Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Gallery

Pegasus the Winged Devine Stallion Engraving, Circa 1892

Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Pegasus the Winged Devine Stallion Engraving, Circa 1892. Source: Kristofer Columbus, Lefnad Och Resor (Christopher Columbus, Life and Voyages), Published in 1893. Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

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Palaeography historic writing examples 14th 15th 16th century

Title: Specimens from autograph letters &c. of the 14th 15th and 16th centuries. Pl. XVI. Scraps from letters by (for example) Charles V of France; Christopher Columbus; Anne of Brittany; Bayard the Chevalier; Erasmus; Copernicus, and Elizabeth I of England. From: The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing, by Henry Noel Humphreys. Published in 1868 by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London. Subtitle: A number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century

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St. Brandans Celebration of the Holy Mass Engraving, Circa 1550

Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of St. Brandans Celebration of the Holy Mass on the Back of a Whale Engraving, Circa 1550. Source: Kristofer Columbus, Lefnad Och Resor (Christopher Columbus, Life and Voyages), Published in 1893. Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

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