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The book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, by Thomas Malory, ill. by William Russell, 1910

Lord Alfred Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), one of the most popular British poets, in his Library.

Arachne was a talented weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, and was transformed into a spider

#Onthisday in 1914 Amy Lowell hosted an "Imagist" dinner party, attended by Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford & others...

Ophthalmodouleia was the first systematic work on ocular disease and ophthalmic surgery by George Bartisch, 1583.

Gustaf A. Tenggren (1896–1970) was a Swedish-American illustrator & chief illustrator for The Walt Disney C in 1930s.

On this day in 1880, George Bernard Shaw, 23, quits his job at the Edison Telephone Company in order to write.

Album amicorum van Homme van Harinxma, 18th century.
National library of the Netherlands

The original city map of New Amsterdam called Castello Plan from 1660 (later renamed New York)

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
– Margaret Fuller.
📷Sisters reading, 19th century. Josef Novak