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Today we are featuring animal art from 'Research: Design in Nature,' edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, published by the Field Museum of Natural History & the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 1924. The portfolio features over 200 leaves of plates. More: https://t.co/1cLVECZIOS

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There are many ways to help support bees! You can help by:
- planting a diverse set of native plants, which flower at different times of the year;
- buying products from sustainable agricultural practices;
- avoiding pesticides, fungicides or herbicides in your gardens

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On this day in 1824, six friends of poet Lord Byron, concerned for his reputation, burned his diaries after his death in what has been called the greatest literary crime in history. Learn more: https://t.co/QdGTncCoL2

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It's This week we bring you diving ducks from Rex Brasher’s 12-volume set Birds and Trees of North America, self-published between 1929 and 1932, containing hand-colored reproductions of Brasher’s paintings! https://t.co/Kzb05LsXrR

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Today, May 12, is the birthday of artist and writer It's also 'The New Vestments,' is a poem in which a man makes an outfit out of odd things, including cabbage leaves, pancakes, biscuits, and a loaf of bread for a hat! https://t.co/4jzs5vWItk

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Today we present four original wood engravings by Eric Gill produced for a printing of the early 15th-century, Middle English poem 'Quia Amore Langueo' published in London by Faber & Faber in 1937. Learn more: https://t.co/tRgLXTFy3t

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'Modelli D'arte Decorativa,' or “Decorative Art Models,” was an Italian art portfolio series published by Bestetti and Tumminelli in Milan in the 1910s. Today we are looking at images that include examples of poster design and commercial art. Learn more: https://t.co/i6RnpTh81o

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You know spring has arrived in Milwaukee when the swallows begin to make their appearance, and we just saw some in Lake Park! To celebrate this harbinger of mild weather we're showing swallows from Rex Brasher’s 12-vol set Birds and Trees of North America. https://t.co/OuYqPLZUZ5

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It’s This week we present elements from letterpress printer, book artist, and book arts professor Sarah Bryant‘s recent production 'The Radiant Republic,' printed in 2019 at Bryant’s Big Jump Press in an edition of 50 signed copies. More: https://t.co/PftaZFVN8W

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