The Graham McCallum books are a wonderful resource for anyone designing, imagining or even looking for a variety of ideas in one place.   This is a big heavy book,  with indeed 4000 drawings in it.   he calls it a Sourcebook and I agree.

The contents are divided in an interesting way.  Instead of by animal, fish or bird types,  it is organized by age or style or I am not sure by what but it is interesting:

Stone Age Europe                                                            

Mesopotamia:  neolithic, sumerian, hittite, assyrian, babylonian, persian

Egyptian

Aegean:  minoan, mycenaean, cypriot, greek

Chinese                                                                            Nomadic Steppe Culture                                                  Celtic                                                                                Barbarian                                                                          Byzantine                                                                          Medieval                                                                           Islamic                                                                               South American Cultures                                                 Japanese                                                                          Arts and Crafts                                                                  Art Deco

Copyright free designs and a full index.   

First Published in 2005 by Batsford, the wonderful publisher of so many of these books in London.   I don't know which reprinting this might be.  It is a matte cover paperbound book with 382 pages.

This has become a rare book and the prices have risen accordingly based on condition.  This copy is in Very Good condition.  There is edge wear to the corners of the matte paper cover and the pages but the spine is very good, which is important in a book this thick

The Graham McCallum books are a wonderful resource for anyone designing, imagining or even looking for a variety of ideas in one place.   This is a big heavy book,  with indeed 4000 drawings in it.   he calls it a Sourcebook and I agree.

The contents are divided in an interesting way.  Instead of by animal, fish or bird types,  it is organized by age or style or I am not sure by what but it is interesting:

Stone Age Europe                                                            

Mesopotamia:  neolithic, sumerian, hittite, assyrian, babylonian, persian

Egyptian

Aegean:  minoan, mycenaean, cypriot, greek

Chinese                                                                            Nomadic Steppe Culture                                                  Celtic                                                                                Barbarian                                                                          Byzantine                                                                          Medieval                                                                           Islamic                                                                               South American Cultures                                                 Japanese                                                                          Arts and Crafts                                                                  Art Deco

Copyright free designs and a full index.   

First Published in 2005 by Batsford, the wonderful publisher of so many of these books in London.   I don't know which reprinting this might be.  It is a matte cover paperbound book with 382 pages.

This has become a rare book and the prices have risen accordingly based on condition.  This copy is in Very Good condition.  There is edge wear to the corners of the matte paper cover and the pages but the spine is very good, which is important in a book this thick