A phoenix bird biting a branch, burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fa
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Caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, the patie
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Two birds. Cranes, illustrating the text that cranes took it in turns to sleep: in this miniature, four cranes are sleeping while the fifth stands on one leg with a stone held in its other claw so tha
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Badgers, illustrating the text that when digging a hole, some badgers lie on their backs and pile earth which has been dug by other badgers onto their bellies; they then allow themselves to be dragged
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Illustration of the balsam garden of Cairo (Fustat), with seven pools of water and jars to catch the balsam, a plant in the centre, with two knights in armour flanking the gate, with shields with hera
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The bombardment of Odessa, April 22nd 1854. Sea-view of an explosion on the left, and ships lined up firing cannons on the right. Lettered Explosion of the Magazine 1PM Saturday April 22nd by a Shell
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Parade of the Scots Fusileer Guards At Buckingham Palace ... on the morning of their departure for the seat of war, March 2nd 1854. Soldiers in formation wearing rucksacks and waving their bearskin ha
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The representation of the combined fleets of England, France and Turkey attacking Sebastopol. Panoramic view of the fleets, with smoke engulfing them. Lettered with the names of the ships represented
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Camp of the light division at Allah-Din near Varna. Sunny landscape view, with lines of tents in the middle distance amongst trees, rocks in the foreground. Lettered COLNAGHI'S AUTHENTIC SERIES"" lowe
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Field of Inkerman from the three gun battery. SHEWING THE GROUND ON WHICH THE PRINCIPAL STRUGGLE OF THE 5TH NOVR TOOK PLACE WHERE ZOUAVES GUARDS, & OTHER INFANTY FOUGHT PELL-MELL WITH RUSSIAN COLUMNS.
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The cavalry charge at Balaclava , October 25th, 1854. Chaotic battle scene, with light cavalry charging and fighting with swords over cannons in the foreground. Lettered Goupil & Comple Paris"" lower
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Town and harbour of Balaklava. View of soldiers at rest on a hill overlooking Balaklava. A group wearing kilts sit on the ground around a tent on the right, one preparing food. Two officers on horseba
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The storm in Balaklava bay on the 14th Nov, 1854, during which HRH was on board HM steam frigate Retribution. View of ships in a heavy storm, lightning striking the mast of one on the left. The coast
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Loss of HMS Tiger, May 12th 1854. View of the bombardment of Odesa, ship on fire on the left. Captions read 'Vesuvius' and 'Niger'. Lettered 'COLNAGHI'S AUTHENTIC SERIES' lower left. According to Park
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Bombardment of Bomarsund. AUG 15TH 1854 (HALF PAST 11 O'CLOCK, AM) SKETCHED FROM HMS BULLDOG . Bird's eye view of the battlescene, explosion on the horizon, ships firing cannons at the fortifications.
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A rural scene people digging and planting shrubs or trees. A Book of Hours vellum manuscript written and ornamented with finely executed miniatures in the year 1525 for Fran?ois de Dinteville, Bishop
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A man feasting at a table. Illuminated manuscript: A Book of Hours or prayer book. (HORAE B. Maria Virginis, secundum usum Romanum; cum horis Crucis et S. Spiritus; pramissis calendario et orationibus
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Visigothic laws,  Holkham Hall Manuscript. LIBER JUDICORUM or Visigothic laws; 13th cent. Copy of the 'Vulgate' version of the code, first promulgated by Reccesswinth as a single code to replace the s
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An instruction book on dancing. The Movements of the Minuet. Illustration of man and woman dancing. Music score, Image from An Easy Introduction to Dancing: or, the Movements in the Minuet fully expla
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Book XI. Initial 'E', a ship on the sea with Bohemund I of Antioch, and Daimbert, Patriarch of Jerusalem, sailing for Apulia, during the First Crusade.Two men hoist sail; a man stands in the high ster
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Commission to Zorzi Bembo from Carolo Contareno Doge of Venice in worked silver relief back cover binding depicting the Lion of Saint Mark with the Reniero family shield of arms with ornamental border
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Mrs Louisa Brown holding the journal of her son Major Lewis Brown (5th Bombay N.I.). Her son won fame as defender of the fort at Kahan in Baluchistan in 1840. She is wearing a black satin dress, grey
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Portrait photograph of a group of engineers. Northern Scind Pishin State Railway. 19th century Balochistan.  All named: 'Birdwood, RE; Brandreth; Capt White, RE; R.D. Perceval; Genl [James] Browne, RE
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Full border with putti, candelabra, floral and foliate motifs, strings of coral and gem stones. Faceted initial 'M' (Cato Portius Tusculanus), and the coat of arms of Girolamo della Rovere supported b
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Illustration of four seated figures playing musical instruments. Illustration of woman in brightly coloured native dress, A native islander or inhabitant of a country probably New Zealand, reached on
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