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This week's #Caturday post was also a #Raturday post! Take a look at the cats and rats in the English folktale 'Dick Whittington & His Cat.' More here: https://t.co/JeQ1JlyWvx

Today, we journey into the 16th century via five hand-painted fashion plates (plate nos. 32, and 34 – 37 ) from 'Costumes of the World.' The plate selections for this period are a treat as they illustrate styles across various classes. Learn more here: https://t.co/LZY6g4eM9L

In this week's staff pick, newly graduated Art History intern Youngchul explores Lynd Ward's wordless novel 'Madman's Drum.' Take a look here: https://t.co/pHRJDaSbyS

We've got a lovely #WednesdayBouquet for you from 'Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries: Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonné of the Works in Which They are Found' by Gordon Dunthorne. Learn about it here: https://t.co/VsZqiGEaoj

Happy #Feathursday! Today we've got a few original watercolor drawings of birds for you by Milwaukee illustrator Susan Estelle Kwas from two one-of-a-kind books we recently acquired. Read about the books here: https://t.co/lyyeao6lur

Sarah chose the Limited Editions Club's publication of Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' for her staff pick this week, mainly because of the illustrations by Paul Landacre. Read the full post here: https://t.co/6mqnfuGyab

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