Public domain illustrations from old books
by Rob Beschizza from on (#XRV6)
Old Book Illustrations is a search engine and browseable library of-you've guessed it!-the engraved illustrations and litho prints found in old books.
Choose the type of illustrations you want to see: animals or people, landscapes, buildings, etc. Choose your favorite illustrators from a list: Gustave Dori(C), John Leech, Charles H. Bennett...[and] Find illustrations by the title of the book or periodical in which they were published: isop's fables, Punch, L'Illustration...
The scans are high-resolution (though it appears the scanned items are sometimes worse-for-wear) and most come with lots of details about their original creation and printing.