Published Collection (#89)

British / India 1613
The first English trading post in India at Surat. There is a warehouse and a church. This image is taken from the Voyages of Mandelslo, published in 1727. Date: 1613

Madames De Elme
MADAME ST DE ELME, known as La Contemporaine - Dutch adventuress who published indiscreet reminiscences of her indiscreet life. 1775? - 1840S?

Elegy on a Mad Dog
" The man recovered of the bite; The dog it was that died." Published: late 19th century

Karl Marx / Manifesto / C19
MANIFEST DER KOMMUNISTISCHEN PARTEI (the Communist Manifesto) Proletarier aller Lander vereinigt euch (Workers of the World, unite !) Date: First published: 1848

Treasure Isle / Ben Gunn
Jim Hawkins meets Ben Gunn. Date: First published: 1883

Copperfield / Emily
Little Emily walking on a plank. Date: First published: 1849-50

Treasure Isle / The Chest
Jim Hawkins and his mother open the treasure chest. Date: First published: 1883

Alice - Title Page
Title page Date: First published :1865

Pinocchios Nose Pecked
Pinocchios nose pecked down to normal size by the woodpeckers Date: First published: 1880

Grandville Fleurs Title
The title-page of LES FLEURS ANIMEES by Grandville (Jean-Jacques- Isidore Gerard, 1803-1847) published in the last year of his life Date: 1847

Lorna Doone / Devon Scene
Lornas bower, Exmoor. Date: First published: 1869

Pinocchio Watered
Pinocchio is drenched by water poured on him from above Date: First published: 1880

Little Women / Father
Meg, Jo, Amy & Beth sit with their father. Date: First published: 1868

Laughing Cavalier / C1930
The laughing Cavalier: the ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Date: Published: c.1930

Greenaway Book / Flowers
Pages from Kate Greenaways Le Langage des Fleurs. Date: First published: 1884

Andree Book Cover
Andrees balloon L Aigle depicted on the front cover of a book describing his expedition, published at a time when his fate was still unknown Date: July 1897

Twist / Cruikshank / Claimed
Claimed by his affectionate friends Date: First published: 1836-37

Quality Street: Valentin
Phoebe and Valentine Brown walking in the rain. Date: First published: 1913

Don Quixote on horseback
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title makes his way across the countryside on horseback, dreaming of adventures. Date: First published: 1605-15

Books / Proust / Swanns Way
Swann at the Verdurins, with Reynaldo Hahn. Date: First published: 1913

Poe / Tales / Pit & Pendulum
THE PIT & THE PENDULUM Before the inquisitors; " I saw them fashion the syllables of my name". Date: First published: 1842

Books / Rousseau / Emile
Title page of Emile. Date: First published: 1762

Pickwick Papers / 2 Weller
The two Wellers Date: First published: 1836-37

Dickens / Bleak House
The visit to the brickmakers. Date: First published: 1852-53

Alice and Dinah
Alice and her cat Dinah. Date: First published: 1865

Cmas at Dingley Dell
Christmas at Dingley Dell Date: First published: 1836-37

Little Women / Game Chess
A game of chess. Date: First published: 1868

John Middleton / Austen
Sir. John Middleton. Date: First published: 1811

Austen / Ssense & Sensibli
Marianne leaves Elinor & Colonel Brandon. Date: First published: 1811

Austen / John Dashwood
Mrs. John Dashwood & her family. Date: First published: 1811

Treasure Isle / Smollett
Captain Smollett and Long John Silver. Date: First published: 1883

Treasure Isle / Israel
Jim Hawkins sees Israel Hands and Red Nightcap. Date: First published: 1883

Treasure Isle / Blind Pew
Blind Pew: " he was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick." Date: First published: 1883

Leaving Treasure Island
Leaving the island. Date: First published: 1883

Treasure Isle / Stockade
Doctor Livesey and Long John Silver at the stockade. Date: First published: 1883

Treasure Isle / Black Dog
The Captain attacks Black Dog. Date: First published: 1883

Sancho Panza is tossed in a blanket held by many citizens. Date: First published: 1605-1615

Black Beauty Cover
Cover of Black Beauty. First published: 1877

Holmes & Mrs. St. Clair
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Holmes with Mrs. St. Clair. Date: First published: 1891

Holmes & Hatherley
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEERs THUMB Holmes pours the engineer Hatherley a brandy-and-water. Date: First published: 1892

Neville St. Clair / 1891
THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Neville St. Claire as a beggar. Date: First published: 1891

Smallest book, SEM
Smallest book in the world. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the smallest published book in the world. This tiny leather- bound volume measures just 2.4 by 2.9 millimetres in page area

Petrus Apianuss Pascals Triangle, 1527
Early Pascals Triangle. Appearing on the title page of Kauffmans Rechnung (Ingolstadt, 1527) by the German scholar Petrus Apianus

Parachute, 16th century
Parachute in use as a man descends from a tower, coloured 16th century engraving. The engraving entitled " Homo Volans" (flying man) seems to be the first clearly printed

Anatomy and royalty, 17th century. French anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger (lower left, 1577-1657) presenting a treatise on anatomy to the French King Louis XIII (right)

Science book conceptual image
A book of Science

Books on bookshelves

Manual of Workhouse Cookery, cover
The cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets

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