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JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing farm equipment including pitchforks, shovels, wine presses, grain mills, and crop sprayers. Great reference for rustic branding, farm-themed packaging, or homesteading projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Detailed catalog page showing dozens of small black-and-white vignettes of farm tools, field work, animals, and crops, with French captions and prices in francs. The images are arranged in a tidy grid, useful as a reference for agricultural motifs.
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive catalog page of agricultural equipment and farm scenes from a French foundry catalog, featuring threshing machines, windmills, wine presses, wheat sheaves, and laborers at work. Great reference for rustic branding, farm-to-table packaging, or craft brewery labels
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A foundry specimen page featuring allegorical figures, cherubs, lyres, and decorative emblems from Fonderie A. Bertrand. Each vignette works as a standalone element for certificates, bookplates, or editorial spot illustrations
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive specimen page from Fonderie A. Bertrand featuring dozens of small animal engravings used as printer’s ornaments. Lions, elephants, deer, camels, zebras, monkeys, and wolves appear in various poses-ideal for logos, packaging labels, or anywhere you need a quick spot illustration with old-world charm
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A delightful collection of dressed animals behaving like humans, from a French type foundry catalog. These whimsical spot illustrations work perfectly for editorial design, children’s books, or adding playful personality to packaging
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A charming collection of engraved spot illustrations featuring artist supplies and scenes from a French type foundry catalog. Includes a bellows camera on tripod, wooden easel, paint tube, brushes, ornate mirror frame, knight on horseback, globe, and tropical landscape vignettes
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Eleven distinct Art Nouveau frames from a French type foundry catalog, each featuring the sinuous whiplash curves characteristic of the style. From Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, these range from simple organic rectangles to elaborate frames with pendant ornaments and floral corner details-ready for labels, certificates, or menu designs
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive catalog plate showing dozens of barbershop implements from a French foundry’s specimen book-straight razors, combs, brushes, scissors, perfume atomizers, and curling irons all neatly arranged. Perfect reference for barbershop branding, men’s grooming packaging, or salon identity projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A densely packed catalog page showing various bicycle designs alongside figures riding them, from early velocipedes to safety bicycles. From a French foundry catalog (Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils), this works well for cycling-themed projects, transport history references, or Victorian ephemera collages
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Over a hundred small bird engravings from a 19th-century French type foundry catalog, showing everything from swallows and doves to roosters, owls, and peacocks. Each numbered vignette works as a standalone spot illustration for editorial layouts, invitations, or decorative embellishments
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A French foundry catalog page showcasing dozens of bird engravings from tiny songbirds to proud roosters and swimming ducks. The mix of decorative vignettes and detailed poultry studies makes this useful for farmhouse branding, food packaging, or rustic editorial layouts
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive reference plate of joinery tools from a French foundry catalog, featuring axes, planes, saws, chisels, compasses, workbenches, and even a craftsman at his lathe. Great for woodworking branding, tool shop signage, or maker-space artwork
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A densely packed catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand featuring dozens of engraved cats and dogs in various poses-sitting, playing, stalking, sleeping. Great for pet-themed projects, children’s book illustrations, or anywhere you need charming 19th-century animal vignettes
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Over sixty individual cattle engravings from a French printer’s specimen catalog, showing bulls, cows, and oxen in various poses and breeds. Useful for farm branding, butcher shop signage, dairy packaging, or agricultural labels
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of decorative chapter headers from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, featuring dozens of horizontal bands ranging from delicate scrollwork to dense renaissance grotesques with cherubs, griffins, and floral sprays. Ideal for book design, chapter dividers, or adding period authenticity to editorial layouts
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of decorative chapter headings from a 19th-century French type foundry catalog, featuring scrollwork, grotesque masks, cherubs, urns, and architectural vignettes. Excellent source material for book design, editorial layouts, or anywhere you need horizontal decorative bands
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page of decorative chapter headpieces from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, featuring scrollwork borders with grotesque masks, cherubs, and acanthus motifs. These horizontal bands work beautifully as section dividers, header decorations, or certificate embellishments
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of decorative chapter headers from a French type foundry catalog, featuring scrollwork, acanthus, masks, sunbursts, and religious motifs. Useful for book design, editorial layouts, or anywhere you need a horizontal divider with serious weight
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of decorative headpiece ornaments from the Bertrand type foundry catalog, featuring grotesque masks, mythical creatures, scrollwork, and botanical motifs. Ideal reference for book designers needing authentic chapter openers or horizontal dividers
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of decorative chapter headpieces from the Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils catalog, featuring dozens of horizontal ornaments ranging from tight scrollwork to figural scenes. Ideal for book design, chapter openers, or adding period authenticity to editorial layouts
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full catalog page showing children’s garments from a French fashion foundry, including petticoats, skirts, dresses, bonnets, and nightgowns. Each piece is numbered with pricing-great reference for costume design, period fashion projects, or children’s brand packaging
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A dense catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing dozens of engraved coffee and tea service items-teapots, coffee pots, cups, bottles, and serving accessories. Perfect for cafe branding, menu design, or kitchen-themed projects needing individual spot illustrations
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A densely packed catalog page showing dozens of building trade tools and hardware from a French foundry, including ladders, pipes, trowels, brushes, pumps, and mechanical equipment. Great reference for industrial design projects, tool-themed branding, or construction company graphics
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A French foundry catalog page showing dozens of corset designs with detailed boning, lace trim, and construction variations. Useful reference for lingerie branding, costume design projects, or fashion history collages
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Over 100 cross variations from a French type foundry catalog, ranging from simple Latin crosses to ornate crucifixes with rays and florals. A comprehensive reference for religious design work, memorial graphics, or gothic-themed projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A dense catalog page of decorative tailpieces from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, featuring cherubs, masks, scrollwork, floral sprays, and grotesques in every conceivable variation. Perfect for chapter endings, certificate embellishments, or anywhere you need a small finishing flourish
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A specimen page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils featuring forty decorative tailpieces for book and chapter endings. The collection ranges from simple floral sprays to elaborate cherub vignettes, masks, and scrollwork cartouches-useful for certificates, invitations, or anywhere you need a finishing flourish
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of ornamental initial letters from the Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils catalog, featuring dozens of square drop caps in varied styles-some with dense floral scrollwork, others with figural scenes and mythological subjects. Essential reference for book design, chapter openings, or anywhere a dramatic first letter is needed
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of ornamental initial letters from the Bertrand & Ses Fils foundry catalog, showing dozens of decorative drop caps in varying styles from simple florals to elaborate figural scenes. Ideal reference for book design, chapter headings, or creating custom illuminated manuscripts
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page from French type foundry Bertrand featuring an eclectic mix of ornamental frames-bold Celtic interlace dominates the left side while delicate Renaissance grotesques and floral borders fill the right. Useful as individual frame elements for book covers, certificates, or label designs
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A charming collection of figural drop caps from the Fonderie A. Bertrand catalog, each letter integrated with human figures, children, workers, and whimsical scenes. Great source material for children’s books, editorial layouts, or anywhere you need illustrated initials with personality
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A comprehensive specimen page from Fonderie A. Bertrand showing eleven distinct ornamental alphabet styles, from florid Renaissance-inspired initials to bold shadowed display letters. Excellent reference for drop caps, monograms, or hand-lettering projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing ten complete ornamental alphabet sets in varying styles, from delicate floral initials to bold woodcut-style drop caps. Invaluable as reference for creating custom monograms, book chapter headings, or illuminated manuscript-style designs
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A French type foundry specimen page showing multiple styles of ornamental drop caps and illuminated initials, from simple floriated letters to densely scrolled designs. The bottom section includes a complete hand-signed alphabet, useful as reference for accessibility graphics or quirky monogram projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Forty-four ornate drop caps from a 19th-century French type foundry catalog, each letter set within a square block filled with dense floral scrollwork, vines, and arabesque patterns. From Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, these work beautifully as chapter headings, monogram bases, or certificate embellishments
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of ornamental drop caps and illuminated initials from a 19th-century French type foundry catalog. Styles range from Renaissance-inspired florals to medieval figural scenes with cherubs, angels, and human figures-perfect reference for book design or creating custom monograms
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Six distinct styles of ornamental drop caps from a Bertrand & Fils type specimen, ranging from simple flourished outlines to elaborate pictorial initials with figures, angels, and dense floral fill. A reference goldmine for anyone designing illuminated manuscripts, book chapters, or display typography
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of ornamental drop caps from the Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils catalog, showing dozens of decorated initials in various styles from simple florals to elaborate pictorial scenes. Useful reference for book design, chapter headings, or extracting individual letters for monogram work
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing decorative drop caps with whimsical illustrated scenes-figures reading, writing, lounging against letterforms, and animals interacting with typography. Great reference for editorial design, chapter headings, or crafting custom monograms
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A collection of ornamental label frames from the Bertrand foundry catalog, ranging from simple beveled rectangles to elaborate rococo cartouches with lion figures and grape clusters. Ideal for product labels, certificates, or anywhere you need a frame with built-in elegance
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A full page of ornamental M letterforms from the Fonderie A. Bertrand catalog, showing everything from gothic blackletter to flowing scripts with religious crosses, cherubs, and floral embellishments. Great reference for monogram design, drop caps, or ecclesiastical projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
Over 80 individual dog engravings arranged in a grid, from tiny terriers to massive mastiffs, each numbered like a catalog page. Originally from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils, these work brilliantly as spot illustrations for pet branding, packaging, or editorial projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand showing dozens of early motorcar and carriage designs, from open-top runabouts to enclosed coaches and industrial vehicles. Great reference for transportation history projects, automotive branding, or steampunk-inspired designs
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A French trade catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing dozens of saddlery items in detailed engraved style. Features riding spurs in various styles, horseshoes, horse collars, curry combs, riding crops, and a wheeled luggage cart with a gentleman handler
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A reference plate showing twenty heraldic arms from European nations and church offices, including Spain, France, England, Portugal, Greece, and various ecclesiastical ranks. From a French foundry catalog by Bertrand & Ses Fils, useful for historical branding, certificate designs, or editorial projects needing authentic sovereign imagery
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils showing twelve engraved royal and national coats of arms, featuring French fleur-de-lis shields, Russian double-headed eagles, and Austrian imperial crests. Excellent reference for branding projects, certificate designs, or anywhere you need formal heraldic authority
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A densely packed catalog page from Fonderie A. Bertrand & Ses Fils featuring dozens of engraved printer’s ornaments depicting eyes, spectacles, binoculars, ears, teeth, and dentures. Great for collage work, oddity-themed projects, or anywhere you need quirky anatomical spot illustrations
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A dense catalog page of marine and amphibian life from the Fonderie A. Bertrand foundry, featuring over 80 small engravings of fish, snails, frogs, turtles, starfish, and shells. Great for cutting apart into individual spot illustrations or using as-is for natural history collage projects
JOURNAL FEBRUARY 06, 2021
A packed catalog page from French foundry Bertrand & Fils showing fishing flies, hooks, nets, creels, and hunting scenes with riflemen and game birds. The mix of isolated equipment and scenic vignettes makes it useful for sportsman branding, outdoor lifestyle projects, or rustic packaging
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