Dover pictorial archive series

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.

Contains black-and-white illustrations of over four thousand design motifs characteristic of ancient Japanese family crests.

A collection of three hundred hua yang designs, with patterns cut freehand from paper that were traditionally used as embroidery patterns.

Presents a comprehensive collection of two hundred sixty-nine black-and-white Chinese cut-paper designs that include real and mythical animals, birds, flowers, fruits, children, and more.

Presents a collection of forty etchings from Civil War era illustrator, Edwin Forbes, that provide detailed depictions of both the humanity and difficult nature of the the conflict. Each etching includes a descriptive narrative.

Contains a collection of over four hundred primitive and medieval symbols, including Christian, stone mason, astronomical, botanical, and chemical signs.