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Thumbelina
Illustrations by Shigeru Hatsuyama for Thumbelina (and other tales) (Japan, 1925)"The Daisy" All scans via the National Diet Library. Not all of these illustrations are for the story "Thumbelina" but I...
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Bibliomaniker 2
Vintage Swedish book design from the collection of Book Cover Lover1970, En man från Danmark, cover by Svenolov Ehrén From the collection of Book Cover Lover The Swedish design and illustration blog...
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Marcus Behmer
Illustrations by Marcus Behmer (1879–1958) circa 1900 Marcus Behmer, from Ver Sacrum, 1901 I became fascinated by Marcus Behmer and his snoot-snout and big-beak creatures after seeing one of his...
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21 Vintage Political Posters from Cuba
Cuban OSPAAAL posters from the archives of Michael Tyler, a collector from Bath, EnglandMike has a number of duplicates to offer in exchange for a few elusive posters he's trying to find. You can reach...
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Gente Menuda covers
Twenty-five covers for the 1930s Spanish publication Gente Menuda by Francisco López Rubio (1895–1965) and others From the collection of Museo ABC in Madrid and with great thanks to curator Felipe...
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A Modern Dance of Death
A Modern Dance of Death: A portfolio of prints by German artist Joseph Sattler (1867–1931), c. 1894 The images come from a 1912 Berlin edition scanned by Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, with a...
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Harry Clarke Revisited
Works by the great Irish illustrator Harry Clarke, circa 1910–1930 1913, for "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ("The souls did from their bodies fly") I put this post together in October 2012 and for some...
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Ex Libris Mr. Reaper (11)
Bookplates from the collection of Richard SicaLeonid Stroganov (Russian, b. 1979)Max Švabinský (Czech, 1873–1962) F. S. Coburn (Canadian, 1871–1960) Vladimir Suchánek (Czech, b. 1933) Jrisdu (?)Fritz...
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The Revolving Moon: 25 Prints from China
Liu Chunjie (刘春杰), b. 1965, 856 State Farm, Heilongjiang The Revolving Moon, 1992 multi-block woodcut, printed with water-soluble ink These images come from the hard-to-find book Chinese Prints...
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Teschner’s Musket
Illustrations by Richard Teschner for the December 1923 issue of Die Muskete This is my third post on Teschner. From the first one: Richard Teschner (1879, Bohemia—1948, Vienna) made prints and...
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Kling Klang Gloria: Vintage Children’s Books from Austria
circa 1897–1928 Franz Wacik, illustrated cover for Wiener Kinder 1. Buch, 1923 See my June 2013 post on Franz Wacik From the catalog: "The first primer to appear in Vienna according to the requirements...
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Maschinenangst
Vera Idelson’s costume and set design illustrations for the Italian Futurist play The Anguish of the Machines (La mascherata degli impotenti, 1923) by Ruggero Vasari From the January 1925 issue of Der...
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The Skomorokhs Come In
Illustrations of "skomorokhs"—Russian minstrel buffoons—by Boris Messerer, c. 1972 Boris Messerer, 1972 I bought this small vintage postcard set last year on a tip from my pal OvO. Laboriously typing...
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The Insect Alphabet
Illustrations by Fortuné Méaulle for Alphabet des Insectes by Leon Becker (France, 1883) The scans come from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. A previously-covered Cotsen exhibit says about the...
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How Does it Feel to Feel?
Illustrations by Vello Vinn for ‘Kas Sa Tunned Seda Teed?’ by Helvi Jürisson (Estonia, 1973) Google translates the title as "Do You Feel that Way?" Read more about Vello Vinn in a previous post and see...
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Stacks of Books Crushing You
Book covers and ephemera from the collection of the tumblr "Jell-O Biafra Says" Joe started "Jell-O Biafra Says" in March 2013 and has already posted 1767 scans from his towering thrift store hoard....
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Daily Rubino
Comics by Antonio Rubino for the Corriere dei Piccoli, circa 1910–1955 Italy Antonio Rubino, "Quadratino" comic, Corriere dei Piccoli, 1910, panel This is my fourth post—with many more in the works—on...
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Weekly Roku
Rokuro Taniuchi's illustrated covers for the Weekly Shincho (Japan, circa 1956-1981) 1964 These scans are courtesy of Jimoto and his stunning site Dassaishooku. I hope to highlight a few more of his...
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Drawing Norway
Vintage illustrations from the book Norske Malebøker by Einar Økland, which features his extensive collection of Norwegian coloring books and cut & paste books With big thanks to Are Mokkelbost...
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Hoogspanning!: More Dutch Safety Posters
Fifty years of workplace safety posters courtesy of Geheugenvannederland.nl (Memory of the Netherlands)1926, poster by Albert Hahn Alcohol increases the risk of accidents This is a belated follow-up to...
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