Historical Text Prints

A collection of historical text sheets featuring designs, illustrations, and instructions related to biblical figures and writing tools, showcasing 17th-century letterpress printing.

Esdras, f. B2, verso, 1537., 1537., Southwarke. Publisher, Jmprynted for James Nycolson. Bible
Esdras, f. B2, verso, 1537., 1537., Southwarke. Publisher, Jmprynted for James Nycolson. Bible
248 assets in this story
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Van de Mirakelen der Apostelen, Text sheet with a series of prints about the acts and miracles of the apostles. Initial B at top left. This sheet is part of an album., text sheet, tekstblad, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 257 mm, width 340 mm, 1592 - 1656-04, writer, 1646 - 1646, paper, papier, letterpress printing, woodcut, hand-colouring, printer, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher
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Cronica cronicarum (...), leaf 9 recto; Cest La Seconde Partie de Cronica Cronicarum (...). Leaf 9 Recto of a world bony. First page of the second part. Text in bookpress in French with decorated initials. At the top right a round representation of Christ as a savior of the world. Below that a round representation of John the Baptist. He points to the lamb in his hand. At the bottom left a round representation of Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibille. The Sibille shows the emperor a vision of Mary with Christ. The round performances are connected and formed with other circles filled with names a schematic representation of sex records and precedence succession, which extends over several pages of the chronicle. All on the left an ornament edge with prophets.
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Amsterdam, Dronsberg, Pieter Hendrik, Inteekening, op een elkaar elkaar verlegee Kunstplaten, verbeelding de Illuminati and Decorations On the Occasion of the Memorable Fortieth Birthday of Prince William the Fifth, Proclamation of the Duty to Illuminate and the Prohibition of Disturbances on the 40th Birthday of Prince William V, 1788, verso - stamped, Proclamation of 26 February 1788 with the duty to Illuminate and the Prohibition of Disturbances on the 40th Birthday of Prince William V in Amsterdam on 8 March 1788. Text sheet with a vignette with the Amsterdam city coat of arms at the top., text sheet, proclamation, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 417 mm, width 325 mm, Dutch, printer, 1788 - 1788, paper, letterpress printing, letterpress, woodcut
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Ghelijckenis van den Samaritaen, Text sheet with a series of prints about the parable of the Good Samaritan. Top left initial G. This sheet is part of a album., text sheet, album sheet, prints, height 257 mm, width 340 mm, 1592 - 1656-04, writer, 1646 - 1646, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, printer, printer's, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Leeringhe Iesu by Gelyckenissen, Text sheet with a series of prints about the parables of Christ. Initial C at top left. This sheet is part of an album., text sheet, album sheet, prints, height 257 mm, width 340 mm, 1592 - 1656-04, writer, 1646 - 1646, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, hand-colouring, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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bekend, Den Haag, Beeck, Anna, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Victorie van William III. By de Gratie Gods, Koning van Groot-Brittagnien, Vrankryk en Yrland, &c. Tegens Jacobus, by Drogeda, in Yerland, &c. Op den 10, 30 Juny 1690, Tekstblad bij de print van de duivelsdag van Willem III aan de Boyne, 1690, unknown, The Hague, Northern Netherlands, Overwinning van Willem III aan de Boyne, 1690. Later edition with the two original plates cut into four plates and with two text sheets. Text sheet with a description of the course of the battle and the legend AZ, in 3 columns in Dutch., text sheet, tekstblad, nieuwsprent, propagandaprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 267 mm, width 348 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, prentmaker, 1693 - 1699, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1657 - 1717, publisher, grantor of privilege
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Institutio Principis Christiani. Work done by Dutch Christian Humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Book printed in Basel, July, 1518. Censored page by the Inquisition. Private Collection.
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Histories of the Feast of Tabernacles, Text sheet with a series of prints about Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. Top left initial I. This sheet is part of an album., text sheet, album sheet, prints, images, height 257 mm, width 340 mm, 1592 - 1656-04, writer, 1646 - 1646, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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PAGINA DEL LIBER CHRONICARUM - IMPRESO EN 1493 - INCUNABLE. Author: HARTMANN SCHEDEL (1440-1514). Location: SENADO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. HERCULES. Agamemnon. HECTOR. Menelao. TURCUS.
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Siege of Saint Martin on the Île de Ré, July -November 1627 (text, part right), Anonymous, 1629 - 1631 print. text sheet Sixteenth part (text, part top right) of a print of the siege of the Citadel Saint Martin on the Île de Ré in 1627, which was carried out by English troops led by the Duke of Buckingham and was ended by French troops led by Cardinal Richelieu. On this magazine a general explanation of the subject of the print, in Latin. France paper engraving Island of Re
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Painting rules drawn up by Pieter Fransz. the Grebber, 1649; Regules: Welcke by a good painter and teyckenaer observed and had to be hired; Together to lend the teaching of the disciples / by Mr. Pieter Fransz. The Grebber. Text sheet with painting rules numbered I-XI, prepared by Pieter Fransz. The Grebber, 1649. The first line contains a decorated initial D with the print Batavia ..
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PALMERIN DE INGLATERRA R/2516. Author: MORAES FCO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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La historia general delas Indias con priuilegio imperial, 1540. By Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557). Printed by Juan Cromberger
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Text sheet (first part) to the map of the besieged SAS-van-Gent, 1644; Cort Verhael der Ghelegentheydt and the siege of 't Stercke and Wijt Vermaerde Fort / Ghenamet The Sas van Gent. Text sheet (first part) to the map of Sas-Van-Gent, Besieged by the State Army under Frederik Hendrik, started July 28 and occupied on September 5, 1644. Text in 3 columns in Dutch.
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MARTORELL, Joanot (1413-1468). Knight and writer. 'Tirant lo Blanch'. Beggining of the novel. Edition printed in Valencia (1490). SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).
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TRIGONOMETRIA ESPAÑOLA 1692. Author: BERNARDO JOSE ZARAGOZA (1627-1679). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia52. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Ordinances of Valladolid, eighteen hundred and eighteen, Roldán printing press, Valladolid Museum , Castile and Leon, Spain.
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Cronica cronicarum (...), leaf 7 recto. Leaf 7 recto of a world bony. Text in bookpress in French in three columns. Left in the middle of a round representation of King Nebuchadnessar of Babel. The round representation is connected to other circles filled with names: these together form a schematic representation of genealogy and precedence follow-up, which extends over several pages of the chronicle.
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Of Moses and Pharaoh, Text sheet with a series of prints about Moses and Pharaoh. This sheet is part of an album., text sheet, album sheet, prints, images, height 258 mm, width 320 mm, 1592 - 1656-04, writer, 1646 - 1646, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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BREVE COMPENDIO DE ESFERA Y DEL ARTE DE NAVEGAR - LA TIERRA Y LOS PLANETAS - SIGLO XVI - FOL XIII - R 2104. Author: MARTIN CORTES (1510-1582). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Noordelijke Nederlanden, Mulder, Joseph, Text sheet with the print about the use of the new fire hoses, 1677, Northern Netherlands, Text sheet with the print about the use of the new fire hoses of Jan van der Heyden and Jan van der Heyden the Younger to extinguish a fire in a church or palace an imaginary city. Text in 4 columns in Dutch and French., text sheet, prints, images, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 180 mm, width 435 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1658-01-11 - 1718, print maker, prentmaker, 1677 - 1718, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk
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Page from the first printed edition of Ptolemy Almagest, Venice, 1515, with diagrams of (top) eccentric circle and (bottom) epicycle and deferent. Dated 16th century
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Netherlands, Kroon, A., Prizes to be won at a crossbow shooting competition, 1561, Announcement of a crossbow shooting competition with an overview of the prizes to be won, organized by the militia with the Raambusse in Amsterdam, 1561. Silver ceremonial cups, bowls and spoons., print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 585 mm, width 374 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1879 - 1879, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, process Asser
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Meaning of the executive maker. A man is weaving in a workshop.
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Amsterdam, Coertse, Willem, Tafereel der Vorstelyke Echtverbintenissen, Explanation of the allegory on the marriages of the son and daughter of Willem V, 1790-1791, verso - stamped, Text sheet with an explanation of the allegorical representation in honor of the marriages of Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau with Karel van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel in The Hague on October 14, 1790 and of Prince Willem Frederik (the later King Willem I) with Wilhelmina Frederica of Prussia on October 1, 1791., text sheet, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 160 mm, width 195 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1790 - 1791, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, letterpress printing, letterpress
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Woodcut of the 'Honorary Gate' of Emperor Maximilian I, explanation II, by Albrecht Dürer's workshop, carved on pearwood, 1515.
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Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. Spread of his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Nuremberg 1543, showing diagram of his heliocentric (sun-centred) theory of the universe.
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EL CELOSO EXTREMEÑO - SIGLO XVII. Author: CUELLO PEDRO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Text sheet at the cartoon on the fall of Paltsgraaf Frederik van Bohemia, 1622; Den Krawn Vulture; Den Spaenschen Doctor spends the Kranckheyt des Siecken Giers. Text sheet at the New Year's passage and cartoon on the fall of Frederik of the Palatinate, king of Bohemia, 1622.
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Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1622; BESTERINGHE OF MOUNTAINS OP ZOOM / UNT MOBIEST OF THE MARKIES Spinola Ende Don Loijs de Valasco / Anno 1622. in Julij.Failed Siege of Bergen op Zoom Through The Spanish Army Under Spinola and Velasco, July 18 - October 3, 1622. See Also the Corresponding print.
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Portrait of patriarch jakob, 1653 - 1654 print. text sheet Portrait of an old man with beard for a wall, used in this album as a portrait of patriarch Jakob. The accompanying text starts with a small decorated initial H. A motto in Dutch: De deuche Verselt with Grekheyt, is a pawn of the Wijsheyt. The magazine is part of an album. paper etching / letterpress printing old man. beard
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Text page from: Willem van Nieulant, Treur game of Sophonisba Aphricana, 1639 and two text magazines, Willem van Nieulandt (II), 1639 text sheet Page 3 from the publication of the play Treur game by Sophonisba Aphricana by Willem van Nieulandt. Text in book pressure on recto and Verso. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing
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Cronica Cronicarum (...), Blad 5 correct, 1521 print Page 5 Recto of a world chronicle. Text in book pressure in French. In the middle of a round performance of King Saul. In the middle of a round performance of Hector. The round performances are connected to other circles that are filled with names: these together form a schematic representation of genealogy and monitoring follow -up, which extends over several pages of the chronicle. paper letterpress printing story of Saul. male persons from the Old Testament (not in biblical context). Hector
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Intermediate title in the Fleurons frame, Jan van de Velde (I), 1605 Intermediate title in a frame of Fleurons, third part of the work: Spieghel der Wremonste. The text sheet is part of an album. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing Intermediate title in a frame of Fleurons, third part of the work: Spieghel der Wremonste. The text sheet is part of an album. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing
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Archduke Karel van Austria as king of Spain, 1706; Oostryk blessing to 't Hof van Spain. Or entry from KG. Karel III, to Madrid, den 27 Junii 1706 / l'Entrée Triomphante du Roy Charles III. à la Cour Espagne, LE 27. Juin 1706; 18. The program, or the blessing-praising Austery; Bycup to the Koninglyke Almanach, called the Gulde-Year of Allies, 1706 / 't Lusthof by MoMus. Archduke Karel from Austria as Karel III, king of Spain, standing in feet in armor with mantle and commandostaf, 1706. In the background Madrid where the king enters the king on 27 June. Verses in Dutch. Verses printed on the blade on either side of the plate in Dutch and French. Leaf no. 18 (numbered at the top right) in the series of 25 blades entitled: Bycess to the Koninglyke Almanach, called the Gulden-Year of Allies, 1706. Part of the print work issued under the collective title: 't Lust-Hof van Momus, with The bundled Series of spot prints during the 1901-1713 of the Spanish Succession War.
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Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1622, 1622 text sheet Failed siege of Bergen op Zoom by the Spanish army under Spinola and Velasco, July 18 - October 3, 1622. See also the corresponding print. Leiden paper letterpress printing Bergen op Zoom
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Explanation of the prints; The Uytleging of the printing. Opsomming and description of the prints in: the re-creations of P. Ovidius Naso, improves in Konstplaaten by H. Goltius. Amsterdam, by Hendrik Bosch, MDCCXXVIII. The magazine is part of an album.
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Text sheet at the cartoon of the Flanders Funeral Abraham, 1677; The Kerkehelijcke Lijck-Station van den Seer Devoten Domine Johannes van de Velde, UntensorThelijcke goods, and inquisitor over the necktics of the new secte.text Sheet at the Cartoon of the Flanders Funeral Abraham, 14 June 1677. Text 4 Columns With Legend 1-35.
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Discovery of America in Bibliotheque Nationale. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Title page of Ornithographiae Part 2 by Johann Jakob Walther d. Ä., executed in watercolor, cover colors, and ink, 1640-1670.
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MANERA DE HACER LAS PROCESIONES EN TENOCHTITLAN - IMPRESO EN 1544. Author: RICHEL DIONISIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Apollon / Apollo. Explanation of the print with the representation of Apollo and the muses in French and Dutch, page 5. Text sheet is part of an album.
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Ein Hexenmandat, verliehen durch Bischof Philipp Adolf von Wuerzburg, Hexenmandat von Philipp Adolf, Bischof von Wuerzburg, Deutschland, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion einer Veroeffentlichung aus dem Jahr 1880, a witches mandate, awarded by bishop Philipp Adolf of Wuerzburg, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880
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Ordenanzas Reales de Castilla; 1495 (Royal Ordinances of Castille) compiled by Alfonzo Diaz de Montalvo. A compilation of laws in force in the Kingdom of Castile; supposedly commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs to Alonso de Montalvo and was first published in 1484. It is the first compilation of existing law in the Spanish monarchy of the modern age.
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Portrait of David Jorisz.; David Georgius Delphis in Batavia Natus. Portrait of David Jorisz., At a table, on which a copy of the 'wonderboeck' written by him. He lets his hand, in which he holds a carnation, rest on the book. He has a glove in the other hand. Above his head, the year 1554 and his age state. Under the portrait a three-arrangy caption in Latin. Around the print a German-speaking life description in letterpress.
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Minerva / Minerva, 1693 Declaration of the print with the presentation of Minerva in French and Dutch, page 7. Tekstblad is part of an album. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing Declaration of the print with the presentation of Minerva in French and Dutch, page 7. Tekstblad is part of an album. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing
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Johann Jakob Walther ink and cover color illustration from Ornithographiae part 3, depicting various birds, showing plumage, posture, wings, and tails, 1657.