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lesewut · 4 months

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Don Quijote with illustrations by Gustave Doré.

Published by Ernst von Wolzogen, Leipzig, 1893

#world literature #literature #book cover #antiquarian book #19th century book art #Cervantes #don quijotte #don quichotte #antiquarian #beautiful book #gustave doré #illustrated books

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oldwinesoul · 2 years

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“Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling”

—Oscar Wilde

#poets on tumblr #dark academia #aesthetic #spilled poetry #words #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #19th century #vintage #love poem #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia books #renaissance art #renaissance #poetry #dark academia lovers #vintage classics #dark acdemia #oscar wilde

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the-evil-clergyman · 6 months

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Arethusa, from Andrew Lang's The Blue Poetry Book by Henry Justice Ford (1891)

#henry justice ford #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #19th century #19th century art #british art #british artist #books #book illustration #poetry #poetry art #percy bysshe shelley #mythology #greek mythology #arethusa #classic art

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escapismsworld · 8 months

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Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Mexico City built in 1899

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sictransitgloriamvndi · 2 months

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#art #etching #german art #dance of death #der totentanz #illustration #book illustration #19th century #danse macabre #allegory #death #grim reaper #symbolism

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eyesaremosa1cs · 11 months

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#book cover #cover design #book binding #decoration #decorative #victorian #mother of pearl #antique #art #antique books #19th century #flowers #designs #aesthetic #whimsigoth #whimsigothic #gothic

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die-rosastrasse · 9 months

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Women & Books in Classical Art

Charles Edward Perugini, Carl Holsøe, Alfred Stevens, Edward Hughes, Alberto Piza, Léon Bazile Perrault, Alfred Stevens, Gabriel Schachinger, George Lawrence Bulleid

#art #paintings #art detail #classical art #painting #women in art #fine arts #books #literature #light academia #19th century art #victorian art #Art #art academia #academia aesthetic #cottagecore #cottagecore art

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catchymemes · 1 year

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#19th century #peepshow book #art #video

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nemfrog · 1 year

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On the move. Anatomy in art. 1891. Cover art.

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#skeleton #book cover #cover art #anatomy #halloween #nemfrog #macabre #1891 #19th century #1k

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tygerland · 7 months

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"In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that he spent his nights reading from dusk till dawn and his days reading from sunrise to sunset, and so with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up, causing him to lose his mind."

- Miguel de Cervantes, from Don Quixote, 1605. Illustration, 1863, by Gustave Doré.

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 month

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For #WorldBudgieDay, here is the 1st published image of a Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) for its scientific description by George Shaw (as the “Undulated Parrakeet") in The Naturalist's Miscellany of 1804-5.

(Yes, it appears unnaturally elongated, likely due to Shaw working from a skin rather than a living bird.)

Via BHL

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lesewut · 7 months

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The Olymp or Mythology of Greeks and Romes with Consideration of Egyptian, Nordic and Indian Mythology published by A. Petiscus in 1874. Seventeenth edition for self-study, with 89 wood-cuts and explanation.

#mythology #ancient mythology #ancient wisdom #ancient cosmogony #ancient greek #ancient egypt #ancient India #Nordic mythology #Roman mythology #Olymp #self-study #19th century book art #19th century literature #antiquarian #literature #antiquarian book #beautiful book

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oldwinesoul · 1 year

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“𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒.”

—Clifton Gachagua

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the-evil-clergyman · 9 months

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Griffins and Unicorns, from Andrew Lang's The Red Book of Animal Stories by Henry Justice Ford (1899)

#henry justice ford #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #19th century #19th century art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #english artist #british artist #books #book illustration #mythology #mythological creature #mythical creatures #griffin #unicorn #classic art

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escapismsworld · 1 year

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This reading lamp is 123 yrs old, Original Lamp by Tiffany Studios, 1899, New York, USA.

Officially they are known as "Nautilus Tiffany lamps". Various versions were made between 1899 and c. 1912. Expect to pay at least $55,000 for an original Nautilus lamp.

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sictransitgloriamvndi · 2 months

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#art #painting #oil on canvas #books #rosary #skull #vanitas #still life #vanitas stillleben #french art 19th century

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