Selected Graphic Elements
When we see some nice drop caps or other graphic elements in an old book, we sometimes rescue them from oblivion and share them here.
Category: Selected Graphics
Selected Graphics: Decaying Daguerreotypes by Mathew Brady, Circa 1850
Images of decaying daguerreotypes from Mathew Brady’s NYC Studio, circa 1850.
Selected Graphics: Dante’s Divine Comedy
These illustrations from a 15th-century book show various areas of hell, purgatory, and heaven, based on Dante’s musings in The Divine Comedy. Hell and purgatory were painted by Priamo della Quercia, and Giovanni di Paoli di Grazia did heaven.
Selected Graphics: Grunty Animals from The Flower of Nature, Circa 1350
If you need, or just want, 14th-century images of grunty or otherwise irritated creatures, you’ve come to the right place.
Selected Graphics from The Black Cat, September 1905
Selected graphics from The Black Cat short story magazine, September 1905. Mostly vintage ads we liked.
Selected Graphics from The Black Cat, October 1904
Selected graphics (ads, drop caps, and end-piece decorations) from The Black Cat short story magazine, October 1904. Mostly vintage ads we liked.