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Excerpt from Miniatures: Ancient and ModernMiniature painting in England Of the Stuart period, on vellum, card, or metal - Broad oval portraits painted in Opaque colours with bold shadows, and mostly Of men - Sir Anthony Vandyck, Sir Balthasar Gerbier.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgo...

Excerpt from The Book: Its History and Development Rock inscriptions - Marks on wood - Quipus - Wampum - Modern ideographs - Indian palm leaf books - Ideographs and alphabets Diptychs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco...

Excerpt from Royal English Bookbindings Generally speaking, the bindings in the "King's Library" - the name by which George III.'s collection is now known in the British Museum - are modern, but among them are a considerable number of old bindings in good condition, and it is possible that those which were rebound were mostly in a bad state. Unfortunately the crowned monogram of George III. is generally impressed in a prominent place, even on...

Excerpt from Mezzotints A book such as the present one has naturally a tendency to fall into the form of a catalogue, and in this form it is Of the greatest value to collectors. But as an introduction, and possibly an incentive, to the taste for mezzotints, a few general criticisms and appreciations may yet have their value. Great collectors have their Chaloner Smith to refer to. The only objection to that inestimable book is that it does not...

Excerpt from British Heraldry Arms of James I. Great Seal of Scotland. Frontispiece Page Plate I. Ancient Heraldry 2 i. English Shield from the Bayeux Tapestry 2. North American Tent with Armorial Totem 3. Rhodian Warrior with Armorial Shield 4. Standard of Duke William of Normandy 5. Greek figure of Athene with Armorial Shield 6. Norse Chessman with Armorial Shield 7. Standard of King Harold 8. Norman Shield from the Bayeux Tapestry 9. Drago...

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Excerpt from English Heraldic Book-Stamps: Figured and DescribedThe large majority of the stamps illustrated herewith are' in the British Museum, but I have included a few in private ownership, and to these owners my sincere thanks are due for their kindness in allowing me to copy the various coats. I have in every case mentioned this private ownership, and where such mention is not found the book from which the drawing has been made is in the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Author of The English Regalia. This edition is not illustrated.

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Excerpt from English Embroidered BookbindingsExhausting and futile struggle with France, Eng land was torn asunder by the wars of the Roses, and by the time these were ended the school of illumination, so full of promise, and seemingly SO firmly established, had absolutely died out. When printing was introduced England possessed no trained illuminators or skilful scribes such as in other countries were forced to make the best of the new art in...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...