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Khosrow II in front of Shīrīn's palace, illustration from a late 15th-century Persian...
The Keir Collection, Ham, Richmond, England
Two-page spread of the Book of Ecclesiastes from Johannes Gutenberg's 42-line Bible,...
Library of Congress, Rosenwald Rare Book Collection
Title page for Regiomontanus's Calendarium (1476).
Rosenwald Rare Book Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Two-page spread from the Aldine Press's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499).
Library of Congress, Rosenwald Rare Book Collection
Two-page spread from Geoffroy Tory's Book of Hours (1531).
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Black-and-white print of an engraved trading card by Robert Clee, 18th century.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes, 1927. 27.100(1) All rights reserved, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This image is copyrighted and protected by International and Pan American Copyright Conventions, and the laws of the United States and the state of New York. This image may not be reproduced or transmitted in any format, without specific advance written permission from the owner; unauthorized reproduction, duplication, transmission or commercial exploitation may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
Two-page spread from Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762),...
Library of Congress, Rosenwald Rare Book Collection
Two-page spread from Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, a book containing three...
Library of Congress, Rosenwald Rare Book Collection
Poster for the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, 1854.
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
Chromolithographic poster for the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1883.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZC4-5085)
Poster for a masked ball, designed by Jules Chéret, 1896.
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
A variety of 19th-century tin packages decorated by means of chromolithography.
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
A page from The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), produced by the Kelmscott...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The opening page from the Doves Press Bible (1903).
Library of Congress, Rosenwald Rare Book Collection.
Jane Avril, lithograph poster by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893; in the...
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Poster for the play Lorenzaccio starring Sarah Bernhardt, designed by Alphonse...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-85245)
Poster for the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, designed by J. Herbert McNair, Frances...
Library of Congress/Corbis Historical/Getty Images
Poster for the 13th Vienna Secession exhibition, designed by Koloman Moser, 1902.
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
Logo for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft), designed by Peter Behrens,...
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
Army recruiting poster featuring Uncle Sam, designed by James Montgomery Flagg, 1917.
James Montgomery Flagg— Leslie-Judge Co., N.Y./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC4-3859)
A two-page spread from Dlya golosa (For the Voice) by Vladimir...
Collection of Philip B. Meggs
Poster for an exhibition held on Wassily Kandinsky's 60th birthday, designed by Herbert...
Herbert Bayer Estate
Page from a brochure announcing Jan Tschichold's book Die neue Typographie,...
Courtesy Tschichold Family, Berzona, Switzerland
Advertisement for the NKF cable factory, designed by Piet Zwart, 1924.
Verlag Niggli AG, Switzerland
Poster for the Swiss Tourist Board, designed by Herbert Matter, c. 1932.
Herbert Matter Archives/Alex Matter
Poster for the New York Subways Advertising Company, designed by Paul Rand, 1947.
Design: Paul Rand
A two-page spread from Westvaco Inspirations 210, designed by Bradbury Thompson,...
Westvaco Corporation, Westvaco Inspirations, 210, 1958, by Bradbury Thompson
Editorial two-page spread from Harper's Bazaar, designed by Alexey Brodovitch,...
Harper's Bazaar, November, 1951, published by Hearst Communications, Inc.; designed by Alexey Brodovitch and photographed by Derujinski.
Title graphics for Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, designed by Saul...
Otto Preminger Films, Ltd.
Poster for musician Bob Dylan, designed by Milton Glaser, 1967.
© Milton Glaser
Announcement for Avant Garde magazine's antiwar poster contest, designed...
Ralph Ginzberg
Cover of Esquire magazine's May 1967 issue, designed by George Lois, photography...
By permission of Esquire Magazine. Hearst Communications, Inc. Esquire is a trademark of Hearst
Poster proposal for the Japanese World Expo '70 in Ōsaka, designed by Kamekura Yusaku,...
Yusaku Kamekura Archives
Poster for a musical play, designed by Satō Kōichi, 1988.
Koichi Sato
Cover for WET magazine, designed by April Greiman, 1979.
WET Magazine cover by April Greiman in collaboration with Jayme Odgers, 1979
Poster for a Michael Graves exhibition, designed by William Longhauser, 1983.
William Longhauser
Poster proposal for Expo '85, designed by Igarashi Takenobu, 1982.
Takenobu Igarashi
Poster commemorating the birth of the 13th-century Iranian poet Saadi, designed by...
Director and Designer, Ghobad Shiva. Client, UNESCO.
The Last Portal of Truth 42, poster designed by Chaz Maviyane-Davies, 2002.
Design: Chaz Maviyane-Davies; Photography: Ian Murphy
Screen interface design for MacPaint™ by computer programmer Bill Atkinson and graphic...
Illustration reprinted by permission from Apple Computer, Inc.
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