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Japanese, 1924 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan



Kveta Pacovska (Czech), 1973, illus. for Pohadky Pro Vsedni Dny I Pro Svatky (detail)
original post: Fairy Tales for Work Days and Personal Days



Farshid Meshgali, 1970s Iran, The Blue-Eyed Boy (Mojabi, Pisarak-L Cism Abi), cover (detail)
original post: Iranian Kid's Books 2



Albin Brunovsky, 1972, illus. for Tri Princezne V Belasej Skale (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Albin Brunovsky



Lynd Ward, Beowulf, '39 (detail)
original post: Lynd Ward illustrations for Beowulf



Dorothy Lathrop, 1923, Crossings by de la Mare (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Dorothy Lathrop



Helga Aichinger, illustration for Noah and the Rainbow, 1972 (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Helga Aichinger



Viera Gergel'ova, 1972, illustration for Puf a Muf by Natasa Tanska (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Viera Gergel'ova



Eje Wray, illus. for 1979 trans. of Hedayat's Haji Agha (detail)
original post: I've actually seen the next world



original post: Extraordinary early 20th century book covers from Japan



Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish Pinnochio comic, 1920s, cover (detail)
original post: Pinocchio's Spanish Cousin Pinocchio



Albin Brunovsky, 1972, illus. for Tri Princezne V Belasej Skale (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Albin Brunovsky



Adolf Hoffmeister, 1964, illus. for Czech trans. of Well's First Men in the Moon (detail)
original post: The First Men in the Moon



Jaroslav Serych, 1970, illustration for Japanese Tales (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Jaroslav Serych



Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, cover (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet



Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet



Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet



Edouard Roditi, Emperor of Midnight, cover etching by Jose Hernandez (Black Sparrow, 1974) (detail)
original post: Stacks of Books Crushing Me



Ancka Gosnik-Godec, 1964, illus. for Ela Peroci, Za Lahko Noc (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Ancka Gosnik-Godec



Ancka Gosnik-Godec, 1964, illus. for Ela Peroci, Za Lahko Noc (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Ancka Gosnik-Godec



Japanese, 1921 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan



Japanese, 1922 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan



Japanese, 1924 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan



Nura, The Buttermilk Tree, 1934 (detail)
original post: The Buttermilk Tree



Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish Pinnochio comic, 1920s, (detail)
original post: Salvador Bartolozzi's Pinnochio



Otto Neumann, Grotesque (detail)
original post: Otto Neumann's Grotesques



Hermann Finsterlin, 1920s, erotic work
original post: Wandering from Organ to Organ with Hermann Finsterlin

The Finsterlin (above) and Obrist (below) posts are two of my personal favorites. Check them out!



Hermann Obrist, Smoldering plant, ca. 1900 (pencil and charcoal) (detail)
original post: Go forth and picture this: Hermann Obrist's Superior Mirage



Chao Fang Fang, Drunken Village (Prints from Heilongjiang, China) (detail)
original post: The Great Northern Wasteland



Matta, tarot illustration for Breton's Arcane 17 (detail)
original post: Arcanum