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Details from two children's books caught our attention for their beauty and simplicity along with the strong 1920s style of both. On the left, Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag and on the right, The Blot: Little City Cat by Holling Clancy Holling. We esp. love the endsheets.
#CatDay

There's little we like better than an archive full of cats, and we definitely aren't alone! For #InternationalCatDay we have a roundup of just a few of the many feline friends that grace our collections. From big cats to small, we adore all of them!

The full title of the #book is The Family Herbal, or, An account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues, and of the drugs which are produced by vegetables of other countries; with their descriptions and their uses, as proved by experience.

Great info on the inside enclosed in one beautifully bound volume. For #MarbledMonday we're sharing The Family Herbal (1812) by Sir John Hill. This book was originally published in 1775. This edition from 1812 is filled with beautiful illustrations that appear after the text.

The #MarbledMonday posts from our colleagues that fill our feed every week make starting the work week a pure joy!

Our contribution for the day is the cover of the 1823 book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren With a Brief View of Architecture in England.

For #FoldoutFriday we have a rather wonderful volume from 1812 titled Observations on Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, Adapted to England.⁠⁠

The foldout shown here may only extend a bit beyond the open page spread, but the oversized volume has a true weight and presence.

Grierson is particularly interesting because she began her botanical illustration career at age 48 and accomplished her most notable work after age 60. Read more about this interesting artist on the Botanical Art and Artists website:
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For #FloraFriday, Orchidaceae is a limited edition elephant folio published in 1973 by Bourton Press, with #ArchivesSignatures by the author, orchidologist Peter Francis Hunt, and illustrator, Mary A. Grierson. This book focuses on plants from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

We love the #bird illustration on the cover page of the book "Nature in Downland" written by W.H. Hudson, the author of books such as "Birds in London". In fact, we adore the illustrations throughout this book, published in 1900.

In honor of #EarthDay we wanted to show a few plates from the 1843 Naturalist’s Library series. We love the illustrations of insects and fish, but what makes these plates even more exciting is the placement of the featured specimens within an exquisite natural environment.