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calligraphy: Beautiful writing; writing produced with a broad-edged brush or pen, so as to produce varying stroke widths, or writing as art.

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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!

He was taking notes until he died

He was taking notes until he died

Pictures of old books (2003)

A relief pen (an old-fashioned dip-pen for writing), with a steel nib and an ivory handle, lies on an open book; a written manuscript lies below. Leather-bound books litter the oaken desk.

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Added: 2007-02-21

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

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

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