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The Theatre of Gunpowder 27 Jun 2013 | 11:40 pm
"They in the fort shoting agayn and casting out divers fyers, terrible to those that have not bene in like experiences ...and in dede straunge to them that understood it not; for the wildfyre fall...
The Hermetic Touchstone 2 Jun 2013 | 10:23 pm
Images from 'Hermetischer Probier Stein..' 1647, by Oswald Croll (Kroll or Crollius) "..without this Chymical Phylosophy all Physick is but liveless [..] '..and this internal signature, force or oc....
Designer France 30 May 2013 | 07:37 pm
These architectural, ornamental, religious and landscape design drawings from the late 17th and early 18th centuries come from the large Robert de Cotte collection at the French National Library (BnF)...
The House of Savoy 17 May 2013 | 07:32 pm
Superb illuminated paintings distinguish this visual regional history as an album of outstanding quality, to my eye. Please do yourself a favour by clicking through directly to the very large versions...
Bird Album 13 May 2013 | 07:48 pm
This ink-wash and watercolour album of birds was produced in Japan in the 19th century. It bears a 'working title' hinting that it contains Dutch migratory birds, carries an Ex Libris stamp identifyi...
Zanerian Alphabets 8 May 2013 | 08:04 pm
The original penwork alphabet designs below are from the Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection, donated to the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Memorial Library at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania in...
Edo Views 1 May 2013 | 11:40 pm
'100 famous views of Edo' (Meisho Edo Hyakkei) Ukiyo-e woodblock print series by Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando), 1850s Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo "This view looking northwest from Fukagawa Susaki, ...
A Man of Wealth and Taste 23 Apr 2013 | 11:46 pm
"The Antichrist is a Christian concept based on interpretation of passages in the New Testament. [..T]he term "antichrist" occurs five times in 1 John and 2 John, once in plural form and four times in...
Fables de Florian 9 Feb 2013 | 08:13 pm
1930s book illustrations by Benjamin Rabier The (translated) list of anthropomorphic fables in this Benjamin Rabier-illustrated version of Florian's original 18th century children's tales: The cat a...
Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem 4 Feb 2013 | 01:09 pm
This is one of the finest collections of 17th century cartographical prints and drawings in existence. Joan Blaeu's original 'Atlas Maior' (Great Atlas) from the 1660s was substantially expanded into ...
