Discover historical illustrations by subject, artist and book.
Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
10 illustrations
A young man with dark curling hair turns slightly from an oval engraved portrait.
Three groups of number squares and line-based seals occupy the page beneath the corresponding planetary signs.
Horizontal rows pair small dot patterns with names and increasingly elaborate geometric signs.
Two rows of numbered grids sit above a row of star-filled circles, each enclosed by its own inscription band.
A blue-green bearded head rises beside a dark pointed wing above a larger red-bearded face.
Two horned profiles face one another above a smaller frontal head with curling hair and pointed ears.
Two fantastic heads are stacked vertically, their beards and hair spreading into long sweeping points.
A large horned profile with a staring green eye dominates two smaller heads beneath it.
Rows of angular and looped characters appear beneath four separate headings.
An open book displays the names Michael, Gabriel, Camael, Raphael, Sachiel, Anael and Cassiel.
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