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Old Book Illustrations offers a wide range of public domain, royalty-free restored images scanned from old books.

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Pomace press.
P. Broux, from "Les merveilles de l'industrie," vol. 4, by Louis Figuier, Paris: 1877 #illustration #art #technology

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The house in which Turner was born, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.
John Wykeham Archer, from "Once a Week," vol. 6, London: 1862 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/turner-house/

Edited because of an unfortunate copy/paste: the comtesse de Ségur had nothing to do with "Once a Week." At all.

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Entrance to the Capuchin monastery in Athens.
From "The Etchings of Charles Meryon" by Campbell Dodgson, London: 1921 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/capuchin-athens/

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Street dialectics.
From "English Society" written & illustrated by George du Maurier, New York: 1897 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/street-dialectics/

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Banjonalities.
From "English Society" written & illustrated by George du Maurier, New York: 1897 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/banjonalities/

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A tight spot.
Félix Vallotton, from "Félix Vallotton; biographie" by Julius Meier-Graefe, Berlin, Paris: 1898 #art #woodcut https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tight-spot/

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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/

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Thirteenth-Century Enamel.
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/enamel-work/

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Dover.
From "The Argosy," vol. 47, London: 1889 #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dover/

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Oh—that bell again! what's this?
John Tenniel, from "Puck on Pegasus" by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, London: 1868 #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ladder/

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So bloom away, Ivy.
Mary Ellen Edwards, From "Puck on Pegasus" by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, London: 1868 #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bloom-away/

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Tropical two-wing flyingfish.
From "Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré," (under the direction of) Jules Trousset, Paris: 1885-1891 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flying-fish/

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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/

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Lady Percy.
John William Wright, from "The Heroines of Shakespeare," Boston: [1850?] #illustration #art #Shakespeare https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lady-percy/

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I met many large fish.
Gustave Doré, from "Wunderbare Reisen ... von Münchhausen" by Rudolf Erich Raspe, Leipzig: [1923?] #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/large-fish/

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Echinocereus dasyacanthus.
Paulus Roetter, from "The Botanical Works of the Late George Engelmann" (volume of plates) Cambridge, MA: 1887 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/echinocereus-dasyacanthus/

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"Come on!" cried the Gryphon.
Peter Newell, from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1901 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/come-on/

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Off with her head!
Peter Newell, from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1901 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/off-with-head/

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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/

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San Jose electric light tower.
From "Les nouvelles conquêtes de la science," vol. 1 by Louis Figuier, Paris: 1883 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/san-jose-electric-reflector/

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This diminutive monster had goat's legs.
Tony Johannot, from "Le diable boiteux" by Alain-René Lesage, Paris: 1840 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/lame-monster/

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Seascape with fish.
From "De anima brutorum commentaria" by Francesco Maria Soldini, Florence: 1776 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sea-fishes/

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The kiss that gave the victory.
Henry Justice Ford, from "The Crimson Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang, Bombay, London, New York: 1903 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/victory-kiss/

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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/

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Funeral ceremonies during the Iron Epoch.
Émile Bayard, from "Primitive Man" by Louis Figuier, New York: 1876 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/funeral-ceremony/

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