From Old Books

From Old Books is quite an interesting website with its mix of scans from old books and magazines (Atalanta Magazine from 1888 for instance) and odd historical reference works, like Charles Pigott’s 1795 Political Dictionary and Nathan Bailey’s 1737 Dictionary of theiving slang. I found lots of scans of initial caps — admittedly an emphasis on medieval/Gothic — but still useful to the Regency pastiche author.

The website is supported through online ads (carefully integrated) and donations, but the images are free to use and obviously a labor of love by website author Liam Quin.