oldbookillustrations:

Jean Helleu.

Paul Helleu, from Paul Helleu, peintre et graveur (Paul Helleu, painter and engraver), by Robert de Montesquiou, Paris 1913.

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oldbookillustrations:

The lady with the fur hat.

Paul Helleu, from Paul Helleu, peintre et graveur (Paul Helleu, painter and engraver), by Robert de Montesquiou, Paris 1913.

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cabbagingcove:

I can’t for the life of me figure out what this young woman is attempting to play. Couldn’t be tennis, field hockey, or equestrian sports…badminton? Did they play badminton back then?

Mode in Dress and Home. Dulcie Godlove Donovan, 1935.

oldbookillustrations:

Les Fêtes de Paris.

Eugène Grasset, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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oldbookillustrations:

Eau minérale de Couzan.

Albert Guillaume, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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oldbookillustrations:

Black morel (Morchella elata)

Albin Schmalfuss, from Führer für Pilzfreunde (The mushroom lover’s guidebook) vol. 2, by Edmund Michael, Zwickau, 1901.

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oldbookillustrations:

The tulip.

Jean-Jacques Grandville, from Les fleurs animées (animate flowers), collective work, Paris, 1867.

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oldbookillustrations:

Velvet foot (Flammulina velutipes)

Albin Schmalfuss, from Führer für Pilzfreunde (The mushroom lover’s guidebook) vol. 2, by Edmund Michael, Zwickau, 1901.

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oldbookillustrations:

She went along, and went along, and went along.

Arthur Rackham, from English fairy tales, retold by Flora Annie Steel, New York, 1922.

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oldbookillustrations:

Eugénie Buffet.

Lucien Métivet, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

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