Old Book Illustrations

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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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Dear Kitty!
J.-J. Grandville, from "Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux," collective work, Paris: 1867 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/grandville-cat-courting/
History of a Hare. Written from Dictation by the Magpie.
J.-J. Grandville, from "Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux," collective work, Paris: 1867 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/grandville-magpie-writer/
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/

Meanwhile, second version of the Steel Hedghog (Fairy)Tale #baśńOStalowymJeżu

#12SymbolicCharacters

It's no use, John Clay.
Sidney Paget, from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, London: 1892 #illustration #art #SherlockHolmes https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/no-use/
She was ejected by the butler and the footman.
Sidney Paget, from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, London: 1892 #illustration #art #SherlockHolmes https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ejected-butler-footman/
The pipe was still between his lips.
Sidney Paget, from "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle, London: 1892 #illustration #art #SherlockHolmes www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/holmes-pipe/
Alley
#pen & #ink #drawing on paper
He laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane; and ere he blew three notes…
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/long-pipe/
Hameln in January 2026🙂