EditorialStrip of knotted lace with loose square scallops, Strip of natural-colored knotted lace: frivolit?. On a narrow line with loops are hanging loose square shells with a flower made with four loops in the center and a row of single loops as a frame, finis...
EditorialDress made of strips of bobbin lace with checked diamonds, Dress of six strips of natural colored bobbin lace sewn together. Square model with rounded corners that are straightened on one side with an inserted piece. Along this side, the dress is finis...
EditorialFinis, from A Life. Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920); printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century). Date: 1883-1884. Dimensions: 319 x 272 mm (image); 368 x 311 mm (plate); 356 x 299 mm (primary support); 788 x 575 mm (secondary support, approx.). Aqu...
EditorialFinis, from A Life. Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920); printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century). Date: 1883-1884. Dimensions: 319 x 272 mm (image); 368 x 311 mm (plate); 356 x 299 mm (primary support); 788 x 575 mm (secondary support, approx.). Aqu...
EditorialFinis, from A Life. Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920); printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century). Date: 1883-1884. Dimensions: 319 x 272 mm (image); 368 x 311 mm (plate); 356 x 299 mm (primary support); 788 x 575 mm (secondary support, approx.). Aqu...
EditorialWoodcut showing a knight fighting a dragon. Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (12 October 1555 – 25 June 1601), was a diplomat and soldier. A Mirrour to all that loue to follow the warres, etc. [A poem on Peregrine Bertie, Baron Willo...
EditorialA sciopod. Man of a monstrous tribe as described by Gaius Julius Solinus (fl. 250 AD). They had one leg, but with a foot so large that it protected them from the sun by serving as a parasol. Registrum hujus operis libri cronicarum cuˉ figuris et ijmag...
EditorialIlluminated page with the arms of Lorenzo de Medici, to whom the book belonged. Caii Plynii Secundi Naturlis Historiae Libri Tricesimiseptimi et Ultimi Finis. Nicolaum Jenson: Venice, 1472. Source: G.9382, page 1.
EditorialWoodcut showing a knight fighting a dragon. Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (12 October 1555 – 25 June 1601), was a diplomat and soldier. A Mirrour to all that loue to follow the warres, etc. [A poem on Peregrine Bertie, Baron Willo...
EditorialEquestrian Portrait of a Noble, ca. 1775, India (Rajasthan, Devgarh), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper., 8 11/16 x 12 in. (22 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Bakhta, Rajput paintings are often jewel-like in their minute details and labored finis...
EditorialJefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889). American politician. He was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Portrai...