Today’s Random Illustrations of the Day come from a collection of the stories of Gothic and fantasy writer Charles Nodier (see our profile for public domain translations of his works.)

Original text via Archive.org: Contes de Charles Nodier. Etchings by Tony Johannot. (Paris: Publie par J. Hetzel, 1846)

These etchings were made by Tony Johannot, who Theophile Gautier called “the king of etchers.” Johannot was a very prolific illustrator; a partial list of authors and books he engraved for can be found at his Wikipedia page.

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Note: These images are in the public domain. For more information, see A Primer on Image Rights on OBA.