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![[picture: Dumbledore's Wizarding Spell-book]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/tn/img_9008-old-leather-book-with-brass-clasps-q90-500x311.jpg "[picture: Dumbledore's Wizarding Spell-book]")
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! I (Liam R E Quin) do retain the moral right to be identified as author/creator. 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!
Title: Pictures of old books
City: Toronto
Date: 2003
Total items: 33
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: 1581 Psalter with Rose]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/wm/big/cimg5142-psalter-with-rose-267x200.jpg "[picture: 1581 Psalter with Rose]")
![[picture: Withered Love (clinical version)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/wm/big/cimg6452-withered-love-372x200.jpg "[picture: Withered Love (clinical version)]")
Withered Love (clinical version)
An old astrology book lies open, but on the open page is a withered rose. Love has faded. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Codices by paintsmudger]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/wm/big/codices_by_paintsmudger-d698e7e-269x200.jpg "[picture: Codices by paintsmudger]")
paintsmudger on DeviantArt painted a picture based on one of Liam Quin’s photograph. This is a copyright work of art [more...] [$]
![[picture: Dumbledore's Wizarding Spell-book]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/wm/big/img_9008-old-leather-book-with-brass-clasps-q90-322x200.jpg "[picture: Dumbledore's Wizarding Spell-book]")
Dumbledore’s Wizarding Spell-book
This atlas, shown here closed and sitting on a table, is much larger than it appears: it weighs fifty pounds! It is bound in full leather with brass to protct [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Bookplate: W. T. R. Powell]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/wm/big/Johnson-000-1-Bookplate-1-powell-crest-q85-140x200.jpg "[picture: Bookplate: W. T. R. Powell]")
The armorial crest for the Powell family of Nanteos in Wales, pasted inside my copy of “Johnson’s Dictionary” (an 1837 edition, not in itself particularly valuable). The motto is inter hanstas et hostes, which is, Betwixt spears and enemies. The owner was William Thomas-Rowland Powell, of Nant-Eos. The crest is a talbot’s head, collared, and the inner arms are for Powell. [more...] [$]
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! I (Liam R E Quin) do retain the moral right to be identified as author/creator. 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!
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