Special Collectionsさんのイラストまとめ

It's #MonsterMonday and we're digging into some quality monster content from our recently acquired facsimile of the Luttrell Psalter. Learn all about these monsters here: https://t.co/yd9KL7Yat3

This week's #FashionFriday post is all about the ATTITUDE, honey. Read all about it here: https://t.co/nzORkvwmMY

This week's staff pick comes from Max, our Head of Special Collections. He's chosen 'Wrenching Times, Poems from Drum-Taps by Walt Whiman,' with original color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec & printed by the iconic Welsh press Gwasg Gregynog in 1991. https://t.co/1lVj0UXHOS

Today is #WorldLizardDay, a day to celebrate this enormous group of squamate reptiles that includes over 6,000 species. Today we bring you chromolithographs of just a few of them from volume one, part 3 of the 1882-84 edition of 'Brehms Thierleben.' More: https://t.co/07TjwNzE0o

Das Blumenbuch was printed in a three volume set in Mainz, Germany, from 1929-1930. It features 250 flower illustrations that were drawn by the type designer Rudolf Koch, and cut into wood by the graphic designer and artist Fritz Kredel. https://t.co/zRw2YGa1qf

We're starting a new series called #TractTuesdays where we share from our collection of American Tract Society books in our Historical Curriculum Collection. This picture book is just one interesting example. https://t.co/frQsjpP2Kr

For #WorldElephantDay we're showing wood engravings from Augustus A. Gould's 'The Naturalist’s Library' (1850s). Learn more in our Tumblr post: https://t.co/qkM98pjlqs
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This week's #StaffPick is perfect for summer! Read Morgan's post on 'Life's a Beach' by Martin Parr here: https://t.co/CFET3TibYj

May Toni Morrison’s compassion, intellect, and wisdom continue to impact not just the literary world but our cultural landscape.

Shown here are images from our first edition copy of 'Beloved: A Novel,' published by Alfred A Knopf in 1987.

Today is the birthday anniversary of American essayist, playwright, novelist and activist James Baldwin who was born in Harlem, New York on August 2, 1924.