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New on website: (1824) of popular for children by Jeanne-Sophie Mallès de Beaulieu. With engraved plates in exceptionally fine colouring. More:

https://t.co/FOxvTiDlHd

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2021-06-08

Because I REALLY love Rare books myself.
I just HAD to do it.. PRESENTING
The Book of Sarah RARE LIMITED ONLY 3 BOOKS
This will be available on KICKSTARTER in a VERY Limited backing
https://t.co/F1vYfQ1KMw
^^^^ Kickstarter Link Above ^^^^^

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2021-06-05

🐝 Bee-witching details for This titled 'Les genres des insectes de Linné...' by James Barbut was published in 1781.

View catalogue record: https://t.co/GHsPiaROfH

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2021-05-20

This Bolbophyllum is from W J Hooker's A Century of Orchidaceous Plants (1849). In writes how the dark delicate hairs are thought to lure the dipteran pollinators of these tiny flowers by imitating a fly mating swarm

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2021-04-30

🌹 A beautiful pair of roses from our collection!

Pierre Joseph Redoute’s celebrated work ‘Les roses’ was published in Paris in 3 volumes between 1817 and 1824.

👀 See a selection of digitised illustrations: https://t.co/5blpkUtlog

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2021-04-30

1/2 On the front cover of is Coryanthes speciosa, pl.36 of James Bateman's The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala ([1837]-1843). With a print run of only 125 copies, it remains one of the finest (and heaviest!) books on orchids ever published

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2021-04-01

Today marks the of naturalist Mark Catesby, who was born in 1683. hold a copy of his Natural History of Carolina [581.9 (7P) CAT], which is filled with vivid, plates depicting the flora & fauna he encountered during his

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2021-03-24

Celebrating with these 1830s Edward Lear watercolours courtesy the Blacker-Wood collection 🦉

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2021-03-22

Here's the finished of the (Vol.1, pl.3) in Gould's Birds of Europe https://t.co/SGVNmXmvIz. All 5 volumes held by are freely available to view https://t.co/HN5wrG4P5U

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2021-03-04

For some beautiful images by George Edwards. Edwards was awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society in 1750 for his work on natural history.

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2021-03-04

explorer Nicolas Baudin was born in 1754. He is best known for his expedition to in 1800-1804. The account of this is a sure in our online inventory:

https://t.co/37ZIAABu4e

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2021-02-18

Enjoying a spot of bird watching while you're out for a walk around town or the countryside? Here's a couple of colourful fellows you might have spied! These illustrations, from William Lewin's 'The Birds of Great Britain', feat in our Feb sale: https://t.co/xYlXMCePOp

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2021-02-15