‘Frontispieceana’, Vol. 2: engravings, woodcuts, etc., mainly from books, 16th–19th c.

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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
f. 127r Title-page of Introductio ad veram physicam, by John Keill (Oxford, 1705), including an engraving of the Sheldonian Theatre Part 1705
f. 134r Title-page of Sacrarum exercitationum ad Novum Testamentum libri XX, by Daniel Heinsius (Cambridge, 1640), including a woodcut device and woodcut borders Part 1640
f. 137r Frontispiece of a ‘magazine’, perhaps The New Universal Magazine (1751–5) Part 1751–5
f. 140r Frontispiece of an unidentified book, captioned ‘Learning, Arts, & Commerce flourishing in time of War under the Auspice of the Genius of London’ Part 18th c.
f. 144r Frontispiece of The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts, Vol. VII (Edinburgh: Bell, 1782) Part 1782
f. 158r Engraved title-page of a volume of Bell’s British Theatre: Tragedies (London, 1776 or later) Part 1776 or later
f. 163r Title-page of an edition of Acts of Parliament made between 25 January and 30 March 1535 (Lon-don: Thomas Berthelet, 1535) Part 1535
f. 165r Broadside entitled By the King: A Proclamation for the better ordering of those who repayre to the Court for their cure of the disease called the Kings Evill (London, 1626), including a woodcut coat of arms and a woodcut initial Part 1626
f. 167r Handbill advertising the publication on 1 September of the August 1817 number of the Edinburgh Magazine (‘a new series of the Scots Magazine’) [Edinburgh] Part 1817
loose after f. 167 Engraved title-page(?) from Bell’s edition of The Plays of Shakspere (London, 1786 or later) Part 1786 or later
f. 176r Woodcut arms of Charles I, perhaps from a printed proclamation Part 17th c.
f. 177r Woodcut printer’s device Part 17th c.?
f. 177r Engraved printer’s device of Sébastien Cramoisy (Paris) Part c. 1631
f. 178r Woodcut printer’s device of Bartolomeo Bonfadino Part c. 1586
f. 180r Woodcut printer’s device of a member of the Cloquemin family (Lyon) Part 17th c.
f. 181r Engraved device of a Hanover printer Part 17th c.
f. 182r Engraved printer’s device of François le Cointe Part 17th c.
f. 183r Engraved printer’s device of Henricus Laurentius (Hendrick Laurensz) Part 1644
f. 185r Engraved decorated initial ‘D’ Part 18th c.
f. 188r Woodcut decorated initials and other printers’ ornaments Part 17th–18th c.
f. 189r Woodcut decorated initials and a woodcut decorative border Part 17th–18th c.
f. 189r Engraved ornament and dedication from Elizabeth Bentley’s Genuine Poetical Compositions (1791) Part 1791
f. 190r Woodcut decorative border Part 17th or 18th c.
f. 192r Woodcut printer’s ornament A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles, by William Sanderson (1658) Part 1658
f. 193r Woodcut decorated initials and other printer's ornaments, with decorative initials from medieval manuscripts Part 14th–18th c.?
f. 197r Woodcut printers’ ornaments Part 17th c.?