Book Collection

Map of Punjab from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907 1909)
KBY7F2 Map of Punjab from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907 1909)

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950). Pseudonym of Eric Blair. English novelist and essayist. Orwell broadcasting over the BBC in London, England, in 1943

Mendeleyevs periodic table, 1869. Mendeleyevs periodic table of 1869. This is the first version of the periodic table drawn up by the Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907)

Monkey puzzle tree (araucaria imbricata)
Illustration of a monkey puzzle tree (araucaria imbricata)

Dylan Thomas Drinking & Smoking
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) drinking a glass of beer and smoking while seated at a desk with stacks of his books of poetry, New York City, c. 1950. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Antique map of Hadrians wall

Johannes Keplers model of the universe
KEPLERs UNIVERSE, 1596. Johannes Keplers model of the universe. Line engraving from his Mysterium Cosmographicum, 1596

Lindisfarne Gospels page
Beginning of the Book of Luke, Lindisfarne Gospels, 1100s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Gutenbergs printing press, 1450s
Gutenberg and Fust with the first printing press, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Gallery of the Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin, County Dublin, Eire (Ireland), Europe

ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1914. American advertisement by J.C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1914

WILDE: SALOME. The Climax. Pen and ink drawing by Aubrey Beardsley for Oscar Wildes Salome

Pressed seaweed specimens C016 / 6127
Pressed seaweed specimens collected by women living in Jersey during the 1850s and 1860s

Da Vincis crossbow. Late 19th Century reproduction of a page from a notebook written by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), showing his design for a giant crossbow. Published circa 1894-1904

PAULI MURRAY (1910-1985). American civil rights activist and author. Presenting a copy of her book Proud Shoes to Llyod Garrison. Photograph, 1956

BOOK OF LINDISFARNE. The beginning of the Gospel of St. John, before 698 AD?

The Devil presenting St Augustine (of Hippo) with the book of vices. Michael Pacher (c1435-1498). Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich

1859 First Edition Origin of Species
Copy of the first edition " On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin (1859) together with a Cabinet photograph of Darwin and some other Darwin related books

Stephen Gould, US palaeontologist
Stephen Gould. Caricature of the US palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, science historian and author Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) holding a collection of his essays called The Pandas Thumb

Library of Congress, 1870s
Law library within the old Library of Congress, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

The Cheltenham Flyer book, 1934
The Cheltenham Flyer book aimed at the male railway enthusiast, published in 1934

MOZART: MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Engraved title page of a vocal score depicting the
MOZART: MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION. God as the great Architect of the Universe. Illumination from the 13th century French Bible

PORTRAIT OF SAINT MATTHEW. Book of Lindisfarne Gospels. Written and illuminated about 700 A.D. probably in the monastry on Lindisfarne or Holy Island off the Northumberland coast

BEETHOVEN: MANUSCRIPT. The title-page of Ludwig van Beethovens corrected ms. of his Symphony no

THREE MUSKETEERS. D Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos: illustration from a late 19th c. edition, by Alexander Dumas pere

Campo de Fiori square in Rome. We see a monument to Giordano Bruno in the middle of the square

Ancient and Modern Jerusalem Map Engraving
Engraved illustration of Ancient and Modern Jerusalem Map Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork

DOYLE: SHERLOCK HOLMES, 1893. Holmes opened it and smelled the single cigar which it contained. Sherlock Holmes

Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame from the book by Victor Hugo. Original Artwork: Illustrator - Antoine Wiertz of Brussels (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mappa Mundi by Sawley or Enrico di Magonza, ink and colors on parchment, 12th Century
Cartography, 12th century. Mappa Mundi, Medieval world map by Sawley or Enrico di Magonza, from the end of the 12th century. Ink and colors on parchment, 29.5 x 20.5 cm

Epicycles of Mercury and Venus, 1823 C017 / 8061
Epicycles of Mercury and Venus, 19th-century diagram. This geocentric (Earth-centred) model shows the orbits of Mercury and Venus as a series of epicycles (loops)

The Ant and the Grasshopper. Watercolor by Christopher Sanders depicting Aesops fable
AESOP: ANT & GRASSHOPPER. The Ant and the Grasshopper. Watercolor by Christopher Sanders depicting Aesops fable

Susan reads Physics for the Inquiring Mind by Eric M. rogers
in the opening sequence of Dr Who and The Daleks (1965)

Title-page of Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense
PAINE: COMMON SENSE, 1776. Title-page of Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense, which urged Americans to declare their independence from Great Britain

JOYCE: ULYSSES, 1918. The beginning of the serialization of Ulysses by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), as it appeared in the March 1918 issue of The Little Review, edited by Margaret Anderson

BLAKE: JERUSALEM, 1804
Awake Awake Jerusalem : watercolor from William Blakes illuminated book Jerusalem

MILTON: PARADISE LOST. Satan bids the rebellious angels who had fallen with him into the fiery abyss to take courage and rise again together (Book 1, lines 344-5)

Logarithm table. Rows and columns of logarithms. These are numerical values used in mathematics to aid multiplication and division

THE BEATLES, 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, John lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney. Photograph, 1965

Scribe copying manuscripts in the Middle Ages
Medieval scribe writing at a desk, surrounded by open manuscripts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

JUNGLE BOOK, 1903. Mowgli and the lone wolf. Illustration by Edward and Maurice Detmold for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, 1903

CANTERBURY TALES. The beginning of the prologue to Chaucers Canterbury Tales. A 15th century manuscript page

The opening scene of Dr Who and The Daleks
with Peter Cushing reading an issue of The Eagle

Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)
GIBSON: READER, 1900. Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944). American illustrator. She looks for relief among some of the old ones. Pen and ink drawing, 1900

LANGLAND: PIERS PLOWMAN. A manuscript page from the Middle English poem The Vision of Piers Plowman by William Langland, c1375

GOGOL: DEAD SOULS, 1842. Title page to the first edition of Nikolai Gogols Dead Souls, 1842

LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Convallaria majalis). St

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, 1953. American poster for film version of James Joness novel From Here to Eternity, directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1953

ARROW SHIRT COLLAR AD, 1916. American advertisement by J.C. Leyendecker for Arrow shirt collars, 1916

Countries Travelled By The Apostles And Showing The Journeys Of St Paul Between Asia And Europe. From The Holy Bible Published By William Collins, Sons, & Company In 1869

Artwork by Scott Lawrence
Famous Shakespeare and Co. bookstore along the Seine, Paris, France

Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving
Engraved illustration of Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork

POSTER: BOOKS, c1938. This Breaks the Back of a Book! Poster promoting proper care for library books. Silkscreen by Arlington Gregg, c1938

The Hunchback of Notre Dame engraving 1888
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyle s
SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyles The Adventure of the Resident Patient, 1893

Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London)
Mr Fezziwigs Ball, illustration by John Leech for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens( London, 1843). This novella was the earliest and most popular of Dickens Christmas stories

THE DEATH OF SAMSON, BY GUSTAVE DORE. Gustave Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for the Bible

Cervantess Don Quixote in his library, 1863 French edition. Don Quixote reading books on chivalry in his library before setting out on his quest

Title-page of the second edition of Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense
PAINE: COMMON SENSE, 1776. Title-page of the second edition of Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense, owned by John Adams

Citron (Citrus medica); Seville orange (Citrus aurantium) and orange (citrus aurantium)
CITRON AND ORANGE, 1613. Citron (Citrus medica); Seville orange (Citrus aurantium) and orange (citrus aurantium): engraving for Basilius Beslers Florilegium, printed in Nuremberg in 1613

Artichoke heads (Cynara scolymus): engraving from Basilius Beslers Florilegium
ARTICHOKE, 1613. Artichoke heads (Cynara scolymus): engraving from Basilius Beslers " Florilegium, " published in Nuremberg in 1613

(1809-1865). 16th President of the United States
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865). 16th President of the United States. Lincoln at home with his son Thomas Todd (Tad). Wood engraving, after a photograph of 9 February, 1864

BUNYAN: PILGRIMs PROGRESS

SHAKESPEARE: TEMPEST. Title page of a 19th century edition of William Shakespeares The Tempest, wood engraving after Sir John Gilbert

Dyslexia treatment
MODEL RELEASED. Dyslexia treatment. Dyslexic girl wearing yellow glasses while reading

Medieval scholar, 16th century

Richard Dawkins, British science writer
Richard Dawkins. Caricature of the British ethnologist, evolutionary biologist and controversial author Richard Dawkins (born 1941) holding one of his books

DICKENS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Marleys Ghost appears to Scrooge: illustration by Arthur Rackham for Charles Dickens " A Christmas Carol."

HOMAGE TO CATALONIA. Cover of an early edition of George Orwells book about the Spanish Civil War Homage to Catalonia, first published in 1938

Martin Luther portrait. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a portrait by Holbein

Witchcraft book by Cotton Mather, 1689
Cotton Mather, " Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts, " title page, 1689. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

President Lincoln reading to his son, Tad. Hand-colored woodcut of a photograph by Matthew Brady

Abe Lincoln as a boy reading by firelight in his familys cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus dating from the 5th century, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Reading book on the beach, windsurfing and islands in the distance, the Maldives, Indian Ocean

Europe, 16th century nautical map
Nautical map of Europe, 1544 copy of Agnese Atlas. Several copies of this atlas were produced between 1536 and 1564, in Venice, by the Italian mapmaker Battista Agnese

Bookstall in grounds of Hay on Wye castle, Powys, mid-Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Gallery of the Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin, County Dublin, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Mural of Jesus and Mary, Church of Ura Kedane Meheriet, Peninsula of Zege on Lake Tana, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Bet Medhane Alem (Saviour of the World), Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Rick Rescorla in war

FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, 1550. Fons Mercuralis - the Fountain of Life. Woodcut from Rosarium Philosophorum, Frankfurt, Germany, 1550

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"From the Bronte Sisters to Dylan Thomas: A Journey Through Literary Treasures" Step into the enchanting world of literature as we explore the captivating history of books. Delve into the lives and works of literary icons such as Patrick Branwell Bronte, whose brush strokes immortalized his talented sisters in a mesmerizing portrait. Travel back in time to witness the intricate illustrations adorning ancient manuscripts like the Book of Kells, where St. Matthew comes alive through vibrant colors and meticulous details. Discover nature's wonders intertwined with literature, like the Monkey Puzzle tree, standing tall and proud just like Araucaria Imbricata's words on a page that captivate readers for generations. Immerse yourself in an era when smoking and drinking were synonymous with creativity, as we glimpse at Dylan Thomas indulging in his vices while crafting masterpieces that continue to resonate today. Uncover George Orwell's profound insights broadcasted over BBC airwaves during World War II; this English novelist and essayist used words as weapons against injustice. Marvel at Mendeleyev's groundbreaking periodic table from 1869, which revolutionized our understanding of elements and paved the way for scientific advancements yet to come. Turn each page carefully on Lindisfarne Gospels' illuminated manuscript - a testament to artistic brilliance merging with religious devotion throughout centuries past. Witness Johannes Kepler's revolutionary model of the universe depicted in his Mysterium Cosmographicum engraving from 1596 – a visionary leap forward that challenged conventional wisdom about celestial bodies. Transport yourself to early 20th-century America through J. C. Leyendecker's iconic Arrow shirt collar advertisement; it captures both elegance and masculinity within its timeless design. Trace back to Gutenberg’s printing press invention in the 1450s – an innovation that democratized knowledge by making books accessible to all, igniting an intellectual revolution across continents.