First page posters & prints

A brothel in Shinagawa: first page of a Shunga set. Anonymous

Title page of the First Shakespeares Folio, 1623 Martin Droeshout

The first kiss of love, volume I, page 37 Jean Michel the Younger (after) Moreau

The first English printer Anonymous

Creation, first page of Genesis Italian School

The First English Printer Anonymous

Page from the First Columbian Gramophone Catalogue Anonymous

Title page of the first volume of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (General music newspaper), 1 Anonymous

Universal language: the first page of the Bible in Esperanto Anonymous

Front page of the first issue of 'The Indian Opinion', June 4th, 1903 Anonymous

Cover page of first edition of the Grande Valse Nouvelle in A-flat Major, Op. 42, 1840 Anonymous

Old Testament text page from the first edition of the Tyndale Bible English School

Vignette of the first volume, page 165: Usage des Russes après le Mariage et avant la Noce…, 1767 Augustin de Saint-Aubin

A page from one of the only two copies known to exist of the first printing of Handel's Messiah in... English School

First page of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Romaunt of the Rose' Anonymous

Titlepage of the first edition of Blackwood's Magazine, 1817 English School

The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama…, c. 1610-17 Unknown

Title Page for Volume 1 of An American Dictionary of the English Language Dictionary, 1828 Anonymous

Title page depicting the Emperor of Russia in Frence laying the first stone of Pont Alexandre III French School

Brigadier General Sir Henry Page Croft Bart. CMG JP DL First Member of Parliament for Bournemouth Frank Richards

Cover page of the first German edition of the Trois Valses Brillantes, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1838 Anonymous

Historia Brittonum by Nennius. First page of manuscript, 11th century Anonymous master

Aviso. Relation oder Zeitung. Title page of the first edition, 1609 Anonymous

Historia Brittonum by Nennius. First page of manuscript, 11th century Anonymous master

The first page of the official account of the Portola Expedition of 1769-70 Anonymous

The First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Fall from Heaven Anonymous

Historiated initial 'Q' depicting three dragons, first page of the Pilgrim's Guide of St. James of Compostela Spanish School

Autograph manuscript of the first page of the Allegro for harpsichord solo from the first version of Anonymous

Page from Tales of a Parrot: First night: The merchant hears?, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Thirty-first night: The parrot…, 1558-1560 Unknown

Page One of Bill of Rights Anonymous

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Fifty-first night: Khulasa, a vizier, sees…, c1560 Unknown

Henri IV, By the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, first page from 'The Edict of Nantes', 1598 French School

Page from a Gutenberg Bible Anonymous

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Fifty-first night: The parrot addresses Khujasta…, c. 156 Unknown

Ration Book for William Pearson, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, 1919 English School