Books on archive.org etc - Blackburn's Art of Illustration

Salvete omnes,
the world Internet library aka Archive org is a treasury for all humankind.
I peruse it very often, if not daily, since there  is no end to reading or audio material there (also video, but I do not use it much, perhaps except for the vintage cartoons ). Also, the old books often represent the best of the written language, in addition they were carefully edited and designed.
From time to time I would like to link some book or other from the Archive.

Today, I would like to point your attention to a book from the XIX century.

Namely, 'The Art of Illustration' by  Henry Blackburn, a very prolific author. It was published in 1896 in UK during the Golden Age of Illustration.

This beautiful book is really a manual of illustration techniques used at the end of the XIX century, and also contains fine illustrations that serve as explained examples of different techniques and approaches - as author writes: [..] 'to show the possibilities of process in educated capable hands.'
 True, it is a historical rather than a how-to-manual for our modern purposes and uses, but still a delightful visual guide to to olden days.

enjoy

The wheelock reconstruction and functioning & other links

Salve,
some links sharing today -

first, I would like to share with you a link to youtube videos on  wheelock  reconstruction and functioning

Secondly, my most favourite art museum in the world, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City, made available for download many of its fine books, really great publications to read or just to look at the art. I have many of these books in my own library.

I will just share with you some links to various themes

Arms and Armour

Central Asia, China & Silk Road
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European tapestries - XIV to XVI century
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Limbourg Brothers


Spain
Italian painters of the Renaissance
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Vermeer

Nomads of ancient China frontier

Byzantium

Persia
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Shahnameh illuminations
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Assyria

...and finally
from youtube:
some Spanish and Portuguese horsemanship of rejoneador while riding mostly brave Lusitanos
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enjoy - :)