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"As a former theatre kid, choosing an old favorite for my staff pick this week was easy: 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' written by Oscar Wilde and illustrated by Tony Walton." Read the rest of this week's #StaffPickOfTheWeek: https://t.co/pmTGGFml6t

This week we present wood-engraved illustrations by English wood engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton for an English translation of French playwright Simon Gantillon’s play 'Maya,' printed from the original blocks in 1930 at the Golden Cockerel Press. Learn more: https://t.co/kRweee8xwC

For this week's #TypographyTuesday we present a new addition to our collection, 'Takenobu Igarashi A-Z,' which highlights the typographic work of Japanese sculptor & graphic designer Takenobu Igarachi, published in London by Thames & Hudson in 2020. More: https://t.co/rBDWJLCo83

Today we present etchings of gamebirds by the American sportsman and wildlife artist Richard E. Bishop, from his 1936 book 'Bishop’s Birds, Etchings of Water-fowl and Upland Game Birds,' published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott Company. Learn more: https://t.co/GUwKDt3lBB

These vibrant botanical illustrations are hand-colored lithographs from volume 1 of Asa Strong’s 4-volume work 'The American Flora,' published in New York by Green & Spencer between 1850 and 1853, with illustrations by Edwin Whitefield.

Although Stevens has not received the same level of notoriety as others, her determination to document the violence committed against them should be celebrated, as this work is a definitive record of the treatment of women who went to prison for the cause. https://t.co/15N7wUHO96

It looks like the Halcyon Days of Winter may still be upon us, although certainly not politically! So we thought we’d present some kingfishers to reflect our mild winter weather, and perhaps to bring some calm to our current downright stormy political environment.

'Frog Went a-Courtin’' by John Langstaff with illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky,published in 1955 in New York by Harcourt, Brace and Company. It was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1956. Learn more: https://t.co/aRriEQq54k

#WoodEngravingWednesday by British wood engraver Kathleen Lindsley, which she produced on commission from 1981-83 as pub signs for the Halifax, Yorkshire, brewery Samuel Webster’s numerous public houses. Learn more: https://t.co/dDt2kEBQgD