Skip to main content

Pictures, Engravings and Extracts From Old Books

Over 4,200 free images from old, rare, antique and vintage books. High-resolution images for sale.   RSS Feed   like on facebook   twitter

Old Bologna (1850s)
Isaak Newton [Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton]
Initial letter V with a mermaid
11. Seal of Gusion.
Battle in the Sacred Linden Groves
Title Page, Bohemia Part Two
Front Cover, Bohemia Part Two
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique green
Battle of Knights
Full-page border of repeated vine leaves
Votivkirche, Vienna
Sir Isaac Newton
Avenue of Sighs
Christmas Still Life
The Seranade
53.8.—IHS
A schoolroom in Tunisia
Llanthony Priory, Valley of the Honddu
Adrift from The Snow Queen
Dark Passion Flowers
The giants tore up trees
initial letter R with small girl
Dark brown fantasy watercolour border
Armillary Sphere, Scanned Version
Leicester Hospital, Warwick
Scheuerfest - Spring Cleaning
Banner with ribbons and Snitch
Historiated decorative initial capital letter M in Blue
Mellon’s Baby Food with baby and roses
Monroe Colliery Co.
Title Page
clipart: initial letter S from late 15th century printed book
Land of the Semites. Desert and Caravan.
Front Cover
Rustic floral border with trellis and grapevines
Full-page border with hearts and moons
Peasant Girl of Pays de Vaud—Type.
Cheerful double-page spread vintage colour border
Floriated initial capital letter  “S”
Cheerful full-page vintage colour border
Engraving of smiling urchin boy carrying sack and vegetables
Nazareth, Palestine
Free clip-art: Victorian border of twigs and leaves
Klara Küry as Maya in The Greek Slave
Full-page border with roses, black and white
The thoughts of my spirit seek you
The Magical Circle of King Solomon
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
A Reminiscence
Banner, or Banderole
Scrollwork Border from page 227
Christmas Mass
Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt (At Christmasfest)
Wandering Minstrel
Names of Angels and Days (overview)
Seal of Coin of Libra
Seal of Coin of Libra (Obverse)
Seal of Coin of Leo (obverse)
Portrait of King Henry the Eighth
Seal of Coin of Virgo
Vorfrühling - Early Spring
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter R from XIV. Century  No. 1
Gods of our Saxon Ancestors.
Decorative clip-art Victorian border, antique brown
Front Cover
Title Page, Error’s Chains
Ancient Druidic Worship at Stonehenge, England
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter B from XIV. Century  No. 1
Cholmondeley Castle
Front Cover, Morris, Picturesque Views
Frontispiece: Alnwick Castle
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter N from XIV. Century  No. 1
Skeleton sitting on a tree stump and waving, from 18th century engraving
Deer Skeleton from 18th century engraving
Title Page, Osteographia
Free clip-art: Victorian border of brown twigs and green leaves
Crusaders conquor Jerusalem
Murder in the Castle
My Dearest Child (My Love)
Decorative initial (drop cap) D
Saint Bonaventura as a Monk
Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible
Purple Victorian Vine-leaf Border
Summer Evening
Sir Christopher Hatton
Atrolabe: scientist and boy
Clip-art: calligraphic decorative initial capital letter D from XIV. Century  No. 1
Full-page border with bird, flowers, ivy
Collection of alms at the funeral of don Álvaro de Luna
Eagle Tower, Caernarfon
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
They Crossed the Delaware in Safety
The figures of the Divine Letters
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
Sir Philip Sidney
Corner Bookcase Ornament
The Blizzard in America; Dead Boy in the Snow
[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia
Choral Recital with the organ
Front Cover, Le Musée Artistique et Littéraire
Cartouche With Cherubs
Victorian vine-leaf page border
Monseigneur Dabart, bishop of Périgueux and of Sarlat.
Full-page portrait border with nameplate space

Visit the full list of Recently added images and of the most popular images.

Borders and Initials

Holiday Images

Curious Old Texts, Slang and Dictionaries

The Pictures: Woodcuts, Engravings & Clip art

Pictures of Old Books