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.
40 illustrations
Nine circular designs combine geometric figures, lettering and monograms.
Seven circular emblems are arranged around a cross-shaped field of lettering.
A mounted skeletal presence sweeps through a deeply shadowed field, with tangled bodies and threatening forms receding into the darkness behind it.
Five-pointed and six-pointed stars appear beside triangular, circular and rectangular inscribed forms.
A table pairs spirit names with Hebrew forms and numbered references above a large ceremonial circle.
Twenty-four numbered circular seals occupy six rows of four compartments.
Twenty-four circular seals continue the numbered sequence across a regular six-by-four grid.
Twenty-four round seals complete the main sequence of seventy-two spirits in the Goetia.
A group of circular seals occupies the top of a comparative page above large star-shaped devices.
A large circular diagram divides named spirits among compass directions, with seasons written near its centre.
A large concentric pentacle bears Alpha et Omega at its centre beneath a heading naming the Sun and Sunday.
A serpent coils around a tall upright staff with a short transverse arm.
A large pentagram occupies a dark polygonal field, with Elohim near its centre and Heilig repeated at either side.
A six-by-six grid of numbers appears above two contrasting linear signs.
A nine-by-nine number grid fills the upper portion of a tall comparative diagram.
A five-by-five number grid stands above a looping sign with circular terminals and a more angular device beside it.
A seven-by-seven number grid fills the upper field above two small linear devices.
Nine numbers occupy a three-by-three grid above two linear signs with small circular terminals.
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.
Rows of circular seals enclose crosses, letters and small geometric signs.
Twenty upright cylinders display varied colours, veining and incised designs.
Two rectangular groups show standing figures beside architectural or ladder-like forms.
A numbered group of seal designs compares bulls, an elephant, other horned animals and short inscriptions.
Standing figures fill the upper compartment of a dark rectangular plaque, with a larger seated figure and smaller attendants below.
A bow-bearing figure occupies the left side of an irregular fragment beside a large wheel-like field of intersecting lines.
A crowned, long-robed figure holds an axe upright in one hand and a lotus in the other.
Several standing figures face across a dark rectangular impression interrupted by vertical bands of inscription.
A standing figure raises a long-handled axe above a kneeling figure who looks upward with joined hands.
A crowned four-armed figure rises from a scaled fish tail above an oval base.
Standing worshippers face an elevated seated figure beside a small fire in a shaded outdoor setting.
Six circular seals contain inscriptions and small symbolic marks.
Franz leans over a violin case with both hands directed towards its lid, while a pale, sweeping apparition rises behind him.
A bearded man with a small cap and broad ruff looks from an oval frame.
A balding man in an embroidered doublet and broad pale collar faces the viewer above a printed title.
A bearded man in a tall hat sits writing in a furnished room beneath a curtain and shelves of books.
A central title is framed by two tall pillars beneath paired celestial circles.
A seated bust with pen and paper occupies a niche beneath a coat of arms.
A robed man sits within an arched niche with one hand supporting his head.
Small heraldic devices fill two inscribed circular seals printed side by side.
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