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

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Charlton House, Wiltshire.
Charles James Richardson, from "The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England," vol. 1 by Samuel Carter Hall, London: 1858 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/charlton-house/

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

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There were certain words which would always catch his ear.
From "The Cornhill magazine new series," vol. 4 London: 1885

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Go your way, or I will knock you into the street with my mop.
George du Maurier, from "The Cornhill magazine new series," vol. 4 London: 1885 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/go-your-way/

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They performed the Hammer Dance and the first act ended.
J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/pas-trois/

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Robin Hood and Marian in their Bower.
From "Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band" written & illustrated by Louis Rhead, London, New York: 1912 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/robin-marian-bower/

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Brain and body.
From "The Book of Life" written & illustrated by Dr. Alesha Sivartha (Arthur E. Merton?), Jerusalem, London, New York: 1898 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/brain-body/

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Some neighbours presented her with a playful little dog.
From "Goody-Two-Shoes" written & illustrated by Walter Crane, London, New York: n.d. https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dog-skylark/

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Oval glazed tile.
From "L'art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire," atlas, vol. 2 written & illustrated by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, Paris: 1877 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/oval-tile/

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Reversible glazed tiles (18th century.)
From "L'art arabe d'après les monuments du Kaire," atlas, vol. 2 written & illustrated by Émile Prisse d'Avennes, Paris: 1877 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/reversible-tiles/

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

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Justine, will you close the door! (flap-up, 2nd state)
Achille Devéria, from "La Caricature," vol. 1 Paris: 1831 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/close-door/

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Wuyi Mountains.
Thomas Allom, from "China: in a series of views, displaying the scenery...," vol. 2 by George Newenham Wright, London, Paris: [1843?] https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wuyi-shan/

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I am not-a hungry, I thank you.
Hugh Thomson, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare, New York: 1910 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/not-hungry/

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Jovibarba globifera.
Sydenham Teast Edwards, from "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," vol. 15-16, by John Sims, London: 1801-1803 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/jovibarba-globifera/

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His children were as ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody.
Arthur Rackham, from "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, London, New York: 1919 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/children-wild/

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Tree frogs.
From "Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere" by Leopold Fitzinger, Vienna: 1867 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/leaf-frog/

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York Cathedral — capitals and pendants.
Frederick Mackenzie, from "Cathedral Antiquities of England," by John Britton, vol. 1 London: 1814-1835 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/capitals-pendants/

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And we did speak only to break
The silence of the sea!
Gerald Fenwick Metcalfe, from "The Poems of Coleridge" London, New York: [1907] https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/silence-sea/

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Snowdrop.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896] https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/snowdrops/

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Jonquil.
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896] https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/jonquil-1-verneuil/

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The Cottrell & Babcock cylinder press.
From "Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics," vol. 2 edited by Park Benjamin, New York: 1880 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cottrell-babcock-press/

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

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Embryos, and idiots, eremites and friars.
Gustave Doré, from "Milton's Paradise Lost" New York: [ca. 1880?] https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/embryos-idiots/

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