This is a collection of images shared with me by the man who scanned them from various antique bibles and other old books, including:  Mathematical Astronomy by C.W.C. Barlow & G.H. Bryan (1893); Dawn of Astronomy by Sir Norman Lockyer (late 1800's); Baedeker's Palestine and Syria (1912); An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible, published by Henry Bill (1871); and The Holy Bible, published by John E. Potter and Company (late 1800's). Rather than being organized by the book they come from, they are roughly organized by subject. This is because they were given to me this way by the person who scanned them, William Struse, and I have kept his organization. The images are all public domain and he shared them with me with the understanding they would be offered for free here. He has only thumbnails on his site, and this was an easy way for him to share the larger images with a broader audience.  The maximum size of each image varies greatly.  I have edited them extensively to clean up the dirt and shadows and to darken, brighten, and otherwise enhance the lines.  A lot of text shows through from the obverse side of the leaves, but ...

Based on the journals of Union Army prisoners, this book was published right after the Civil War. It details the harsh conditions and atrocities of prison life in Andersonville, Florence as well as some details of the war in general. It has 13 full page illustrations, all of which have been edited to correct a lot of age toning and a few tears and spots. Title: Life and Death in Rebel Prisons Author: Robert H. Kellogg Artist: Various Publisher: L. Stebbins Date Published: 1867 The full size, high resolution images are all available for free download in the gallery. Each picture below links directly to the page for that image. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="The Midnight Storm: Our Miserable Lodgings"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="127" caption="Andersonville Stockade"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Rebel Mode of Capturing Escaped Prisoners"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Prisoners Receiving Rations"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Hanging Union Prisoners"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Break Away of the Stockade by the Flood"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="130" caption="Plan of Hospital, Andersonville"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Interior View of Hospital"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="118" caption="Plan of Stockade at Florence"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Hanging by the Thumbs"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="View of Libby Prison"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="129" caption="Execution of Captain Wirz"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" ...

This is one out of two or three Civil War era books I have scanned images from, each of which has a small number of nice black and white drawings. Days and Nights has eight full page illustrations, all of which I have put in the gallery and linked to using the images below. I have done a bit of touch up as the images were quite age toned and spotted. This book was written and published during the United States Civil War as an attempt to explain and describe the "Great Rebellion." "Carleton" was the pen name of Charles Carleton Coffin. These images are from the 2nd edition (1864), although the book went through many subsequent editions and publishers. It is considered a Civil War classic and remains in print to this day. The entire book (this edition in fact) is digitized at Google Books HERE. Title: My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field: A Book for Boys Author: "Carleton" Artist: Various, or unattributed. Publisher: Ticknor and Fields Date Published: 1863 (1864) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="149" caption="The Dying Patriot"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="155" caption="The Great Mistake"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="Capture of Fort Henry"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="151" caption="Charge of Lauman's Brigade at Fort Donelson"][/caption] [caption id="" ...

This is fairly common but often sought after school book or primer first published in 1832. It is a sequel to "First Book of History, by the Author of Peter Parley's Tales" which was for younger students. It went through at least 30 or 40 editions before 1850, which in this case meant printings, and often there was little to differentiate between editions. These images are from the Eleventh Edition , copyright 1835 and printed in 1836. The text is full of woodcuts or a similar type of engraving. These images are small illustrations primarily showing figures in the national dress of various countries,as well as people from English and British history. The maps are, unfortunately, the weakest part of this book. They are woodcuts or likely some other type of engraving. They are beautifully rendered, but they were bound facing each other with no tissue guards, as this was an inexpensive textbook for children. The result is a great deal of shadowing or bleeding from adjacent maps, resulting in a ghost image on each page. I have not tried to correct for this. A feature I find particularly nice about these maps is the mountains. A light black, the ...