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From the same anonymous gift we mentioned yesterday is this Literary Guild edition of of English novelist and travel writer Alec Waugh’s travel memoir to tropical regions 'Hot Countries' with wood engravings by Lynd Ward, printed in 1930. Learn more: https://t.co/VDadjYqhxg

We discovered this lovely German handwriting manual in an anonymous gift. The book is 'Schreiblesefibel für den Unterricht der Elementarflassen' published in St. Louis by the Concordia Publishing House somewhere around the turn of the 20th century. https://t.co/M08N4UgK4r

As part of our Flora and Sylva series we present this group of images by the noted Japanese nihonga painter Yuki Ogura (1895-2000) from her eponymous catalogue raisonné published in Tokyo by Konisada in 1988. Learn more: https://t.co/vfKK3A6g0l

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On October 4, 1883, the long-distance passenger train service Orient Express made its first run. In commemoration, we present illustrations from the 1st ed of American author John Dos Passos’s travel memoir 'Orient Express', published in 1927, with 8 illustrations by the author.

To mark this milestone we present illustrations from The Book of Psalms from the 'Version of Miles Coverdale as Published in the "Great Bible" of 1539,' printed in an edition of 875 copies, published in London by the Haymarket Press in 1930. Learn more: https://t.co/VBjjigX2i8

Good news, everyone! It’s time for the best week of the year again: #FatBearWeek! To celebrate, some bears from 'In the Bear’s House' by N. Scott Momaday. Learn more: https://t.co/h8qbwJ5oGA

Today we highlight Conrad Gessner’s 'Historia animalium,' published in 1551-1557 that mark a shift into looking at animals in a scientific way. It is considered the start of modern zoology in the West and it was the most widely read of Renaissance natural history books.

Learn more about these birds here: https://t.co/i4aWOW4Prv

It is late September and breeding season has come to an end for most bird species in our area, nests are abandoned, and the breeding colors of some species revert to their winter plumage. These images are from 'Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States' by Thomas G. Gentry.