Old Century Books

Old Century Books is a small and Indie Publishers. We love selecting and reproducing old illustrations from rare and unique 19th-century sources.

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Paul Gavarni, Viens voir P'ospèr!, 19th century https://t.co/7o54vqWkT3 #paulgavarni

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Illustrations from the early 1900's by Fidus, the pseudonym used by German illustrator, painter and publisher Hugo Reinhold Karl Johann Höppener (1868-1948).

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A restless Erik Satie.

#MusicHistory #music #France

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Special stamps designed by Peter Steiner and issued on February 16, 1977 to commemorate 75 years of Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) in Germany.

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@lunocko Great!

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Drawing live this afternoon
https://t.co/oOvdmxNCDt
#illustration

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“Crash,” Kay Ryan - https://t.co/6kC0zuvuxw

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The Death of Chatterton (1856) by Henry Wallis (1830-1916). Tate Britain. English poet. Pre-Raphaelite style.

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"Remembering her"

— The Funnyman magazine.
— Author unknown
— 1885.

#illustration #illustrationartists #illustrations #blackandwhite #19thcentury #19thcenturyart #history #drawing

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「獵奇」第二號

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"Long tongue"

- Periodical publication "The funnyman".
- 1884.

#illustration #illustrationartists #illustrations #blackandwhite #19thcentury #19thcenturyart #history #drawing

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"The serenade"

— The Funnyman magazine.
— Author unknown
— 1885.

#Montevideo, #Uruguay

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"The revolt"

From "The Funnyman" magazine. 1885.

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#19thcentury #books #illustration #BlackAndWhite

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The lawyer's clerk. Joseph Kenny Meadows, from Heads of the People: or, Portraits of the English, vol. 1, collective work, London, 1840 https://t.co/QLLR70pS6P

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Three Studies of a Girl's Head, Edward Burne-Jones, 19th century https://t.co/cVrAA5XGyg #harvardartmuseums #edwardburnejones

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A Hawk, Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century https://t.co/JAPwB9xyZu #cornelissaftleven #harvardartmuseums

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@DonQuix35657420 Beautiful illustrations.

What year was the book published?

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Hieronymus Bosch (1450 – 1516)

Flying creatures from various paintings.

“Poor is the mind that always uses the inventions of others and invents nothing itself.”

#art #painting #HieronymusBosch #imagination

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The Adoration of the Magi, from the series The Life of the Virgin by Albrecht Dürer https://t.co/l8KN5UIusB #albrechtdrer #metmuseum