1872-1879 Fine Bayntun-Riviere Binding Book set - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (WITH) Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
https://t.co/MlaHCFTQeM

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Happy
An in our collection uncovered eggs, bunnies & bonnets too!
🥚by F. Frohawk, 👒by K. Greenaway, & 🐇 from A Child’s Picture Book of Wild & Domestic Animals (Routledge & Co.) all late 19th century

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Lovely finding insects in the first natural history encyclopedia! Although, my entomologists' OCD screamed that all insects have 6 legs and 4 wings. J. Meydenbach (1491) Ortus Sanitatis. Mainz, Germany.

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1895 Rare Book - Weird Tales by Edgar Allan POE Illustrated (Black Cat, Pit & Pendulum, Tell-Tale Heart, Gold Bug, etc.).
https://t.co/4zFKerkmUV

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It’s John Gould (1804-1881) is famous for his bird illustrations, but did you know that many of them were created by his wife Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841)? These examples are from Mr Gould’s Tropical Birds (Ariel Press, 1955) in our collection🐦

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