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Today we are featuring botanical illustrations from Volume Four of 'Modelli D'arte Decorativa.' The dark autumnal colors seem appropriate for the fall weather we've been experiencing lately! See more here: https://t.co/Z2thh9XQh7

Today we present illustrations from Volume One of the revised edition of 'Paxton’s Flower Garden' by John Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton published in London in 1882. The illustrations are by Walter Hood Fitch, a prolific botanical illustrator. Learn more: https://t.co/f5lqXHzVJ6

And don't forget to vote for the fattest bear! The finals of #FatBearWeek2020 are tomorrow! Vote here: https://t.co/ffJNTPlwWI

To celebrate #FatBearWeek and the onset of fall, we’d like to share with you a book by artist and printmaker Danny Pierce. 'The Bear That Woke Too Soon' tells the story of an Alaskan Brown Bear and features original woodcuts. Learn more here: https://t.co/HQVl3bUdyW

To kick off October, we present an eerie #MacabreMonday post with Edgar Allen Poe(ms). Our copy of 'The Bells and Other Poems' is a first-edition collection of Poe’s poems published in 1912. The book has 28 full-page color illustrations by illustrator Edmund Dulac.

This week's #ScienceSaturday post is on 'The Animal Kingdom: Arranged According to its Organization...'. It is an English translation of the French naturalist Georges Cuvier’s 'Le Règne Animal,' which was first published in 1816. Learn more: https://t.co/uOGi7EIsNy

Today we present Chipping Sparrows, a Catbird, & their nests from 'Nests & Eggs of Birds of the United States' by Thomas G. Gentry, published in 1882. This tome includes chromolithographs of around 50 paintings of birds, eggs, and nests by Edwin Sheppard. https://t.co/c2Py0PLwhl

Today we present illustrations from v.1 of the revised edition of 'Paxton’s Flower Garden' by John Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. in London in 1882. The color illustrations seen here are by Walter Hood Fitch. https://t.co/f5lqXHzVJ6

For today’s edition of #MagnificentWomenMonday, we present 'Belinda' by Maria Edgeworth, illustrated by legendary interpreter of classic fiction Chris Hammond. Our copy was published in 1896 by Macmillan in London and New York. Learn more: https://t.co/bSXSShW3Gf

Color printing would have been too expensive in the first book, but it could be done with this one at a relatively cheap cost through the use of three-color printing. Using the three primary colors blue, red and yellow, all color gradations and tones are achieved.