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This was linked from mobileread; I've just pulled about 10 of them to my Kindle and they look really lovely.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur
To use--click on any thumbnail shown, then on the Full resolution link that will appear beneath the preview.
You'll want to resize any you use to 600x800--this squishes them very slightly, by about 50 pixels. Pretty minor, you'll never notice it on the Kindle, but if you try to use them as it, they'll show just part of the image. If you resize keeping the current proportions, you'll either cut off a small portion of the image or have a band of the Kindle grey background showing on one side.
I also took the color illustrations, converted them to black & white, and boosted the contrast significantly so they'd show better on the K2.
Here are three I used. Some of the images from the book are truly wild illustrations of things that nearly look alien, others are simply gorgeous:
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur
To use--click on any thumbnail shown, then on the Full resolution link that will appear beneath the preview.
You'll want to resize any you use to 600x800--this squishes them very slightly, by about 50 pixels. Pretty minor, you'll never notice it on the Kindle, but if you try to use them as it, they'll show just part of the image. If you resize keeping the current proportions, you'll either cut off a small portion of the image or have a band of the Kindle grey background showing on one side.
I also took the color illustrations, converted them to black & white, and boosted the contrast significantly so they'd show better on the K2.
Here are three I used. Some of the images from the book are truly wild illustrations of things that nearly look alien, others are simply gorgeous:
