Book ornament -- Decorated and historiated letters -- Type specimens -- Headpieces and tailpieces -- Stars -- Hands -- Coats of arms -- Feminine allegories -- Juvenile cuts -- Military motifs -- Musical instruments and musical motifs -- Sports and amusements -- Music hall programs -- Motifs for dance programs -- Gambling and jesters -- Cock fighting -- Diverse sports -- Hunting and fishing -- Vehicles of transportation -- Horse drawn vehicles -- Bicycles -- Automobiles -- Airplanes -- Boats and ships -- Trains -- Animals -- Domestic animals -- Wild animals -- Domestic and wild birds -- Fish -- Reptiles -- Insects -- Wine lists, menus and gastronomic devices -- Mortised cuts -- Machines, instruments, tools and hardware -- Furniture and household equipment -- Clothing, accessories for men, women and children -- Medical and pharmaceutical instruments and motifs -- Trade cuts -- Occupational motifs -- Humorous vignettes of tradesmen
Summary:
"Contained in this book is the best collection available of French wine lists and menus of the period, as well as motifs and mortised cuts ... pictorial account of the domestic furnishings of the French home of this epoch ... unusual illustrations of early machinery and medical and pharmaceutical instruments, in addition to a group of humorous vignettes of tradesmen. The section devoted to book ornament contains ... decorated and historiated letters ... type speciments and purely decorative motifs, as well as a series of juvenile cuts ... Every illustration in this volume is entirely copyright free and may be reproduced without permission or fee ... Over 5000 typographical and pictorial cuts ... Among other subjects ... represented are coats-of-arms and military motifs"--Cover.
