Notices by Old Book Illustrations (oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social), page 3

Eduard Müller, plate 19 from "Flore pittoresque," Berlin, Liège, Paris: 1872 #illustration #art #flowers https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/flore-pittoresque-xix/

Tower tops.
René Binet, from "Esquisses décoratives" by René Binet & Gustave Geffroy, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #design https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tower-top/

The last turning.
George du Maurier, from "Wives and Daughters," vol. 2 by Elizabeth Gaskell, London: 1866 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/last-turning/

Former Sainte Croix Square, Angers.
Théophile Tardif-Desvaux, from "Angers pittoresque" by Éliacin Lachèse, Angers: 1843 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/former-st-croix/

Cultivated tulip.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, from "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits" by Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin, Paris: [1827-1833] #illustration #art #flowers https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cultivated-tulip/

The slippers of Cinderella.
Aubrey Beardsley, from "The Yellow Book," vol. 2 Boston, London: 1894 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/slippers-ciderella/

She swayed gently in the air.
Amédée Varin, from "Les papillons," vol. 1, by Eugène Nus & Antony Méray, Paris: [1852] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/gently-swayed/

By day she made herself into a cat.
Arthur Rackham, from "Hansel & Grethel & other tales" by the Brothers Grimm, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/into-cat/

Giant Silk Moths and purple coraltree.
From "Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten" written & illustrated by Maria Sibylla Merian, Amsterdam: 1730 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/caterpillar-moth/

Southern hound.
Philip Reinagle, from "The Sportsman's Repository" London: 1845 #illustration #art #dog https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/southern-hound/

I wooed the blue-eyed maid,
Yielding, yet half afraid,
And in the forest’s shade
Our vows were plighted.
Mary Hallock Foote, from "The Skeleton in Armor" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Boston: 1877 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wooed-maid/

Eurasian blue tit.
From "Coloured figures of the birds of the British islands," vol. 2 issued by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897 #illustration #art #bird https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/eurasian-blue-tit/

Parley-voo.
From "Nursery Nonsense," New York: [ca. 1865] #art #illustration #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/parley-voo/

Hansel put out a knuckle-bone...
Arthur Rackham, from "Hansel & Grethel & other tales" by the Brothers Grimm, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hansel-knuckle/

The arrival of the Martians.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/arrival-martians/

Autumn.
Karl Fröhlich, from "Karl Fröhlich's frolicks with scissors and pen" New York: 1879 #illustration #art #ChildrensBooks https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/autumn/

Sharp thorns stretched and crept over the roof.
Wilhelm Jordan, from "Dornröschen" by Friedrich Wegener, Berlin: [1901?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sharp-thorns/

The silversmith’s daughter.
Albert Robida, from "Les Contes Drolatiques," vol. 1 by Honoré de Balzac, Paris: ca. 1900 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/silversmiths-daughter/

"Cat," cried the witch, stamping her foot, "you too may keep your name and continue to mew."
John Elliott, from "The Great Sea Horse" Boston: 1909 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cat-witch/

But—all alone, those rocks amid—
One night I very nearly did!
Harry Clarke, from "The Year's at the Spring," collective work, New York: 1920 #illustration #art