Doré's dramatic engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the ice of Antarctica, more-are all rendered in a powerful chilling manner.

A selection of 72 carefully selected plates from Bentley's painstakingly mounted images showing remarkable revelations of nature's diversity. For nearly 50 years, American photographer W. A. Bentley photographed thousands of snowflakes in his Vermont workshop. His painstakingly mounted images were remarkable revelations of nature's diversity, with no two snowflakes exactly alike, but all based on a common hexagon. In 1931, the American Meteorological...

Authoritative identification guide by a noted expert illustrates and defines common marine invertebrates and plants of the Atlantic region - from Bermuda and the Bahamas to the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico. Invertebrates classified by phyla and subcategorized by class, order, family; detailed species description accompanies each entry. Includes color insert.

1,355 signs, seals, symbols: Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, Rome; Germanic, Byzantine, Renaissance, Aztec, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese, others. Astrological, alchemical, magical, early Christian, masonic, heraldic, crests, goldsmiths' marks, watermarks, all reproduced from authentic sources. Mostly unavailable elsewhere. Reference, decorative, advertising art.

This volume includes 163 copyright-free illustrations from popular illustrator Charles Dana Gibson selected from volumes published 1894-1905.

91 designs for workable projects.