The Full Monty

Four Catalogues from Montague Burton 'The Tailor of Taste', and the story of the Baggy Greens factory visit, wherein you find out the origins of the phrase 'The Full Monty'

Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica

Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy Tycho Brahe (1602) - here in colour.

Brazilian Lithographs

Images from Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil Volume 1 — Jean Baptiste Debret 1768-1848. Volumes 2 and 3 are available on the site too but I didn't find them as interesting, depicting as they do the 'civilizing' of the natives. You can see them in colour (albeit at lower resolution) via S4U.

Meet the Fuggers

Acquisitive bankers and venture capitalists that took over the Medici reign but didn't always manage to acquire a partner.

Indian Clippings

A selection of images from the the Digital Repository South Asian Studies. The majority are from Sandes[h]a (1913-1934 )– a monthly for young readers, publishing fiction and information on natural sciences. Some also from Girindrakumar Datta, an activist of the Municipal Movement in Calcutta, published in Basantak.