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Got a lot of work to do in the rare book room today which is distracting me from my 291 unread emails
Here are some beautiful illustrations of Australian plants from ‘Botany of Cook’s first voyage’ by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander
#RareBooks #library #plants #botanical
Well, I joined @ALIANational and the money came out of my bank account at midnight somehow - happy new year to me
Going to take advantage of all the professional development opportunities I can this year!
New year card from @museumsvictoria’s State Collections
Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day 💚❤️💚❤️
As we’ve reached the 12th day of Christmas, here are some festive collages created by artist @_kathy_kath_ using images from the @museumsvictoria Library's rare book collection and the Christmas carol 'Twelve days of Christmas' for inspiration🎄
#RareBooks #library #Christmas
#OnThisDay in 1751, botanist and zoologist George Shaw was born
Shaw was the first Western scientist to describe several Australian animals, including the platypus and red bellied black snake
His series 'The naturalist's miscellany' is a cornucopia of gorgeous #illustrations
Who is the goodest boi?!🐶
A whole mess of puppers, doggos and woofers from 'The Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier' (1839)
#RareBooks #library #OldBooks #SciArt #illustration #dogs
Just in case you felt like making a delicious soup, here's some inspiration from the 'The instructive picture book; or, lessons from the vegetable world' (1858)
#RareBooks #vegetables #illustration #OldBooks #library
Vampire squid says night night!
Enjoy the rest of #Halloween 😬
#RareBooks #Halloween19 #library #illustration #spooky #scary
@museumsvictoria Monsters are real! Don't turn out the lights...
#Halloween19 #Halloween