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Recommendations... Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc
by Jim Harter
Selected for its visual impact and ease of use, this outstanding collection of wood engravings presents over 1,000 species of animals in extremely lifelike poses. Includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and other invertebrates.
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 2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs
by H. Roessing
Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, much more.
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| |  Snow Crystals
by W. A. Bentley, W. J. Humphreys
Over 2,000 clear photomicrographs printed on black background of snow crystals. Also frost, rime, hail, and more. Brief text on methodology of research. Absolutely inexhaustible source of design. 202 plates.
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 Art Forms in Nature
by Ernst Haeckel
Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Ciliata, diatoms, calcareous sponges, Tubulariidae, Siphonophora, Semaeostomeae, star corals, starfishes, much more. All images in black and white.
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| |  Treasury of Art Nouveau Design & Ornament
by Carol Belanger Grafton
577 authentic Art Nouveau designs ranging in size from full-page illustrations to borders, headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Designs include florals, landscapes, and figures, from artists such as Klimt, Bradley, Auriol, and Larcombe.
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 A Treasury of Design for Artists and Craftsmen
by Gregory Mirow
Contemporary adaptations of beautiful, traditional decoration, patterns: Art Nouveau, Paisleys, op art, plaids, stripes, geometrics, snowflakes, Mexican, Scandinavian, African, Persian, masks, more. 104 plates, 4 in color.
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| |  Japanese Design Motifs
by Matsuya Company
Definitive catalogue of Japanese heraldic crests featuring almost unlimited variety of plant, animal, bird, and geometric forms, from "wild goose" to "folding fan" to "mountain and mist," each with dozens of variations. 4,260 illustrations.
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Products in Pictorial Archive | | |  | 1,100 Designs and Motifs from Historic Sources
by John Leighton
Beautifully rendered, royalty-free images adapted from a host of design traditions — from primitive tribal to French Renaissance. Invaluable sourcebook for artists, designers, craftworkers.
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|  | 1,337 Spot Illustrations of the Twenties and Thirties
by Leslie Cabarga, Marcie Cabarga
More than 1,300 distinctive, well-designed royalty-free cuts in a wide variety of categories: men, women, animals, transportation, many more. Add period flavor to any graphic project.
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|  | 100 Japanese Stencil Designs
by Friedrich Deneken
The natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of 104 exquisite stencil designs, reproduced from a rare 19th-century publication.
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|  | 100 Wood Type Alphabets
by Rob Roy Kelly
Beautiful selection of 100 19th-century American wood type fonts, many reproduced at actual size. Each font features a complete alphabet of capitals; many include lowercase letters, numerals, and punctuation marks.
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|  | 1000 Decorative Designs from India
by Devi Thapa, Kiran Chaudhri, V. S. Navalkar
This sourcebook showcases 1,000 decorative black-and-white motifs plucked from India's many sumptuous handicrafts: stonework, batik, embroidered fabrics, pottery, jewelry, personal adornments, carpets, more.
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|  | 1000 Ornamental Designs for Artists and Craftspeople
by Claude Humbert
Provocative handbook examines evolution and psychological significance of the square, circle, triangle, and other design motifs. Hundreds of royalty-free patterns for artists, illustrators, craftworkers, and devotees of the decorative arts.
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|  | 1001 Cartoon-Style Illustrations
by J. I. Biegeleisen, Dave Ubinas
Invaluable treasury of lighthearted scenes of sports, leisure-time activities, circuses and carnivals, trades and professions, travel and geographic landmarks, whimsical renderings of flowers, plants and gardening, national and religious holidays, much more.
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| | |  | 1001 Spot Illustrations of the Lively Twenties
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Authentic Jazz Age motifs include dashing playboys, frolicking flappers, and other period images, all arranged by categories that include food and drink, gambling, art, shopping, crime, music, romance, sports, and more.
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| |  | 1100 Decorative French Ironwork Designs
by Denonvilliers Co.
Hundreds of finely detailed illustrations of garden seats, candelabras, moldings, gates, balcony grilles, vases, crosses, funerary ornaments and monuments, finials, doorknobs and many other ornamental features.
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| |  | 150 Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs
by Friedrich Wolfrum and Co.
Featuring both allover patterns and stand-alone designs, this collection consists of 49 full-page illustrations, plus 11 pages with numerous individual images. Handsomely reproduced from a rare Viennese publication.
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|  | 1500 Chinese Design Motifs
by Pan Wuhua
These crisp, black-and-white images will lend a distinctive Far Eastern accent to any project. Geometrics, abstracts, and other intriguing configurations adapt easily for use as spot illustrations and other applications.
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| | 2,286 Traditional Stencil Designs
by H. Roessing
Masterfully executed designs in reproductions of two rare catalogs: ornamental borders, corners and frames with intricate floral and foliated patterns, architectural ornaments and design elements, religious symbols and figures, much more.
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| |  | 2001 Decorative Cuts and Ornaments
by Carol Belanger Grafton
Authentic 19th- and 20th-century royalty-free graphics: human and animal figures, music and dance, florals, geometrics, much more.
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