Illustrative Book Covers

A collection of vintage illustrations featuring ornate book covers and menus, showcasing elegance with intricate designs and whimsical themes.

Front cover of Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham with Princess Briar Rose elegantly asleep on a pink bed. Date: 1920

Front cover of Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham with Princess Briar Rose elegantly asleep on a pink bed. Date: 1920

Advertisement of the Amsterdam stone and book printing company Dieperink & Co, 1910 print A woman and two men, all with a hat, look at framed works on a wall. Text on Verso. paper art collection, art gallery

Rieth Otto (1858-1911), menu for the social evenings of the architect association in Berlin. Monthly competition November 1883 (11,1883): View. Tusche watercolor on transparent, 30.1 x 23.1 cm (including scan edges) Rieth Otto (1858-1911): Speisekarte für die Gesellschaftsabende des Architekten-Vereins zu Berlin. Monatskonkurrenz November 1883

Benevolence calendar before 1917, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, in Or Before 1917 print. calendar A rectangular frame with three standing, naked men in the waves, in the middle the twelve signs of the zodiac, and at the bottom a kneeling figure in a habit. paper man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. wave. zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together. habit, frock

Autumn song, 1914 print paper

Portada del Album poético, editado por la revista La Ilustración Ibérica. Barcelona, año 1885.

Christmas night. Two eacons on snowy branches. Geese are flying in the air.

New Years Card: Cheers 1911 (Prosit). Artist: Hans Kalmsteiner (Austrian, Vienna ca. 1882/6-ca. 1914/16 Vienna). Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm). Publisher: Published by Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ex Libris van Wolbert J. Vroom, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1925 print A priest with a rose in his hand. paper flowers: rose. organization, functionaries and dignitaries in Roman Catholic church; clergy in general

Bookplate of Kazimierz Stefański. Wawrzeniecki, Marian (1863-1943), graphic artist

Harper's Round Table, published between 1894 and 1896 by Will Bradley

Flat pressure print from around 1895 by Robert Anning Bell depicting the Liverpool City School of Art, showing the building exterior and architectural features.

Ex Libris; Köhler, Jano (1873-1941); 1903 () (1903-00-00-1903-00-00);

A lance for a lad 'gainst King's spear, when the bugle sounds for the play.. Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. Illustrations. 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Floral design, Jousting, Decoration and ornament , Plant forms

The torch. Asymmetrical ornament with drop shapes, rays and plant motifs. At the bottom a weapon with four lions.

Design for a Knife Handle with a Memento Mori 1580-1600 Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish Panel with knife handle design, with a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, after a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch III.258.123) This scene is framed by an arch at the top of the handle and is on a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve plates.. Design for a Knife Handle with a Memento Mori 425012

Design for a pharmacy label for liver transport mulls, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1884 - 1952 drawing Design with a fish and the words 'liver oil' and 'emulsion'. paper. India ink (ink). pen / brush fishes

Ex libris pere myol torné; Triado, Mayol José (1870-1929); 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);Baby Jesus (iconogr.), Jesus Christ, Mayol Torné, Pierre (Fl. Ca 1900), Mayol Torné, Pierre (Fl. Ca 1900) - exlibris, PartaGage Plus, Witke -Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944) - collection, Spanish graphics, Catalan, Spanish (culture), Catalan (culture), modernism (style), religious scenes, vegetable

Gauguin, Paul Eug_ne Henri (1848-1903) © Museum of Modern Art, New York Graphic arts 35,5x20,5 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Noa Noa (Fragrance) From the Series ""Noa Noa""

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Purgatory, Song XXIII) by Franz von Bayros

Band design for: Louis Couperus, Babel, 1901, Jan Toorop, in Or Before 1901 drawing Book title and author's name in a diamond shape with a figure on the right with vast arms and cloudy shapes and lines around the body. paper. ink. pencil brush arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands. ornament ~ combination of straight and curved lines

Wish letter with flower wreath and landscape with people at a tent, 1829 - 1880 print Wish letter with unwritten cartouche within a decorative framework with performances of a flower wreath and a landscape with a group of people at a tent. Numbered bottom left: No. 5. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Mainz paper flowers. landscapes. tent

Costumes of ancient Greek queens from ancient vases. Two queens are depicted in rich clothing with their attendants. At the top, a queen looks into a mirror held by a servant. Abbigliamenti delle Regine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842.

Trial Proof of Trembling Trees (Bois frissonnants) from the album L'Estampe originale (Album II). Dimensions: 58.8 cm x 42.5 cm, 49.7 cm x 32.7 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Charles Emile-Hortensius Cros.

Poster for the first modern international exhibition (EMIT) in Scheveningen, Chris Lebeau, 1923 poster. print Between the letters four figures: at the top left a painter with a palette, at the top right a sculptor, below a violinist and bottom right a dancer. The Hague paper painter in non-work situation. sculptor in non-work situation. musician. violin, fiddle. female dancer. exhibition ~ art Scheveningen

Maurice Dumont, Carmosine, 1895 Carmosine

Independent exhibition. Litographic Zak Aureliusz Pruszcz Skieł, Weiss, Wojciech (1875 1950)

Lucifer Treursspel van Vondel. N.V.het Toneel Dir: Willem Royaards, Muziek Van Hubert Cuypers, Ontwerp Decor en Costumes van R N Roland Holst; Holst, Richard Niklaus Roland (1868-1938), Tresling & Co. (Amsterdam; printing house); 1910 (1910-00-00-1910-00-00);

A combined 1883 calendar and trade card depicting the summer, dishes, boats, and a woman.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Rivers, Summer

Cover design for: De Architect, 1911, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1911 print A rectangular frame containing a naked woman who kneels with a snake who has a fruit in his mouth. The woman keeps her arms in the air. Two columns and a fire in the background. On the left the word 'beauty', on the right the word 'necessity'. paper kneeling figure - AA - female human figure. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. snakes. fruits. column, pillar ~ architecture. open fire (in general)

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia41. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Ex Libris van Ephraim Moshe Lilien, Ephraim Moshe Lilien, 1884 - 1925 print A reading naked woman holds an open book in front of her face with both hands. In the foreground a rose bush. paper woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. reading. book

Nederlandsche Oliefabriek Delft Delftsche Slaolie, Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1893 poster Poster for Delftsche salad oil. paper oil, vinegar, sauces. advertisement, notice

Bookplate of Dujarric Descombes: Corde Viresco. Rapin, Henri (1873-1939), graphic artist

Poster for the second exhibition of the peinttres lithographs; 2nd exposition des Peintres lithographs. An artist drawing on a lithert stone to a quay. Next to him is a woman; Two children in the foreground. In the background the Notre Dame in the setting sun.

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Easter card, Josef József by Diveky Divéky -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Band design for: Johanna van Woude, the seven beauties, 1897. Booking title and author name in a rectangular framework with six stylized flower classes. Around the frame three up growing flowers with leaves.

Sheet music Nuit mystérieuse by Anatole Lancel. Dimensions: 35.1 cm x 27 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

, Dr,-Karl-Renner-Ring -Parliament, Quadriga, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

Cover design for: Catalog of the choice exhibition of contemporary Dutch Art, 1892, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1892 print A woman in a landscape with sunrise or sunset. The woman wears traditional costume and holds a branch with flowers. paper sun as celestial body. folk costume, regional costume

Color print by Melchior Lechter depicting the large Berlin art exhibition of 1897, showing exhibition hall, artworks, and visitors.

Cover design for: De Architect, 1911, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1911 print A rectangular frame containing a naked woman who kneels with a snake who has a fruit in his mouth. The woman keeps her arms in the air. Two columns and a fire in the background. On the left the word 'beauty', on the right the word 'necessity'. paper kneeling figure - AA - female human figure. woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. snakes. fruits. column, pillar ~ architecture. open fire (in general)

Ex Libris: Hannah Kolb-Förster; Kolb, Alois (1875-1942); 1900 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);

Map of the Graafschap Holland in the form of the Netherlands Lion, Anonymous, in or after 1748 print At the top left the title. Text on the sword of the lion: Protector of the Fatherland. Next to the sword in Hebrew letters: Yahweh (God). Degree distribution along the edges. paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Holland

A physician bleeding a patient, other patients are waiting to see him. Watercolour after a painting on an Attic vase 480-460 B.C. in the Louvre.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Almanac:Angel Bell-Ringer, 1882, American Journals - Frank Leslie's

Ex Libris van Maurits Mendels, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1924 print Three swallows at a corn sheaf. paper sheaf. song-birds: swallow

Ex libris Henriette Ammann; Ehringhausen, Willy (1868-1933); 1906 (1906-00-00-1906-00-00);

Titz Atelier für Architectur, New Year Congratulations Map 1878 (1878-1878): Architectural framework with roller plant. Ink, ink colored on cardboard, 15.7 x 12.5 cm (including scan edges) Titz Atelier für Architectur : Neujahr Glückwunsch Karte 1878

Cheeseborough Estate. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 42.5 x 32.1 cm (16 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Helen Miller.

Frontispiece for 'Zigzags d'un Curieux, d'Octave Uzanne', 1888, etching in black on beige japan paper, plate: 22.8 x 16.8 cm (9 x 6 5/8 in.), sheet: 29.8 x 21.5 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.), Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 172, State ii/iv, Félix-Hilaire Buhot (artist) French, 1847 - 1898

Plato .

Portada de la revista satírica Carnaval, editada en Barcelona, mayo de 1921.

Design for vignette for `Nederlandsche Vereeniging tot Dieren '. Draughtsman: Reijer Stolk. Dating: 1906 - 1945. Measurements: h 121 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Moon. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Fragment (Japan)

Rademaker's "Meco" for breakfast, Reijer Stolk, 1906 - 1945 drawing Lying woman with a bar of chocolate in her hand. paper. ink. pencil pen / brush advertisement, notice. (other) historical names

Print, Title Page, Die Quelle: Flächen Schmuck (The Source: Ornament for Flat Surfaces), plate 1; Designed by Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868-1918); Austria; color lithograph on paper; 25 x 29.6 cm (9 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

New Magazine, Bancel La Farge, American, 1865-1938, Pen and blue ink, blue wash, gold paint over graphite on heavy ivory wove paper, A Medusa head against a crescent moon within a circle is the central motif, framed by a swag. Above, in a panel 'THE NEW MAGAZINE / JANUARY', USA, ca. 1911, graphic design, Drawing, Drawing

The first exhibition of Polish artists' works in the new home of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts. Fabija Ski, Stanis Aw (1865 1947), lithographic de

Calendar magazine February with starling, Theo van Hoytema, 1901 print The starling is on a branch. The ornament edge consists of willow catkins. At the top of the leaf a crack line. Print Maker: Hilversum Printer: Amsterdampublisher: Hilversum paper song-birds: starling. February ~ other concepts

K L M.. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Eating & drinking, Hunting, Duck shooting

The Bridge of Sighs North Italian Set: No. 20, Sir David Young Cameron, 1865-1945, British, 1894, Etching on laid paper, Plate: 10 5/8 x 6 7/8in. (27 x 17.5cm) and Sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 1/2in. (29.8 x 19.1cm)

Bookplate of Prüner Arnold. Prüner, Arnold (-non ante 1922), graphic artist

Ex libris Otto Ottmar; Štáfl, Otakar (1884-1945); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1914-00-00);

Poster on the occasion of the forty -year anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina der Nederlanden, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1938 print. poster In the middle a poem about the leadership of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Around an edge of flowers. Print Maker: Netherlands Netherlandsprinter: Utrecht Publisher: Zeist paper letterpress printing queen. flowers

Print, Design for a Calendar (Ja; Theodoor van Hoijtema (Dutch, 1863 - 1917); Netherlands; color lithograph support: wove paper; 47.4 x 21.4 cm (18 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.) 18 11/16 x 8 5/16 in

Industrial cityscape as an announcement for a meeting, Louise Danse, 1894 print paper etching / drypoint factory in landscape Charleroi

ExLibris de Alexandre de Riquer. Grabado reproducido del libro "Ex_Libris" de Alexandre de Riquer. Imprimido por J. Thomás el 1903 en Barcelona.

The Hanged Man. Vintage Tarot Card from" The illustrated key to the tarot, the veil of divination, illustrating the greater and lesser arcana, embracing: The veil and its symbols." by Lauron William De Laurence, 1918

Poster for Delftsche Sla oil, Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874 - 1945 poster paper poster. oil, vinegar, sauces

Mettegang Friedrich (1854-1914), wine bottle label. Monthly competition November 1886 (11.1886): View. Ink watercolor and gold heighted on the cardboard, 13.9 x 18.3 cm (including scan edges) Mettegang Friedrich (1854-1914): Weinflaschenetikett. Monatskonkurrenz November 1886

The Woman in White. Artist: After Frederick Walker (British, London 1840-1875 Perthshire, Scotland). Dimensions: Image: 7 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (18.8 × 11 cm)Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 9/16 in. (22.2 × 16.7 cm). Engraver: Block cut by William Harcourt Hooper (British, London 1834-1912 London). Date: 1871.Walker designed this poster for Wilkie Collins's "The Woman in White," staged at the Olympic Theatre, London in 1871-2. Collins adapted the script from his enormously successful mystery novel published in 1859, and Walker was a friend. Considered the first theatrical poster by a well-known artist, the image represents the actress Anne Catherick swathed in a white cloak, flinging open a church door to step out into a graveyard at night. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Calendar 1895, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1935 print Calendar cover for the Architectura et Amicitia architectural society, Amsterdam. A sitting woman with crown and staff holds a ball in her left arm on which a row of symbols of the zodiac can be seen. Bottom left a cat. Japanese paper (handmade paper) 'Architectura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ architecture; 'Architettura' (Ripa). zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together. cat

Pieta. Goryńska, Wiktoria (1902-1945), graphic artist

Ex libris Adolf Groche; Höfer, Adolf (1869-1927); 1905 (1905-00-00-1905-00-00);Groche, Adolf (1879-1959), Groche, Adolf (1879-1959)-exlibris, partage plus, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, acts, female acts, trees, mountains, lakes, women, modernism (style), landscapes, characters, boats

Poland, Wroclaw, old town Hall, Schweidnitz cellar, detail

Paul Gauguin, Design for a China Plate, 1889, zincograph.

Cover design for the journal "Zhar-ptitsa" (Firebird), Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)

Calendar magazine for March 1896, Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1895 print A rectangular frame with the days of the month of March and around a bird and two snakes. Amsterdam paper birds. snakes. ornaments ~ art

Catalunya. Cançoner infantil. Cançó de bressol. Dibujo de Josep Vinyals. Barcelona, año 1930.

Starting with the California Gold Rush in the late 19th century, the United Statesparticularly the West Coast statesimported large numbers of Chinese migrant laborers. Early Chinese immigrants worked as gold miners, and later on large labor projects, such as the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Chinese migrant workers encountered considerable prejudice in the United States, especially by the people who occupied the lower layers in white society, because Chinese 'coolies' were used as a scapegoat for depressed wage levels by politicians and labor leaders. In the 1870s and 1880s various legal discriminatory measures were taken against the Chinese. These laws, in particular the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, were aimed at restricting further immigration from China. The laws were later repealed by the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943.

Fontainebleau Forest: Frontispiece (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Frontispice), 1908. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918), A. Desmoulins, Published in Revue Illustrée, 1887-90. Wood engraving from bound volume of 34 ; image: 29.1 x 21.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.).

Color print by Jan Preisler showing a scene associated with the Hagenbund and Manes artist groups in Prague, created in 1911.

Ex libris Frederich J. Miracle. La Fura; Triado, Mayol José (1870-1929); before 1904 (1890-00-00-1904-00-00);Miracle, Frederic J. (Fl. Ca 1905-non ante 1922), Miracle, Frederic J. (fl. Ca 1905-non ante 1922)-exlibris, partage plus, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Spanish graphics, Catalan graphics, Spanish (culture), Catalan (culture), books, modernism (style), ornaments, goose feathers, cowards, animals

Design for the cover of Eigenhaard. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1945. Measurements: h 350 mm × w 271 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vienna Secession, Fifth Exhibition poster, Moser, Koloman (1868-1918)

Marx, Roger (N.1859-08-28-D.1913-12-13), Loïe Fuller work. Stone Roche models (main title), 1904. Gypsotypia. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Design for a poster for the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht in 1917. Draughtsman: Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. Dating: 1874 - 1917. Measurements: h 476 mm × w 335 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Roche, Pierre (n.1855-D.1922-01-18), medals 1914-1915 (main title), 1915-12-20. Color gypsography. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Scipio and Hasdrubal dining with Syphax. Reydams, Heinrich I (Flemish, act.1629-1669) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1660-1680 Tapestry Dimensions: H 15'2" x W 13'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Inscriptions: City mark in lower border among flowers Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border banderole: Nist.. Domae.. Within opulant interior of drapery & vessels, Scipio & Hasdrubal or Masinissa/Massanissa/Massinisa seated at table with Syphax who wears turban, in front of table, young boy pours liquid from vessel into larger vessel on ground (center, foreground); attendants stand nearby, others hold large vessels & deliver platters of food (center, middle ground) (L & R BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit with cherubim, at top large ribbon; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with cherub riding eagle flanked by ribbons & flowers; (LWR BRD) coat of arms surmounted by crown, supported by 2 cherubim, banderole with inscription above, flanked by suit of

Abder's artistic and satirical biweekly. Litographic Zak Aureliusz Pruszcz

Title Page for Six Published Etchings. Artist: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833-1914 Sèvres). Dimensions: sheet: 22 3/8 x 15 1/16 in. (56.8 x 38.3 cm). Date: 1887. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The dragon of Wantley.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Succes van Herman Heijermans. Toneelkunst in Holland (title on object). Draughtsman: Patricq Kroon. Dating: 1900 - 1924. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 290 mm × w 310 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

illustration by Henri Caruchet (1873 - 1948), for Byblis, Paris, 1901; written by Pierre Louys (1870-1925). Pierre Louys was a French writer and poet most famous for the inclusion of lesbian and classical themes in his works. In Greek mythology, Byblis or Bublis, was a daughter of Miletus. Her mother was either Tragasia, Cyanee, daughter of the river-god Meander, or Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria. She fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.

Milton's Paradise Lost, Book Cover

Band design for: Carmen Sylva and Mite Kremnitz, Veldpost, 1899. Castle in a tree-gray mountain landscape. Above the representation the author name and book title and around the show a decorative framework with floral ornaments.

Posters, Italy 20th century. Lloyd Triestino, Sketch by Oscar Hermann Lamb (1876-1947), watercolor.

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