October 15, 2011
oldbookillustrations: Effects of a fall. John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work vol. 1, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Effects of a fall.

John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work vol. 1, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891.

(Source: archive.org)

2:30pm
(Notes: 56)
  
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September 20, 2011
oldbookillustrations: The bear, having descended from the mast, had fallen on the two men. (A winter amid the ice) Adrien Marie, from Le docteur Ox (Doctor Ox), by Jules Verne, Paris, not dated. (Source archive.org.)

oldbookillustrations:

The bear, having descended from the mast, had fallen on the two men. (A winter amid the ice)

Adrien Marie, from Le docteur Ox (Doctor Ox), by Jules Verne, Paris, not dated.

(Source archive.org.)

4:22pm
(Notes: 107)
  
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September 15, 2011
oldbookillustrations: Lathe-chucks. From Appletons’ cyclopaedia of applied mechanic, edited by Park Benjamin, New York, 1880. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Lathe-chucks.

From Appletons’ cyclopaedia of applied mechanic, edited by Park Benjamin, New York, 1880.

(Source: archive.org)

1:42pm
(Notes: 309)
  
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September 11, 2011
oldbookillustrations: Harvester. From the Trousset encyclopedia, Paris, 1886 - 1891. (Source: Old Book Illustrations)

oldbookillustrations:

Harvester.

From the Trousset encyclopedia, Paris, 1886 - 1891.

(Source: Old Book Illustrations)

3:50pm
(Notes: 29)
  
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August 30, 2011
oldbookillustrations: Tellmarch. Jules Férat, from Ninety-three vol. 1, by Victor Hugo, London, New York, 1889. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Tellmarch.

Jules Férat, from Ninety-three vol. 1, by Victor Hugo, London, New York, 1889.

(Source: archive.org)

2:32pm
(Notes: 67)
  
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August 13, 2011
oldbookillustrations: Mark thou each dire Erynnis. Gustave Doré, from Dante’s Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, New York, circa 1866. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Mark thou each dire Erynnis.

Gustave Doré, from Dante’s Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, New York, circa 1866.

(Source: archive.org)

3:20pm
(Notes: 159)
  
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