Dover Digital Design Source 5

Simian painters, bon-vivant crocodiles, debutante birds, amorous butterflies, philosophical owls, and more: this whimsical CD-ROM set abounds with over 300 intricate black-and-white images of animals whose expressions, poses, and clothing brilliantly satirize human behavior. A rare gallery of illustrations from one of the most influential artists of the 19th century.

Based on popular motifs of ancient Greece and Rome, Neo-Classical design dominated European architecture and decorative styles from the late 1700s onward. This collection of elegant clip art features scenes from mythological, historical, and biblical sources as well as vines and leaves, floral elements, real and legendary beasts, and geometric patterns. 823 images.

Brimming with boisterous businessmen, cavorting animals, and other whimsical characters, these 670 black-and-white line illustrations are drawn from the best of 19th-century American advertising art. Each frame-like clip can be easily customized.

These distinctive engravings are drawn from a rare 1818 volume, Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature, a modified version of the illustrated encyclopedia by Diderot and d'Alembert. The CD includes every image from the book, which features 494 black-and-white illustrations — crabs, lobsters, bees, beetles, spiders, and other creatures.

Floral motifs, pastoral scenes, picturesque views — this elegant treasury is filled with approximately 120 black-and-white frames from authentic 19th-century sources including Moore's Irish Melodies and Chants et chansons populaires de la France. Crisp and convenient, the images will add antique flair to invitations, advertisements, decoupages, and many more design projects.

Filled with the finest ornamental lettering from Dover's immense design archive, this decorative resource also doubles as a remarkable visual exploration of the art of typography. Over 3,100 black-and-white images encompass complete alphabets as well as intricate initials in the most popular styles: Celtic, Art Nouveau, Gothic, Scroll, and more.

Comprehensive and entertaining, this volume presents black-and-white and color images from medieval illuminated manuscripts, woodcuts from the dawn of printing, and illustrations by Merian, Seba, Cuvier, Audubon, and many others. Detailed bibliographies and artist biographies.

This compilation of graphic embellishments was selected from a rare and valuable 1891 catalog. A versatile, high-quality collection, it features 180 royalty-free corners, frames and borders, rules, headpieces, calligraphic ornaments, and much more.