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Bizarre and ornamental alphabets

1981
Contains reproducible black-and-white illustrations of 1,685 unusual and ornamental letters, including fifty complete alphabets.

Exotic alphabets and ornament

1974
Contains black-and-white illustrations of eighteen highly ornate alphabets, and includes abstract and geometric art deco borders featuring exotic motifs such as tropical fish, birds, shells, plants, and insects.

Animals

1419 copyright-free illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, insects, etc. : a pictorial archive from nineteenth-century sources
1979
Collection of 1,419 copyright-free illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, insects, and other animals created from wood engravings, and presented in black and white for reproduction and use by illustrators, graphic designers, and craftspeople.

Medieval arms and armor

a pictorial archive
2004
Presents hundreds of images depicting the armor and weaponry of the Medieval period from the early ninth century to the mid-1700s and includes drawings of shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, and authentic suits of armor for knights and horses.

Women, a pictorial archive from nineteenth-century sources

488 copyright-free illustrations for artists and designers
1982
Presents nearly 490 copyright-free woodcut illustrations of women from nineteenth-century publications, including women at work and play, women as wives and homemakers, women from distant places and times, and "unearthly" women such as goddesses, mermaids, and angels.

The American Revolution

a picture sourcebook
1975
Contains over 400 copyright-free graphics of the American Revolution, chosen from contemporary sources and material from the last two hundred years.

Early woodcut views of New York and New Jersey

304 illustrations from the "Historical collections"
1975

Authentic Indian designs

2500 illustrations from Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology
1975
Pictorial archive of 2,500 authentic Indian designs from the United States and Canadian Pacific Coast, dating from prehistoric time to the end of the nineteenth century, divided into five regional categories, and including descriptive captions.

Treasury of Chinese design motifs

1981
Contains copyright-free line drawings of 284 Chinese design motifs, grouped in the categories of flowers and plants, medallions, symbols, wave and cloud forms, horizontal bands, animal life, allover patterns, and ceramic objects, each with notes on dynasties and periods.

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