Shakespeare Library images

Wood engraving by Gill for Macbeth, 1935

Beautiful Illustration by Hugh Thomson for Merry Wives of Windsor, 1910 

From the Folger Shakespeare Library via Book Patrol

More amazing book covers

I love these.

 

Found via Book Patrol

Books as installation art

Jody Alexander via The Book Patrol

Book cover art

Dick Bruna

From Present & Correct.

Beautiful paper insects

 

Beautiful insects made from recycled paper by Soon.  See more here.

More cut paper art

Beautiful, non? Morgana Wallace illustrations.

Found via Colossal.

Book covers

I love book covers, they make such a first impression and sometimes a lasting one.

Working as a Librarian, people often describe books by their description (the big white one etc) instead of their title or contents.

Peter Mendelsund’s Cover is a compendium of his last eleven years of work as a book jacket designer. Found via Book by its Cover