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7 Title Page Ephemera

Today we have a gorgeous collection of Title Page Ephemera! Book lovers will adore these wonderful Antique pages. They are all splendid vintage graphics that are wonderful ephemera pieces for your Collage or Mixed Media Artwork! Any of these would make fantastic cover art for your Junk Journal projects as well. Keep in mind that the larger pages have PDF files linked underneath them that you can download, the smaller images are included right in the post for you to save as usual.

Vintage Title Page Ephemera

Presented To Title Page Ephemera Download

Here is the latest addition to this collection. Shown above is an old page from the front of a book. The words Presented To …are on the page, along with some blank spaces to write in the name of the person that is the recipient of the gift! birds nests vintage title page image

Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Birds of the US Title Page

Swoon!!! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this print, and about the book that it came out of! The book is a Circa 1882 Natural History book on Birds and Nests and has the most fantastic Bird and Nest prints that I have ever seen!!! I also love that is is adorned with pretty flowers and greenery. I have adored this book from afar for many years, and although I got a good deal on it, I still had to pay a whopping amount to get it. It is sooo worth it though! The print seen above is actually the title page … isn’t it wonderful?!! I’ve removed a small amount of the wording to make it a bit more decorative, but other than that, it’s pretty much just like the original. Charming!! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

ornate typography book title page illustration

This is an Ornate Vintage Book Title Page! It is a fine example of illuminated manuscript. Shown above is a marvelous fancy title page from The Grammar of Ornament book, Circa 1868. I’ve been trying to get my hands on a copy of this book for years; it’s quite a pricey book. This is truly a unique graphic. I finally lucked out and found one that had fallen apart and the price was much more reasonable!

Antique Title Page Ephemera

nest eggs ephemera clipart

Click HERE for the Full Size Printable PDF of the Nest and Eggs 

Featured above is the cover to an 1870’s Natural History Booklet! I think that the whole thing is just so charming. I love the Typography used here, and of course the Engraved Nest with Eggs! The title reads, “Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds.” Old nature-themed illustrations like this one are drawn with such detail and precision I think. So impressive!

landscape frame title page image

Picture here is such a Beautiful Vintage Ornate Book Title Page Graphic! Shown is a delightfully fancy title page from a book with a landscape at the top and open space for writing below. The open area is an elongated oval shape with superb flourishes and leaves that look like carved wood. There is a tiny leopard in the scene on center left that you will see if you look carefully. Why a leopard I don’t know but it does make me curious!
Voyage Title Page
 This one is a lovely creamy page with a wonderful aged patina to it! The page includes a fanciful looking frame with loads of scrolls and even some Dragons. The center scene is nautical style with an old ship.
Here is the latest addition to this collection. This one is much more simple than some of the others in this set, but the simple ones can make for a really nice base for collage work. I could see a beautiful green tree collaged on top of this one. I like the London address on it too! I’ve left some of the little torn edges in place, as I liked the look of them, but you could always cut them off after you print it out, if you don’t care for them.

I hope you enjoyed this wonderful set of Title Pages! You might also like our Old Dictionary Pages HERE. 

  

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Comments

  1. John Fernandes says

    Karen, You went through a lot of trouble to buy “The Grammar of Ornament”. But it is a free download on this site: “The internet archive”. The next time you need a book, look for it in the following 3 sites:
    1. internet archive 2. Google books 3. Project Gutenberg. I heard there is a Project muse too but I haven’t checked it out.
    I am a great fan of your collections. Although my primary interest is not art but 19th century literature and Church History, I got led to your site while looking for old book titles on pinterest and have been hooked by your art collections ever since. The old post cards and rose paintings are terrific. But the ornamental borders were captivating.

    • Karen Watson says

      Hi John, Yes, thank you. When possible we like to buy our own books and do our own scans, if we can find the book at an affordable price. Our copy was falling apart and did not cost much. We don’t always like the quality of the scans on those sites. Also, I think Google is pretty strict about their terms of use. I’m glad you are enjoying our site!

  2. Tracey Weiss says

    Thank you so much! I’m working on a botanical junk journal and a couple of these title pages will be perfect!

    • Karen Watson says

      Thank you Theresa. I’ve removed the link as that book was scanned by the Smithsonian, and the Smithsonian has very strict rules about their digital scans, they do not allow them to be used in projects for resale. Since we allow commercial use to our crafty readers here, we don’t allow these types of links so as not to confuse our readers. We don’t want anyone getting into trouble!

      • Kat says

        I am not sure if you knew that the Smithsonian released nearly 3million images to public domain only a month or so ago.
        I had also found this book on internet archive, and not only is it offered by other contributors, when it is found on Smithsonian’s own site, they themselves have it listed as CC0– public domain.
        In case you did not have this very recent update, I thought I would let you know. =)
        The link to the item, on the Smithsonian site, with the CC0 citation is on this page:
        https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/grammarornament00jone
        It is the same copy as the one on the internet archive site.
        I hope this helps. =)

  4. Deborah says

    Could you provide more information (author, publisher, etc) on The Grammar of Ornament please. Love the title page illustration!

  5. Irene says

    This really is gorgeous! I love this ‘sepia’ tone – to add the same but very faint pages to a journal and you’ve got a really nice gift to yourself.
    Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

  6. JaneEllen says

    Unusual but stunning, love that, thanks so much Karen. Also love little girl with flowers and butterfly. Been collecting images of young children in this format.
    Happy Summer

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