Albrecht Dürer - [Christ crowned with thorns] / MS.
Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younge... More
Martin Schongauer - [The Angel of the Annunciation] / MS.
Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younge... More
[Medieval universe, with heaven above, bands containing stars, and ear...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : Johann Bamier, 1481. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 8.
Lorenzo Ghiberti Scvltore Fiorentino / G. Vasari, T.I. ; G. Batt.Cocch...
Lorenzo Ghiberti, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Christ praying on the Mount of Olives] / M.S.
Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younge... More
Francis Grose - [Types of early renaissance cannon]
Illus. in: Military antiquities respecting a history of the English army, from the conquest to the present time / Francis Grose. [London] : Stockdale, 1812. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmark... More
Georg Pencz - [The Triumph of Time]
Allegorical representation of Time, winged man, on chariot pulled by two deer. Signed with monogram on plate. Inscription: Tempus edax...aut fuerint. Part of series: Six triumphs described by Petrarch. Bartsch,... More
Hans Sebald Beham - [Madonna with the pear]
Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 18. Pauli, 19. Coll. marks: Paul J. Sachs (Lugt, 2091) and Baron Adalbert von Lanna (Lugt, 2773). Hubbard Fund, 410096-1.
[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Pete...
Public domain reproduction of German art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man of sorrow, 15th century - Public domain book illustration drawing
Print shows Jesus Christ on the cross. Public domain scan of 14th-century print, drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Medieval depiction of earth as wheel encircled by ocean; and surround...
Illus. in: Etymologiae / Saint Isidorus, Bishop of Seville. G. Zainer, 1472. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 7.
[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monste...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Magenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 79.
Andrea del Sarto, Pit De Larmessin Sculp
Andrea del Sarto, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. LeBlanc 2(8). Illus from: Academie des Sciences et des arts / Issac Bullart. Bruxelles, 1695, 1 (363).
Leonard De Vinci Lionardo Da Vinci, pittore NDL (monogram)
Leonardo da Vinci, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing coat trimmed with fur and hat. Illus. from: Academie des sciences et des arts / Issac Bullart. Bruxelles, 1695, V (365).
[Life of the Virgin. Angel appearing to Joachim] / AD.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. No. M. 190. Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Meyer - Correggio / engraved by H. Meyer.
Correggio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. On recto: After a head by himself in the Cathedral of Parma. On recto: Under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Leonardo da Vinci pitt. scul. e archi. Fiorentino / L. da Vinci pinsit...
Leonardo da Vinci, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Remondino de Luzzi overseeing assistant in dissection of cadaver as s...
Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 140.
[Pietro da Montagnana, a Paduan medical teacher surrounded by Greek an...
Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 130.
Two nude men: one standing, one reclining / Micarino, fec.
Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. 24-28. Print originally part of Pembroke album, no. 46. Graphic sampler, pp. 10-28
Simone, Sanese, Pittor, Simon Memmi / DL.
Simone Martini, half-length portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Allegorical representation of Time rewarding Industry and punishing I...
Bradley Collection. Inscription: Praemia virtutum .. Pigritiae. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[St. Cecilia surrounded by four saints]
Public domain scan of 15th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Self-, aged 28] - Public domain engraving
Title from shelflist card. Signed with monogram on plate. Bartsch, 188, 245. Hollstein, 188. Inscription, above: Aldegrevers hec est ... anno sue aetatis XXVIII; inscription, below: Anno domini MDXXX. Coll. mar... More
[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or bo...
Illus. and text in: Pestbuch : Hieronymus Brunschwig. [Strassburg] : J. Gruninger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 138.
[St. Jerome in his study] / AD [monogram].
Title from shelflist card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Library has two impressions. No. 59a: Coll. mark: Possibly Baron H.A. von Derschau (Lugt, 2510). Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection. No. 59b: Co... More
Theodor de Bry - Their manner of fishing in Virginia
Native men and women in a canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia: of the commodities and of the natu... More
[Portrait of Lucas van Leyden] / L [monogram].
Title from caption card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. No call number on caption card
Pro bono publico - the public cluster in terrorem / WD., British Carto...
Print shows a grapevine twisted about a gibbet from which hangs a pendulous bunch of grapes with the faces of various British ministers, the most prominent being that of Charles James Fox, with Lord North sligh... More
16th century mechanized warfare - Public domain scan / engraving
Photograph shows reproduction of engraving of mechanized catapult. Received from the U.S. Office of Emergency Management.
[St. Eustace] / AD [monogram]., Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.
Title from shelflist card. Signed with monogram on plate. Meder, 60. Library has two impressions. No. 60a: Marsh Collection. No. 60b: Hubbard Collection.
[The visitation], Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.
Print after Albrecht Dürer's woodcut Visitation, no. 8 in his Life of the Virgin series, shows the Virgin and St. Elizabeth, both pregnant, greeting each other as Zacharias stands in a doorway. Dürer's pet dog ... More
[Susanna and the elders] - Engraving, Public domain image
Title from shelflist card. Collector's mark of John P. Heseltine (Lugt 1508). Bartsch, 33. Amand-Durand, 33. Hubbard Fund, 510020.
Albrecht Durer - [St. George on horseback] / AD [monogram].
Title from shelflist card. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Cut at or within plate mark. Meder, 56. Hollstein, 56. Bartsch, 54. Panofsky, 161. Coll. mark on verso (Lugt 677). Library has two impressions... More
[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].
Title from mount. Hubbard Collection. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 186.
[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].
Bradley Collection (Library of Congress). Meder, 88 Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le Concert d'une Faune (The Faun's Concert)
after a drawing by Carlo Cignani, painter, 1628-1719 (artist notes) Italian (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Cignani, Carlo, 1628-1719 (original artist) Verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Mi B U [... More
The creation of Eve Michelang. Buonarota P. ; Ant. Capellan sc
Print after Michelangelo's fresco at the Sistine Chapel shows God creating Eve from the rib of Adam. Caption on print: "Aedificavit Dominus Deus costam, quam tulerat de Adam in mulierem. Gen.C.II.V.22." Trimme... More
Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.
Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Milan Cathedral, plan, elevation, and architectural elements from han...
Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A. Gallo e del nobile d. A. da Birouano, 1521] Published in... More
[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...
Title page in: Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini / Jacopo di Berengario. [Bononiae : Impressum per H. da Benedictis, 1521]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More
Albrecht Durer - Saint Christopher facing left AD monogram
Print shows Saint Christopher crossing a river carrying infant Jesus on his shoulders. Trimmed to plate mark. Print no. 53 from Marsh Collection.
Albrecht Durer - [St. Christopher, facing right] / AD [monogram].
Saint Christopher walking across river with child on his back, hermit in background. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress). Hollstein, 52. Meder, 52. ... More
[Title page of De arte supputandi, book four; with decorated border in...
Bordered title page in: De arte supputandi / Cuthbert Tunstall. [Londoni : Impress. Aedibus R. Pynsoni, 1522]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More
Heinrich Aldegrever - [Jan van Leyden], 16th century
Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 182. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The story of the first men] - Public domain dedication image
Print shows 6 small scenes. Each measures ca. 8.8 x 6.5 cm. Title from shelflist card. Each scene signed with monogram and dated on plate. Hubbard Fund, 217.
Pictores operis, Heinricus Fullmaurer, Albertus Meyer, sculptor Vitus ...
Portraits of the three men who created the illustrations for this botanical book. Heinrich Füllmaurer transferring drawing to woodblock, Albrecht Meyer drawing the plant on the table, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, ... More
Quarta musculos commonstrantium figura, omnes in posteriori corporis
Anatomical rare view of cadaver standing on skull holding head sections, with bones and musculature keyed to surrounding text. Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome / Andreas Vesalius.... More
[Page in Opera, quae Quidem extant, omnia; with mathematical diagram k...
Illus. and text in: Opera, quae quidem extant / Archimedes. Basileae : I. Heruagius, 1544. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 256.
[Illustration of ballistics showing cannon with Tartaglia's gun quadra...
Woodcut illus. and text in: La nuoa scientia / Niccolo Tartaglia. [Stampata in Venetia per N. de Bascarini, 1550] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congres... More
Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian ...
Allegorical British satire on the 'Venetian secret', or the secret of Titian's coloring, which Mary Ann Provis discovered, showing woman painting a goblin-like bearded figure intended as Titian, above group of ... More
[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing ...
Illus. and text in: De subtilitate libri XXI / Girolamo Cardano. Basileae : Per L. Lucium, 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.
[Eagle with prominent claws; and surrounding text]
Illus. and text in: Historiae animalium / Konrad Gesner. Tiguri : Apud C. Froschoverum, 1551-1558, p. 191. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 81
Expositio liburnæ. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows an oxen-powered paddle-wheel ship used for military purposes. Illus. in: Notitia vtraqve cvm Orientis tvm Occidentis vltra Arcadii Honoriiqve Cæsarvm tempora ... (Notitia dignitatum). Basileae : [A... More
Exemplum balistæ quadrirotis. Book illustration from Library of Congre...
Print shows two soldiers with a horse-drawn ballista. The device, mounted on a wagon, is manipulated like a crossbow, shooting large arrows at enemy fortifications. The horses are well covered with armor. Illu... More
[Title page of Quesit et inventioni diverse; with half length portrait...
Title page in: Quesit et inventioni diverse / Nicolo Tartaglia. [Venetia : Per N. de Bascarini], 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.
[Method of raising sunken ship with five ropes and ships, diagram of c...
Illus. and text in: De subtilitate / Girolamo Cardano. Basileae : Per L. Luclum, 1554, First vol., p. 12. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 260.
Portraict de l'amas des os humains, mis en comparaison de l'anatomie d...
Human skeleton with bones lettered for comparison with a bird skeleton. Illus. in: L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux / Pierre Belon. Paris: G. Cauellat, 1555, p. 40. Published in: The tradition of science / L... More
[Male and female mandrake roots]
Illus. in: Commentarii secundo auct, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis / Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Venetiis : Ex Oficina Erasmiana, V. Valgrisij, 1558, p. 535. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. ... More
[A horizontal sundial]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Orontii Finei Delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, De solaribus horologiis, & quadrantibus, libri quatuor. Sequens pagina summa librorum capita tibi expediet. Parisiis : apud Gulielmum Cau... More
Questo il uero disegno et forma della potentissima armata venetiana pa...
Engraved print shows sailing ships from the Venetian armada in formation from 1570. Title from first line of key caption. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 226B. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 226B. Origin... More
[Illustrations of 16th century knives, forks, and other utensils]
Illus. in: Opera di m. Bartolomeo Scappi. Con il discorso funerale che fu fatto nelle essequie di papa Paulo III. [Venetia : M. Tramezzino, 1574?]. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of West... More
[First chapter of Spiritalium liber; with decortated initial C. in whi...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A man operating a lathe with fixed cutting tool driven by the action ...
Illus. in: Theatrvm instrvmentorvm et machinarum / Jacques Besson. Lvgdvni : Apud B. Vincentium, 1578. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washi... More
Agostino Carracci - Dog A. Caraza
Trimmed to image. B259. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Strabon geographe. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Strabo, half-length portrait, facing right, holding world globe. Illus. in: Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes / Par Andre Thevet. A Paris : Par la vefue I. Keruert et Guillaume Chaudier, 1584, p. 76 (recto).
[Philip II of Spain] / Ieronimus W. fe.
Head-and-shoulders portrait facing slightly right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Aged eagle bathing in fountain, in an animal allegory of renewal by b...
Illus. and text in: Physiologus. Peri ton physiologon. Romae : Apud Zannettum et Ruffinellum, 1587, p. 22. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 77.
Titiani Vercellii pictoris celeberrimi ac famosissimi vera effigies
Titian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection (Library of Congress). Bartsch, 154 (2nd state). LeBlanc, 244. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the Uni... More
Maria Regina Scotiae--Mortis at Horrendam Faciem [...] / PM.
Mary, Queen of Scots, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. LeBlanc 4; Nagler 8(174). Possibly engraved by Pieter Maes II (Hubbard). Hubbard Collection.
[A standard bearer holding the banner of his regiment] / H. Goltzius f...
Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 125. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...
Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More
Far che con un dracone ... - Public domain dedication image
An automatic theater run by a water siphon system, moving Hercules, with club, a dragon, and a fountain; surrounding text and decorated initial V. Illus. and text in: Gli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali d... More
Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.
Fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ... More
[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...
Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]
Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.
Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More
Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More
Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]
Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More
[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.
An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.
Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590, [plate] 12.... More
Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]
An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More
[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress
Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.
Theodor de Bry - [The dances at their great feasts]
Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ri... More
[A fortified village]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A Native village with the chief's house in the center, surrounded by huts of other principal men, and fortified by a circular arrangement of tall palings that spiral to a narrow opening at the entrance. Illus. ... More
[The widows approach the chief]
Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.
[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iac... More
[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More
[Exercises of the youths] - Public domain book illustration
Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.
Theodor de Bry - Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt
Bird's-eye view of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die... More
Theodor de Bry - Galli locum condendae arci aptum deligunt
French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce... More
[The queen-elect is brought to the king]
Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More
Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio
French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Rena... More
Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]
The arrival of the French expedition under Laudonnière at the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Fran... More
[Title page of De arte venandi cum avibus, with pine tree and banner "...
Illus. in: De arte venandi cum avibus / Friedrich II, Emperor of Germany. Augustae Vindelicorum, Apud I. Praetorium, 1596. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More
[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]
Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Apparatus for shooting large arrows], engraving, Library of Congress
Illus. in: Poliorceticōn, sive De machinis, tormentis, telis, libri qvinqve ... Antverpiæ : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud I. Moretum, 1599. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western tech... More
[Chapter opening with illustration of man heating and hammering iron b...
Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Claudius de Saint Simon, Episcopus Princeps Metensis par Franciae / pe...
Saint-Simon, full-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A council, British Cartoon Print, Political Cartoon
"An engraving showing the Privy Council, or that portion of it which was known to include "the King's Friends", seated round a table, on which lie rolls of paper, being petitions presented to the King from "Mid... More