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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!
Frederick Simpson Coburn, frontispiece from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
Margaret Armstrong, half title page from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
Ichabod Crane’s scholars certainly were not spoiled.
Frederick Simpson Coburn, from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
And there con over old Mather’s direful tales.
Frederick Simpson Coburn, from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
Ichabod would carry on his suit with the daughter by the side of the spring under the great elm.
Frederick Simpson Coburn, from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
Away they dashed, through thick and thin.
Frederick Simpson Coburn, from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, New York, 1899.
(Source: archive.org)
Katrina.
Arthur Ignatius Keller, frontispiece from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, Indianapolis, 1906.
(Source: archive.org)
He saw the goblin rising in his stirrups, and in the very act of hurling his head at him.
Arthur Ignatius Keller, from The legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, Indianapolis, 1906.
(Source: archive.org)
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Agostino Lacurci. La Finta Nonna.
Illustration for the novel La finta nonna, contained in Fiabe Italiane
