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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Old Book Illustrations12h ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations15h ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations17h ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations20h ago
Show threaddeerbard2d ago

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

#12SymbolicCharacters

Old Book Illustrations1d ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
puigreixachApr 10
Alley
#pen & #ink #drawing on paper
Old Book Illustrations2d ago
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/
Old Book Illustrations2d ago
Show threadxvr2d ago
Hameln in January 2026🙂