Compiled by a pioneer in Art Nouveau design, these 72 plates of lush floral images are lovingly reproduced from a hard-to-find edition of a Belle Epoque classic. Full-page images, borders, and insets include illustrations — both real and fanciful — by M. P. Verneuil and other masters of the genre.

«Exquisitely detailed and stylistically rare, these 19th-century illustrations depict lush blossoms and plants surrounded by design elements of the most magnificent order. Perfect for enhancing greeting cards, newsletters, and websites, the 72 pages of black-and-white patterns also offer inspiration for needlework and other craft projects. Dover original selection from «A Selection of Suggestive Designs», Wheat, Brettle, & Baxter, Nottingham, 1870 edition.»

This treasury of 204 authentic black-and-white border and frame designs overflows with outlines that will add instant polish to any project. Selected from vintage periodicals, these floral and figurative motifs range from dainty cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions and from delicate and ethereal to bold and stately.

Chosen from a rare 19th-century source, these 124 black-and-white illustrations capture the lavish devices and grand sweep of European Baroque design. Use the royalty-free art in this collection — a population of elaborate architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, and border elements — to embellish a host of craft, design, and graphic projects.

Skillfully reproduced from a rare 19th-century masterpiece, this collection features 60 hand-coloured engravings of medieval knights and their weapons. Images include warriors on horseback as well as an assortment of lances, spears, mobile siege towers, muskets, and armour.

As stories told through pictures, the magnificent codices created by Mexico's ancient Indians are rich in history and folk art. In this dazzling collection of 366 color and black-and-white designs expertly selected from original codices, visual renderings of kings, warriors, tribal ceremonies, and mystical journeys will delight artists and history enthusiasts alike.

Most significant of the Russian novelist's early stories (1846) offers a straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. Golyadkin senior is a powerless target of persecution by Golyadkin junior, his double in almost every respect. Familiar Dostoyevskan themes of helplessness, victimization, scandal — beautifully handled in this small masterpiece.

From the author of Crime and Punishment comes this remarkable collection of short fiction.Ten compelling tales, steeped in Dostoyevsky's characteristic themes of spiritual torment and psychological conflict, evoke life in Czarist Russia. Featured stories include Dream of a Ridiculous Man, The Honest Thief, A Gentil Creature, and the title work.

In page after page of dazzling geometrics, an interesting design is spotlighted and split into multiple vibrant, dancing variations. Take motifs from this visual feast to rev up graphics projects, or use them to build your own unique designs Need to enlarge an image? Black-and-white illustrations are vector-based for ultra-clear enhancements.

These 468 authentic designs come from a rare volume published during the 1930s in Tokyo. Includes flowers, landscapes, flappers, birds, and a host of other stylized images. CD-ROM includes each image in a solid color as well as in black-and-white.

«Recognized internationally for their subtlety, delicate lines, and enduring beauty, artistic Chinese designs have long been regarded as more than simple ornamentation. The distinctive motifs represented in this superb collection of 218 permission-free patterns are typical of a vital art tradition that is experiencing a worldwide renaissance in popularity. Selected from various illustrated booklets published throughout the People's Republic of China and in Hong Kong, these motifs are derived from a vast selection of Chinese artifacts-dating from prehistoric pottery to the present day. Many of the patterns, which come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and styles, were originally conceived for decorating textiles, ceramics, metalwork, woodcarvings, basketry, cut paper, in addition to carved stone, tiles, and other architectural elements. Commercial artists and graphic designers will find an abundant supply of useful borders, frames, and corners as well as intricate floral displays that include peonies, lotus, chrysanthemums, pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms. Also available in this unique collection are: Real and fabulous Chinese animals-dragons, tigers, phoenixes, lions, butterflies, mandarin ducks, and bats Cloud and water motifs Geometric and abstract patterns Two frequently used Chinese ideographs representing «double happiness» and «long life» ...and much more. These patterns can be used as is, rearranged, combined, enlarged, or reduced. Illustrators, textile designers, craftpeople, anyone looking for authentic Chinese designs, will find this rich and easily affordable collection an invaluable addition to their working libraries.»

A quarrelsome, hot-tempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor. A witty and eloquent drama.

«This volume provides a fascinating sample of Erte's very best graphic work, offering every plate from his most popular collections: «The Alphabet» (1977); «The Numerals» (1968); «The Aces» (1974); «The Precious Stones» (1969); and «The Seasons» (1970). Each plate has been painstakingly reproduced from the autographed, limited-edition lithographs.»

To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is perhaps best known for his poster of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorated plans such as The Seasons — work that continues to grow in popularity and value as the resurgence of interest in Art Nouveau increases. Among graphic artists and commercial designers, Mucha is praised for the innovative style books that pioneered the use of Art Nouveau in commercial packaging, design and ornament.

The most definitive collection available, this sumptuous gallery gathers breathtaking artwork from rare, early editions of such popular tales as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and The Snow Queen. There are 180 elegant images that capture the genius of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, Charles Folkard, Willy Pogany, and others.

Readers of all ages will cherish this unique book and its splendid combination of art and literature. Eighty-five stunning images by a master of watercolor techniques depict scenes from Japanese, Bengali, and Italian folklore. Other subjects include the works of Shakespeare and Tennyson, plus familiar characters such as Cinderella and Puss in Boots.

In this amazing cache of designs, arresting displays of geometrics explode into thousands of fascinating variations. Each of 41 original black-and-white motifs is spun into three pages of adaptations, offering strikingly different variations on the original theme. More than 4,200 images form kaleidoscopic designs, optical illusions, and hypnotic abstracts.

The idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to confront the truth about their lives — but the truth only serves to wound them further.

From one of England's greatest playwrights, a remarkably inventive and poetically expressive work that set the form for later Elizabethan dramas. The 2-part romantic tragedy focuses on Tamburlaine — a Mongol warrior whose relentless rise to greatness and power, together with his enormous greed and vanity, culminates in his eventual downfall.

One of Cather's earliest novels — written in 1918 — is the story of Antonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. In quiet, probing depth, the story commemorates the spirit and courage of the immigrant pioneers whose persistence and strength helped build America.