 17th century. Blue silk binding, embroidered with silver wire; portrait of Charles II on front board, Catherine of Braganza on back. Edges have a painted floral design dated 1662.

Bodleian Libraries, Homiliae variae

Treasure binding. German, late 12th or early 13th century. Faded red velvet over wooden boards. Upper cover fashioned from gilt metal plate, sunk into wood, decorated with jewels, rock crystal, and antique came... More

Bodleian Libraries, Horae in laudem beatissimae virginis Mariae, ad us...

Backless binding. French (Lyons?), mid 16th century. Brown calfskin with black and white onlays of small floral tools and interlacings. On the front cover IENON, on the back BOYLEAW. An example of a binder's sh... More

Bodleian Libraries, Imaginary Portrait

Poet's cover. English, 1916. Katherine Adams (1862–1952). Olive-green pigskin, with monogram of poet Walter Pater tooled on the front cover and an oak tree on the back cover. Bound by the influential woman bind... More

Bodleian Libraries, J Mutii … Vita

Blind-stamped panels. English, mid 16th century. Brown calf, decorated with blind-stamped panels, containing Renaissancestyle heads in medallions, with 'I.R.' monogram of John Reynes, an important London statio... More

Bodleian Libraries, Kalendario manual, y guia de forasteros en Madrid,...

Tinsel binding. Spanish, late 18th century. Binding of coloured tinsel under mica, ascribed to the Spanish bindery of Antonio de Sancha.

Bodleian Libraries, Koran - Public domain dedication image

Persian splendour. Persian, mid 16th century. Black goatskin over paper pasteboards. Decorated with gilt-blocked panels, some of which are sunk into the boards. The doublures (the insides of the covers) are of ... More

Bokband av kalvskinn - Skoklosters slott - 93325

Note: For documentary purposes the original description has been retained. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description.Bokband av kalvskinn.

Bokband av kalvskinn - Skoklosters slott - 93465

Polonika. Polsk julsång. Bakpärm - Skoklosters slott - 87705

English binding, 16th century (5353173126)

Gold tooling (a decorative technique where a design is pressed into gold leaf that has been laid over the cover of a book) arrived in England in the early 16th century. The technique had been invented in the A... More

English binding, 16th century (5353174944)

The blind-tooled design on this volume, with single stamps in the central rectangle, is one of the earliest English roll-tooled styles and is typical of the period 1500-1540. The rolled-on design (Oldham, J. B... More

English binding, 16th century (5353175496)

This design, completely created with roll tools was common to the period 1530-1630 in England. The book is bound in calf over wooden boards, with two clasps at the fore-edge; the catchplates on the lower cover... More

English binding, early 19th century (5533608188)

Authors sometimes presented specially-bound books to wealthy patrons or to people of standing. A note on the front flyleaf of this volume states that it was bound as a presentation copy for the dedicatee, Admi... More

English Restoration binding, 17th century (5353171786)

With the restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660 and the departure from the artistically gloomy days of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate, an era of brilliantly gold-tooled leather bindings began. New fini... More

German binding, 15th century (5352564009)

Monasteries and religious houses are by tradition associated with learning. The monastic revival in the first half of the 15th century, with its emphasis on study, stimulated the formation of monastic librarie... More

Manuscript bookbinding, 16th century? (11281292716)

A manuscript fragment from a Psalter has been used to cover this book printed in 1530. Older manuscript material, thought to be no longer useful, was often re-used in the bookbinding process. The lines of text... More

Book Cover - Google Art Project

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Unknown scribe - Qur’an - Google Art Project

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Duval exlibris grave 15450 01 - Public domain dedication image

Français : Duval exlibris gravé Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Book-cover-grammar-of-ornament - Public domain dedication image

Title page of a later (1910) edition of Owen Jones’ book The Grammar of Ornament.

Töchter-Album 29 1885 - Public domain dedication image

Deutsch: Deckelillustration zu Thekla von Gumperts Töchter-Album 1885 Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Image taken from page 309 of 'Yankees et Canadiens. Impressions de voy...

Image taken from: Title: "Yankees et Canadiens. Impressions de voyage en Amérique" Author: LACROIX, L. - Abbé Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10470.f.29." Page: 309 Place of Publishing: Tours Date of Publishi... More

Image taken from page 5 of 'Jeanne d'Arc et la Normandie au XVme siècl...

Image taken from: Title: "Jeanne d'Arc et la Normandie au XVme siècle. Illustrations, etc" Author: SARRAZIN, Albert - Avocat Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9225.l.22." Page: 5 Place of Publishing: Rouen Date... More

Image taken from page 9 of 'Chronicles of England, France, Spain, etc'...

Image taken from: Title: "Chronicles of England, France, Spain, etc" Author: FROISSART, Jean. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9506.f.24." Page: 9 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1842 Issuance:... More

Image taken from page 905 of 'Geschichte der Stadt Köln, meist aus den...

Image taken from: Title: "Geschichte der Stadt Köln, meist aus den Quellen des Kölner Stadt-Archivs" Author: ENNEN, Leonard. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10250.dd." Volume: 04 Page: 905 Place of Publishing... More

Koriotski Lubok - Public domain dedication image

History of the Russian sailor Vasiliy Koriotskiy. Russian lubok book cover. (Image slightly altered and improved via Photoshop)

Russia 1910 Liapine РБ1 booklet (СПБ. 80k (78k)) cover back

Русский: Марочная тетрадка России 1910 года, Ляпин РБ1 (СПБ. 80к. (78к.)), задняя обложка English: Russia 1910 Liapine РБ1 booklet (СПБ. 80k (78k)) cover back

Сказка о золотом петушке 1903 - Public domain dedication image

Русский: Обложка книги «Сказка о золотом петушке». 1903 год. Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copiale Cipher Cover - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Русский: Обложка рукописи Copiale CipherEnglish: Cover of Copiale Cipher Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Book cover from a manuscript of a theatrical text (6124504555)

Creation Date: 17th century Display Dimensions: 4 1/8 in. x 15 1/8 in. x 1/4 in. (10.5 cm x 38.4 cm x 0.64 cm) Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number: 1990.161 Collection: http://www.sdmart.... More

Baritault Jean ex libris manuscrit 00184 2

Français : Ex-libris manuscrit de Jean Baritault Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

May Károly A szkipetárok földjén

Magyar: May Károly (Karl May): A szkipetárok földjén (1908), borítódísz szerzője nem ismert

Warenghien de Flory exlibris grave 4155 01

Français : Warenghien de Flory exlibris gravé Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Attributed Clovis Eve Binding-CBL inv AB678

Français : Plat supérieur d'une reliure du seizième ou dix-septième siècle attribuée à Clovis Eve, pour un livre d'heures (Paris, 1571). Exemplaire conservé à la Bibliothèque Chester-Beatty sous le numéro d'in... More

SNL-cover - Public domain dedication image

Sveriges national-litteratur 1500-1900. Cover and endpaper Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manuscript Cover LACMA M.78.101.1

Central Tibet, 15th century Manuscripts Wood with opaque watercolor and gold Gift of Mrs. Beverly Coburn (M.78.101.1) South and Southeast Asian Art

Begin. -fol. 3 recto-- KL. Ianuarius habet dies xxxj., etc. - Upper co...

Style: Panel design|Single tools design; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Unspecified

Plans des principales places de guerre et villes maritimes des Frontie...

Style: Armorial; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catechismus pro Barmanis - Upper cover (14300B6)

Style: Armorial|Frame; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Gilt Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'Hore di recreatione Nuouamente ristampate, e ricorrette -Venetia - D...

Style: Plain; Caption: Upper cover low resolution; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Unspecified

C. Salustius Crispus, cum veterum Historicorum fragmentis -edited by M...

Style: Armorial|Frame; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meditationum ac precationum Christianarum libellus - Upper cover (168i...

Style: Centre and cornerpiece; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Gilt and gauffered

Historia Venetiana - Upper cover (180h1)

Style: Armorial; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Gauffered Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description P... More

Britannia - Upper cover (192f1)

Motives for the establishment of the Marine Society. -and- The Receipt...

Style: Centrepiece made of small tools|Frame; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified

Memoirs of Transactions at Sea, during the war with France, beginning ...

Style: All over design|Stag|Tulip|Urn; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified

Joannis Seldeni jurisconsulti Opera omnia tam edita quam inedita - Upp...

Style: Centre and cornerpiece made of small tools|Frame|Star; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified

La Biblia - Upper cover (1b4) - Public domain dedication image

Style: Armorial|Frame|Curl, floral|Pyramid|Cypher; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified

De Flavio Giuseppe dell'antichita? de Giudei?. libri XX., tradotti nov...

Style: Centre and cornerpiece made of small tools|Acorn |Floral; Caption: Edge of text block; Colour: Red; Edge: Gilt|Marbled under gilt

Bible.Old Testament. Greek. - - Upper cover (21700000000)

Style: Panel design|Pointille (comprising dots)|Quadrilobe|Cornerpiece made of small tools; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified

Bible.Welsh Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, etc. - (217i1)

Style: Frame; Caption: Unspecified; Colour: Black; Edge: Unspecified Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Des hocherleuchten sel. Johann Arnds ... funff geistreiche Bucher (-Da...

Style: Centre and cornerpiece made of small tools; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified

Remarks on the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on Crow...

Style: Frame; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified Public domain reproduction of illuminated book or manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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