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Looks like this beetle's got the reading bug. "Alphabets des Insectes," a 19thC book, pairs every letter w/ a word that's illustrated using a cast of anthropomorphized insects.

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2019-01-17

The new year is a time for reflection/looking despondently upon 3 more months (at minimum) of winter in Chicago. At least let friends & family know you wish them well w/ a vintage from our e-postcard sender. https://t.co/xXnLPPbbmJ

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2019-01-05

Two women sport girdle books in this gorgeous illuminated initial 'P' from the turn of the 15thC. Few girdle books survive (one is held by the Newberry) so much of what we know about them comes from paintings like this one. Read more in our new blog post! https://t.co/A5DKmyg7FI

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2018-12-11

Only in can you use one word to describe the grandeur of the 1893 World's Fair: "Gesamtkunstwerk," a total work of art. Learn more in our "Pictures from an Exposition" exhibit--now open and FREE to visit! https://t.co/7XrgNMYhuM

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2018-11-15

How about this one for your next performance?

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2018-11-15

An 18thC account of the process of harvesting cochineal dye in New Spain via steam bath.

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2018-11-03

Rockwell Kent achieved a haunting, stark minimalism in the 1930 Lakeside Press ed. of (Sidebar: even the storage container, an aluminum box, is consistent w/ the theme of stark minimalism.)

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2018-09-17

[Image from an 1840 chapbook w/ instructions for DIY fireworks. Don't get any ideas...]

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2018-07-05

Published in 1844, J.J. Grandville's "Un Autre Monde" is a proto-Surrealist tour de force!

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2017-02-08

Extreme anthropomorphism via Grandville, 1838.

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2016-03-23