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New Private Press catalogue!

Celebrating those who have upheld the living, thriving art of the private press in the UK.

https://t.co/L6xODuGqBb

Spotlight on illustrated books: Arthur Rackham's illustrations for J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1907) has just joined our shelves! Such intricate detail on each plate. We love it.

Full description here: https://t.co/YdajZeWqA4

The best-known painting of the moonflower by Margaret Mee is at @kewgardens, but she also owned a painting of it (see pic), which was sold on behalf of her estate by T&F partner Mark James in 2008 in the Sotheran's catalogue 'Margaret Mee. Works on Paper, Books, Artefacts'. https://t.co/HhFF4B21iY

What did we bring to the Firsts book fair? Not only books & manuscripts, but also prints! Get the bigger picture at @firstslondon: https://t.co/Rf63PKqNrA #hogarth #dürer #botany

We could not say it better than this card we received from (and made by) Gordon Chesterman.

A happy, healthy, and joyful new year from Type & Forme!

#HNY2021

Spotlight on book illustrators, part 3: Joseph Banks' London workshop: When Joseph Banks returned from his circumnavigation onboard HMB Endeavour he hired a host of artists and engravers to translate Sydney Parkinson’s botanical drawings from the journey into engravings. 🧵

Many thanks to The Book Collector for this shoutout for our virtual gallery talk!

If you enjoy rare book history we highly recommend the @BookCollectoruk podcasts!

#bookhistory in the #media - what are your recommendations? https://t.co/PRDiqqTRBz

...we will be bringing rare plates from Banks’ Florilegium, showing the plants he collected on Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage in all their splendour, to @firstslondon! Visit us at stand N08 & see more #travel rarities in our joint stand with Charlotte Du Rietz #rarebooks #london

We’re getting ready for @firstslondon. See you there? #rarebooks #history #books #collectables

...see the introduction to No 1 to 10 here: https://t.co/tEEBrKvzsj #travel #pacific #brazil #engravings #botany