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One of the immense joys of my job is seeing these exquisite illustrations in old books :) Enjoy a small batch of quick snapshots I copied recently from my phone. I especially adore... eh, all of them really :)
Hunting the Werewolf. Engraving by Arnold Houbraken, 1681
The transformation of Nyctimene into an owl (illustration for Ovid's Metamorphoses). Engraving based on a drawing by Jean-Michel Moreau.
A couple from Polesye in folk costumes. Postcard based on a drawing by W. Boratynsky.
Predatory wolves attacking passers-by. Lithograph by E. Gavrilov, 19th century
"Ivan's Night", 1900.
John D. Batten