Strictly speaking, this ad features a newspaper, not a book. It’s so exquisite, though, that I am giving it a pass.

NY Times Advert, 1895
Strictly speaking, this ad features a newspaper, not a book. It’s so exquisite, though, that I am giving it a pass.

NY Times Advert, 1895
Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909

Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
The Red Cape by Alfons Mucha, 1902

The Red Cape by Alfons Mucha, 1902
Louise Tiffany, Reading by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1888).

Louise Tiffany, Reading by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1888).
The Convalescent by Gwen John, circa 1923-1924.

The Convalescent by Gwen John, circa 1923-1924.
A Girl Reading by Frank Duveneck, 1870.

A Girl Reading by Frank Duveneck, 1870.
AKA: Me until the first of the new year. Heavenly, no? (Except the sick part.)
Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1896

Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1896