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The book also features some cool drawings of human anatomy so we decided to make a gif!

This book is 'Das Grosse Illustrierte Kräuterbuch...,' which translates as “The Large Illustrated Herbal Book...” Written by Ferdinand von Mueller in the late 1800s, this is the 9th revised and expanded edition published in Ulm in 1924. Learn more: https://t.co/DVuuQZLVLZ

This week for #FinePressFriday we bring you 'Crow Calls' by Massachusetts writer, educator and photographer Robin Barber with four photogravures from drawings by Jennifer Schmidtmann, published by Kat Ran Press in Florence, Massachusetts in 2001. More: https://t.co/KZHqC3Obwv

#WoodEngravingWednesday: Former Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum curator Hal Bishop introduced us once again to a wood engraver we are unfamiliar with, English artist Joan Ellis, in an essay from Matrix 17, published in Winter 1997. Learn more: https://t.co/8Bx2XpQv0X

Published in conjunction with a retrospective of Richard Avedon’s work for the Met, 'Avedon—Photographs 1947-1977' showcases a time of rapid transformation for the fashion industry. Learn more: https://t.co/oH4yBnogVt

For this week's #ScienceSaturday we presented one of our earliest science textbooks, 'Introduction to the Sciences for Use in Schools and for Private Instruction' published in Edinburgh by William and Robert Chambers in 1838. Learn more: https://t.co/emNc2Jai8l

This #Feathursday is all about beaks and feet!.
These wood engravings and color lithographs are based on drawings and paintings by Ernest Thompson Seton found in our 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds,' by American ornithologist Frank M. Chapman

It’s Alice's turn for a #StaffPickoftheWeek today! This is the 1953 program for 'Holiday on Ice.' Read all about it here: https://t.co/NiFMm3861t

This week for #FashionFriday we have a selection of plates from 'The Costume of Turkey,' printed in London in 1804 by William Bulmer for the highly successful English publisher William Miller as part of a series of costume books. Learn more: https://t.co/IBR4eglNSl

On yesterday's date, Dec 20, in 1941, the First American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, first saw combat in the Pacific Theater. To commemorate this milestone, we present the dust jacket from Russell Whelan’s 'The Flying Tigers.' More: https://t.co/W6SKbhhMgZ