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illustrated book

Also known as: illustrated book; illustrated-book
Related terms: artist book; photobook
Scope note: The term usually refers in the premodern period to Japanese woodblock-printed books, where text and images are created by the same technical process, on the same woodblocks. The term is also used for books in the Western tradition that have a number of pictorial illustrations (not merely a frontispiece or decorative ornaments). These illustrations refer to episodes or people described in the text. N.B. See 'book-illustration' for a printed page extracted from an illustrated book; and also 'photobook' and 'artist book'.
Broader terms: x5551; book
Narrower terms: e-dehon

5,150 related objects

almanac; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0112.78 |
Producer name: Published by:Georg WigandAfter:Lorens Fröhlich |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:Leipzig

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1972,U.105.1-131 |
Producer name: Published by:Sigmund FeierabendPublished by:Simon Hüter |
Production date: 1566 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

book; illustrated book; map; print; atlas

Museum number: 1949,0411.5118.1-52 |
Producer name: Published by:Christoff MangPrint made by:Alexander Mair |
Production date: 1603 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0514.21-135 |
Producer name: After:Leonhard BeckAfter:Hans Schäufelein |
Production date: 1679 |
Production place: Published in:Ulm

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1949,0411.5111 |
Producer name: After:Hans Burgkmair the ElderPublished by:Johann Rynmann |
Production date: 1508 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1949,0411.5113 |
Producer name: After:Peter FlötnerPrinted by:Johannes Petreius |
Production date: 1534 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

book; print; textile; satirical print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.471 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenBlock cut by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1949,0411.4987.1-11 |
Producer name: Published by:Jacob Wolff von PforzheimPublished by:Michael Furter |
Production date: 1501-1505 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1879,0510.234 |
Producer name: BIOG23952 School of/style of:Hans Cranach |
Production date: 1564 |
Production place: Published in:Eisleben

book; print; chapbook; illustrated book

Museum number: 1880,0911.2035-2043 |
Producer name: After:George CruikshankBlock cut by:Frederick William Branston |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1949,0411.4981 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Attributed to:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1498 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.203-252 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankBlock cut by:John Byfield |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1949,0411.5116.1-6 |
Producer name: Published by:Johann KnoblauchAfter:Hans Baldung |
Production date: 1511 |
Production place: Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

book; print; illustrated book; map

Museum number: 1863,0418.251-301 |
Producer name: BIOG227492 Printed by:Sebastian Henricpetrie |
Production date: 1577 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1972,U.483-484 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jost AmmanPublished by:Hieronymus Feyerabend |
Production date: 1571 1573 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1870,1008.1941.1-13 |
Producer name: Published by:Sigismund FeyerabendPrinted by:Johann Feyerabend |
Production date: 1584 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

book; illustrated book; map; print

Museum number: 1972,U.103.1-9 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1567 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1972,U.104.1-2 |
Producer name: BIOG142639 Published by:Heinrich Petri |
Production date: 1567 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1850,0810.587-651 |
Producer name: Published by:Hans LufftAfter:Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Published in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

book; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1949,0411.4962.1-37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht AltdorferPublished by:Georg Ludwig Frobenius |
Production date: 1604 |
Production place: Published in:Hamburg (city)

book; illustrated book; print

Title: The Old English Squire |
Museum number: 1872,1109.316-321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)Published by:Walter Spiers |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1863,1114.433-486 |
Producer name: Published by:J McGowanPrint made by:William Blake |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1973,U.1180.1-18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ottomar II ElligerPrint made by:Christian Albert Wortmann

book of prints; print; drawing; illustrated book

Museum number: 2AA+,a.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jost AmmanPublished by:Sigmund Feierabend |
Production date: 1572 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1920,0712.141.1-6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alfred CossmannPublished by:Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst |
Production date: 1915 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1930,0419.3.1-19 |
Producer name: BIOG26473 Print made by:Fritz Endell |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Printed in:Munich

book of prints; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1857,0411.318.1-32 |
Producer name: BIOG28546 Print made by:Léonard Gaultier |
Production date: 1586 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1924,0820.1.1-9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Auguste DelâtrePrint made by:Félicien Rops |
Production date: 1887 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1860,0414.450 |
Producer name: AUTH225774 Published by:Pierre Le Petit |
Production date: 1680 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1914,0121.1.1-20 |
Producer name: BIOG26473 Print made by:Fritz Endell |
Production date: 1913 |
Production place: Printed in:Munich

book of prints; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.501 |
Producer name: After:Lorenz FrölichPublished by:Dulau & Co |
Production date: 1864 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

book-illustration; print; tract; illustrated book

Museum number: 1859,1210.411-422 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:James Robins |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book-label; illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1983,1004,0.3 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.538 |
Producer name: BIOG153820 Published by:John Starkey |
Production date: 1663 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.536.1-3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPrint made by:Michael Burghers |
Production date: 1656 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.539 |
Production date: 1606 1707 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book; map

Museum number: 1897,1231.552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henri I BonnartPrint made by:Joannes van Doetecum II |
Production date: 1638 1664 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.549 |
Producer name: AUTH225944 Published by:Eucharius Silber |
Production date: 1498

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.544 |
Producer name: Print made by:F GreenPrint made by:Andrew Duncan |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.564.1-12 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BoitardAfter:Bartholomew Dandridge |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael van der GuchtAfter:Louis Chéron |
Production date: 1719 |
Production place: Published in:Oxford

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.550 |
Producer name: Published by:Heinrich Vogtherr IPublished by:Hieronymus Feyerabend |
Production date: 1569 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.528.1-209 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithornePublished by:Nicolas Berey |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.534.1-221 |
Producer name: BIOG33165 Published by:Charles Antoine Jombert |
Production date: 1731 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1983,U.2428 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1633 1652 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.542 |
Producer name: BIOG84323 Published by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.543 |
Producer name: BIOG46613 Published by:Samuel Smith |
Production date: 1703 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.532 |
Production date: 1656 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.540 |
Producer name: BIOG94156 Published by:John Lichfield |
Production date: 1633 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.531 |
Producer name: BIOG148320 Published by:Robert Newcomb |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.533.1-48 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing; illustrated book

Museum number: 1888,0704.1.1-27 |
Producer name: BIOG42259 Drawn by:Nicholas Pocock |
Production date: 1755-1821

illustrated book

Museum number: CIB,EA.276 |
Authority: BIOG160595 Issuer:Japanese Government - Ministry of Finance |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Printed in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1859,1210.190-201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas AlkenAfter:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1892,0817.21.1-6 |
Producer name: Published by:Bemrose & SonsPrint made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Derby (Derbyshire)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1883,0811.56-80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:William Nutter |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,0712.76-77 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1850,1014.476.1-9.+ |
Producer name: BIOG35081 Print made by:Jakob Christoph Le Blon |
Production date: 1725 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.411 |
Producer name: Published by:John Camden HottenAfter:William Makepeace Thackeray |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1977,0611.191.1-5 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:Samuel Owen |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1979,0623.52.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gerard van der GuchtAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1875,1009.299-309 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BastinPrint made by:Charles Gray |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1983,U.2393.1-16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry AnelayAfter:Mr Claudet |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.419.1-10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael van der GuchtAfter:J Coupel |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.188 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1882,0610.38-49 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPublished by:Seeley & Burnside |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1859,1210.16-21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BasirePrint made by:George Bickham the Elder |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1873,0510.104-109 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:William Sams |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1873,1108.95-100 |
Producer name: Published by:J DavisPrint made by:William Skelton |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1868,0208.145-153 |
Producer name: After:Lady Diana BeauclerkPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1862,1213.124-126 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bell ScottPublished by:Smith, Elder & Co |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1938,0709.33-34 |
Producer name: BIOG48754 Print made by:Frederick Henry Townsend |
Production date: 1910 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1991,0720.148 |
Producer name: BIOG20404 Print made by:William Henry Boucher |
Production date: 1868-1887 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1862,0712.776 |
Producer name: After:Gustave DoréPublished by:John Camden Hotten |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1872,0210.213-218 |
Producer name: After:William Makepeace ThackerayPublished by:Hugh Cunningham |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1862,1213.173-179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Palma Vecchio |
Production date: 1670 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1979,0623.50.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gerard van der GuchtAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.305-356 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1979,0623.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gerard van der GuchtPrint made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin II |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.426 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Wright JuniorAfter:James Wright Junior |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1878,0112.73-90 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1648 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.422.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elisha KirkallPublished by:Bernard Lintott |
Production date: 1736 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1965,0817.1.1-18 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Richard Chiswell |
Production date: 1710 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1892,0514.7.1-15 |
Producer name: Published by:John SharpePrint made by:William Richard Smith |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print; album

Title: Taigado gafu 大雅堂画譜 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.402 |
Producer name: Print artist:So Geppo (僧月峯)After:Ike no Taiga (池大雅) |
Cultures/periods: Edo PeriodBunka Era |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:Kyoto-shi

illustrated book; print

Title: Suisaiso zucho 水西荘図帖 |
Museum number: 1991,1112,0.215 |
Cultures/periods: x14120 Koka Era |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1883,0714.1-17 |
Producer name: Published by:John MoirPrint made by:T Clerk |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1949,0411.5015 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georges Daniel De MonfreidAfter:Paul Gauguin |
Production date: 1924 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1868,0612.1766-1767 |
Producer name: Author:Arend FokkePublished by:De Erven F Bohn |
Production date: 1797

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0414.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans WeiditzPublished by:Sigmund Grimm |
Production date: 1520 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

illustrated book; print

Title: Kiho gafu 琦鳳画譜 |
Museum number: 1939,0513,0.6 |
Producer name: BIOG2908 Print artist:Kawamura Kiho (河村琦鳳) |
Cultures/periods: x13725 Bunsei Era |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Dobutsu ehon shirizu 動物絵本シリーズ |
Museum number: 1984,1015,0.1-5 |
Producer name: BIOG7525 Print artist:Yoshida Toshi (吉田遠志) |
Cultures/periods: x14537 Showa Era |
Production date: 1984 |
Production place: Made in:Tokyo-to

illustrated book; manga; e-dehon; print

Title: (Denshin kaishu) Hokusai manga, vol.6 (伝神開手)北斎漫画, 六編 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.428.6 |
Producer name: Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎)Published by:Eirakuya Toshiro (永楽屋東四郎) |
Cultures/periods: Edo PeriodBunka Era |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:Nagoya-shiPublished in:Edo

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,1012.1624-1703 |
Producer name: Print made by:BishopAfter:Philibert Louis Debucourt |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1876,0510.194-200 |
Producer name: Print made by:James MitchellPrint made by:William Austin |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.176.1-25 |
Producer name: Published by:Louis MercierIntermediary draughtsman:Emile Jean Claude Courbe |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

illustrated book; print

Title: Fugaku hyakkei 富嶽百景 Shohen- sanpen 初編-三編 |
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.96 |
Producer name: BIOG1820 Print artist:Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) |
Cultures/periods: x14601 Tenpo Era |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Ehon zoku butai ōgi 絵本続舞台扇 |
Museum number: 2013,3034.1.2 |
Producer name: After:Katsukawa Shunsho (勝川春章)After:Ippitsusai Buncho (一筆斉文調) |
Cultures/periods: x13599 An'ei Era |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Kyoto-shi

illustrated book; print

Title: Ehon zoku butai ōgi 絵本続舞台扇 |
Museum number: 2013,3034.1.1 |
Producer name: After:Katsukawa Shunsho (勝川春章)After:Ippitsusai Buncho (一筆斉文調) |
Cultures/periods: x13599 An'ei Era |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Kyoto-shi

illustrated book; print

Title: Ehon butai ogi 絵本舞台扇 |
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.59 |
Producer name: Print artist:Ippitsusai Buncho (一筆斉文調)Print artist:Katsukawa Shunsho (勝川春章) |
Cultures/periods: Edo PeriodMeiwa Era |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

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