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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

5,331 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: 1863,1114.433-486 |
Producer name: Published by:J McGowanPrint made by:William Blake |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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; 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: 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; 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: 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; 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; 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: 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

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: 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

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

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

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.533.1-48 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1735 |
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: 1897,1231.528.1-209 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithornePublished by:Nicolas Berey |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.550 |
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: 1897,1231.534.1-221 |
Producer name: BIOG33165 Published by:Charles Antoine Jombert |
Production date: 1731 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

bookplate; illustrated book

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

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: 1897,1231.540 |
Producer name: BIOG94156 Published by:John Lichfield |
Production date: 1633 |
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: 1897,1231.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael van der GuchtAfter:Louis Chéron |
Production date: 1719 |
Production place: Published in:Oxford

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

bookplate; illustrated book

Museum number: 1897,1231.536.1-3 |
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

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: 1897,1231.544 |
Producer name: Print made by:F GreenPrint made by:Andrew Duncan |
Production date: 1818 |
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; print

Museum number: 1901,1105.272.1-11 |
Producer name: Print made by:George BaxterAfter:William Westall |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1869,0213.236-240 |
Producer name: Published by:Sherwood & CoPrint made by:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Dublin (city)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2335-2337 |
Producer name: Published by:Robert Harding EvansAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Chichester (West Sussex)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1880,0110.22-31 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Augustus AtkinsonPrint made by:Thomas Baxter |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Title: The Drunkard: A Poem |
Museum number: 1865,1111.1659-1663 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Print made by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1857,0606.216 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1648 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1909,0707.4.1-6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joshua GleadahAfter:Charles Jameson Grant |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1864,0813.352-363 |
Producer name: Printed by:Aloys SenefelderPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1863,0725.78-198 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry PynePrint made by:John Hill |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0611.356-373 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Major |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.211 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrint made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.253-304 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1860,0114.111.1-13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paul FourdrinierPrint made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1732 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1939,0306.15.1-4 |
Producer name: Published by:Autotype CompanyAfter:Jane E Cook |
Production date: 1877 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1979,0623.49.1-5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gerard van der GuchtAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.415 |
Producer name: Published by:S W Partridge & CoAfter:Henry Anelay |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1872,1214.115-266 |
Producer name: After:Colesworthey GrantPublished by:Thacker & Co |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:CalcuttaPublished in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1902,0212.12.1-4 |
Producer name: Print made by:F DeevesPrint made by:J Rowe |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.361.1-70 |
Producer name: Published by:W MarshallPrint made by:William John Cooke |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,0712.23-26 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SkeltonPrint made by:Foot |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1977,U.20.2-4 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPrinted by:Thomas Bensley |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.429 |
Producer name: Published by:Charles Griffin & CompanyPrinted by:Bell & Bain |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Glasgow

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,1109.71-75 |
Producer name: Published by:Effingham WilsonPrint made by:G E Madeley |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2536-2548 |
Producer name: After:Samuel ProutPublished by:Smith, Elder & Co |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.427 |
Producer name: Print made by:HawkinsAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,0809.240-254 |
Producer name: Printed by:Thomas BensleyPublished by:Robert Bowyer |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1992,0125.56 |
Producer name: BIOG28840 After:Hector Giacomelli |
Production date: 1875 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0812.5759-5769 |
Producer name: After:Alfred CrowquillPublished by:John & Daniel A Darling |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1859,0212.70 |
Producer name: After:Hans Holbein the YoungerPrint made by:John Sturt |
Production date: 1709 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1912,0102.9.1-4 |
Producer name: BIOG183218 Published by:Richard Griffin |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1977,0611.192.1-5 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:Samuel Owen |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Title: On Japanese Art: A Discourse delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, May 1, 1863 |
Museum number: 1991,0812,0.1 |
Producer name: Author:John LeightonPrint artist:Keisai Eisen (渓斉英泉) |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edo

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,0809.752-757 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LesterAfter:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Title: Ehon tatoe no fushi 絵本譬喩節　 |
Museum number: 1929,0731,0.10.1 |
Producer name: Print artist:Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿)Published by:Tsutaya Juzaburo (蔦屋重三郎) |
Cultures/periods: Edo PeriodKansei Era |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.747-772 |
Producer name: Published by:James CarpenterPrinted by:Charles Whittingham |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Chiswick

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1876,0708.1224-1246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongPrint made by:Richard Lewis Wright |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0211.117-136 |
Producer name: Published by:Treuttel & WürtzPrint made by:Henri Philipe Heidemans |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1863,0418.570-599 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TaylorAfter:Samuel Shelley |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book

Museum number: 1973,U.1232.1-6 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrint made by:Isaac Robert Cruikshank |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1984,0121.36.1-25 |
Producer name: Published by:John StockdaleAfter:William Alexander |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 2006,U.3977 |
Producer name: Published by:Wood & SonPublished by:Whittaker & Co |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:WorcesterPublished in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.360.1-71 |
Producer name: Published by:W MarshallPrint made by:William John Cooke |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1880,0110.1-7 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:John Pye, the younger |
Production date: 1809 1811 |
Production place: Published in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1872,0713.847 |
Producer name: After:Thomas WhitburnPublished by:Sampson Low |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; manga; print

Title: Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure |
Museum number: 2011,3040.2 |
Producer name: Print artist:Hoshino Yukinobu (星野之宣)Published by:British Museum Publications Ltd |
Production date: 2011 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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