Old Book Illustrations Pillows

Description: 'Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Little Women'.

Description: 'The Merman King had been for many years a widower, but his old mother kept house for him; she was a clever woman, but so proud of her noble birth that she wore twelve oysters on her tail, while other grandees were only allowed six.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: Classic frog & toad fishing art from vintage books.

Description: 'Prince Souci and Princess Minon-Minette on the fan.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

Description: 'I used to meet her in the garden, the ravine, and in the manor fields. She was always picking flowers and herbs, those she knew her father could use for healing drinks and potions.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: "I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!" An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: 'Many a winter's night she flies through the streets and peeps in at the windows, and then the ice freezes on the panes into wonderful patterns like flowers.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

Description: 'The ship headed about and sped over the depths of the sea.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

Description: 'Princess Minon-Minette rides out in the world to find Prince Souci.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

Description: 'This good Fairy placed her own baby in a cradle of roses and gave command to the zephyrs to carry him to the tower.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

Description: 'She stopped as if to speak to him.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

Description: THE CAT AND THE FOX

Description: Novis Imaginibus provides adapted designs from the Renaissance and early modern Period. Our mascot is this weird swirly cat from the 16th century. Because the past is a strange place.