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Title Page Collection (#4)

The title page is a gateway to the literary world, offering a glimpse into the essence of a book

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page from Romeo and Juliet

Title page from Romeo and Juliet
3329500 Title page from Romeo and Juliet; (add.info.: Title page from Romeo and Juliet. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page from Actes and Monuments (engraving)

Title page from Actes and Monuments (engraving)
3330387 Title page from Actes and Monuments (engraving); (add.info.: Title page from Actes and Monuments.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page Illustration from medici Tigurini Historiae animalium

Title page Illustration from medici Tigurini Historiae animalium
2626587 Title page Illustration from medici Tigurini Historiae animalium'; (add.info.: Title page Illustration of a child on a frog)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page Illustration from Micrographia

Title page Illustration from Micrographia
2626681 Title page Illustration from Micrographia'; (add.info.: Title page with Illustration from Micrographia 1665; by Robert Hooke, 1635-1703)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural

Title page lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of
FLO4690651 Title page lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Animals, Zurich

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page, in English, of a later edition of ' The Prince' by Machiavelli, published in London

Title page, in English, of a later edition of " The Prince" by Machiavelli, published in London, 1741
NWI4757805 Title page, in English, of a later edition of " The Prince" by Machiavelli, published in London, 1741.; (add.info.: Title page, in English)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Frontispiece of Marie Tudor from Works, dramas t. VI by Victor Hugo (1802-85)

Frontispiece of Marie Tudor from Works, dramas t. VI by Victor Hugo (1802-85), 2nd edition by Eugene Renduel
CHT164066 Frontispiece of Marie Tudor from Works, dramas t. VI by Victor Hugo (1802-85), 2nd edition by Eugene Renduel, 1833 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Nanteuil

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page of Die Lage der arbeitenden klasse in England by Friedrich Engels (print)

Title page of Die Lage der arbeitenden klasse in England by Friedrich Engels (print)
527310 Title page of Die Lage der arbeitenden klasse in England by Friedrich Engels (print); (add.info.: The Conditions of the Working Classes in England in 1844)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page illustration from a British newspaper of Christmas, 1860

Title page illustration from a British newspaper of Christmas, 1860
1579448 Title page illustration from a British newspaper of Christmas, 1860; (add.info.: Title page illustration from a British newspaper of Christmas, 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page for Ornaments Invented and Designed by Charles Klimsch (engraving)

Title page for Ornaments Invented and Designed by Charles Klimsch (engraving)
8642209 Title page for Ornaments Invented and Designed by Charles Klimsch (engraving) by Klimsch, Ferdinand Karl (1812-1890); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page of Vom Hosen Teuffel, by Musculus, 1555 (woodcut)

Title Page of Vom Hosen Teuffel, by Musculus, 1555 (woodcut)
8672850 Title Page of Vom Hosen Teuffel, by Musculus, 1555 (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Title Page of Vom Hosen Teuffel)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript. Illustrated by Simone martini

Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript. Illustrated by Simone martini
3523605 Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript. Illustrated by Simone martini by Martini, Simone (1284-1344); (add.info.: Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition

Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition, London 1848 (30 pages)
PCT4264268 Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition, London 1848 (30 pages)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Les Pensees by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneve, 1768 (print)

Les Pensees by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneve, 1768 (print)
PCT4262819 Les Pensees by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneve, 1768 (print); (add.info.: The thoughts of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneve)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872

Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872 Russian language
5669001 Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872 Russian language edition of published in 1867; (add.info)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Frontispiece and title page of 'Tabulae Rudolphinae: Quibus Astronomicae' (engraving)

Frontispiece and title page of "Tabulae Rudolphinae: Quibus Astronomicae" (engraving)
2911221 Frontispiece and title page of "Tabulae Rudolphinae: Quibus Astronomicae" (engraving); (add.info.: Frontispiece and title page of : "Tabulae Rudolphinae)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Principia philosophiae. Principles of Philosophy. Title page. (print)

Principia philosophiae. Principles of Philosophy. Title page. (print)
7419861 Principia philosophiae. Principles of Philosophy. Title page. (print); (add.info.: Title page of a 1692 edition of French philosopher Rene Descarte's Principia philosophiae or Principles)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Les pensees's by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1768 (print)

Les pensees's by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1768 (print)
PCT4262805 Les pensees's by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1768 (print); (add.info.: Historical counterfacon of a book of thoughts by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneve)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page of the original La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi

Title page of the original La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi
3586239 Title page of the original La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi; (add.info.: Title page of the original La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian opera composer

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Frontispiece of ' The Devisement of the World ' (' Il Milione ' or 'The Book of Wonders')

Frontispiece of " The Devisement of the World " (" Il Milione " or "The Book of Wonders")
FGL5497932 Frontispiece of " The Devisement of the World " (" Il Milione " or "The Book of Wonders") by explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324), 1503; Fototeca Gilardi

Background imageTitle Page Collection: title page and portrait in frontispiece of the book 'The Mie Prigione' (My Prisons)

title page and portrait in frontispiece of the book "The Mie Prigione" (My Prisons) by Silvio Pellico
PCT4716041 title page and portrait in frontispiece of the book "The Mie Prigione" (My Prisons) by Silvio Pellico, 1835 (print); (add.info.: Silvio Pellico (1789-1854)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page of Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall

Title Page of Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill by Thomas Hobbes
FGL5494040 Title Page of Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill by Thomas Hobbes, 1651 (engraving); (add.info.: Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page for Wiesiger's Poems, 1792. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Title Page for Wiesiger's Poems, 1792. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page for Wiesiger's Poems, 1792

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page for W.G. Becker's Beatrice Cenci, c1794. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Title Page for W.G. Becker's Beatrice Cenci, c1794. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page for W.G. Becker's Beatrice Cenci, c1794. From periodical: Leipziger Monatsschrift fur Damen fur 1795

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page to Eberhard's Amyntor, a Story in Correspondence, 1782

Title page to Eberhard's Amyntor, a Story in Correspondence, 1782. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title page to Eberhard's Amyntor, a Story in Correspondence, 1782

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page for Hoffman's German Flowers, 1790. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Title Page for Hoffman's German Flowers, 1790. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page for Hoffman's German Flowers, 1790. From almanac: Deutchlands flora oder Botanisches Taschenbuch fur des jahr 1800

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis, 1794

Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis, 1794. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis, 1794

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis Un Klairant, 1794

Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis Un Klairant, 1794. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title Page and Vignette for La Fontaine's Klara Du Plessis Un Klairant, 1794

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page to a sermon by Martin Luther, 1523. Creators: Unknown, Hans Weiditz

Title page to a sermon by Martin Luther, 1523. Creators: Unknown, Hans Weiditz
Title page to a sermon by Martin Luther, 1523. Border illustration by Hans Weiditz with Christ preaching to the crowd. (German text: XXVII. Predig D. Martin Luthers newlich uszgangen Anno XXIII)

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page of the Lübeck Bible, 1533-1534. Creator: Erhard Altdorfer

Title page of the Lübeck Bible, 1533-1534. Creator: Erhard Altdorfer
Title page of the Lubeck Bible, 1533-1534. Biblical scenes including Adam and Eve with the Serpent, Christ on the cross and rising from the tomb, and God giving Moses the Ten Commandments

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page: 'Emblematical Figures, Representations and Etc. to Please the Eye', 1826-1827

Title page: "Emblematical Figures, Representations and Etc. to Please the Eye", 1826-1827. The Pen, an instrument tho small, Is of great use, and benefit to all'

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page, 1585. Creator: Johann Sadeler I

Title Page, 1585. Creator: Johann Sadeler I
Title Page, 1585. From The Seven Planets

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Prints for Dirk 1849, 1849. Creator: Johannes Tavenraat

Prints for Dirk 1849, 1849. Creator: Johannes Tavenraat
Prints for Dirk 1849, 1849. Rider with plumed hat. Title page for a signed picture booklet for the artist's son Felix Tavenraat

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title page for art book with coloured drawings, 1745-1808. Creator: Gerard van Nijmegen

Title page for art book with coloured drawings, 1745-1808. Creator: Gerard van Nijmegen
Title page for art book with coloured drawings, 1745-1808. Round cartouche with title, surrounded by female figures and putti

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Crested vulture with a sheet of paper in its beak, 1763-1824

Crested vulture with a sheet of paper in its beak, 1763-1824. Creator: Circle of François Le Vaillant
Crested vulture with a sheet of paper in its beak, 1763-1824. "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Afrique par Francois Le Vaillant"

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Design for title page of 'Kijkjes in de plantenwereld' (Peeks into the plant... in or before 1893)

Design for title page of "Kijkjes in de plantenwereld" (Peeks into the plant... in or before 1893)
Design for title page of "Kijkjes in de plantenwereld" (Peeks into the plant world) by Emilie C. Knappert, 1893, in or before 1893

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Vignette for a Title Page: 'Winged Victory'. Creator: Thomas Stothard

Vignette for a Title Page: "Winged Victory". Creator: Thomas Stothard
Vignette for a Title Page: "Winged Victory"

Background imageTitle Page Collection: A Man Leaning on a Structure, later 1760s. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A Man Leaning on a Structure, later 1760s. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
A Man Leaning on a Structure, later 1760s

Background imageTitle Page Collection: OUTIS NEMO, 1518. Creators: Hans Weiditz, Ulrich von Hutten

OUTIS NEMO, 1518. Creators: Hans Weiditz, Ulrich von Hutten
OUTIS NEMO, 1518

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Il Trionfo della Fedeltá. Dramma Pastorale Per Musica Di E.T.P.A. 1754

Il Trionfo della Fedeltá. Dramma Pastorale Per Musica Di E.T.P.A. 1754. Creators: Maria Antonia Walpurgis
Il Trionfo della Fedelta. Dramma Pastorale Per Musica Di E.T.P.A. 1754. The Triumph of Fidelity Pastoral Drama for Music

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs... published 1694

Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs... published 1694
Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maxime conspicuis antiquitus, & recens ibidem constitutis; Editum Ab Equite Carolo Fontana Deputato celeberrimi ejusdem Templi Ministro

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Musica Futurista per Orchestra, 1912. Creators: Umberto Boccioni, Francesco Balilla Pratella

Musica Futurista per Orchestra, 1912. Creators: Umberto Boccioni, Francesco Balilla Pratella
Musica Futurista per Orchestra, 1912. Futurist Music for Orchestra

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page: Large Pendant, 1593. Creator: Daniel Mignot

Title Page: Large Pendant, 1593. Creator: Daniel Mignot
Title Page: Large Pendant, 1593

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page. Creator: Balthasar Moncornet

Title Page. Creator: Balthasar Moncornet
Title Page

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title-Page: Brooch, Snail-like Animals Above, Centaurs with Banners at Bottom, 1596

Title-Page: Brooch, Snail-like Animals Above, Centaurs with Banners at Bottom, 1596. Creator: Daniel Mignot
Title-Page: Brooch, Snail-like Animals Above, Centaurs with Banners at Bottom, 1596

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page: Pendant, Surrounded by Eight Small Studs, 1593. Creator: Daniel Mignot

Title Page: Pendant, Surrounded by Eight Small Studs, 1593. Creator: Daniel Mignot
Title Page: Pendant, Surrounded by Eight Small Studs, 1593

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page: Large Pendant, Two Winged Imaginary Figures at Bottom, 1596. Creator: Daniel Mignot

Title Page: Large Pendant, Two Winged Imaginary Figures at Bottom, 1596. Creator: Daniel Mignot
Title Page: Large Pendant, Two Winged Imaginary Figures at Bottom, 1596

Background imageTitle Page Collection: Title Page: Large Pendant, Venus and Amor at Centre, 1596. Creator: Daniel Mignot

Title Page: Large Pendant, Venus and Amor at Centre, 1596. Creator: Daniel Mignot
Title Page: Large Pendant, Venus and Amor at Centre, 1596




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The title page is a gateway to the literary world, offering a glimpse into the essence of a book. It serves as an introduction, setting the tone and providing valuable information about the work within its pages. From historical classics to scandalous novels, each title page holds its own unique story. Take, for instance, the title page of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles, " published in 1892. Its elegant design transports us back to Victorian England, hinting at themes of love and tragedy that await us in this timeless tale. In contrast, we have the mysterious Title Page of the Geneva Bible from 1614. With an unknown creator behind it, this enigmatic piece sparks curiosity about its origins and significance within religious history. Moving on to more provocative literature, we encounter an engraved title page from an English priapic novel dating back to 1783. This risqué artwork hints at a scandalous narrative that pushed societal boundaries during its time. Shifting gears towards political influence, we find ourselves face-to-face with Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense. " Its simple yet impactful title page played a pivotal role in America's fight for independence against Great Britain. Delving into biographical works brings us John Quincy Adams' memoirs or perhaps The Adventures of Oliver - titles that pique our interest in personal journeys and tales of resilience. Art enthusiasts will appreciate Giambatista Piranesi's "The Antiquities of Rome" with its captivating imagery adorning its grandiose title page. This volume promises to transport readers through time as they explore ancient Roman architecture and culture. Science takes center stage with Robert Boyle's influential work "The Sceptical Chymist" from 1661. Its thought-provoking ideas challenge conventional wisdom while inviting readers on a journey towards scientific enlightenment. Literary enthusiasts cannot ignore James Joyce's groundbreaking masterpiece "Ulysses.