vintage illustrations

A <n>Company School</n> botanical illustration of an <n>Indian Mulberry</n> (Morinda citrifolia), ca. 1800–1825.

<n>The Moon—An Expired Planet</n>, an 1898 illustration by <n>Agnes Giberne</n>.

Cover art for <n>Dougie Bowne</n>'s album <n>The Stars Are Indispensable</n>. Artwork by <n>Robert Fludd</n>.

<n>Plate XVII</n> from <n>Thomas Wright</n>'s 1750 book <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>.

<n>Globeflower</n>, a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n> from his 1928 book <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

Polyhedral models by mathematician <n>Max Brückner</n> from his 1900 book, <n>Vielecke und Vielflache</n>.