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Here are some public domain pctures of old books. You can do whatever you like with these, although you shouldn’t say that you made them! The one with the shelf visible was taken by my partner, who also explicitly assigned copyright to the public domain.

There are some more pictures from old books taken from an old book, too.

There’s something about leather-bound books; a lot of people collect leather books. For my own part I’m more interested in what’s inside the book than the fine bindings, but since some of these antiquarian books still look rather pretty, I thought I’d share some pictures!

Manfredi’s Book

Manfredi’s Book

Pictures of old books (2003)

This is a close-up of the antiquarian book tableau in Alphabet Book Pile. The book in the foreground was printed in 1564, and is a legal text by Girolamo di Manfredi; there are also some more pictures [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, calligraphy, music, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2007-06-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Old Books 3: Chambaud Close-up

Old Books 3: Chambaud Close-up

Pictures of old books (2003)

Chambaud’s Dictionary, close-up view showing the leather binding and the gold leaf used for the lettering on the spine.

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2005-11-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Antique Books: Woodward

Antique Books: Woodward

Pictures of old books (2003)

Woodward’s History of Wales is shown open to the title page. It’s propped up by an old Latin-English dictionary.

Keywords: books, colour, pictures of books, pictures of books

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Added: 2004-02-29

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Pillar

Pillar

Pictures of old books (2003)

A candle in its holder rests on top of an old book, standing atop a decorative wooden pillar.

The book is an old dictionary by Nathan Bailey from 1736.

Keywords: books, colour, candles, pillars, pictures of books, pictures of books

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Added: 2003-07-13

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Pictures of old books: Two shelves of antiquarian books

Pictures of old books: Two shelves of antiquarian books

Pictures of old books (2003)

Keywords: books, colour, shelves, pictures of books, pictures of books

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Added: 2003-02-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Green and Gold books on polished wood

Green and Gold books on polished wood

Pictures of old books (2003)

A row of old books, green, with gold decoration and lettering on their spines, arranged in a row on the top of a polished wooden surface.

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2007-09-12

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Geneva Bible

Geneva Bible

Pictures of old books (2003)

A 1581 edition of the Geneva Bible; I have scanned some pages from this book here.

Keywords: books, bibles, colour, pictures of books, pictures of books

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Added: 2003-07-13

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Antique Books: Grose

Antique Books: Grose

Pictures of old books (2003)

Various antiquarian books, including Francis Grose’s Antiquities; this is one of the most popular images. If you want to use it, please copy it and host it on your own site. It’d be nice if you link [...]

Keywords: books, colour, candles, pictures of books

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Added: 2004-02-29

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

1581 Psalter with Rose

1581 Psalter with Rose

Pictures of old books (2003)

Warm sunlight streams down on this ancient prayer book, bible and psalter, open to the Lord’s Prayer set to music. A rose lies on the open book. There are also some page scans of this Geneva Bible. It [...]

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, roses, romance, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2006-07-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Old Books 2: Chambaud

Old Books 2: Chambaud

Pictures of old books (2003)

Chambaud’s Dictionary. Some old leather-bound antique books on a black background. They have a reddish tint, deliberately, but you might want to use Levels/Auto in PhotoShop or the Gimp to correct t [...]

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books

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Added: 2005-11-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Alphabet Book Pile

Alphabet Book Pile

Pictures of old books (2003)

Several antique books of alphabets all open in a pile: 1. Manfredi from 1564, with the medieval music used as a cover; 2. Ornamental Alphabets by Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1879 (with the green letters); [...]

Keywords: pictures of books, books, alphabets, colour, music, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2007-06-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Old Books 1: Chambaud’s French/English Dictionary

Old Books 1: Chambaud’s French/English Dictionary

Pictures of old books (2003)

Close-up of the tops of three volumes from Chambaud’s Dictionary of English and French. Leather-bound books are always photogenic. I’ve made this image available in lots of sizes; please use the siz [...]

Keywords: colour, books, pictures of books, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2005-11-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested