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This #Feathursday we submit for your consideration a strolling Dodo, a chortling Swift, and some dancing dainties from the 1864 'Album des Bêtes à l'usage des gens d'esprit texte,' with caricatures by Jean-Jacques Grandville. Learn more here: https://t.co/iNKSEVnFAe

Parallel Botany by Leo Lionni, translated from Italian by Patrick Creagh, is a field guide to imaginary plants that Lionni presents with the authority of an scholarly textbook. Learn more here: https://t.co/B0KTqxbAfQ

#WednesdayBouquet?

This week's post on 'The Golden Hind' focuses on pen drawings by John Austen—a British illustrator influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, as was Alan Odle, who we focused on last week! Learn more here: https://t.co/mQkiPcWE8I

This week's #WednesdayBouquet is less of a bouquet than it is tree clippings... These pretty willows are found in François André Michaux’s 'The North American Sylva.' Learn more here: https://t.co/Mx3Y5N7jYt

This week's #Caturday post features original wood engravings by Alan James Robinson from his printing of 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, produced at Cheloniidae Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1984. Take a look here: https://t.co/J3KiBMHVXr

This week's #WednesdayBouquet comes from 'Flower Fables' by Louisa May Alcott, published by The Henry Altemus Company in 1898 as part of the popular "Young People's Library" series. See more here: https://t.co/YmuP7x4PJD

We fell behind on sharing out Tumblr posts to Twitter! Oh no! You can catch up here: https://t.co/BxOzYI4G39

Do you need an introduction to birds? Do you feel 'meh' about Ted Hughes but 'woohoo!' about Leonard Baskin? THEN HAVE WE GOT A BOOK FOR YOU! It's 'A Primer of Birds,' designed and printed by Baskin for his Gehenna Press. Learn more here: https://t.co/ooeLViVSzt #Feathursday

This week's #MondayMotivation is THE EYE OF PROVIDENCE! Well, it's this Tawny (or Brown) Owl from 'Brehms Theirleben' that has been bestowed the Eye of Providence by artist Robert Kretschmer. Learn more here: https://t.co/eiUchJpYVC

This #FashionFriday we've got all the hottest fashion tips from the April 1850 issue of 'Godey's Lady's Book.' You'll be glad to know that embroidered slippers are in, but for heaven's sake don't wear a white opera gown! Get in on all the trends here: https://t.co/yOcM4CVMYP