EditorialCelery vase, 1827?35, Made in Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm); Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm), Glass, Attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (American, 1825?1888, Sandwich, Massachusetts), The...
EditorialGardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 1, 1863, Albumen silver prints from glass negatives, 17.8 x 22.7 cm (7 x 8 15/16 in.), Albums, Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821?1882 Washington, D.C.), James Gardner (American, bor...
EditorialThe blind organ grinder under a parasol on the Bridge of Arts, Paris. A woman and child stop to put some money in his charity box, followed by a legionnaire and waiting woman. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auv...
EditorialAesop (c. 620?564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Engraving of french edition. Paris, 1801. Colored.
EditorialAesop (c. 620?564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. First Book of the fables of Aesop. Fable I. Chapter 20th. From the treasure that Aesop had to find Xanthus. Catalan edition printe...
EditorialA colour wheel containing seven colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, and crimson. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest chromatic circles. . Traitte? de mignature, pour a...
EditorialA colour wheel containing twelve colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson, golden yellow, red, purple, sea green and yellow-green. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest...
EditorialWilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. Plane flying over the field Anvours (France) at a speed of 80 km / h. 1908. Colored engraving.
EditorialWilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. Plane flying over the field Anvours (France) at a speed of 80 km / h. 1908. Illustration.
EditorialKlencke Atlas. Klencke Atlas. A world atlas, made up of 37 maps on 39 sheets, the Klencke Atlas is the world's largest dimensioned book. It stands nearly 1.8 metres high by 1.9 metres wide when open. The maps of the continents and assorted European sta...
EditorialGroup of children from Madras, showing mode of wearing jewellery. c. 1870. Studio portrait of three children, wearing jewellery. Print not credited, but possibly by the Madras School of Industrial Arts. Source: Photo 1000/59.(5440).
EditorialRittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen'. Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I. He is c...
EditorialA colour wheel containing twelve colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson, golden yellow, red, purple, sea green and yellow-green. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest...
EditorialA colour wheel containing seven colors: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, scarlet, and crimson. Claude Boutet was a painter French of the eighteenth century. He is credited with drawing the oldest chromatic circles. . Traitte? de mignature, pour a...
EditorialReconciliation de Flore & Zephyr. Flore et Zephyr. Ballet mythologique ... par T. W. [Eight plates lithographed by E. Morton from satirical sketches by Thackeray.]. 1836. Flore et Zéphire is a one-act ballet choreographed by Charles-Louis Didelot The ...
EditorialFrontispiece. Flore et Zephyr. Ballet mythologique ... par T. W. [Eight plates lithographed by E. Morton from satirical sketches by Thackeray.]. London, Paris [printed], 1836. Flore et Zéphire is a one-act ballet choreographed by Charles-Louis Didelot...
EditorialFlore deplore l'absence de Zephyr. Flore et Zephyr. Ballet mythologique ... par T. W. [Eight plates lithographed by E. Morton from satirical sketches by Thackeray.]. 1836. Flore et Zephire is a one-act ballet choreographed by Charles-Louis Didelot. The...
EditorialAesop (c. 620?564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. First Book of the fables of Aesop. Fable I. Chapter 20th. From the treasure that Aesop had to find Xanthus. Catalan edition printe...