Nostr notes by Old Book Illustrations

The common snipe. Thomas Bewick, from "A History of British ...

2026-08-26T03:22:18Z

The common snipe.
Thomas Bewick, from "A History of British Birds" by Ralph Beilby, Thomas Bewick, Henry Cotes, Newcastle: 1809 #illustration #art #birds https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/common-snipe/

The swallow soared high into the air. William Heath Robinson, ...

2026-08-14T03:41:58Z

The swallow soared high into the air.
William Heath Robinson, from "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales," London: [1917] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/swallow-soared/

Almond, fig, lemon, orange, medlar, cherry, plum, apple, quince. ...

2026-08-01T00:53:03Z

Almond, fig, lemon, orange, medlar, cherry, plum, apple, quince.
From "Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe," vol. 2 by Anton Seder, Vienna: [1886?] #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/orange-medlar-apple-quince/

Mercury and the woodman. Ernest Griset, from "Æsop's ...

2026-07-13T02:56:50Z

Mercury and the woodman.
Ernest Griset, from "Æsop's fables" revised and re-written by Joseph Benjamin Rundell, London, New York: [1869?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mercury-woodman/

"I shall not touch it I assure you," said she. Virginia ...

2026-07-02T17:36:50Z

"I shall not touch it I assure you," said she.
Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philadelphia: 1921 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/not-touch-it/

Hundreds of peacocks of gorgeous plumes came to the embankments ...

2026-06-29T05:12:35Z

Hundreds of peacocks of gorgeous plumes came to the embankments to eat the khai.
Warwick Goble, from "Folk-Tales of Bengal" by Lal Behari Day, London: 1912 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hundreds-peacocks/

She went along, and went along, and went along. Arthur Rackham, ...

2026-06-19T00:22:28Z

She went along, and went along, and went along.
Arthur Rackham, from "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel, New York: 1922 #art #illustration #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/went-along/

American water turtles. Joseph Fleischmann, from "Brehms ...

2026-06-14T01:04:10Z

American water turtles.
Joseph Fleischmann, from "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 1 (second reprint) by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna: 1920 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/american-water-turtles/

Buer. Louis Breton, from "Dictionnaire infernal" by ...

2026-06-02T19:53:34Z

Buer.
Louis Breton, from "Dictionnaire infernal" by Jacques Collin de Plancy, Paris: 1863 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/buer/

Sir Reynard he found Sitting in front of his house. Wilhelm von ...

2026-05-29T19:35:07Z

Sir Reynard he found
Sitting in front of his house.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach, from "Reineke Fuchs" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stuttgart: 1857 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/towards-malepartus/

the misled and lonely travailer. Arthur Rackham, from ...

2026-05-28T04:44:08Z

the misled and lonely travailer.
Arthur Rackham, from "Comus" by John Milton, London, New York: [1921?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lonely-traveler/

The Tortworth chestnut. From "Sylva Britannica," written ...

2026-05-25T06:41:07Z

The Tortworth chestnut.
From "Sylva Britannica," written & illustrated by Jacob George Strutt, London: 1826 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tortworth-chestnut/

Fantastical dance. Henry Monnier, from "La Caricature," ...

2026-05-22T18:28:21Z

Fantastical dance.
Henry Monnier, from "La Caricature," vol. 1 Paris: 1831 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fantasy-dance/

Blondine saw a magnificent castle. Gustave Doré, from ...

2026-05-16T15:37:38Z

Blondine saw a magnificent castle.
Gustave Doré, from "Nouveaux Contes de Fées pour les Petits Enfants" by Comtesse de Ségur, Paris: 1917 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/magnificent-castle/

Look at those flitting ghosts. From "Puck on Pegasus" by ...

2026-05-05T03:23:45Z

Look at those flitting ghosts.
From "Puck on Pegasus" by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, London: 1868 #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flitting-ghosts/

Hippopotamus. From "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 3 by Alfred ...

2026-05-01T04:51:09Z

Hippopotamus.
From "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 3 by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna: 1900 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hippopotamus/

Calypso. John Tenniel, from "The Gordian Knot" by Shirley ...

2026-04-28T04:00:27Z

Calypso.
John Tenniel, from "The Gordian Knot" by Shirley Brooks, London: 1860 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/calypso/

The king of the auks. J.-J. Grandville, from "Vie Privée et ...

2026-04-18T22:51:31Z

The king of the auks.
J.-J. Grandville, from "Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux," collective work, Paris: 1867 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/grandville-auk/

E is the Elder... From "The Alphabet of Flowers and ...

2026-04-15T01:11:15Z

E is the Elder...
From "The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit," London: [1856?] #illustration #art

Inhabitants of the sea. Alphonse de Neuville, from "Vingt ...

2026-04-10T20:48:59Z

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/

A. Angst, front cover of "L'Image," Paris: 1897 ...

2026-03-31T20:40:53Z

A. Angst, front cover of "L'Image," Paris: 1897 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/limage-title/

I looked to my side, but instead of a charming figure, what did I ...

2026-03-27T18:39:20Z

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/

I fear thee and thy glittering eye. Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe, from ...

2026-03-24T02:57:40Z

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/

Out of the fire flew a beautiful bird, who, singing deliciously, ...

2026-03-20T13:19:56Z

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/

At evening-tide she climbed up into a little tree. Warwick Goble, ...

2026-03-20T01:53:31Z

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/

Jouster. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, from "Dictionnaire raisonné ...

2026-03-18T07:15:43Z

Jouster.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, from "Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance," vol. 2 Paris: 1874 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/jouster/

And vowed he’d steal no more. Randolph Caldecott, from "The ...

2026-03-13T04:42:24Z

And vowed he’d steal no more.
Randolph Caldecott, from "The Queen of Hearts" London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/steal-no-more/

Randolph Caldecott, frontispiece to "The Queen of Hearts" ...

2026-03-12T21:26:00Z

Randolph Caldecott, frontispiece to "The Queen of Hearts" London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/queen-hearts/

And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and ...

2026-03-08T22:02:03Z

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/

Miss Rotundity shews fight. Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), from ...

2026-03-06T03:38:22Z

Miss Rotundity shews fight.
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), from "The commissioner; or, De lunatico inquirendo" by George Payne Rainsford James, Dublin: 1843 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/miss-rotundity/

The Queen of the Fishes went to the Fairies of the Rivers and ...

2026-03-05T09:54:46Z

The Queen of the Fishes went to the Fairies of the Rivers and begged them to save her friend.
Lucien Pissarro, from "The Queen of the Fishes" by Margaret Rust, London: 1894 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fairies-river/

As was his habit in the dream he cried: "Ah, the Queen of the ...

2026-03-05T00:22:56Z

As was his habit in the dream he cried: "Ah, the Queen of the Fishes!"
Lucien Pissarro, from "The Queen of the Fishes" by Margaret Rust, London: 1894 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/in-the-dream/

He told her... what the winds said to him. Lucien Pissarro, from ...

2026-03-04T21:51:57Z

He told her... what the winds said to him.
Lucien Pissarro, from "The Queen of the Fishes" by Margaret Rust, London: 1894 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/what-winds-said/

High on a throne of royal state. Gustave Doré, from ...

2026-02-26T20:18:12Z

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/

Childe Wynd thrice kisses the Laidly Worm and rescues his sister ...

2026-02-19T20:00:00Z

Childe Wynd thrice kisses the Laidly Worm and rescues his sister the Princess Margaret.
John Dickson Batten, from "English Folk and Fairy Tales" by Joseph Jacobs, New York: n.d. Illustrations #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/laidly-worm/

Canterbury Cathedral church. View of the western towers. George ...

2026-02-17T19:53:27Z

Canterbury Cathedral church. View of the western towers.
George Cattermole, from "Cathedral Antiquities of England," by John Britton, vol. 1 London: 1814-1835 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/canterbury-cathedral/

The graveyard. Frederick Cayley Robinson, from "The blue ...

2026-02-15T01:09:33Z

The graveyard.
Frederick Cayley Robinson, from "The blue bird: a fairy play in six acts" by Maurice Maeterlinck, New York: 1920 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/graveyard/

Carlo Chiostri, title page of "Le Avventure di Pinocchio" ...

2026-02-09T14:34:16Z

Carlo Chiostri, title page of "Le Avventure di Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, Florence: [1902] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/pinocchio-title/

He smote Eric full and square on his skull. From "Bold Robin ...

2026-02-06T04:52:14Z

He smote Eric full and square on his skull.
From "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" written & illustrated by Louis Rhead, London, New York: 1912 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/full-square/

Cornflower and poppy. J.-J. Grandville, from "Les fleurs ...

2026-02-04T00:27:21Z

Cornflower and poppy.
J.-J. Grandville, from "Les fleurs animées," vol. 1 by T. Delord, A. Karr, L.-F. Raban, Paris: 1867 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cornflower-poppy/

Swimming with a rope. From "Nouveau dictionnaire ...

2026-02-03T03:26:34Z

Swimming with a rope.
From "Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré," under the direction of Jules Trousset, Paris: 1885-1891 #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/swimming-lesson/

For the nautilus is my boat In which I over the waters float. ...

2026-02-01T02:20:51Z

For the nautilus is my boat
In which I over the waters float.
Warwick Goble, from "The Book of Fairy Poetry," Bombay, Calcutta, London: 1920 #art #illustration #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/nautilus-boat/

Away they flew over stock and stone, at such a pace that his hair ...

2026-01-30T03:04:46Z

Away they flew over stock and stone, at such a pace that his hair whistled in the wind.
Arthur Rackham, from "Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales" by the Brothers Grimm, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/away-flew/

In the college garden. From "The Cornhill magazine," vol. ...

2026-01-28T02:57:38Z

In the college garden.
From "The Cornhill magazine," vol. 26, London: 1872 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/college-garden/

I wash, wring… and do all myself. Hugh Thomson, from "The ...

2026-01-24T02:39:05Z

I wash, wring… and do all myself.
Hugh Thomson, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare, New York: 1910 #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wash-wring/

Rosa centifolia caryophyllea. Pierre-Joseph Redouté, from ...

2026-01-22T20:59:45Z

Rosa centifolia caryophyllea.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, from "Les roses," vol.1, by Claude Antoine Thory, Paris: 1817 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rosa-centifolia-caryophyllea/

The skating rink at the Bal Bullier (1876). François Courboin, ...

2026-01-22T00:43:53Z

The skating rink at the Bal Bullier (1876).
François Courboin, from "Fashion in Paris" by Octave Uzanne, London: 1901 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/skating-rink/

An appointment at the Café des Tuileries (1798). François ...

2026-01-21T21:29:24Z

An appointment at the Café des Tuileries (1798).
François Courboin, from "Fashion in Paris" by Octave Uzanne, London: 1901 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/appointment-tuileries/

What, is not the key of my closet among the rest? Harry Clarke, ...

2026-01-21T00:29:22Z

What, is not the key of my closet among the rest?
Harry Clarke, from "The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault," London: [1922?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/key-closet/

Well of Bolonchen. From "Views of Ancient Monuments in ...

2026-01-16T22:08:29Z

Well of Bolonchen.
From "Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan" written & illustrated by Frederick Catherwood, London: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bolonchen/

Colossal head at Izamal. From "Views of Ancient Monuments in ...

2026-01-16T18:11:24Z

Colossal head at Izamal.
From "Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan" written & illustrated by Frederick Catherwood, London: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/head-izamal/

Free-hoof drawing examination. From "The Greymare ...

2026-01-13T22:08:05Z

Free-hoof drawing examination.
From "The Greymare Romance" written & illustrated by Edwin John Ellis, London: 1891 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/free-hoof/

C cut it. Kate Greenaway, from "A Apple Pie," London, New ...

2026-01-10T21:58:28Z

C cut it.
Kate Greenaway, from "A Apple Pie," London, New York: [1886] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/c-cut-it/

A apple pie. Kate Greenaway, from "A Apple Pie," London, ...

2026-01-10T14:08:33Z

A apple pie.
Kate Greenaway, from "A Apple Pie," London, New York: [1886] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/a-apple-pie/

She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche. Virginia ...

2026-01-08T22:09:54Z

She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche.
Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "French Fairy Tales" by comtesse de Ségur, Philadelphia: n.d. [ca. 1920] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bonne-biche/

Knight ready for a tournament. From "Dictionnaire raisonné ...

2026-01-08T01:07:20Z

Knight ready for a tournament.
From "Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français..." vol. 2, written & illustrated by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paris: 1874 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/knight-tournament/

One of these long arms glided through the opening. Alphonse de ...

2026-01-07T00:11:38Z

One of these long arms glided through the opening.
Alphonse de Neuville, from "Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers" by Jules Verne, Paris: [1871?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/arm-glided/

The night heron. Thomas Bewick, from "A History of British ...

2026-01-02T22:01:06Z

The night heron.
Thomas Bewick, from "A History of British Birds" by Ralph Beilby, Thomas Bewick, Henry Cotes, Newcastle: 1809 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/night-heron/

The loss of the clipper ship "Dunbar" near Sydney. ...

2025-12-24T21:25:31Z

The loss of the clipper ship "Dunbar" near Sydney.
Évremond de Bérard, from "L'Illustration," collective work, Paris: 1857 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wreck-of-dunbar/

Crash! came the rocket, unannounced, And set them all a-quaking! ...

2025-12-18T04:26:00Z

Crash! came the rocket, unannounced,
And set them all a-quaking!
From "The Rocket Book" written & illustrated by Peter Newell, New York: 1912 #art #illustration #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/all-a-quaking/

The hound of the Baskervilles. Sidney Paget, from "The Hound ...

2025-12-15T03:00:59Z

The hound of the Baskervilles.
Sidney Paget, from "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle, London: 1902 #illustration #art #SherlockHolmes https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hound-baskervilles/

He climbed upon the chest of drawers. Gustave Brion, from ...

2025-12-12T00:23:36Z

He climbed upon the chest of drawers.
Gustave Brion, from "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo, Paris: 1867 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/climbed-chest-drawers/

Ah! the beautiful interment, messieurs! From "Trilby, a ...

2025-12-10T19:56:08Z

Ah! the beautiful interment, messieurs!
From "Trilby, a Novel" written & illustrated by George du Maurier, New York: 1895 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/beautiful-interment/

The giant tries to drink the stream. John Dickson Batten, from ...

2025-12-07T03:38:01Z

The giant tries to drink the stream.
John Dickson Batten, from "Europa's Fairy Book" by Joseph Jacobs, London, New York: [ca. 1916] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/giant-drink-stream/

Opening illustration. Harry Clarke, from "Faust" by ...

2025-11-29T19:50:04Z

Opening illustration.
Harry Clarke, from "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, New York: Arden Book Company, n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/opening-faust/

Mime and the Wanderer. Arthur Rackham, from "Siegfried & ...

2025-11-21T05:33:10Z

Mime and the Wanderer.
Arthur Rackham, from "Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods" by Richard Wagner, London, New York: 1924 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mime-wanderer/

The Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine. From "Appletons' ...

2025-11-19T15:20:39Z

The Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine.
From "Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics," vol. 2 edited by Park Benjamin, New York: 1880 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wheeler-wilson-machine/

They had passed by me, and two were stooping over the frothing, ...

2025-11-10T21:38:39Z

They had passed by me, and two were stooping over the frothing, tumultuous ruins of their comrade...
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hissing-beams/

London about me gazed at me spectrally. The windows in the white ...

2025-11-10T20:20:31Z

London about me gazed at me spectrally. The windows in the white houses were like the eye sockets of skulls.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/windows-white-houses/

In those young days, I had a passion for the locomotive. ...

2025-10-31T06:55:27Z

In those young days, I had a passion for the locomotive.
Frederick Walker, from "Once a week," vol. 5 (June-December 1861), London: 1861 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/passion-locomotive/

The hand and the cloak. Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), from ...

2025-10-29T04:47:13Z

The hand and the cloak.
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), from "Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life" by William Harrison Ainsworth, London: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hand-cloak/

All at once the door opened and an old, old woman, supporting ...

2025-10-23T05:06:36Z

All at once the door opened and an old, old woman, supporting herself on a crutch, came hobbling out.
Arthur Rackham, from "Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales" by the Brothers Grimm, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/door-opened/

A mistake. From "Tales of Adventure on the Sea" by Robert ...

2025-10-18T19:11:16Z

A mistake.
From "Tales of Adventure on the Sea" by Robert Michael Ballantyne, London: 1875 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mistake/

Cooling breezes shake the reed. Myles Birket Foster, from ...

2025-10-08T23:30:50Z

Cooling breezes shake the reed.
Myles Birket Foster, from "Odes and Sonnets, Illustrated," collective work, Boston: 1866 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/evening-ode/

Lake Fetzara. Lucy, from "L'Illustration," Paris: ...

2025-10-05T23:25:13Z

Lake Fetzara.
Lucy, from "L'Illustration," Paris: 1857 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lake-fetzara/

Sunday rest: in the rocking chair. Jules Gaildrau, from ...

2025-10-05T21:06:51Z

Sunday rest: in the rocking chair.
Jules Gaildrau, from "L'Illustration," Paris: 1857 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/men-smoking-cigar/

Illuminated newsstand. New station for selling newspapers on the ...

2025-10-05T16:11:14Z

Illuminated newsstand. New station for selling newspapers on the Paris boulevards.
Jules Gaildrau, from "L'Illustration," Paris: 1857 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/newsstand/

The owl and the grasshopper. Ernest Griset, from "Æsop's ...

2025-10-03T02:00:50Z

The owl and the grasshopper.
Ernest Griset, from "Æsop's Fables" London, New York: [1869?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/owl-grasshopper/

But there was no voice throughout the vast, illimitable desert. ...

2025-09-27T10:59:35Z

But there was no voice throughout the vast, illimitable desert.
Harry Clarke, from "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by Edgar Allan Poe, London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/illimitable-desert/

Bird alphabet—G, H, I. Gabriele De Sanctis, from "Esemplare ...

2025-09-07T23:25:54Z

Bird alphabet—G, H, I.
Gabriele De Sanctis, from "Esemplare di alfabeti diversi fregiati di fiori, di animali e di altri ornati," Naples: n.d. [183?] #illustration #lettering https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/birds-g-h-i/

Bird alphabet—D, E, F. Gabriele De Sanctis, from "Esemplare ...

2025-09-07T20:58:02Z

Bird alphabet—D, E, F.
Gabriele De Sanctis, from "Esemplare di alfabeti diversi fregiati di fiori, di animali e di altri ornati," Naples: n.d. [183?] #illustration #lettering https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/birds-d-e-f/

Frontispiece of "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin," written ...

2025-08-27T18:27:36Z

Frontispiece of "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin," written & illustrated by Beatrix Potter, New York: [ca. 1903?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/squirrel-nutkin-frontispiece/

Fork-tailed flycatcher. from "The Birds of America," vol. ...

2025-08-22T11:41:42Z

Fork-tailed flycatcher.
from "The Birds of America," vol. 1 written & illustrated by John James Audubon, New York, Philadelphia: 1840 #illustration #art #birds

Then he picked up the necklace on the point of his sword. Walter ...

2025-08-14T12:16:39Z

Then he picked up the necklace on the point of his sword.
Walter Crane, from "The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde" by Mary De Morgan, London: 1886 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/necklace-sword/

"What do you want?" he shouted in a horrifying voice. ...

2025-07-31T19:22:07Z

"What do you want?" he shouted in a horrifying voice.
Yan' Dargent, from "Contes bleus" by Édouard Laboulaye, Paris: 1864 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/horrifying-voice/

Eurasian harvest mice. From "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 2, ...

2025-07-31T00:40:12Z

Eurasian harvest mice.
From "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 2, by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna:1900 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/harvest-mouse/

They walked side by side during the rest of the evening. Virginia ...

2025-07-30T15:51:54Z

They walked side by side during the rest of the evening.
Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "French Fairy Tales" by comtesse de Ségur, Philadelphia: n.d. [ca. 1920] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/side-by-side/

They were three months passing through the forest. Virginia ...

2025-07-30T02:58:23Z

They were three months passing through the forest.
Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "French Fairy Tales" by comtesse de Ségur, Philadelphia: n.d. [ca. 1920] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/passing-through-forest/

The children found by Fidelio. Tony Johannot, & ...

2025-07-29T00:42:08Z

The children found by Fidelio.
Tony Johannot, & François-Louis Français, from "Paul et Virginie" by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paris: 1838 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/children-fidele/

The Cowthorpe oak. From "Sylva Britannica," written & ...

2025-07-28T15:09:03Z

The Cowthorpe oak.
From "Sylva Britannica," written & illustrated by Jacob George Strutt, London: 1826 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cowthorpe-oak/

Elm at Crawley in Sussex. From "Sylva Britannica," ...

2025-07-28T03:39:46Z

Elm at Crawley in Sussex.
From "Sylva Britannica," written & illustrated by Jacob George Strutt, London: 1826 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/crawley-elm/

The branches bent down and twined around him. William Wallace ...

2025-07-26T17:47:27Z

The branches bent down and twined around him.
William Wallace Denslow, from "The wonderful wizard of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum, Chicago, New York: 1900 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook

The fiddler. Charles-Émile Jacque, from "Œuvres complètes ...

2025-07-24T17:09:36Z

The fiddler.
Charles-Émile Jacque, from "Œuvres complètes de Béranger," vol. 2 , Paris: 1847 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/meudon-fiddler/

Edit: Artist's name 😳

Indian peacock. From "Bilder-atlas zur ...

2025-07-21T20:43:59Z

Indian peacock.
From "Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen" by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna: 1864 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/indian-peacock/

Once more he began his impious praises of Gabriela’s beauty. ...

2025-07-19T18:22:04Z

Once more he began his impious praises of Gabriela’s beauty.
Edmund Joseph Sullivan, from "Sintram & his Companions" by Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué, London: 1908 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/once-more-began/

Tannery Bridge, Angers. Théophile Tardif-Desvaux, from ...

2025-07-19T02:40:06Z

Tannery Bridge, Angers.
Théophile Tardif-Desvaux, from "Angers pittoresque" by Éliacin Lachèse, Angers: 1843 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tannery-bridge/

She went to the hosier’s To buy him some hose, But when she ...

2025-07-17T02:23:21Z

She went to the hosier’s
To buy him some hose,
But when she came back
He was dressed in his clothes.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dressed-clothes/

Iris's fan. J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" ...

2025-07-15T06:09:53Z

Iris's fan.
J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fan-iris/

Each finger pointed towards the open way in front. John Augustus ...

2025-07-06T02:46:09Z

Each finger pointed towards the open way in front.
John Augustus Knapp, from "Etidorhpa, or, The End of Earth" by John Uri Lloyd, Cincinnati: [1896] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/each-finger-pointed/

The tyrant lived, the hero fell! Owen Jones & Henry Warren, ...

2025-07-05T20:11:27Z

The tyrant lived, the hero fell!
Owen Jones & Henry Warren, from "Paradise and the Peri" by Thomas Moore, London: [1860?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hero-fell/