old glories

Image taken from page 72 of 'A Garden of Dreams: new poems' by The British Library, via Flickr

Image taken from page 247 of 'La Sainte Russie. la cour, l'armée ... et le peuple. Ouvrage contenant ... chromolithographies et ... gravure...

Image taken from page 45 of '[Rambles round Old Canterbury ... With illustrations.]' | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Image taken from page 17 of 'Curiosities of Street Literature: comprising “cocks,” or “catchpennies,” a large and curious assortment of stre...

Image taken from page 69 of 'Moore's Irish Melodies, Lalla Rookh, National Airs, Legendary Ballads, Songs, etc., with a memoir by J. F. Wall...

Image taken from page 702 of 'Louvain dans le passé et dans le présent: sous-sol-formation de la ville-événements mémorables, etc' by T...

Image taken from page 207 of 'Westlich! oder durch den fernen Westen Nord-Amerikas' | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Memoirs, biographical notes and poems, etc., of the Coeler family - caption: 'View of Lisbon, with ships tossed about in the treacherous wat...

Lord Burghley's Atlas - caption: 'Coloured manuscript plan of Falmouth Haven, or Harbour.' by The British Library, via Flickr

'Ship’s captain, represented by the Mars, a naval battleship prominent in the Napoleonic wars.'