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Steam locomotive

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:49:42 +0000

These old steam locomotives look great on their ancient engravings.

The woodpecker book

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:32:06 +0000

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 from Alfred Malherbe (1804-1866), whose name has even been given to a bird (see one of my photos here). You will find marvelously beautiful engravings presented on Bibliodyssey.

Ukiyo-e books by Kitagawa Utamaro

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:38:05 +0000

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.

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)