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Still Life with musical instruments, 1650. Creator: Ring, Pieter de (1615-1660)Still Life with musical instruments, 1650. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Vanitas Still Life with musical instruments, books, sheet music, skeleton, skull and armour, 17th century. Private Collection
The Library, Admont Abbey, Austria, c1935. Creator: UnknownThe Library, Admont Abbey, Austria, c1935. The Baroque library at Admont Abbey is the largest monastic library in the world
He managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes, (1907). Creator: UnknownHe managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes, (1907). The young Haydn buys sheet music while studying at the choir school in Vienna
By the light of the moon he began his task, (1907). Creator: UnknownBy the light of the moon he began his task, (1907).The young Bach, despite having been forbidden to do so, copies out sheet music at night: and by the light of the moon
Christoph seized the manuscript book and the copy, (1907). Creator: UnknownChristoph seized the manuscript book and the copy, (1907). As the young Bach sleeps, his older brother takes the music he has secretly been studying
Gazing At Its Covers Through the Lattice Doors of the Cupboard, (1907). Creator: UnknownGazing At Its Covers Through the Lattice Doors of the Cupboard, (1907). The ten-year-old Bach looking at sheet music locked away by his older brother
King Alfred, 1733. Creator: George VertueKing Alfred, 1733. Portrait in an oval frame inscribed Alfredus Magnus Rex Angliae, (Alfred the Great, King of England). On the table below are a crown, books, arrows, a lyre
The Library, Durham Cathedral, 1893. Creator: UnknownThe Library, Durham Cathedral, 1893. The Romanesque cathedral in Durham dates almost entirely from the 12th century. It was a medieval site of pilgrimage due to the presence of the remains of St
The Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria, c1935. Creator: UnknownThe Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria, c1935. Interior of the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg (Imperial Palace)
Signing the New Lease, 1868, (c1930). Creator: Erskine NicolSigning the New Lease, 1868, (c1930). A tenant, still wearing his coat, signs papers for a property in the presence of an estate agent. Painting in the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
Hans Sachs, (1936). Creator: UnknownHans Sachs, (1936). German Meistersinger (mastersinger), poet, playwright and shoemaker Hans Sachs (1494-1576) became an ardent supporter of Martin Luther and the Reformation
La Mode Illustree, 1878, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Mode Illustree, 1878, 1943. Hand coloured lithorgraph of Victorian fashion from French magazine La Mode Illustree. From " Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver
Gazette of Fashion, 1861, 1943. Creator: UnknownGazette of Fashion, 1861, 1943. Victorian hand coloured engraving from British magazine Gazette of Fashion. From " Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver
Petit Courrier des Dames, 1850, 1943. Creator: UnknownPetit Courrier des Dames, 1850, 1943. Hand coloured engraving from Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly French fashion magazine published in Paris
Petit Courrier des Dames, 1840, 1943. Creator: UnknownPetit Courrier des Dames, 1840, 1943. Hand coloured engraving from Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly French fashion magazine published in Paris
La Belle Assemblee, 1823, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Belle Assemblee, 1823, 1943. La Belle Assemblee - British womens magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831), best known for its Regency era fashion plates
La Belle Assemblee, 1824, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Belle Assemblee, 1824, 1943. La Belle Assemblee - British womens magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831), best known for its Regency era fashion plates
La Belle Assemblee, 1817, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Belle Assemblee, 1817, 1943. La Belle Assemblee - British womens magazine published 1806-1837, founded by (1745-1831), best known for its Regency era fashion plates
La Mode Illustree, 1880, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Mode Illustree, 1880, 1943. Hand coloured lithorgraph of Victorian fashion from French magazine La Mode Illustree. From " Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver
La Mode Artistique, 1890, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Mode Artistique, 1890, 1943. Hand coloured Victorian fashion plate for French publication La Mode Artistique. From " Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver
The Young Englishwoman, 1871, 1943. Creator: UnknownThe Young Englishwoman, 1871, 1943. Hand coloured lithograph of French fashions modelled for British womens magazine The Young Englishwoman
Petit Courrier des Dames, 1857, 1943. Creator: UnknownPetit Courrier des Dames, 1857, 1943. Hand coloured engraving from Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly French fashion magazine published in Paris
Petit Courrier des Dames, 1835, 1943. Creator: UnknownPetit Courrier des Dames, 1835, 1943. Hand coloured engraving from Petit Courrier des Dames, a weekly French fashion magazine published in Paris
La Belle Assemblee, 1831, 1943. Creator: UnknownLa Belle Assemblee, 1831, 1943. La Belle Assemblee - British womens magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831)
Le Beau Monde, 1807, (1943). Creator: UnknownLe Beau Monde, 1807, 1943. Beau monde - the fashionable world of high society. From " Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver
An Early Printers Office, c1930. Creator: UnknownAn Early Printers Office, c1930. From a 16th-century engraving. From " The Worlds Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O Neill. [T. C. & E. C
The Joke, 1892, (1965). Creator: Nikolai Alekseevich KasatkinThe Joke, 1892, (1965). Russian winter scene: a man gesticulates at two boys. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Henry Fielding, c1754, (1827). Creator: UnknownHenry Fielding, c1754, (1827). Portrait of English novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding (1707-1754), above a shelf containing a quill pen and inkwell, the masks of Comedy and Tragedy
Joannes Gower, c1727. Creator: UnknownJoannes Gower, c1727. Portrait of English poet John Gower (c1330-1408), a friend and contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer. He is known primarily for three major works
The Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. Creator: UnknownThe Schoolmaster Abroad, 1832. The teacher returns to find his pupils creating mayhem in the classroom. One draws a caricature of the teacher on the door
Cordelia for Distinctive Book Jackets, 1928. Creator: UnknownCordelia for Distinctive Book Jackets, 1928....artistic Jackets for Books, Catalogues, Music Portfolios, etc... ; advertisement for book jackets made by John Dickinson & Co Ltd of Croxley Mills
Library of St. Pauls Cathedral Up In The Western Transept, c1935. Creator: UnknownLibrary of St. Pauls Cathedral Up In The Western Transept, c1935. Library of St Pauls Cathedral in London. From " Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock
Library of the Guildhall to Which Every Londoner Should Go, c1935. Creator: JoelLibrary of the Guildhall to Which Every Londoner Should Go, c1935. The library of the Guildhall in London was designed by Sir Horace Jones and was built in the early 1870s
At One of the Bookstalls of the Farringdon Road Market, c1935. Creator: Walter BeningtonAt One of the Bookstalls of the Farringdon Road Market, c1935. People browsing the bookstalls in Clerkenwell, central London
Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, pub. 1815. Creator: Augustus Charles PuginAckermanns Library for Works of Art, pub. 1815 (hand coloured engraving). Ackermanns Library for Works of Art, pub. 1815
Scientist at work. Found in the Collection of State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
The Room over Temple Bar, 1876, (1897). Creator: UnknownThe Room over Temple Bar, 1876, (1897). Interior of the upper-storey room in the Temple Bar, which was leased to the neighbouring banking house of Child & Co for storage of records
Mr. Oliver Cromwell of Ely Visits Mr. John Milton, 1883, (1886). Artist: Robert HoskinMr. Oliver Cromwell of Ely Visits Mr. John Milton, 1883, (1886). 19th century imagining of a scene in which Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) visits the blind poet John Milton (1608-1674)
The Chained Library at Wimborne, 1929. Books attached to bookcase by chains at Wimborne Minster in Dorset. From Bournemouth: The centre of health and sunshine
The School of Sooltan Hassan, c1869. Artist: Edward GoodallThe School of Sooltan Hassan, c1869. Boys seated on a carpet, studying with teachers using books on wooden stands. Thought to be Sultan Hassans School, Cairo, Egypt
Saint Jerome reading, c. 1650. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Louvre, Paris
Several copies of samples of classic books of the Bernat Metge Foundation, published in Barcelona from 1922 to 1977
Dedicatory page of this edition of Tirant Lo Blanc, by Joanot Martorell, Valencia: Nicolau Spindeler, 1490. (Facsimile)
Tirant lo Blanc by Bernat Martorell, cover of the edition in Italian language, printed in Venice in 1538
Initial Letter of the dedicatory <Molt exelent virtuos e gloriosInitial Letter of the dedicatory pertaining to the work Tirant lo Blanc by Bernat Martorell, from the printed edition in Valencia in 1490 by Nicolau Spindeler
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote de la Mancha) by Miguel de Cervantes, first edition, Madrid: Ibarra, 1782
Chronicle of Don Alvaro de Luna, cover of the printed edition in Milan in 1546
