1872 Wood Engraving Poinsinet William Makepeace Tackeray Coward French XGCA9 XGGC7 This 27 story skyscraper was

This 27 story skyscraper was completed in 1902 and was demolished in 1997

"The Abbazzia" This is an original 1905 black and white halftone print of an illustration by Joseph Pennell of the Abbazzia in Venice

This is an original 1900 black and white print ad for the N

This ad features a testimonial from Mr

a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Judean desert near Bethlehem (formerly part of the British Mandate of Palestine)

1872 Wood Engraving Poinsinet William Makepeace Tackeray Coward French XGCA9 XGGC7 This 27 story skyscraper wasThis is an original 1872 black and white wood engraving of a sketch by English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 1863) entitled "Poinsinet in Disguise." Poinsinet was a short, proud, and foolish man. He was so annoying that his friends regularly played cruel tricks on him, such as getting him to believe he killed a man, hiring a magician to make Poinsinet believe he had become invisible (which was a huge hit at parties), and generally making