Vintage Book Illustrations in the public domain
Love antique and vintage book illustration as much as we do? Thought so. Here you’ll find the full list of books we’ve pulled gorgeous vintage illustrations from! You’ll find work from antique books on natural history, anatomy, culture, science, fantasy, fairy tales, and more.
Vintage Book illustrations of Animals

A companion to Mr. Bullock's London Museum and Pantherion
Illustrations By: Howitt, Samuel
Published 1812

Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Illustrations By: Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph
Published 1867

Brehms Tierleben. Allgemeine kunde des Tierreichs
Illustrations By: Brehm, Alfred Edmund
Published 1911

Descrizioni degli animali : corrispondenti alle cinquanta figure continente in questo ... volume de'quadrupedi
Illustrations By: Alessandri, Innocente
Published 1771-1775

Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle
Illustrations By: Orbigny, Charles d'
Published 1847-1849

Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences, with the Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier
Illustrations By: Cuvier, Georges
Published 1835-1840

Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art
Illustrations By: Heck, Johann Georg
Published 1852

The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend
Illustrations By: Fuertes, Louis Agassiz
Published 1919
The breeds of the domestic animals of the British Islands
Illustrations By: Nicholson, William
Published 1842

The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway
Illustrations By: Lloyd, L. (Llewelyn)
Published 1867

The Naturalist's Miscellany
Illustrations By: Nodder, Elizabeth R | Nodder, Richard Polydore
Published 1789-1813

Wild life of the world : a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals
Illustrations By: Lydekker Richard
Published 1916
Vintage Book illustrations of Birds

A monograph of the Alcedinidae : or, family of kingfishers
Illustrations By: Sharpe, Richard Bowdler
Published 1868-71

A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans
Illustrations By: Gould, Elizabeth | Gould, John
Published 1852

A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Supplement
Illustrations By: Gould, John
Published 1880-1887

Iconographie des pigeons, non figurés par Mme Knip
Illustrations By: Blanchard, E
Published 1857-1858

Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds
Illustrations By: Sharpe, Richard Bowdler
Published 1891-98

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle ... during the years 1832-1836
Illustrations By: Gould, Elizabeth | Gould, John
Published 1838
Vintage Book illustrations of Sealife

Die acraspeden Medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. Mit Tafel I-VIII
Illustrations By: VanHöffen, Ernst
Published 1902

Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur : mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen
Illustrations By: Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph
Published 1791

I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica) : monografia
Illustrations By: Jatta, Giuseppe
Published 1896

Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie
Illustrations By: Blainville, H.-M. Ducrotay de
Published 1834-1836

Nereis australis, or Algae of the southern ocean
Illustrations By: Harvey, William Henry
Published 1847-1849

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities
Illustrations By: Saville-Kent, William
Published 1893
Vintage Book illustrations of Human Anatomy

Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation
Illustrations By: Cuvier, Georges
Published 1836-1849

Man : his structure and physiology : popularly explained and demonstrated
Illustrations By: Knox, Robert
Published 1857
Vintage Book illustrations of Botanical

Choix des plus belles fleurs :et des plus beaux fruits
Illustrations By: Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Published 1833

Collection de 24 bouquets de fleurs : dessinés et gravés d'après nature
Illustrations By: Vincent, Henriette Antoinette
Published 1835

Études de fleurs et de fruits : peints d'après nature
Illustrations By: Vincent, Henriette Antoinette
Published 1820

Exotic botany illustrated, in thirty-five figures of curious and elegant plants
Illustrations By:
Published 1759

Historia naturalis palmarum
Illustrations By: Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von,
Published 1823-50

Illustrations of British mycology, containing figures and descriptions of the funguses of interest and novelty indigenous to Britain
Illustrations By: Hussey, Anna Maria
Published 1847-1855

Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods : drawn from natural specimens
Illustrations By: Price, Sarah
Published 1864-1865

Lehrbuch der praktischen Pflanzenkunde in Wort und Bild :
Illustrations By: Hoffman, Carl | Réveil, Oscar
Published 1888

Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrita
Illustrations By: Trew, Christoph Jacob
Published 1750-1773

The illustration horticole : an illustrated monthly review of new and interesting plants with their descriptions, history and culture
Illustrations By: Linden, Jean Jules
Published 1874 - 75

The Pomological magazine; or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain
Illustrations By: Lindley, John
Published https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/28356
Vintage Book illustrations of Insects

Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects
Illustrations By:
Published 1841

Die ausländischen Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur
Illustrations By: Bock, Johann Carl
Published 1785-1801
Vintage Book illustrations of Fairy Tales

East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North
Illustrations By: Nielsen, Kay
Published 1922

Mother Earth's children; the frolics of the fruits and vegetables
Illustrations By: Ross, M. T
Published 1914