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“Hurrah!” he cried.

Jules Férat, from L’île mystérieuse (The mysterious island), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1870.

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“Hurrah!” he cried.

Jules Férat, from L’île mystérieuse (The mysterious island), by Jules Verne, Paris, 1870.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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The eagle and the fox.

Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.

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The eagle and the fox.

Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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the owl and the grasshopper.

Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.

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the owl and the grasshopper.

Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Pen drawing by Alfred Brennan, from the Continent.

From Modern illustration, by Joseph Pennell, London, 1895.

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Pen drawing by Alfred Brennan, from the Continent.

From Modern illustration, by Joseph Pennell, London, 1895.

(Source: archive.org)

Monday, January 16, 2012
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The peacock, two goslings, and the diver.

Jean-Jacques Grandville, from The fables of Florian, by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, New York, 1888.

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The peacock, two goslings, and the diver.

Jean-Jacques Grandville, from The fables of Florian, by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, New York, 1888.

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Sunday, January 8, 2012
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The weakest goes to the wall.

John Leighton, from Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, translated and edited by Richard Pigot, London, 1860.

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The weakest goes to the wall.

John Leighton, from Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, translated and edited by Richard Pigot, London, 1860.

(Source: archive.org)

Thursday, December 8, 2011
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Madame la Duchesse came into the world to be a curvy, stout person, healthy and enjoying good meals, good drinks… 

J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.

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Madame la Duchesse came into the world to be a curvy, stout person, healthy and enjoying good meals, good drinks…

J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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Ex-libris with swans

From A collection of book plate designs, by Louis Rhead, Boston, 1907.

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Ex-libris with swans

From A collection of book plate designs, by Louis Rhead, Boston, 1907.

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Sunday, November 27, 2011