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  1. barefootliam @[email protected] ·

    A full-page border that surrounded a page in “The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times” by W R Tymms (London, UK, 1860). A fabulous book i bought at Geoffry Aspin’s bookshop in Hay-on-Wye in the 1980s.

    I made versions in different colours; you can also use the Colour tab on the Web page to change colour. It’s one of the most popular images i’ve posted.

    fromoldbooks.org/Tymms-Illumin

    #fromOldBooks #victorianArt #ornateBorder #border #fullPageBorder #decorative

    #fromoldbooks #victorianart #ornateborder #border #fullpageborder #decorative
  2. barefootliam @[email protected] ·

    A 1733 anatomical drawing/engraving from Cheselden’s “Osteograpia” - a reassembled primate skeleton.

    fromoldbooks.org/Cheselden-Ost

    #ohDearHeDied #fobo #fromOldBooks #clipart #woodEngraving #monkey #skeleton #bones #primate #waving #byeBye #sitting #seated #treeStump #zombieXylophone #death #illustration #engraving

    #engraving #illustration #death #zombiexylophone #treestump #seated