These old steam locomotives look great on their ancient engravings. Source: Bibliodyssey
Tag: engraving
The woodpecker book
Woodpeckers are birds which are often superb and specially pleasant to watch and photograph. But picidae (the family of most birds we group under the generic name of woodpeckers) also have their illustrated monograph. ‘Monographie des Picidées’ @ Harvard University Library {volumes II + III}. This is the result of digitization of a reference book…
Ukiyo-e books by Kitagawa Utamaro
A friend of mine recently bought a copy of a Japanese wood engraving. While reading this article from BibliOdyssey, about the wood engravings of Kitagawa Utamaro, I thought I should share some of the pictures of this artist.