Search The Public Domain Review

    The Public Domain Review
    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)
    Books / 
    Drugs

    Schneider Von Groot’s Christmas Dream (1885)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak
    Books / 
    Communication

    Nineteenth-Century Textspeak

    The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century (1825)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century (1825)

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    Pepys’s Ghost (1899)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Pepys’s Ghost (1899)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Death

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography, Architecture, Music & Arts

    Albert Racinet’s L’Ornement Polychrome (1869–73)

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony
    Images / 
    Love & Lust

    Allegorical Maps of Love, Courtship, and Matrimony

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)
    Books / 
    The Future

    1970: A Vision of the Coming Age (1870)

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Music & Arts

    Fore-Edge Book Paintings from the Boston Public Library

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Strange Stories
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories, Ghosts & Occult

    E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Strange Stories

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)
    Books / 
    Fashion, Customs & Culture

    The Philosophy of Beards (1854)

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)
    Audio / 
    Customs & Culture

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
    Images / 
    Landscapes

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Communication

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)
    Books / 
    Love & Lust

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature