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This week we present illustrations from 'Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada,' a multivolume set of books based on the findings of José Celestino Mutis. Learn more here: https://t.co/1525iFccJ2

This week we present 'Late Summer Circa 1970' by Caryl Seidenberg, printed in 2013 at Seidenberg’s Vixen Press in Winnetka, Illinois in an edition of ten, signed by the artist/printer. Read all about it here: https://t.co/rqDBGJtF24

Yesterday's #Feathursday post is all about birds of Wisconsin shorelines with these bobolinks (and more) from 'Illustrirtes Thierleben Für Schule und Haus' by Dr. Hermann Dümling, published in Milwaukee by George Brumder in 1879. Learn more here: https://t.co/agvJpX3pJ1

Today we present hand-colored lithographic plates of flowers from 'Sämmtliche Giftgewächse Deutschlands...' by Eduard Winkler (Berlin: W. Natorff, 1832), Winkler’s seminal work on all the poisonous plants of Germany. Learn more here: https://t.co/Z96lrVEJYw #WednesdayBouquet

This week's #Caturday post was a little ditty on the “Kitty Cat” by the noted American composer William W. Gilchrist from St. Nicholas Songs, 1885. Learn more here: https://t.co/GZTNohNC8f

Please enjoy these few fine #Feathursday proverbs with engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn from 'A Collection of Proverbs from All Nations,' published by the Acorn Press in 1979. Learn more here: https://t.co/tKrjmrYbq8

It's #Feathursday and we've got some Brasher Flamingos for you from 'Birds and Trees of North America.' Learn more about Brasher and his opus here: https://t.co/GosHX3L1RJ

'Das Blumenbuch,' or “The Flower Book,” was printed in a three volume set by the Mainzer Presse in Mainz, Germany from 1929-1930. It features 250 flower illustrations that were drawn by the German type designer Rudolf Koch. Learn more here: https://t.co/GJQhcSEWgy

The Kingfisher is not found in our woods, but you can spot them on the banks of the Milwaukee River, only half a mile to the west of UWM campus. Learn more about the book, birds, and Max's daily walks through the woods here: https://t.co/6eibBB75H0 #Feathursday

These birds are commonly seen by our Head of Special Collections, Max Yela, in Downer Woods just north of us. The chromolithographs are from the 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds' by Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton.