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Part of a journal detailing a voyage made by a young man travelling to Argentina in 1863. He left Paisley, Scotland, in May and travelled by sailing ship to Buenos Aires, arriving in July. Here he described porpoises and other wildlife seen at sea.
A spread from my sketch book, inkwash and graphite with hand writing on the left side.
mysterious hand-written French letter, black on white and on a paper background, romantic mail / postage, handwriting, Paris or calligraphy themed background or texture, portrait format, fictive document, my own handwriting
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
Fountain pen on an antique handwritten letter. Vintage nib pen and handwritten english cursive style font copperplate, spencerian. Old history background. Retro style.
Lithography art, on the white paper
Close Up on the Drawing of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci Resting on an Easel in Art Studio. The Famous Piece Representing Science, Art, Health and Fitness. Important Painting from History
Overhead view of a vintage journal open-wide with a calligraphy dedication on one of its pages,  on top of old scattered letters from the beginning of the 20th century.
Facial Features Pattern Design on Banknote
Manuscript, drawings, blueprints by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1909
Pages in an antique travel diary of a Mediterranean cruise in 1872 isolated on white with a clipping path.
Front and back covers of a British tenant’s rent book from the 1970s-1980s with all identifying details removed.
Diary entries of a WWI American soldier, November 1st - November 4th, 1918.
Luxury marbled paper background texture, Brown and black
Vintage style paper texture background for decoupage crafting scrapbooking
An antique copy of the Hebrew scriptures and New Testament Bible from the 1800's.  Detail shot of the Lord's Prayer as taught to his disciples.
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Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1893
A page of an old, stained, exercise book with a handwritten recipe for ‘Savoury Cheese Toasts’.
Pile of old papers with almost illegible handwriting. The paper and writing are more than eighty year old
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Blank pages of ancient book with frame, isolated on white
Collage ideas 19th century on abstract background
this is very old Chinese traditional herbal medicine ancient book(Golden Mirror of Medicine),from qing dynasty have more than 200 years(maybe 18th century).the book records the use of acupuncture,herbal medicine and book of changes with chinese script.It is preserved complete by one chinese doctor of my grandfather.
Old handwritten letter
Bird's wing, drawning  by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1929
Old Victorian newspaper page, Sea serpent, 1870, 19th Century
Antique recipe book with handwritten text, meat soup in german
Part of an old 20th century military kitchen cookery book with recipes for various soups and white sauce - all large quantities to feed an army.
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