[Chris Jones]

Interesting workaround... I whipped up an illustrated epub along these lines and it looks like the recommended solution is both easy to implement and free of any adverse effects. Attaching sample file to this message.

The main problem I ran into is that illustrated e-books quickly grow in size. Though only a paltry 200k on average to begin with I still had to reduce the size of my images just to be able to upload the file to this site. The original .epub is over 30M and the limit is 20M. Of course this is not directly related to your solution. Anyway... if you're interested let me me know via PM and I'll (try to) return the original epub with the full-size pics. The difference in quality is quite visible.

As to the LaTeX manual I mention in my original post it turns out that the FBReader application lets you display images full screen at their native resolution just by long-pressing them. Once the image is displayed full-screen you can proceed to pinch the display at your heart's content in order to zoom in and out if so inclined. FBReader would appear to be the only android app that tries to handle images intelligently.

Thanks,

CJ