Memento mori
60 pictures of memento mori from 52 books, published 1559–1922, chosen from 1,800,189 illustrations in public-domain books. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum : quae Itali vulgo impresas vocant priuata industria studio singulari, vndiq[e] conquisitus, non paucis venustis inuentionibus auctus, additis carminib[us] illustratus (1611)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nucleusemblematu00rolle-108-62.webp)
![An illustration from Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum : quae Itali vulgo impresas vocant priuata industria studio singulari, vndiq[e] conquisitus, non paucis venustis inuentionibus auctus, additis carminib[us] illustratus (1611)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nucleusemblematu00rolle-54-27.webp)
![An illustration from Emblematum sacrorum prima[-secunda] pars : das ist, fünfftzig geistlicher in Kupffer gestochener Emblematum ausz der H. Schrifft von dem süssen Namen vnd Creutz Jesu Christi, erster[-ander] Theyl (1624)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-emblematumsacror00cram-218-60.webp)
![An illustration from Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna : singulis historijs symbola adscripta & elegantes versus historiam explica[n]tes : accessit galearu[m] expositio, & disceptatio de origine nobilitatis (1592)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-emblematanobilit00bryt-271-106.webp)
![An illustration from Descripcion de las honras : que se hicieron ala Catholica Magd. de D. Phelippe quarto rey de las Españas y del nueuo mundo en el Real Conuento de la Encarnacion : que de horden de la reyna n[uest]ra señora como superintendente de las reales obras dispuso D. Baltasar Barroso de Ribera marques de Malpica ... (1666)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-descripciondelas00rodr-240-68.webp)
![An illustration from Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum : quae Itali vulgo impresas vocant : priuata industria, studio singulari, vndiq[ue] conquisitus, non paucis venustis inuentionibus auctus, additis carminib[us] illustratus (1611)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nucleusemblematu00roll-226-125.webp)
![An illustration from Death's doings; consisting of numerous original compositions, in prose and verse, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of twenty four plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley / [Richard Dagley]. (1826)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/wellcome-wellcome_b29297497-443-1.webp)
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