1875 Chromolithograph Persian Manuscript Illustration Arabic Border LOR1 FZ5 This is an original 1937

This is an original 1937 Great Depression Era black and white print ad for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Keywords specific to this image: Clock

The cover features songwriter and bandleader

This is an original 1722 black and white copper engraving of "Melchior von Redern

Please note that there is moderate white speckling in the black portions of this ad

1875 Chromolithograph Persian Manuscript Illustration Arabic Border LOR1 FZ5 This is an original 1937This is a rare original 1875 color chromolithograph that provides two different examples of manuscript decoration from historical Persia. The upper illustration is from the frontispiece of the Shahnameh, a long poem written by Persian poet Ferdowsi around the first century CE. A unique feature of this illustration, which may be difficult to see in the digital image, is the use of gold ink which not only shimmers when it catches the light but also