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.
38 illustrations
Eight numbered designs combine Tau signs, a Chi-Rho emblem, a barred double door, a sword and smaller circular forms.
A radiant triangle inscribed Jeova fills one circular design; a square and central solar form organise the other.
A squid’s head rests above a tall support while long arms and tentacles hang down into a circular vessel.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
Letters and small circular signs surround a cross within a ruled geometric design.
A divided circular wheel combines human and animal forms, small internal emblems and surrounding inscriptions.
Seven circular emblems surround a central field of Greek and Hebrew lettering.
Five-pointed and six-pointed stars appear beside triangular, circular and rectangular inscribed forms.
Two simplified human forms appear above circular diagrams marked C and D, with dots and rays indicating their internal arrangements.
A circular boundary encloses four hexagrams around an open centre.
Twenty-four circular seals continue the numbered sequence across a regular six-by-four grid.
Dark vortices with red interiors fill an oval crossed by sharp scarlet, lightning-like strokes.
A large concentric pentacle bears Alpha et Omega at its centre beneath a heading naming the Sun and Sunday.
A spiral centre lies within a small square surrounded by dense concentric bands of signs and letters.
A dark circular disc is surrounded by a brilliant irregular corona.
A dark circular disc interrupts an irregular pale corona against an almost black sky.
Small human and animal forms occupy a ring of interlocking compartments around a central figure.
A hexagram encloses a square of letters within interlaced circular bands.
Four circular designs are marked with Saturn’s planetary sign.
Small animals range from cattle and birds to larger lion-like and horned forms.
A dark central panel sits inside a web of crossed lines and concentric rings of small symbols.
A large standing figure raises both hands and spreads its legs while smaller circular and skeletal forms trace the limbs.
A large circular field encloses several small temple and lodge designs beneath the heading Speculum of Wisdom.
A woman with an ornate headpiece stands behind a round central disc bearing The Sun.
Closely spaced bands build a circular field around a small dark opening.
A central seed syllable lies within a circular field enclosed by four dark petals.
Figures, signs and circular forms occupy bordered compartments in a tall manuscript reproduction.
A large circular disc forms the centre of a fan-shaped design surrounded by rays, small round ornaments and curling side pieces.
A dark winged figure descends before a brilliant circular opening among clouds, with smaller forms behind and a rounded world below.
A great cross and circular geometric centre divide a densely ornamented rectangular field.
Pale floating figures appear among bright circular and cloud-like forms.
A bearded divine figure supports an immense circular cosmos filled with small winged forms.
An ornate circular frame encloses a galley crowded with ropes, carved forms and watching figures.
A seated stone figure with a broad headdress and circular ear ornaments forms an architectural support.
Three circular forms surround a radiant centre within a larger triangular outline.
A cluster of large and small circular forms contains interlocking polygons and star-like lines.
A woman stands amid a cloud of bright circular forms.
A pale figure floats above a small dark-clothed watcher and scattered circular forms.
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