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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
Monuments of German Gothic architecture.
From Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon : Geschichte der Baukunst (plates to the history of achitecture section of the Conversations-Lexikon, AKA Brockhaus Enzyklopädie), Published by Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1888.
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Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen and Beauvais.
From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
Via archive.org.
Pedestal from Henry VII chapel, Westminster Abbey.
From Historic ornament, treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament, vol. 1, by James Ward, London, 1909.
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Chapel in Avioth, XVth century.
From Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (Reasoned dictionary of French architecture from the XIth to the XVIth century), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1875.
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Episcopal chair from Saint Séverin church, in bordeaux. Late XIVth century.
From Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (Reasoned dictionary of French architecture from the XIth to the XVIth century), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1875.
Via archive.org.
Balustrade from Notre Dame de Paris.
From Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (Reasoned dictionary of French architecture from the XIth to the XVIth century), vol. 2 by E. Viollet-Le-Duc. Paris, 1875.
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Stay, then, Enchantress; Stay for my destruction! From Le Moine (The Monk), by M. G. Lewis vol. 1-2, Paris, 1811.
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Agnes! Agnes! Thou art mine!
Agnes! Agnes! I am thine!
From Le Moine (The Monk), by M. G. Lewis vol. 1-2, Paris, 1811.
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