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Maps of Italy in ancient times

Map of early tribes in Italy (top). of the Roman hills (lower left). and the vicinity of Rome (right) in the time of the Roman Empire.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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William and Mary College, 1700s

Early view of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1700s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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Robert Burns' character Tam O'Shanter

Tam O'Shanter about to ride, from a poem by Robert Burns.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century John Faed illustration

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