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Here's some #MondayMotivationOwls for ya! They come from our mid-19th-century edition of 'The Naturalist’s Library,' edited by noted American physician and naturalist Augustus Addison Gould, and published in New York with 400 engravings. More owls here: https://t.co/VsGuonkwXl

Today we a presenting decorative plates from the art portfolio 'Paris, 1929' edited by Antoine Roche and published by by Librairie des Arts Décoratifs. The portfolio has 65 leaves of plates which show a broad range of decorative & graphic arts. Learn more: https://t.co/5a9xFOZQxI

Look at these exquisite hand-colored lithographic plates from volume 2 of the 1865 edition of François André Michaux’s landmark work, 'The North American Sylva! Published in five volumes in Philadelphia by Rice, Rutter & Co. Learn more here: https://t.co/NtJxDr3GwH #Flora #floral

Today we present a few dramatic owls from 'Research: Design in Nature,' edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, and published by the Field Museum of Natural History and the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 1924. Learn more here: https://t.co/YOzQljAfHO

Looking for some flowers to celebrate #ArchivesInBloom? Try our Wednesday Flora series on for size!

Find all the Flora you could want here: https://t.co/qQKDK87t12

The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), sometimes called a Sparrow Hawk, is among our favorite neighborhood raptors. Around here we find Owls, Cooper’s Hawks, Red-tailed Hawks, and Peregrine Falcons, but the Kestrel is the smallest and most ubiquitous in our vicinity.

This #MayDay we'd like to share these red flowers in solidarity with workers the world over! They come from the May 1905 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review' edited & published by William Robinson. Learn more here: https://t.co/DA23ZsY8tf

Today we present decorative plates from 'Haus eines Kunstfreundes' by the Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald. The designs were created for the competition “House for an Art Lover." Learn more here: https://t.co/g5QQZXs0C5

Shown here are the covers for the 1895, 1898, 1899, and 1900 issues, with an additional back cover from 1898. These issues were printed by the Democrat Printing Company in Madison, the official state printers.

This week’s owl comes from the printer’s mark of the Geneva printing bothers Pierre and Jacques Chouët as it appears on the title page of their 1621 printing of 'Sextou Empeirikou ta Sōzomena...' https://t.co/vC14ICEM67 #MondayMotivationOwl