“The book of wonder” by Lord Dunsany, published by Heinemann in 1912 and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full deerskin with a spider web design in gilt. From the Cardiff Rare Books Collection
“The book of wonder” by Lord Dunsany, published by Heinemann in 1912 and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full deerskin with a spider web design in gilt. From the Cardiff Rare Books Collection
Countess Charlotte von Jennison-Walworth, Card from Die Jungfrau von Orleans (Maid of Orleans, a Transformation Playing Card Deck, publisher Johann Friedrich Cotta ,1805.
A Star Nursery, 2021, Pencil on Clayboard
Unknown, Fritware tile panel, painted in blue, turquoise, and moss green under a transparent glaze. Turkey, Iznik; c. 1540
Flare used for night photography. 1906.
Nina, 1960s
Fujiyama with radiant sun. In the land of the cherry blossom. 1915. Book cover detail.
two 2002 Iranian stamps from a series on birds
[id: two images in a set, both of postage stamps with illustrations of birds perched on branches. the one on the left depicts a fat, red robin and the one on the right depicts a comparatively slimmer bird with a blue face. end id]
Fyrkat, a former Viking ring castle dating back to 980 AD, near the town of Hobro, Denmark. Photo Ted Spiegel. April 1970
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