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Great illustrations 2016-01-29 04:41:22Post No. 7636102
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Great illustrations Anonymous 2016-01-29 04:41:22 Post No. 7636102 [Report]

Do you know books with really good illustrations? Were they made by the author or another illustrator? What do you like about them?

I esp. like the illustrations of Walter Moers. - pic related

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 06:09:28 Post No.7636271
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>>7636102
this entire book is like a little work of art. the fonts, margin illustrations etc

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:32:58 Post No.7637197
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i have some nice illustrated Fasut copy by Harry Clarke

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:37:02 Post No.7637204
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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:37:02 Post No.7637204 [Report]

Anything illustrated by gustave dore

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:38:34 Post No.7637210
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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:38:34 Post No.7637210 [Report]

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>>7637204

Came to post this. Paradise Lost, Don Quixote, and The Bible are amazing.

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:39:40 Post No.7637211
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>>7637210
Don't forget the divine comedy!

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:42:50 Post No.7637224
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Anonymous 2016-01-29 16:42:50 Post No.7637224 [Report]

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>>7637211

Oh yes! I read somewhere that his illustrations for that are what everyone associates with the book, same with Paradise Lost.

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 20:58:28 Post No.7637983
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>>7637204
>>7637210
>>7636102
there's actually a book by moers giving a connecting story to different illustrations by doré

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Anonymous 2016-01-29 21:04:47 Post No.7637998
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Alan Lee's work on Tolkien's is pretty awesome.

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Anonymous 2016-01-30 00:56:17 Post No.7638619
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Anonymous 2016-01-30 00:56:17 Post No.7638619 [Report]

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Some of the first books i ever read were by Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski

I remember being fascinated by the illustrations.

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Anonymous 2016-01-30 01:01:36 Post No.7638630
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>>7636102
Bataille's Story of the Eye with Bellmer's stuff