Fantastic Illustrations
As a companion piece to my Mad Genius Club post on a century of Fantasy in prose, here are some illustrations from the two oldest books I used, the 1890 Andrew Lang Red Fairy Book, and the 1920 edition of Arabian Nights.
Arabian Nights, 1920 copyright date.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Morgiana takes matters into her own hands.
From the Red Fairy Book
From the Red Fairy Book