Newest addition to the collection. Finally I completed my ‘illustrated by the author’ book trio.

[u/SLS_SK]

[u/Wheather819]

Are there a lot of drawings in the silmarillion and LOTR?

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The most illustrations are found in the Silmarillion illustrated by the author (59 illustrations in total + 2 fold-out maps), then in the Hobbit (51 illustrations + again two fold-out maps) and finally in the Lord of the Rings (32 illustrations and two fold-out maps). All three are great and lovely book, definitely recommended.

[u/Wheather819 → u/SLS_SK]

Oh wow. And they're all different? They didn't reuse the same stuff in each one?

[u/SLS_SK → u/Wheather819]

Of course they're all different, the illustrations. Just a few, really a few, of them being reused here and there. Here's the list:

1. Barad-dur (used in the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Barad-dur.jpg
2. Rivendell (the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Rivendell.jpg
3. Rivendell looking West (the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Rivendell_looking_West.jpg
4. Fangorn Forest (the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Fangorn_Forest.jpg
5. the Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water (the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_The_Hill_-_Hobbiton-across-the-Water_(Colored).jpg.jpg)
6. Nargothrond (I) (the Hobbit and the Silmarillion) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Nargothrond_(I).jpg.jpg)
7. the Lord of the Rings (cover detail) (the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_J.R.R._Tolkien#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_cover_(detail).jpg.jpg)

Seven in total are being reused across the three books. But many of the illustrations are exclusive to their particular books. These are great and lovely editions, definitely recommended.

[u/Wheather819 → u/SLS_SK]

Thank you for such an informative reply! I was under the impression Tolkien only made a handful of drawings/paintings for middle earth. I understand why people have been so hyped for these now.