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  The cat stole away behind the city walls to the church. Arthur Rackham, from "Hansel & Grethel & other tales" by the Brothers Grimm, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cat-stole-away

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  The clock tower, Évreux. Richard Parkes Bonington, from "Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France. Ancienne Normandie," vol. 2 by A. de Cailleux, C. Nodier, J. Taylor, Paris: 1825 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/gros-horloge-evreux/

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  Puss comforts his owner. Felician von Myrbach-Rheinfeld, from "Le Chat Botté" by Charles Perrault, Paris: Albert Quantin, n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/puss-comforts-owner/

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  The cask of Amontillado. I ceased my labours and sat down upon the bones. Byam Shaw, From "Selected Tales of Mystery" by Edgar Allan Poe, London: 1909 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cask-amontillado/

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  Mad Atterleigh's last ride. Charles Kerr, from "The Witch's Head" by Henry Rider Haggard, London: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/last-ride/

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  Cour des miracles. From "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Victor Hugo, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cour-miracles/

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  Cucumber, pumpkin, melon. From "Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe," vol. 2 by Anton Seder, Vienna: [1886?] #art #illustration https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cucumber-pumpkin-melon/

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  Musky octopus. From "Mollusques vivants et fossiles" by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Paris: 1845 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/eledone-moschata/

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  Umbrella squid. From "Mollusques vivants et fossiles" by Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, Paris: 1845 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/umbrella-squid/

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  Titi. Paul Gavarni, from "Le bal Chicard," Paris: [1840?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/titi/

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  The robber hung from a beam while the blind men felt all round the room with their sticks. Louis Rhead, from "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments," New York: [1916?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/robber-hung/

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  The cat, the weasel, and the young rabbit. J.-J. Grandville, from "Fables de La Fontaine," vol. 1 by Jean de La Fontaine, Paris: 1838 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cat-weasel-rabbit/

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  There's an old woman dwells upon Tappington Moor. Arthur Rackham, from "The Ingoldsby legends" by Thomas Ingoldsby (Richard Harris Barham), London, New York: 1907 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/old-woman-dwells/

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  Mercury and the woodman. Ernest Griset, from "Æsop's fables" revised and re-written by Joseph Benjamin Rundell, London, New York: [1869?] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mercury-woodman/

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  The rebuke. John Leech, from "Colin Clink," vol. 1 by Charles Hooton, London: 1841 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rebuke/

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  Lifting the perforated paper, he placed it delicately over the page which contained the unintelligible writing. Amédée Forestier, from "Blind love," vol. 1, by Wilkie Collins, London: 1890 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/unintelligible-writing/

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  She drew out a silver travelling-flask. One glance at the name engraved on it told him the terrible truth. Amédée Forestier, from "Blind love," vol. 1, by Wilkie Collins, London: 1890 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/travelling-flask/

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  Interior view of the mosque at Córdoba. James Cavanah Murphy, from "The Arabian Antiquities of Spain" by Thomas Hartwell Horne, London: 1813 https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cordoba-mosque/

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  The life still there, upon her hair—the death upon her eyes. Frederick Richard Pickersgill, from "The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe," New York: 1858 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/life-hair/

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  Bellerophon at the fountain. Walter Crane, from "A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys" Boston: 1892 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bellerophon-fountain/

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  Perseus & the gorgons. Walter Crane, from "A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys" Boston: 1892 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/perseus-gorgons/

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  Leaping over the sea, the sacred monkey passed on the message to the beautiful and sad Sita. Léon Carré, from "Au jardin des gemmes" by Léonard Rosenthal, Paris: [1924] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sacred-monkey/

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  Whoever wears a sapphire will know no fear. Léon Carré, from "Au jardin des gemmes" by Léonard Rosenthal, Paris: [1924] #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sapphire-fear/

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  "What is it?" asked Jason. Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philadelphia: 1921 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/jason-asked/

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  "I shall not touch it I assure you," said she. Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philadelphia: 1921 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/not-touch-it/

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  The voyagers examined the web of cloth. Virginia Frances Sterrett, from "Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philadelphia: 1921 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/voyagers-web-cloth/

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  Hundreds of peacocks of gorgeous plumes came to the embankments to eat the khai. Warwick Goble, from "Folk-Tales of Bengal" by Lal Behari Day, London: 1912 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hundreds-peacocks/

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  Various Subspecies of Mammillaria heyderi. Paulus Roetter, from "The Botanical Works of the Late George Engelmann" (volume of plates) Cambridge, MA: 1887 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mammillaria-meiacantha/

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  A frenzied hare attacked a lioness. J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hare-attacked-lioness/

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  These balls were nothing less than planets. J.-J. Grandville, from "Un autre monde" by Taxile Delord, Paris: 1844 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/balls-planets/