Wandering Adventure Party

Hare and hedgehog costumes, from the 1862 fairytale-themed ball of the Jung-München Artist’s Association. More in our latest post: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/maskenfest/

Front cover to Flatland (1884) by Edwin Abbott Abbott, who died #onthisday in 1926. Read Ian Stewart's introduction to the strange tale of A. Square's geometric adventures, the first ever book that could be described as “mathematical fiction” https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/aspiring-to-a-higher-plane #otd

From 1903 to 1907 Augustus Jansson produced more than 30 striking adverts for the Queen City Printing Ink Company, including the wonderful Ink Beasts Parade series, with its "Magenta Ponies" and "Orange-Yellow Ibexiaticus". More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/augustus-janssons-queen-city-ink-adverts-1903-1907

“Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000”, a circa 1902 illustration by French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, novelist, and all around futurologist, Albert Robida.More on the print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/leaving-the-opera-in-the-year-2000?utm_content=buffer92bb8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferPrint from our shop here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/leaving-the-opera-in-the-year-2000