Frontispiece Collection (#8)

Archibald Stansfeld Belaney, British-born conservationist
Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888-1938), British-born conservationist, fur trapper and writer, disguised as Native American Grey Owl Date: circa 1930s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown
Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), actor and clown Date: circa 1810s

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite artist, self-portrait dated 20 September 1855 Date: 1855

Marconi - Master of Space, first edition biography
Marconi - Master of Space, first edition authorised biography by B L Jacot and D M B Collier. Date: 1935

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, main staircase
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, main staircase. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, dining room
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, publicity booklet, view inside a dining room. Date: 1912

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, booklet cover
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic, Largest Steamers in the World, publicity booklet cover design by Sam M Brown, 32 pages approx. 4.75 x 7 inches, bound with red ribbon. Date: 1912

The Minuet Dance of Long Ago Date: 18th century

Frontispiece, The Boys Book of Soccer for 1946 Date: 1946

Gallant Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks Date: 1871

Butterflies and Moths, Plate 1, Papiliones, Erycinidae, etc
Butterflies and Moths, Plate 1, Papiliones, Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Erycinidae, Hesperidae. Date: 1896

A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletons
Frontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons

Frontispiece to Michelet's LA SORCIERE [1911 edition] with portrait of the author and a depiction of sensational goings-on, matching his somewhat extravagant text Date: 1911

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) (copperplate engraving)
533637 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) (copperplate engraving) by Villamena, Francesco (1566-1624); (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer and mathematician

Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving)
533634 Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving by Bella, Stefano della (1610-64); (add.info.: Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi)

Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist, 1623
UIG5088783 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist, 1623 by Villamena, Francesco (1566-1624); Science Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist)

Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras
2625579 Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving)
UIG5088679 Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving by Bella, Stefano della (1610-64); Science Museum, London

Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras
2625585 Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving)
1830333 Frontispiece to Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo, published in 1632 (engraving by Bella, Stefano della (1610-64); (add.info.: Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi)

Frontispiece, Apocalupsis cum figuris, 1511 (engraving)
7415659 Frontispiece, Apocalupsis cum figuris, 1511 (engraving) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) Frontispiece

Catalogue of the Artists Exhibition
2625641 Catalogue of the Artists Exhibition by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras
2625587 Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras
2625582 Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras
2625581 Frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Engraving by british artist & engraver)

Cover of the work " Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo Al Sermo. Ferd. II. Big
CUL4864053 Cover of the work " Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo Al Sermo. Ferd. II. Big. Duca di Toscana", 1632 (engraving); (add.info)

Cover and Frontispiece to Les Vieilles Histoires (Old Stories), 1893 (colour lithograph on cream wove paper)
5859488 Cover and Frontispiece to Les Vieilles Histoires (Old Stories), 1893 (colour lithograph on cream wove paper) by Toulouse-Lautrec

Allegorical frontispiece with Europa, Zeus and Themis, 1730 (engraving)
5913150 Allegorical frontispiece with Europa, Zeus and Themis, 1730 (engraving) by Werff, Adriaan van der (1659-1722) (after); (add.info)

The Pageant of English History. Frontispiece by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens book A Child's History of
1000822 The Pageant of English History. Frontispiece by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens book A Child's History of England, from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910

Illustration of the novel "The Mysterious Isle" by Jules Verne published in 1874
PCT4260033 Illustration of the novel "The Mysterious Isle" by Jules Verne published in 1874, in the Hetzel/Extraordinary Voyages collection

Illustration of the novel Ile Mysterieuse by Jules Verne, 1874 (engraving)
PCT4260020 Illustration of the novel Ile Mysterieuse by Jules Verne, 1874 (engraving) by Ferat, Jules-Descartes (1829-1906); (add.info)

Title page of a French edition of the book Les derniers jours de Pompei, mid 19th century (print)
PCT4296941 Title page of a French edition of the book Les derniers jours de Pompei, mid 19th century (print) by French School

False title of the book " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse
DUV4209782 False title of the book " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre, bookseller-publisher, Paris, 27-31 passage Choiseul

Frontispiece for Jerusalem Delivered, by Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), 1590 (engraving)
FGL5475942 Frontispiece for Jerusalem Delivered, by Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), 1590 (engraving) by Italian School, (16th century); (add.info.: Frontispiece for Jerusalem Delivered)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti-'Early Italian Poets, 1861 (print)
3773020 Dante Gabriel Rossetti-'Early Italian Poets, 1861 (print) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); (add.info.: The English poet)

Madame Bovary, novel by Gustave Flaubert. Title page and frontispiece of the edition Quantin 1885 of the complete works
PCT4273005 Madame Bovary, novel by Gustave Flaubert. Title page and frontispiece of the edition Quantin 1885 of the complete works with portrait of the writer by C. Commanville

Frontispice of the volume of " La Vie Parisienne", opera (opera-food)
PCT4278441 Frontispice of the volume of " La Vie Parisienne", opera (opera-food) by Jacques Offenbach on a libretto by Ludovic Halevy and Henri (Henry)

Frontispice of the volume of "La Vie Parisienne", opera (opera-food)
PCT4278442 Frontispice of the volume of "La Vie Parisienne", opera (opera-food) by Jacques Offenbach on a libretto by Ludovic Halevy and Henri (Henry)

Title page. 1880 (engraving)
7312543 Title page. 1880 (engraving) by Froelich, Lorentz (1820-1908); 27, 5x18, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Title page. in "Songs and rounds from childhood)

Frontispiece, 1850 (engraving)
7312376 Frontispiece, 1850 (engraving) by Lassalle, Louis Simon (Cabaillot-Lassalle) (1810-1870); 18x12 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Frontispiece in "Alphabet du Jardin des Plantes")

Peaon, 1850 (engraving)
7312402 Peaon, 1850 (engraving) by Lassalle, Louis Simon (Cabaillot-Lassalle) (1810-1870); 18x12 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Peacock in "Alphabet du Jardin des Plantes", by Mrs)

Title page, 1880 (engraving)
7312456 Title page, 1880 (engraving) by Berthault, Pierre-Gabriel (1737-1831); 19, 5x14, 5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Frontispice of the book L'alsace Happy, Editions Floury, 1919
JLJ4622220 Frontispice of the book L alsace Happy, Editions Floury, 1919 by Waltz, Jean-Jacques (Hansi) (1873-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tour de France of a Little Parisian by Constant Amero, circa 1880 - 1885 (illustration)
7298986 The Tour de France of a Little Parisian by Constant Amero, circa 1880 - 1885 (illustration) by Ferat, Jules (b.1819) (after); (add.info)

Cover page of the book Alphabet francais, 1887 (engraving)
DUV4205821 Cover page of the book Alphabet francais, 1887 (engraving) by Beuzon, Joseph Charles (fl.1892) (after); 32.5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Title page of ABC des joujoux ou Alphabet des tout petits, 1897 (Print)
DUV4213924 Title page of ABC des joujoux ou Alphabet des tout petits, 1897 (Print) by Quenioux, Gaston (1864-1951); (add.info.: False title of " ABC des joux ou Alphabet des tout petits")

Surgical Ward (Gekashitsu) from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club), ca. 1906. ca. 1906. Creator: Mizuno Toshikata
Surgical Ward (Gekashitsu) from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club), ca. 1906

Frontispiece of the work Le Rouge et le Noir, illustrated edition G. Cres, Paris 1922 (litho)
FGL5493784 Frontispiece of the work Le Rouge et le Noir, illustrated edition G. Cres, Paris 1922 (litho) by Quint (fl.1900); (add.info.: STENDHAL (Marie-Henri Beyle)

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The frontispiece is a captivating glimpse into the world of literature, music, and art. It serves as an introduction to the masterpiece that lies within its pages or notes. Just like Dante's Divine Comedy, which showcases the author himself on its frontispiece, these illustrations give us a visual representation of the story that awaits. In Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata, the frontispiece sets the tone for a tragic love story with its evocative imagery. Similarly, Frankenstein's frontispiece offers a chilling preview of Mary Shelley's iconic tale of creation and destruction. Handel's Messiah takes us back in time with its engraved cover sheet music from 1742. This intricate design transports us to an era filled with grandeur and musical brilliance. Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles invites us into Victorian England through its beautifully crafted title page from 1892. The delicate details transport readers to another time and place. But it is not only literature that can be found within these captivating images; they also capture scenes from everyday life. The market in Bologna reveals street traders bustling about their daily business while Twelve breeds of pigeon showcase nature's diversity in all its feathered glory. Zodiac signs come alive on one particular frontispiece where Cupid or Eros spreads his wings alongside winged males representing each astrological symbol. This celestial artwork reminds us of our connection to the stars above. Historical figures are also celebrated through this artistic medium - such as Jacques de Lalaing depicted as The King of Arms in Order of the Golden Fleece writing - reminding us that history lives on through art. Dreams take shape on Gerontius' frontispiece as we delve into his ethereal journey beyond life itself. And Hercules honored by Hesperides captures strength and heroism frozen in time for eternity.