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This week for #WoodEngravingWednesday we present wood engravings by Eileen Mayo for a 1930 edition of 'The Poem of Amriolkais,' printed by James E. Masters at his High House Press in an edition of 200. Learn more: https://t.co/aHuGhGgp5q
Last #FinePressFriday we shared Sarah Bryant's 'Make No Little Plans' from her Big Jump Press. This book acts as a study for a larger project, 'The Radiant Republic,' in which Bryant’s Platonic Solids, first appearing here, comprise the visual language. https://t.co/WwaFx67DRy
These lovely birds with stunning beaks are from Mark Catesby's 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.' Pictured here are the Wood Stork,
American White Ibis, and an Immature American White Ibis. Learn more: https://t.co/2bJnL11MX7
It's #WoodEngravingWednesday! The engravings shown here are from Clare Leighton’s book 'Growing New Roots,' published by The Book Club of California in 1976, with illustrations that reveal the pride and patriotism she held for her adopted country. More: https://t.co/YomXzB8Lug
This year we didn’t have time to make a pie for Pi Day, but we did find this recipe for a Maple Syrup Pie in 'The Flavor of Wisconsin' by Harva Hachten. The recipe features the Hickory Nut, which is indigenous to this region. Learn more: https://t.co/tspJmw7YpO #GLPBO2022
These birds are always ready for the weekend! This week we are featuring some of the more colorful plumage from our 1974 folio facsimile set of English naturalist Mark Catesby’s 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.' Learn more: https://t.co/t9zdGd9jB6
This #Feathursday we feature illustrations from French historian & author Jules Michelet’s 'The Bird' with wood engravings by Hector Giacomelli. Originally published in 1856, our English copy is published by T. Nelson & Sons of London in 1868. Learn more: https://t.co/U9w2hfHkvh
This lovely title just walked in the door a couple of days ago, our latest acquisition: Sena Jeter Naslund’s 'When Children Ruled the World: A Christmas Story' with wood engravings by the estimable Kentucky wood engraver @StarpointePrice. Learn more: https://t.co/FQKPLJ556x
A Catesby River Bird #Feathursday - This week we return to our 1974 folio facsimile set of Mark Catesby’s 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands' originally published between 1729 & 1747. Learn more about these Kingfishers and Herons: https://t.co/WgWs2ZxNb6
It's #WoodEngravingWednesday! The great Rudolph Ruzicka began his series of wood-engravings of Boston beginning in 1911 as annual keepsakes for D.B. Updike’s Merrymount Press, and would continue the series until 1941. Learn more: https://t.co/iev2noRJpT