# Coloured vector SVG files > Lifted from the page of historical books. Flat-colour vectors, for printing and layered art. - **Open the group:** https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/browse/print - **Collections:** 29 - **Files in total:** 3,111 Personal use, commercial physical products and digital resale or redistribution are permitted on every account tier under each file's applicable licence. Mass downloading, or using Art Library files to build a catalogue or library that competes with MyLaserTools, is not allowed. MyLaserTools grants only rights it controls. Public-domain originals retain their independent rights; preserve the copyright and licence notices required by MIT and other source licences. Sparks pay for file preparation, hosting and access, not exclusive ownership of historical originals. Browsing is open to everyone. Generated collections download with a free account; a paid artwork unlock costs 2 sparks, or the published library is included while Supporter or Pro access is active. Artwork unlocked with sparks can be downloaded again without another charge while it remains published. Membership-only downloads do not become permanent spark unlocks. ## Collections in this group - [Japanese Colour Prints (562 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/japanese): Birds, flowers and waves from Japanese colour-woodblock albums, printed flat rather than shaded. - [Ornament Plates (413 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/ornament): Chromolithograph borders, panels and illuminated ornament from Victorian pattern books. - [Shells (360 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/shells): Conchology plates painted from the cabinet: whelks, cowries, scallops and nautilus. - [Botanical in Colour (258 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/botanical): Colour botany plates: the whole plant with root, leaf and flower, painted from the specimen. - [Birds in Colour (237 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/birds): Hand-coloured ornithological plates: songbirds, waterfowl and the eggs that go with them. - [Figures in Colour (129 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/figures): People as the colour plates drew them: portraits, dancers, workers and studies of dress. - [Insects in Colour (116 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/insects): Butterflies, moths and beetles from hand-coloured entomology plates, wings at full colour. - [Illuminated Lettering (114 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/lettering): Initials, alphabets and title panels laid out in gold and colour by illuminating manuals. - [Colour Borders (113 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/borders): Chromolithograph border strips and running patterns, printed to frame a page in flat colour. - [Fungi Plates (109 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/mushrooms): Caps, gills and spore drawings from the great mycological atlases, painted plate by plate. - [Herbals and Remedies (100 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/apothecary): Medicinal plants cut for the apothecary, scanned from Blackwell's Curious Herbal and its kin. - [Costume Plates (87 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/costume): Historical dress, uniforms and regional folk costume from hand-coloured costume albums. - [Creatures in Colour (58 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/creatures): Beasts, fish and fabled animals printed in full colour from natural histories and bestiaries. - [Chinese Colour Plates (55 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/chinese): Peonies, dragons and lattice ornament from Chinese decorative albums and ornament books. - [Butterflies in Colour (48 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/butterflies): Hand-coloured lepidoptera plates: swallowtails, hawk moths and the caterpillars they came from. - [Anatomy and Diagrams (43 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/diagrams): Anatomical figures and the earliest statistical charts, both coloured to be read rather than admired. - [Artefacts and Antiquities (39 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/artifacts): Gold masks, inlaid daggers and painted pottery, drawn as the excavation reports recorded them. - [Alchemy and Emblems (39 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/symbols): Hermetic emblems, allegories and alchemical figures, scanned whole from the emblem books. - [Ruins and Views (38 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/ruins): Piranesi's Rome and the American picturesque: temples, aqueducts and river valleys drawn on the spot. - [Minerals and Fossils (32 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/minerals): Crystals, ores and fossil impressions, hand coloured specimen by specimen for the cabinet. - [Nautical in Colour (23 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/nautical): Ships, rigging and harbour scenes in colour, from maritime albums and signal charts. - [Ephemera (22 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/ephemera): Historical colour plates traced into flat-colour vectors for printing. - [Heraldry in Colour (18 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/heraldry): Shields, crests and badges in their proper tinctures, which is the whole point of a heraldic plate. - [Textile Designs (17 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/textile): Repeating florals, damask and printed cloth from textile and wallpaper sample books. - [Flowers (14 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/flowers): Botanical colour plates of garden and wild flowers, drawn in full bloom from life. - [Leaves (14 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/leaves): Leaf and foliage studies printed in autumn colour, ready to scatter across a panel. - [Star Charts (11 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/constellations): Constellation figures and planetary diagrams from the hand-coloured celestial atlases. - [Objects in Colour (11 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/objects): Vases, clocks, lamps and household things, printed in colour from trade catalogues and design plates. - [Scenes (8 files)](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/plates/scenes): Historical colour plates traced into flat-colour vectors for printing. ## More from MyLaserTools - 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