...Keyser Carolus der V. in Africa ... (The Conquest of Tunis by Charl...
Title-page, within ornamental border, of print series depicting Emperor Charles V's expedition to Africa and capture of Tunis in 1535. Engraving
Aboalis Avicenne, médecin (BM 1879,1213.299)
Avicenna: a bearded man seen half-length, looking to the left, his right hand grasping the veil covering his head; illustration to Thevet's 'Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres' (Paris, 1584), p.... More
Achilles Pedroccha Jurisconsultus Brixiensis Anno Aetatis Suae XXXI (B...
Portrait of Achille Pedrocca, bust, facing front, wearing doublet and ruff, and holding a book; within an oval; frontispiece from Pedrocca's "Consiliorum Celeberrimi" (Venice: Giovanni Battista Somaschi, 1588)... More
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 13. Hunger and Time before Krates who is seated beneath a canopy raising her right hand; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 14. A merchant showing Lacon the sea covered with his ships; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 16. A group of soldiers opposing an attacking captain on horseback holding a standard in his right hand; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 17. The blind antipater of Cyrene seated before a woman who tears her hair; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 19. Philip and the Lacedaemonias approaching a fortified city; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 26. Time seated with this left foot on an hour glass looking at Hunger who is a naked woman with a staff; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 34. Parable of the rich man in the company of three men holding rope to which is attached and anchor; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 36. An allegory of learned Art holding a compass sculpting goodness from truth; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 38. A peasant driving two oxen, he has a stick in his right hand; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 10. The drunken Silenus at the foot of a hill upon which are Athena, Venus and Cupid; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 12. A young woman fleeing the pleading of a young man in love with her, at right is Cupid and in the upper left is a hanged man; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 139. Theramenes seated next to a young man emptying a flask, to the right inside a house a meeting is taking place; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 140. God the Father above blowing into the world his divine spirit, surrounded by the four elements; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 145. Liberty at the right crowning the wise ruler, set against a classical edifice; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 146. The coat of arms of Carlo Ruini depicting a tree and a fallen tower; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 149. An allegory of the safety of the righteous, a woman holding a cross and a lamb walks to the left; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 56. Scipio seated on a block crowning Lucius Martius who kneels before him, soldiers surround the scene; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 59. Socrates seated and a standing young man holding a mirror between them; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 60. People lighting torches from a concave mirror reflecting the sun and worshippers offering their hearts; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 60. People lighting torches from a concave mirror reflecting the sun and worshippers offering their hearts; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 62. Dialectic standing in a landscape holding a rule, compass and torch in her right hand; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 67. Winged naked Nemesis handing seated Adrastus a purse; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 41. Reason and Folly each with scales weighing virtue and riches; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 70. The contest between reason and passion, Reason holds a torch aloft in her right hand and Passion clutches at her breast; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 72. Prudence kneeling with good and evil Geniuses, one has feathered wings the other reptile wings; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 74. A ship with an old man at the helm, two young men on the mast and three others below; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 75. Pan lying on the ground vanquished by Cupid, set within a landscape; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 77. Charity seated on a pyre holding two children, below there are figures in a landscape; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 80. The Roman Graces and Venus at the upper left, the Greek Graces and Aphrodite with Anteros; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 85. Divine goodness at lower left, Mercury at right and Jupiter appearing above in a cloud; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 86. Alexander the Great getting up from his throne, before him a man tied to a stake is being burnt; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 43. Hercules seated on a chariot being pulled by two bulls; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 88. Five naiads by the edge of a pool, to the left is a big tree; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 90. An allegory of inept judges, as ass is seated on a throne holding a sceptre in his hoof and a woman appears at the right; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 93. A donkey driver with two donkeys, one eating thistles the other bitten on the nose by a bird; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 94. Pericles on a cloud above a cannon that is firing a city; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 102. The corner of a building with a statue Cupid reining lion's head and Athena and Mercury as Herms; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 103. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese seated in a throne receiving a floral tribute from a female at the right.; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 109. Bocchius kneeling below imploring the genius of Cardinal Alexander Farnese to finish his palace; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 118.A banquet with many seated people, in the foreground is dog chewing a bone; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 120. Marcus Crassus Agelastus standing at the right watching a kneeling man feed a horse, at the left another man havests fruit; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 130. Female personification of Faith seated holding lyre and book, at her sides are putti holding inscribed tablets; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 132. A woman at the left holding a cornucopia on her left arm and supporting a globe in her right hand that is also held by a winged personfication of Genius; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 135. God the Father on a cloud holding a crown flanked by the St Luke and St John the evangelist with the lion of Venice below; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 137. Perseus on horseback with his sword raised killing the dragon; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
The complete book of Bocchi in the second edition of 1574, published in Bologna; containing letterpress and 150 unnumbered plates, one for each emblem; bound in leather rebacked (1st ed.1555)
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 4: Pope Paul III seated beneath a canopy receiving a kneeling angel with personifications of Virtue and Glory at the right; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 7. Cupid shooting an arrow at a woman's heart, she is seated resting by a tree; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Plate 8. A naked putto standing on a cloud between Jupiter and Saturn, below is a landscape; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere qu...
Frontispiece depicting the skull of an ox crowned with laurel, to either side are picks; from a series of 150 engravings Woodcut
Ackerman ende houaere (BM 1868,0612.170)
A man at right, catching a deer in a net at left; birds are flying away in different directions; Dutch letterpress on verso; illustration to Eduwaert de Dene's edition of Aesop's Fables, "De Warachtighe Fabule... More
Acupictor. Der Seidensticker. (The Embroiderer) (BM 1904,0206.103.27)
One of 133 woodcut book-illustrations, showing an interior with an embroiderer seated in front of a table which has two extended arms on which a frame with embroidery work is resting, at the table various ball... More
Ada Theodorici Septimi Filia (BM 1869,0612.245)
Plate 15: Portrait of Ada, Countess of Holland; whole-length standing in a dress, wearing a feathered hat; letterpress on verso; after Willem Thybaut; illustration to Michael Vosmeer's "Les Vies et Alliances ... More
Ada Theodorici Septimi Filia (BM 1871,1209.1674)
Plate 15: Portrait of Ada, Countess of Holland; whole-length standing in a dress, wearing a feathered hat; letterpress on verso; after Willem Thybaut; illustration to Michael Vosmeer's "Principes Hollandiae e... More
Adelbertus Bavariae (BM 1871,1209.1677)
Plate 26: Portrait of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria; whole-length standing in armour turned to the right, holding a large sword in his right hand, a shield on his left shoulder; letterpress on verso; after Willem ... More
Adrianus I. Columna Pont. Max. (BM 1871,1209.1)
Portrait of Pope Hadrian I, bust-length slightly to left, wearing tiara and pallium, holding a book in his left hand, in a rectangular frame with a cartouche below; cut from an unidentified publication Engraving
Aeneas Sylvius Picolomineus dictus Pius II (BM Bb,12.67)
Portrait of Pope Pius II, bust-length in profile to left, wearing cope with morse and skull cap, in an oval surrounded by ornamental framing; illustration to Boissard's 'Icones Virorum Illustrium' (Frankfurt: ... More
Ain hailig man als ain papst predigt dem volck (BM 1938,0617.11.37)
A man at right standing with a stick in his hand preaching to a group of seated people at left; first state before woodblock reduced; printed within an ornamental border with floral motif on vertical ends, myt... More
Ain wolff mit auffgethanem maule naget den adler- bijder Jung adler tr...
A wolf with an open mouth at right walks towards two eagles underneath a tree; the left eagle smaller then the right eagle; printed within an ornamental border with plant ornaments on vertical ends; German let... More
Alardus Amstelredamus, Philosophus (BM 1895,0420.31 1)
Portrait of Alardus Amstelredamus; bust turned to the left, wearing a robe and a hat, holding a book in his left hand; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to Reusner's 'Icones sive Imagines' (Strasbourg: ... More
Alardus Amstelredamus, Philosophus (BM 1895,0420.31)
Portrait of Alardus Amstelredamus; bust turned to the left, wearing a robe and a hat, holding a book in his left hand; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to Reusner's 'Icones sive Imagines' (Strasbourg: ... More
Albert le Grand Evesque de Ratisbonne (BM 1879,1213.150)
Portrait of Albertus Magnus, bust length, wearing cap, at lectern, one hand on a book; mitre and crosier in background to right; illustration to Thevet's 'Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres' (Pa... More
Albertus III Oius Ernesti Fil Baioariae dux (BM Bb,6.48)
Portrait of Albrecht II Duke of Bavaria, half length turned to the right with his face looking to the front, a curtain and a castle in the background, within an inscribed oval Engraving
Albrecht der Fünfte (BM Bb,9.697)
Portrait of Albrecht IV Duke of Bavaria, the Magnanimous, half length turned to the right, a curtain in the background, wearing a chain of office, within an inscribed oval Engraving
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus ac eorum...
De magnis coniunctionibus et annorum revolutionibus is an astronomical treatise written by Albumasar who was one of the most-renowned astronomers of the Middle Ages. Translated from arabic language by Joannes ... More
Aldus Pius Manutius (BM 1865,0708.88)
Portrait of Aldo I Manuzio, bust, in profile, facing right, wearing a tunic and hat; within an oval; title-page from Marc-Antoine Muret's "Hymnorum Sacrorum Liber" (Venice: Aldine, 1575) Woodcut and letterpress
Alessandro Vitelli (BM 1866,1208.761)
Portrait of Alessandro Vitelli, bust, facing front, wearing armour; Vitelli coat of arms at top right; illustration from Aliprando Caprioli's "Ritratti di Cento Capitani Illustri" (Rome, 1596) Engraving
Alexander Tartagn, Imolens. J. C. (BM 1875,0814.2506)
Portrait of Alessandro Tartagni; bust, facing right; wearing a tunic and chaperon; within a lettered oval; above a lettered strapwork plaque; surrounded by insect and flower decoration in the margins; illustra... More
Alexander V Papa Cretensis Graecus (BM 1871,1209.870)
Portrait of Antipope Alexander V, half-length in profile to right, wearing tiara and cope, his coat of arms in top left-hand corner; illustration to "27 pontificum maximorum elogia et imagines accuratissimae a... More
Alexander VI Papa Valentinus Hisp (BM 1871,1209.881)
Portrait of Pope Alexander VI, half-length in profile to left, wearing mozzetta, his coat of arms in top right-hand corner; illustration to "27 pontificum maximorum elogia et imagines accuratissimae ad vivum a... More
Alexandre Piccolomini, Senois (BM 1879,1213.288)
Portrait of Alessandro Piccolomini, half-length, facing front, wearing hooded mozetta and hat, and pointing to an open book in front of him; illustration from André Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des h... More
Alfonso I Re Di Napoli (BM 1866,1208.738)
Portrait of Alfonso I, King of Naples, bust in profile to left; wearing armour; a crest with vertical stripes at upper right; illustration from 'Ritratti di cento capitani illustri' (Rome, 1596) Engraving
Alfonsvs Port Rex XII Vixit Ann XLIX Obiit Ao MCCCCLXXXI (BM 2AA+,a.71...
Portrait of Alfonso V, King of Portugal, half-length, directed to the left, head in profile, with moustache and beard, wearing armour with lion's heads on the shoulder pads, sash, plumed helmet with crown, ho... More
Alphonse Albuquerque (BM 1879,1213.236)
Portrait of Afonso Albuquerque, half-length, directed and looking to the left, behind a table, with long beard, holding protractor in his right hand, sword tilt can be seen under his left arm, left hand pointi... More
Alphonse d'Avalon, Marquis du Gaft (BM 1879,1213.243)
Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, marqués del Vasto y de Pescara, long half-length, turned to the left, face turned and looking to the right, bearded, wearing armour, plumed helmet and chain of the Order of the Go... More
Ambrosius Blaurerus (BM 1874,0613.1794 1)
Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer, half length to right, wearing cap and gown; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). 1599 Engraving
Ambrosius Blaurerus (BM 1874,0613.1794)
Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer, half length to right, wearing cap and gown; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). 1599 Engraving
Ambrosius Blaurerus (BM 1874,1212.452)
Portrait of Ambrosius Blaurer, half length to right, wearing cap and gown; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). 1599 Engraving
Americ, Vespuce, (BM 1879,1213.270)
Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, half-length, facing front, wearing cap and cloak over tunic, and holding a map on a roll; illustration from André Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres" (Par... More
Adriaen Collaert - Americae Retectio (BM 1869,0213.221)
The Discovery of America, Title Plate; with title in cartouche and two portrait medallions depicting Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus; a globe at centre labelled with three continents resting on the f... More