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.

The source for an illustration can usually be found at the link. Factual and language corrections are always welcome.

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Old Book Illustrations5h 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 Illustrations6h ago
Show threadxvr6h ago
Hameln in January 2026🙂
Old Book Illustrations8h ago
A thousand Guilders! The mayor looked blue.
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/thousand-guilders/
Old Book Illustrations11h ago
Out of the houses the rats came tumbling.
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rats-tumbling/
Old Book Illustrations15h ago
Karl Christian Krumpholz19h ago

The City Will Never Let Go. Wrap-around cover illustration for IN THE CITY, Part Five.

My latest comic, 80 pages and the final part of the story, will debut at the Denver Comics & Arts Festival (DeCaf) on Saturday, May 9th at Schoolyard Beer Garden. Hope to see you there.

Old Book Illustrations1d ago
“You know my weakness,” said the signor, stiffly.
Frank Dicksee, from "The Cornhill magazine," vol. 39 London: 1879 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/know-weakness/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
I am used to being rejected.
Frank Dicksee, from "The Cornhill magazine," vol. 39 London: 1879 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/being-rejected/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
The colonel stood by, looking gravely through his glasses.
Frank Dicksee, from "The Cornhill magazine," vol. 39 London: 1879 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/colonel-stood-by/
Old Book Illustrations1d ago
Show threadMarcel2d ago
Spilled!
Old Book Illustrations2d ago
Q, Quince and Quickset...
From "The Alphabet of Flowers and Fruit," London: [1856?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flowers-q-r-s-t/