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1725RP-T-1884-A-414
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1966RP-F-F03013
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1876object-288375
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1867object-279372
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1965RP-F-F02992
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1981object-181491
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1907object-140054
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1903object-279373
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1620RP-P-1906-2564
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1930object-288384
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1883RP-P-OB-25.495
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1965RP-F-F03017
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1966RP-F-F02981
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1835object-104460
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1620RP-P-1906-2577
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1883RP-F-1994-12-5
Publication
1907Seiei: A Design Book 精英
Poster
1918Pamflet
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2023Europe totalitarismes années 1930
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20193 Ages (1923) Poster
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2022Palacio Nacional Murals view
Poster
2017Greece-1917-war-poster-08-47x56cm
Poster
2026Andaman cellular jail case gallery 20260205 poster 28
Poster
2020Wochenspruch der NSDAP 7 September 1941
Poster
This was our finest hour – British World War Two poster
Project
2012If We Don't, Remember Me
Project
2013Kate Beaton’s outstanding Hark! A Vagrant comics make learning really, really fun
Map
1777No. 19. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Poster
2025Theo Matejko - Katyn (poster 1944)
Map
1637Text Page: The Marqviship of Moravia
Map
1637Text Page: (Continues) The Countie of Embdanum and Oldenburg
Map
1608(121) Persici.
Painting
1770Interieur van een timmermanswerkplaats
Map
1777No. 4. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1400Map of Europe : A.D. 1400.
Map
1777Title: No. 11. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
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1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Project
2015Matteo Berton's considered illustrations of a Nazi raid on a Jewish community
Map
1636Carte de Bourgongne
Project
2013Photography: Andy Brown photographs the best-loved toys of the last two centuries
Motion
2012Great video of new show celebrating Alan Turing – codebreaker and computer genius
Poster
The Blacksmith of German Unity — German poster
Poster
2017Greece-1917-war-poster-05-47x56cm
Photograph
photographic print; Portrait of a woman
Painting
1600Man met een vrouw op schoot
Map
1626The Kingdome of China.
Painting
1744Gezicht op de Leidsepoort vanaf het Singel
Map
1814Palaestina.
Typeface
2015EB1911 Typography - Aug. Dactus, Elegancie, 1479
Map
1636Noyon
Map
1777No. 10. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1802Litthauen und Ost-Preussen. No. 2
Map
1680Composite Timeline: A view of universal history, from the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord, to the year 1680.
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Poster
1775KOG-ZG-1-21-64
Print
1904Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs
Painting
1620Portret van Arnulf, graaf van Holland
Poster
1896Groepsportret van drie onbekende Caraïben-vrouwen en een kind, Paramaribo
Map
1777No. 19. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1777Title: No. 11. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
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1636Index Page: Table de l' Isle de France
Map
1777No. 14. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1777No. 10. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Poster
1620Graven en gravinnen van Holland
Map
1777No. 15. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Poster
1909The Festival of the Expected Pan-Hellenic Rising — Greek map
Map
1918كردستان، كچوك اسيا خبطهلرى، اصحاب كهف... كردستان خطه ى Kürdistan, Küçük Asya, Ashab-ı Kehf, .. Kürdistan Hattı. Kürdistan, Küçük Asya, Ashab-ı Kehf, .. Kürdistan Hattı.
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Map
1817The Places Recorded in the Five Books of Moses.
Map
1803Title Page: Litthauen Insterbursche Kries. No. 1
Print
1887A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility
Painting
1815Wensbrief met een boer en zijn ganzen
Object
2012A Specimen by William Caslon
Map
1819Places Recorded in the Five Books of Moses.
Print
Typography Printing - Colour Woodcut Recipe — #PredmetAutor:10328839
Map
1976Routes de premire classe : Actuelles ou inscrites dans le 4ᵉ Plan.
Map
1948Table of Contents: Hammond's New World Atlas.
Print
1800Bakkersechtpaar Arent Oostwaard en Catharina Keizerswaard
Map
1890Title: 東京各方面全図 (Tokyo Kakuhōmen Zenzu) Complete Map of Various Areas of Tokyo (with red title) 東京名所案内 (Tōkyō Meisho Annai) (Guide to Famous Places in Tokyo)
Map
1885Pacific Junction
Map
1813Sheet 1 Charte von dem Erzherzogthume Oesterreich
Painting
1620Portret van Floris I, graaf van Holland
Map
1935Syria (سورية )
Print
1904Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs
Poster
1975affisch, poster (1975)
Map
1831Persian Empire, eastern.
Painting
Wensbrief met Pinkstertafereel
Object
Door Knocker Plate
Print
1620Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
Poster
2009Aida poster colors fixed
Painting
1620Portret van Dirk V, graaf van Holland
Painting
1732Portrait of Willem de Groot, Lawyer and Writer
Map
1907Afrika-i Osmanî
Map
1907Memalik Osomania = Ottoman Empire
Painting
1816Gezicht op het Singel vanaf de Nassaukade
Poster
1975affisch, poster (1975)
Painting
1700Portrait of Johannes Polyander à Kerckhoven, Professor of Theology in Leiden
Print
1620Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
Map
1976Autoroutes : Actuelles ou inscrites dans le 4ᵉ Plan.
Print
1895Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War
Painting
1700Dirck Graswinckel (1600-66). Rechtsgeleerde en letterkundige
Map
1900Map of Part of California
Map
1846Geogr. Verbrettung des Mohammedanischen Staaten-Systems.
Map
1945City plan of Tokyo
Painting
1670William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
Publication
2026How Bayeux Tapestry inscriptions and folklore brought handcrafted warmth to the Hastings Castle branding
Print
1861Fashions for August 1861
Poster
Serbian antisemitic propaganda poster “You Don’t Know Yet… Beware!” 1941
Painting
1560Portrait of Anne Fernely. Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham
Painting
1735Gezicht op de brug van de Haarlemmerpoort vanaf het Singel
Map
1883Nemaha City to Falls City
Painting
1670Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
Print
1772The Surrender of the Khan of Badakhsan
Painting
1971affisch, poster (1971)
Map
1817Eslam or the Countries which have professed the Faith of Mohamet.
Drawing
1587Allegory of America
Painting
1700Portrait of Petrus Baard, Physician and Poet from Leeuwarden
Map
1880Klein-Asien & Syrien, Armenien, Kurdistan & Mesopotamien (Asia Minor, Syria, Kurdistan, Mesopotamia).
Map
1976Lignes de chemins de fer : Actuelles ou inscrites dans le 4ᵉ Plan.
Print
1890Advertisement for Gas Lighting Fixtures
Painting
1532Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
Map
1913Ottoman Empire
Poster
1938Affiche ter gelegenheid van het veertigjarig regeringsjubileum van koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden
Map
185611. Egyptus. 12. Syria.
Drawing
Design for Spoon, Fork, Two Knives (Crossed over scissors), Scissors, Ear Spoon and Toothpick
Poster
Serbian antisemitic propaganda poster “Jewish job,” 1941
Map
1817Imperium Persicum Antiquum
Map
1944Index: List of Maps (continued). Look At The World
Painting
1700Portrait of Petrus Bertius, Professor at Leiden
Map
1788Carinthiae Ducatus.
Map
1802Litthauen ; Ost-Preussen. No. 6
Map
1843Blat No. 23. Erzerum. Aleppo
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Advertising Design [o13959]
Drawing
1499Soldier
Painting
1644Portrait of Jacoba Bontemantel (1643-?)
Map
1901Map of the Medo-Persian Empire
Map
18729. A. & N. R.R. (Plans for route of Atchison and Nebraska Railroad)
Map
1854Die Euphrat-Tigris-Lander oder Armenien, Kurdistan und Mesopotamien
Map
1900Text: Asie.
Map
1893Title Page: Columbian World's Fair Atlas
Painting
1620Portret van keizer Maximiliaan I
Painting
1520Portrait of a woman
Drawing
1310Four anecdotes from the life of Wang Xizhi
Painting
2017Graustark 1915 poster
Print
1770The Boston Massacre, or, The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5, 1770 by a party of the 29th Regiment
Map
1815The Places Recorded in the Five Books of Moses
Map
1877No. 83. VIII. Die Lander des Islam, 1055-1163
Poster
Serbian antisemitic propaganda poster “His Weapons: Democracy, Masonry, Communism, Capitalism,” 1941
Painting
1976affisch, poster (1976)
Painting
1604Portrait of a Boy, possibly Louis of Nassau, later Lord of Beverweerd, De Leck, Odijk and Lekkerkerk, Illegitimate Son of Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Margaretha van Mechelen
Painting
1808A Lion from the Menagerie of King Louis Napoleon, 1808
Map
1636Dormans
Map
1777No. 17. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
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1928Likvidatsiia Kolchaka i ego posledyshei [i.e. Liquidation of Kolchak and His Followers]
Object
2021Caslon & Catherwood specimen 1821 Greek typefaces
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Poster
1974affisch, poster
Poster
1774KOG-AA-2-24-464
Map
1693Contents: Table des cartes comprises en le Receuil.
Photograph
2012Photographing the fashionistas of the early 1900s – Tom Phillips' new book is fantastic
Garment
Textile with Stars and Swastika
Map
1636Text: (Continues) Discovers sur le provinces et principales villes de France
Poster
1926NG-1980-3-37
Poster
20101868 wanted poster following McGees assassination
Map
1607Text Page: Valachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania
Map
1599Persia Nuova Tavola
Map
1777No. 17. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
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1777No. 25. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1810Karte von Ost-Preussen nebst Preussisch Litthauen und West-Preussen. No.17
Map
1636Lion
Project
2016Golden Cosmos illustrates the history of Locomotives for Nobrow
Poster
1919NG-1972-28-22-FF-2
Map
1777No. 18. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Poster
2015Polish-Soviet War- 1920 Polish recuritment poster
Poster
1984Hebrew typography in the northern netherlands 1585-1815
Map
1636Blammont
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Map
1636Text: (Continues) Discovers sur le provinces et principales villes de France
Map
183450. Chalons.
Map
1877Karta Aziyatskoj Turtsii (Map of Asiatic Turkey)
Painting
Back Plate from a Belt Buckle
Photograph
photographic portrait, Alma Praks
Poster
2026John Dillinger FBI wanted poster
Poster
2021Poster promoting the execution of Catherine Foster in 1846
Poster
2021Communist Party of Germany poster from the plebiscite on indemnity of the German princes in 1926
Painting
1744Gezicht op een stadje aan het water
Poster
The Tale of Sumiyoshi
Painting
1672A Couple in an Interior
Poster
20221899 poster of Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones
Map
1636Meaux
Project
2014Illustration: This beautiful collection of old botanical drawings will knock your socks off
Object
2021Figgins Pica Small Pica Long Primer Brevier Greek typefaces, "1821" specimen leaf 75
Poster
2026Poster - Abraham Lincoln (1930) 02
Object
2017A specimen of printing types, by Wm Caslon, letter-founder to the King. Fleuron N021767-13
Object
2017A specimen of printing types, by William Caslon, letter-founder to His Majesty. Fleuron T012615-6
Map
2019Map of Europe, 1946 (25289557032)
Poster
2007John Wilkes Booth wanted poster new
Poster
2012British Army remount handlers wanted poster WWI
Poster
2017Greece-1917-war-poster-03-56x83cm
Object
2021Caslon & Catherwood specimen 1821 Greek typefaces (cropped)
Poster
2017Avenge Pearl Harbor
Poster
2017Kalhaṇa's Rajataraṅgiṇi, A Chronicle of Kings of Kaśmīr, Vol 1 - Marc Aurel Stein
Map
187215. A. & N. R.R. (Plans for route of Atchison and Nebraska Railroad)
Map
1884Covers: Nouvelle carte generale des provinces asiatiques de L'empire Ottoman
Poster
1700Man te paard in rijkostuum met driekantige steek
Map
1638Covers: Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois, aux Indes Orientales
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Painting
20141930s Japan Travel Poster - 01
Print
1774The Defeat of Chief Uš-Turfan and his City
Painting
Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon
Print
Typography Printing - Colour Woodcut Recipe — #PredmetAutor:10328973
Photograph
1860tirage photographique ; Portrait de femme
Map
1844Ancient Persian Empire.
Painting
1809The Raampoortje in Amsterdam
Map
1794Discovery of North America : Voyages before 1550 ...
Painting
1779Gezicht op het Haarlemmerplein
Print
Meyer-Heine - Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914) and Alfred Cadart (French, 1825–1875)
Map
1777No. 9. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Photograph
Photographic portrait of W. Lambe.
Map
1607Text Page: (Continues) Persicvm Regnvm
Map
1637Text Page: (Continues) The Rhetians
Map
1780La Turquie D'Europe et celle d'Asie, hors la partie situee dans l'Arabie
Poster
1996affisch, poster
Map
1777No. 13. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1777No. 10. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Poster
Thanks for loafing, pal! — American poster
Drawing
1847Designs for Book-Clasps in the Italian Style
Brand
2013The City of St. Augustine
Map
1777No. 15. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1638Text: Histoire de la Navigation de Iean Hugues de Linscot ... Indes Orientales (continued).
Painting
1472The Adoration of the Magi (1472)
Map
1493Blat CCLXXII Diewalachey (Wallachia) Tracia (Thrace) (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Map
1777No. 24. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Print
1787Furniture Designs
Map
1777No. 2. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1777No. 2. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Painting
1700Jan Vos (1610-67), Amsterdam poet
Map
1723Retraite des Dix Mille Tabula.
Brand
2023New Logo and Identity for Norwich Castle by The Click
Map
1813Covers: Charte von dem Erzherzogthume Oesterreich
Painting
1700Portrait of Matthijs Gansneb, called Tengnagel, Poet in Amsterdam
Map
1827Map No. V. Mesopotamia Assyria, Babylonia Chaldea
Map
1777No. 24. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1852(Sheet 1) Carta Topografica di Roma e dei suoi contorni fino alla distanza di 10 miglia fuori le mura
Map
1777No. 9. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1777No. 7. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Map
1821Geographie des Hebreux.
Map
1782Steven's facsimile of British head quarters manuscript map of New York
Map
1690Les Provinces Unies ou la Partie Septentrionale des Pays Bas Connüe sous le nom de Hollande.
Map
1777No. 20. Carte chorographique des Pays-bas autrichiens
Garment
The Throckmorton Coat of Coughton Court
Painting
Portrait of a Man
Painting
1830Gezicht op de Haarlemmerpoort vanaf het Singel
Map
1873Klein-Asien & Syrien ... Armenien, Kurdistan & Mesopotamien. (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Israel).
Map
1836Ancient Persian Empire
Project
2014