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Last Notes npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations These balls were nothing less than planets. J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/balls-planets/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/628/261/195/835/421/original/0ee4999019057e72.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Departure of a transatlantic balloon. From "Le vingtième siècle" written & illustrated by Albert Robida, Paris: 1883 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/transatlantic-balloon/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/452/687/319/015/500/original/684ebb591abfb22e.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Inhabitants of the sea. Alphonse de Neuville, from "Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers" by Jules Verne, Paris: [1871?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/inhabitants-sea/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/382/373/592/210/913/original/7992a1b38c468197.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations She at last came to the Prince, who could scarcely swim. Gordon Browne, from "Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen" London: 1919 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/came-prince/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/367/189/784/403/009/original/1df69e930f8e9be1.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Away flew the trunk with him. Gordon Browne, from "Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen" London: 1919 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flew-trunk/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/365/216/804/106/968/original/7077522d8abeb7cf.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations He led the trembling Aslog over the snow and ice-fields away to the mountains. Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/away-mountains/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/361/723/714/172/485/original/5dab36f7066e45d7.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations There, one day, he heard a voice, and presently after was surprised by the appearance of a mermaid. Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/appearance-mermaid/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/360/299/257/577/368/original/6cae62f12d05f6eb.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Owls and poppies. William Strang, from "Lucian's True History" by Lucian of Samosata, London: 1902 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/owls-poppies/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/343/690/394/463/613/original/15f0e7e0de709809.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations South Australian cobbler Jacques Reyne Isidore Acarie-Baron, from "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation," atlas vol. 4, by Cuvier et al., Paris: 1836-1849 #illustration #art #fish https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/atlantic-wreckfish/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/319/362/507/976/324/original/0a26ad5029e02a03.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations I looked to my side, but instead of a charming figure, what did I see? Édouard de Beaumont, from "Le Diable Amoureux" by Jacques Cazotte, Paris: 1871 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/looked-side/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/302/593/212/062/318/original/f925272a788e429c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations He was the last of the Burckars. Théophile Schuler, from "Contes et romans populaires" by Émile Erckmann & Alexandre Chatrian, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/last-burckar/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/298/555/684/220/521/original/a4bafb59bed1fdca.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Lady Macbeth. Joseph Kenny Meadows, from "The Heroines of Shakespeare," Boston: [1850?] #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lady-macbeth/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/293/255/824/966/686/original/4a6efa4b6dee6e7e.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Miranda. John Hayter, from "The Heroines of Shakespeare," Boston: [1850?] #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/miranda/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/292/619/186/233/368/original/c12130eb22f4f001.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations I fear thee and thy glittering eye. Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe, from "The Poems of Coleridge" London, New York: [1907] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/glittering-eye/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/281/902/448/622/148/original/da9da2f70b7f1ebd.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The game is done! I've won, I've won! Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe, from "The Poems of Coleridge" London, New York: [1907] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/won/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/279/477/189/022/723/original/f59cc80487a7f3d2.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations In caverns by the water-side, And other places that I've tried. Peter Newell, from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1903 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/caverns/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/275/660/878/825/139/original/1f0611317c80c368.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Yet with a tinge of bitterness, She said “The more exceeds the less.” Peter Newell, from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1903 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/more-exceeds-less/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/275/036/533/886/226/original/06ffac69d64cd17b.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations I’ve often sat and howled for hours, Drenched to the skin with driving showers. Peter Newell, from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1903 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/howled/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/273/848/175/380/612/original/29dc31ed6e4a3428.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Ornaments with foliage and scroll motifs. From "Standard scroll book" by Moser, David H. et al., New York: 1876 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scroll-book-27/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/269/430/075/899/100/original/2e649bcb7b053b5e.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Ornaments with foliate and scroll motifs. From "Standard scroll book" by Moser, David H. et al., New York: 1876 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scroll-book-22/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/268/180/014/053/048/original/df13a79e3a8d67e9.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Three ornaments with foliage designs. From "Standard scroll book" by Moser, David H. et al., New York: 1876 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scroll-book-9/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/267/117/761/869/182/original/c28c8d5670d92e7c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Out of the fire flew a beautiful bird, who, singing deliciously, rose up high into the air. Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/beautiful-bird/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/261/698/298/787/489/original/64063bc80c783c48.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Jack... seized the hen, and ran off with her... reached the top of the bean-stalk, which he descended in safety. Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bean-stalk/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/260/106/314/791/327/original/e2713c68cfbe929e.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations At evening-tide she climbed up into a little tree. Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/climbed-up-tree/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/259/000/556/686/953/original/5991df45b4d61cf9.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/grayish-rounded-bulk/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/197/339/729/877/966/original/2fefa82cb2ecb4e3.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it... Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/raised-tube/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/195/806/544/969/822/original/9760713d6b2b7859.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The three little kittens going to eat the pie. From "Three Little Kittens" by Robert Michael Ballantyne, Edinburgh, London, New York: 1859 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/going-eat-pie/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/190/710/620/343/645/original/ef3311111a527e9d.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations In the garden of Youth. Charles Dana Gibson, from "Sketches and Cartoons," New York: 1900 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/garden-youth/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/167/914/138/391/187/original/9a4123c1b3ac8d99.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Baobab at Mohéli. Hercule Catenacci, from "Le tour du monde," collective work, Leipzig, London, Paris: 1864 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/baobab/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/162/453/302/542/978/original/d650f37bc772fa27.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Bombardment of Strasbourg. Jules Férat, from "Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71" by Jules Claretie, Paris: 1871 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bombardment-strasbourg/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/152/054/848/346/425/original/4cf616e88c75baaa.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations High on a throne of royal state. Gustave Doré, from "Milton's Paradise Lost" New York: [ca. 1880?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/high-throne/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/138/774/162/127/505/original/35f9f4d1288fa433.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The enthusiasm grew boundless. J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/two-dancers/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/105/227/022/865/560/original/fdb4c5cfa90ede34.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Death Delivers the Sword to the People. Alfred Rethel, from "Alfred Rethel; 16 Zeichnungen und Entwürfe" by Walther Friedrich, Mainz: 1907 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sword-people/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/095/412/525/367/642/original/dff8c75a649996f8.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Death in Front of the Tavern. Alfred Rethel, from "Alfred Rethel; 16 Zeichnungen und Entwürfe" by Walther Friedrich, Mainz: 1907 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/death-tavern/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/094/559/011/508/870/original/29e6e0219dbe52af.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Carlo Chiostri, title page of "Le Avventure di Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, Florence: [1902] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/pinocchio-title/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/041/159/294/610/018/original/63f215d219ad7e16.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Erland tied to the tree. Carl Larsson, from "Singoalla" by Viktor Rydberg, Stockholm: 1894 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tied-tree/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/364/016/442/629/630/original/0e9a42dbe0b39fae.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Invitation to the meeting of the 1900 World's Fair Committee. Albert Robida, from "Les menus & programmes illustrés" by Léon Maillard, Paris: 1898 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/world-fair-commitee/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/316/625/555/359/181/original/6fbb54b1a4a8e72c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Niton Church. Henry Winkles, from "Barber's Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight" by Thomas Barber, London: [1834?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/niton-church/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/305/813/573/982/602/original/76755b04e073b178.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations A mysterious business. From "Le voyage de M. Dumollet," written & illustrated by Albert Robida, Paris: [1883] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mysterious-business/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/302/861/380/867/864/original/a17b5058c87a88bd.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Swineherd. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, from "Album des beaux-arts" Paris: [1843?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/swineherd/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/296/273/839/809/433/original/b4d7c288fa4784a2.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Ave atque vale. From "Under the Hill" written & illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, London: [1928] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ave-vale/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/291/261/327/432/525/original/cf944a467ffee8bf.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Katherine. John William Wright, from "The Heroines of Shakespeare," Boston: [1850?] #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/katherine/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/270/879/222/203/742/original/92f05828cf217a34.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Nothing could scare the quacks, however. Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scare-quacks/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/268/159/372/624/908/original/cc782e05c0af4ae4.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations To and fro Swang the swing. John Everett Millais, from "Once a week," vol. 5 (June-December 1861), London: 1861 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/to-fro-swing/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/263/498/221/203/927/original/7670f41e1feeca50.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The fairies flew away. Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/clear-head/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/258/593/087/897/295/original/628e0618442f3ed4.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations She took a clean dish To get him some tripe, But when she came back He was smoking a pipe. From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877 #illustration #ChildrensBook #dogs https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/smoking-pipe/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/247/307/865/221/965/original/ac43e7b8424289b5.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations I reached the giraffe, caught his tail, raised myself up to his back, crawled along his neck and dropped fainting into the tree. Peter Newell, from "Mr. Munchausen; Being a True Account..." by John Kendrick Bangs, Boston: 1901 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/reached-giraffe/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/242/026/847/645/179/original/c11272788b88dc4c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Emir Sultan Mosque, Bursa. Thomas Allom, from "Constantinople: and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor," London, Paris: [1839?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/emir-sultan-mosque/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/230/954/247/644/712/original/a2e2164834ee280c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Along the limpid highway fared. Charles Robinson, from "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/along-limpid-highway/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/227/275/352/715/690/original/66bfc5e65a10f519.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations We came to a metal boat. John Augustus Knapp, from "Etidorhpa, or, The End of Earth" by John Uri Lloyd, Cincinnati: [1896] #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/metal-boat/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/220/296/288/777/534/original/e4d346f1aecc3e1b.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations SS La Champagne—deck layout. Victor Rose, from "Les merveilles de la science," supplément 1 by Louis Figuier, Paris: [after 1887] #illustration #technology https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/champagne-longitudinal-section/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/215/793/896/623/316/original/9bf7414b04326468.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations And as soon as I had mounted, he said: "Now, Geryon, bestir thyself." Yan' Dargent, from "La Divine Comédie" by Dante Alighieri, Paris: 1870 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/geryon/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/209/908/992/907/417/original/409b4b70677afb40.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Decorated title for "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" by Walter Scott, Boston: 1887 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/illustrated-title/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/207/401/637/066/412/original/f55bc5a442643ee8.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations If Orpheus first produced the waltz. Arthur Rackham, from "The Ingoldsby legends" by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Harris Barham), London, New York: 1907 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/orpheus/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/196/861/403/618/995/original/3b245758dcedf36b.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Glacier east-south-east of Bellsund, Spitsbergen. Barthélémy Lauvergne, from "Voyages en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe," atlas, vol. 1 under the direction of Paul Gaimard, Paris: [1852] #illustration #art #Norway https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/glacier-bell-sound/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/191/801/890/108/723/original/50b0f0f49f6fda78.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Act 1, scene 3. Maria. My name is Mary, sir. William Heath Robinson, from "Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night; or, What You Will" by William Shakespeare, New York: [1908?] #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/name-mary/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/187/554/616/546/636/original/8326f2766b904aef.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations She counted her money. There was exactly twenty-eight shillings and tenpence in her purse. Amédée Forestier, from "Blind Love," vol. 3 by Wilkie Collins, London: 1890 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/counted-money/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/180/541/657/445/758/original/1038b56097dd8c78.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations They covered him with foul linen. Hugh Thomson, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare, New York: 1910 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/foul-linen/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/173/551/107/579/302/original/3ef22f56e61e020d.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Halley's diving bell. P. Broux, from "Les merveilles de la science," vol. 4 by Louis Figuier, Paris: 1870 #illustration #art #technology https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/halleys-diving-bell/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/161/986/674/847/426/original/5367dc52256e1c1f.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Address to the Deil. William Hole, from "The Poetry of Robert Burns," vol. 1, Edinburgh: 1896 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/address-deil/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/150/669/567/593/527/original/783b752de79dbbe3.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations “Well!” she chuckled, “I am in luck!” Arthur Rackham, from "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel, New York: 1922 #art #illustration #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/in-luck/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/141/323/264/839/438/original/3dd9878f27c5f4ed.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations House of a Chinese merchant, near Canton. Thomas Allom, from "China: in a series of views, displaying the scenery...," vol. 1 by George Newenham Wright, London, Paris: [1843?] #illustration #art #China https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/house-chinese-merchant/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/139/686/837/932/641/original/b28fa5fa2dc6cd60.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations I like, at times, to hear The Ancient's word, And have care to be most civil. Eugène Delacroix, from "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Paris: 1828 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hear-ancients-word/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/133/555/404/602/903/original/be4423540621545d.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Title page illustration from "The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit," London: [1856?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/alphabet-flowers-title/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/129/034/913/503/585/original/9cb9edaaecd0d2f1.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Schizodactylus monstrosus and other Orthoptera. Edward Donovan, from "An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India" written & illustrated by Edward Donovan, London: 1800 #illustation #art #insects https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/schizodactylus-monstrosus/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/123/106/019/593/084/original/b4fc92f241ee44b9.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Medieval initial P. From "Histoire de l'ornementation des manuscrits" by Ferdinand Denis, Paris: 1857 #illustration #art #lettering https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/medieval-p-initial/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/113/093/559/648/551/original/6e46271c0e93900e.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Medieval initial T. From "Histoire de l'ornementation des manuscrits" by Ferdinand Denis, Paris: 1857 #illustration #art #lettering https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/medieval-initial-t/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/112/606/352/493/518/original/66c4436803b2f37f.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Riehle testing machine. From "Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré" under the direction of Jules Trousset, Paris: 1885-1891 #illustration #technology https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/riehle-testing-machine/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/104/813/236/607/902/original/1d53dae1a0e66598.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Gramme machine. From "Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré" under the direction of Jules Trousset, Paris: 1885-1891 #illustration #technology https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/gramme-machine/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/101/849/660/531/817/original/67363bf894f3ec18.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Tympanum at Tours Cathedral. From "Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle," vol. 9, written & illustrated by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paris: 1875 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tours-cathedral/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/093/144/798/896/369/original/8eaf2560fc4e1e90.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The prodigal. Charles S. Ricketts, from "Poems Dramatic and Lyrical" by John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley, London, New York: 1893 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/prodigal/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/078/837/635/856/555/original/7cabbef24c163881.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The Knave of Hearts, He stole those tarts. Randolph Caldecott, from "The Queen of Hearts," London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/knave-hearts/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/048/844/461/632/262/original/245530dd08970b15.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Linnaeus's mouse opossum. Édouard Traviès, from "Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle," atlas, vol. 1 by Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny, Paris: 1849 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/marmosa-murina/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/021/122/011/439/253/original/dd4abd19afc885fe.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Purple heron. Édouard Traviès, from "Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle," atlas, vol. 1 by Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny, Paris: 1849 #illustration #art #birds https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/purple-heron/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/651/176/992/394/original/430e596adeaa9f83.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations ...As if impatient to be playing. Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/impatient-playing/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/005/675/114/772/757/original/3413e7ff006bace6.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The sea-green bird sank so low that the foam of the waves dashed against its breast. From "Dream Boats and Other Stories," written & illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, Garden City, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sea-green-bird/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/993/755/412/973/843/original/a113d29a6d7d82c2.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations What was his amazement to find that the fountain was flowing over a maiden. From "Dream Boats and Other Stories," written & illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, Garden City, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fountain-flowing/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/992/735/912/397/635/original/9735eadc159d6785.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Fine 1830 lady. Paul Gavarni, from "Les français peints par eux-mêmes," vol. 1 collective work, Paris: 1840 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lady-1830/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/988/497/549/787/638/original/542fd1427583cf26.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Chimney sweep. Paul Gavarni, from "Les français peints par eux-mêmes," vol. 1 collective work, Paris: 1840 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/chimney-sweep/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/988/031/795/571/709/original/7aa5691dd074d5b9.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations St. George. William Thomas Horton, from "A Book of Images" by William Butler Yeats, London: 1898 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/st-george/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/958/454/693/211/246/original/e4c02c23926b01cc.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The path to the moon. William Thomas Horton, from "A Book of Images" by William Butler Yeats, London: 1898 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/path-moon/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/955/303/084/831/372/original/1ece5c55d32f8522.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations Baalbek, entrance of the Temple of Bacchus. David Roberts, from "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia," vol. 1 & 2 by William Brockedon & George Croly, London: 1855 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/baalbek-doorway/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/874/200/651/343/390/original/c09ebc053618196c.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations She tied my boat to the North Star so I would not grow up while she was gone. From "Dream Boats and Other Stories," written & illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, Garden City, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tied-boat/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/193/314/671/944/889/original/f83bb0181dfb4898.jpg npub1gpt5hpfw7jc72hj6a93f09h4tercqxrrqqf6vlddqk973tfezffqy7hued Old Book Illustrations The ship went away as swiftly as any bird in the air. Henry Justice Ford, from "The Red Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang, London, New York: 1890 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ship-went-away/ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/157/072/806/043/108/original/7ce9a25522cab886.jpg