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.
18 illustrations
Three numbered designs belong to the book's account of one person sending helpful thoughts to another at appointed times.
A nine-by-nine number grid fills the upper portion of a tall comparative diagram.
An ornamental cross occupies the centre of a wheel encircled by letters, numbers and smaller signs.
A hexagram encloses a square of letters within interlaced circular bands.
A moustached man wearing a bow tie appears in a small rectangular portrait.
Horizontal divisions cross a circle filled with planetary and zodiac signs.
Sixteen patterns of single and double points appear in paired rows beside planetary signs.
Two square charts are divided into triangular houses around a central field.
A sun marked Light appears above a descending series of named colours.
Three groups of number squares and line-based seals occupy the page beneath the corresponding planetary signs.
Two rows of numbered grids sit above a row of star-filled circles, each enclosed by its own inscription band.
An open book displays the names Michael, Gabriel, Camael, Raphael, Sachiel, Anael and Cassiel.
A standing human outline contains a sequence of animals and figures associated with the zodiac.
Circles labelled Geburah, Chesed, Hod, Netsah and Jesod descend between star-bearing circles.
A standing man extends both arms across a square frame intersected by diagonal lines.
Circles labelled Michael, Anael, Gabriel and other angelic names surround a central geometric star.
A yellow circle sits at the intersection of four projecting symbolic arms.
Dense handwriting surrounds a small profile portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.
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