frontispieces

Sarlawh = Frontispiece - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

Sarlawh = Frontispiece - Public domain medieval manuscript

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

[Frontispiece] Shamsahs = sunburst pattern.

Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.

[Garden with people and apparatus for distilling a plant's medicinal e...

Frontispiece in: Kleines Distillierbuch / Hieronymous Brunschig. Strassburg : J. Gruniger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 179.

Vtopiae insvlae figvra ; Vtopiensivm alphabetvm

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Francis I, King of Fran[ce] / Titian, pixt ; J. Heath, sculpt.

Portrait print showing Francis I, King of France. Bust portrait, right profile in oval flanked by two knights in armor. The knight on the left, representing France, with a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis, has t... More

[Sickbed with pox victim and text with decorated initials]

Frontispiece and text in: Een excellent tracktaet leerende hoemen alle ghebreken der pocken sal moghen ghensen / Paracelsus. Thantwerpen : Thantwerpen : Gheprint by J. Poelants, 1553. Published in: The traditio... More

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More

Erste -XXVI. Schiffart, [Frontispiece]

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The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More

A certain cabinet junto / P. Revere, sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows King George III, speechless (his caption balloon is empty), seated on the right in a high-backed chair at a table, with Lord North seated opposite presenting a paper to the King that states "for the... More

View of Faneuil-Hall in Boston, Massachusettsachusetts / W. Pierpont d...

Engraved for Massachusetts Mag. March 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no.... More

A view of houses in the city of Albany

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Grana Uile introduced to Queen Elizabeth, [Frontispiece]

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View of the seat of the hon. Moses Gill Esqr. at Princeton, in the Cou...

Print shows view of home and property of Moses Gill, with men gathering hay in the foreground. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass.... More

[Bacon's ship embarking on a voyage, flanked by mythical pillars of He...

Frontispiece in: Instauratio magna / Francis Bacon. Londini : Apud J. Billium, 1620. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, opp. p. 1.

Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...

Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More

[Alchemist and assistant in laboratory, with surrounding border of bir...

Chapter frontispiece in: Theatrum chemicum britannicum / Elias Ashmole. London : Printed by F. Grismund for N. Brooke, 1652. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More

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Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes anno 1637 gallicè edita ... , [Frontis...

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[Frontispiece] Theatrum Machinarum Novum.

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Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, [Frontispiece]

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Astronomica Institutio, [Frontispiece]

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Segvndo volvmen de las obras de Soror Jvana Ines de la Crvz, [Frontisp...

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[Frontispiece and title page for Mechanick exercises by Joseph Moxon, ...

Illus. in: Mechanick exercises : or, the doctrine of handy-works / by Joseph Moxon. London : Printed and sold by J. Moxon, 1694, frontispiece and title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmar... More

[Christ standing above views of the earth showing its formation and pr...

Frontispiece in: Telluris theoria sacra / Thomas Burnet. Amstelaedami : Apud J. Wolters, 1699. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 205.

View of the court house in Salem Massachusettsachusetts / W. Gray, del...

Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. III, 1790 (March), frontispiece. Published... More

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from ...

Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, frontispiece.

[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...

Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Mutus liber, in quo tamen ..., engraving, Library of Congress

Angels descending Jacob's ladder blowing trumpets with sleeping Jacob below. Part of a series supposedly depicting the preparation of the alchemist's philosopher's stone. Frontispiece in: Biblioteca chemica cur... More

[Santorio Santorio seated in weighing chair in front of table, part of...

Frontispiece and title page in: De statica medicina aphorismorum / Santorio Santorio. Lungduni Batavorum : Apud C. Boutesteyn, 1703. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. :... More

Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri octo, ... , [Frontispiece & title ...

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Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, [frontispiece & title page]

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Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica, [Frontispiece & title pag...

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La chronologie des anciens royaumes corrigée ... , [Frontispiece & tit...

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Salzburgische emigranten. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing a man and a woman, Lutheran religious refugees, fleeing Salzburg, Austria.

[Hunter shooting at birds in flight with lines indicating how the calc...

Frontispiece and title page in: The method of fluxions and infinite series / Isaac Newton. London : Printed by H. Woodfall, and sold by J. Nourse, 1736. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno... More

Histoire du ciel ... , [Frontispiece & title page]

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Anti-Lucretius, sive, De Deo et natura, ... , [Frontispiece & title pa...

Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice nel Palazzo Tomati vicino alla Trinita...

Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. LeBlanc, no. 17. Nagler, no. 17. Béraldi, no. 14. Published in: La vedute di Roma / Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1748(?), v. 2, frontispiece.

Multi eorum qui fuerant curiosa sectati ... / A. Faldoni, inv.

Voluntary burning of superstitious books at Ephesus by new converts of St. Paul. Frontispiece in: Index libroru prohiditoru. Romae : Extpyographia Reverenda Camerae Apostolicae, 1758. Published in: The traditio... More

L'existence de Dieu, ... , [Frontispiece and title page]

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Jacopo Riccati, [Frontispiece, t. 4]

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[Britannia, full-length portrait, left profile, seated, holding olive ...

Illus. in: Continued corruption, standing armies, and popular contents considered ... / William Bollan. London : Printed by J. Almon, 1768, frontispiece. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More

A prospective view of the town of Boston, the capital of New-England -...

Print shows eight British warships (numbered and identified in bottom margin) in the harbor with Boston in the background. Illus. in: Edes & Gill's North-American almanack, and Massachusetts register for the y... More

Hibachi o kakomu gonin no otoko, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows five men relaxing around a hibachi; a shamisen rests on a platform in a room to the rear, and a standing screen with various symbols is in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information com... More

Frontispiece - when fell debate & civil wars shall cease ...

Print shows an allegorical scene with three female figures, seated on the left is America, standing center, on clouds, is Peace holding an olive branch in her right hand raised toward an airy "Temple of Commerc... More

[A Native American presents map to Europe?] / R.R. inv & fect.

Print shows the interior of a temple, a Native bowing on one knee and presenting a map to a female figure (Liberty?) sitting on a throne on a pedestal and holding a long staff topped with a liberty cap; a cheru... More

Protestants, remember the massacre of St. Bartholemews in Paris, & the...

Print shows a British minister handing a copy of the Québec Act to a kneeling bishop, George III is standing to the left, next to him is Lord Bute, with another minister and other clergymen completing the audie... More

The death of Warren / M inv. ; Norman sc.

Print shows Joseph Warren on bended knee, right hand over chest, left hand on rifle for support, after being mortally wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill, three soldiers stand nearby. Illus. in: The battl... More

America pois'd in the balance of justice

Print shows two despondent women, possibly Britannia and America, reclining on a cliff in the rugged landscape of the new world, behind them, ships sailing toward the horizon pass a burning city, and two gods, ... More

Europe, Asia, Africa and America bringing intelligence to the genius o...

Print shows an allegorical scene with four female figures, representing the continents (from l. to r.) Asia, Europe, Africa, and America, approaching a seated female figure with wings writing in an open volume ... More

The frontispiece shows Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and of war, ...

Print shows Minerva, having exchanged her battle raiments for more domestic dress, nursing an infant; at her feet are an owl, a spear, and a shield which bears the likeness of a gorgon. Sitting to the right is ... More

View of the British fortress at Stoney-Point, stormed and carried by a...

Print shows the British fort at Stony Point with American forces positioned for the assault. Includes legend. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1780, verso of title page. Published in: Th... More

Freedom, peace, plenty, all in vain advance ...

Print shows Britannia carrying a staff topped with a liberty cap and followed by attendants from a temple in the background on the right, advancing over weapons and a shield decorated with fleur-de-lis and a pa... More

His excy. John Hancock, Esqr., late president of the American congress...

Print shows John Hancock, full-length portrait, seated facing right, with pen appears to be signing a document labeled "To the People of Ireland"; other papers on table and floor are "Resolutions of the Contine... More

The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775

Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Bri... More

George Washington commander in chief of ye armies of ye United States ...

Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; in oval with olive branch on the right, a rattlesnake and liberty cap at top, and flags and cannon bar... More

Veluti in speculum. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows seven British officers admiring themselves in a mirror held up for them by a devil. The officers are, from right to left, Amherst, Murray, Burgoyne, and possibly Tarleton, Cornwallis, Clinton, and S... More

Dr. Franklin - cœlis eripuit fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis / J. Norman s...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing fur cap and spectacles.

Revd. Samuel Cooper D.D. / J. Norman sc.

Samuel Cooper, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing clerical robes. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Mass. : Norman & White, 1784 March, opp. p. 191. Published in: The American Revo... More

His excy. William Heath, Esqr., major general in the American army

Print shows William Heath, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing military uniform, with military encampment in the background. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Gre... More

Frontispiece [Fox, Burke, and North, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Illus. in: The beauties of Fox, North, and Burke, selected from their speeches, from the passing of the Quebec act, in the year 1774, down to the present time ... / Charles James Fox. London : Printed for J. S... More

Peace crowned by victory / J. Norman sc.

Allegorical print shows a winged female figure carrying a plam and placing a crown on the head of a woman seated with a bowl of fruit and flowers in a sylvan setting. Illus. in: The Boston magazine. Boston, Ma... More

His excy. John Adams, esq. / J. Norman sc.

John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in medallion.

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la guerre ...

Print shows the title page with vignettes of various naval battles in which the British were engaged during the American Revolution; also shows the capture of Mobile by the Spanish under by Bernardo de Gálvez, ... More

Majr. Genl. Greene / Trenchard sculp.

Print shows General Nathanael Greene, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval above various items symbolizing his military career. Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine. Illus. in: The Columbi... More

Margaret Nicholson: who attempted to assassinate the King 2.d of Augus...

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A view of the sea & beach, from Mr. James Newbolds plantation, near In...

Print shows building on the waterfront of the Indian River Bay in Delaware. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 Ju... More

View of the seat of his excellency John Hancock Esqr., Boston / Hill, ...

Print shows view from street, across expanse of lawn, of the Hancock house. Engraved for Massachusetts Magazine July 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational en... More

America! With peace and freedom blest

Allegorical figure of America as a young woman surrounded by shield with eagle, globe, and books as Apollo with a lyre points to the Temple of Fame.

De la philosophie de la nature, ou, Traité de morale pour le genre hum...

A north view of the Castle William in the harbour of Boston

Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. I, no. V, 1789 (May), frontispiece. Engraving attr... More

[Cartouche showing cherubs celebrating the founding of the new nation]...

Print shows cherubs unrolling a scroll inscribed "New Map of the States of Georgia South and North Carolina Virginia and Maryland including the Spanish Provinces of West and East Florida from the latest surveys... More

[Two women standing on platform next to shield marked "America," "Euro...

Frontispiece in: Massachusetts magazine (1789-1796), v. 2.

View of the colleges at Cambridge, Massachusetts / delineated & engrav...

Print shows several buildings on the Harvard College campus, (l. to r.) Holden Chapel, Hollis Hall, Harvard Hall, and Massachusetts Hall.

View of the triumphal arch and colonnade, erected in Boston / engrav'd...

Print shows an arch spanning the street in front of the state house in Boston, Massachusetts, in honor of George Washington's visit in October 1789. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of... More

[Two female figures celebrating the birth of America among the family ...

Print shows two female figures radiating light are standing next to a globe set on a pedestal, one holds a staff topped with a liberty cap. At their feet is a book open to "The Rights of Man" as well as keys, s... More

View of Christ's Church, Cambridge, Massachusettsachusetts Hill

Print shows exterior view of Christ's Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Illus. from: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and ... More

Green Hill, the seat of Samuel Meredith Esqr. near Philadelphia / J. H...

Print shows view of the home of Samuel Meredith. Massa. Mag. Illus. in: The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. Boston : Isaih Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 179... More

[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my ...

Illus. in: Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., 1793. Title page and frontispiece. Published in... More

[Frontispiece and title page from: The interesting narrative of the li...

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[Indians dancing around two people at stake by fire] / S. Folwell, del...

Reference copy also available in LOT 4709-K. Illus. in: Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederic Manheim's family, 1794, vol. 15, no. 3, frontis.

The history, or anecdotes, of the Revolution in Russia, in the year 17...

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Cromwell Barney House, 91 Williams Street, Providence, Providence Coun...

Significance: This is an example of a medium-sized brick house of about 1800. It is one of an unusual series of houses built on Williams Street at this time on leased land with certain building restrictions st... More

Domestic misery: or, The victim of seduction, [Frontispiece and title-...

Public domain photograph of an album page related to Mary Shelley, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Mary Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, and dramatist, bes... More

Milton a Poem, To Justify the Ways of God to Men

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Frontispiece Tisdale del. ; Scoles sculp, engraving, Library of Congre...

Print shows a female figure representing "History" directing George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Alexander Hamilton up a steep mountain roadway toward the Temple of Fame. Trimmed to within plate mark, wit... More

"Resolv'd on proclaiming a submarine feast", frontispiece

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Maria Flaxman - Self-knowledge obtains its reward

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Captain Barclay in his walking dress, [Frontispiece]

Female shrimper. Alexander William, British

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Le Jupiter Olympien, vu dans son trône et dans l'intérieur de son temp...

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Newton; poema, [Frontispiece & title page]

Frontispiece - Washington. Firm as the surge repelling rock

Print shows a large rock labeled "Washington" with trees growing on top, standing firm while battered by huge storm tossed waves; may be intended to represent former President George Washington metaphorically a... More

The history of England, [Frontispiece]

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[Frontispiece and title page from "An affecting narrative of the capti...

Illus. in: An affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith. Providence, (R.I.) : printed by L. Scott, [1815], frontispiece and title page. Published in: American women : a Library of C... More

A journal of the shipwreck and sufferings of Daniel Foss, [Frontispiec...

Mount Auburn Cemetery--Monument to Judge Story [and map of the cemeter...

Copyright by R. Martin. Illus. in: Mount Auburn Cemetery illustrated, frontispiece.