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We don't have much in Athens, Ohio, but we do have these beautiful 1773 botanic watercolors from the 1st edition of Flora Londinensis by William Curtis. See more in our Mss & Printed Leaves Online at https://t.co/qssrZyBpGl

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2020-09-05

Yesterday's got lost in the ether. Here's Day 163 - from Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint -

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2020-08-31

We've got a special 📚TOP 3 FREE READS 📚today, featuring a peek into our
Discover a major woman plus hothouses and tech Europeans used to cultivate 1/4

Chosen by Ashley Buchanan, Postdoctoral Fellow in

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2020-08-25

1916 Rare Windermere Edition - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Illustrated.

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2020-08-07

The Birds of America (1827-1838) by John James Audubon

435 hand-coloured, life-size prints, including images of 5 or 6, now-extinct birds. In 2012 a complete first edition sold in New York, for $7.9 million. The book features in American Animals (2018).

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2020-08-07

Published on the occasion of 50th anniversary Antiquariaat FORUM: Catalogue 118!

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260 (ca. 1970 BC to 1970 AD).

On etc.

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2020-06-17

For we have some wonderful hand-coloured prints from ‘Plantarum, arborum, fruticum, et herbarum effigies’ published in Frankfurt in 1652.

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2020-04-29

The RHS Lindley Library holds an important collection of 16th and 17th century herbals, including a copy of Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli’s Kreutterbuch (1586) which features hand-coloured illustrations.

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2020-04-28

Seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime, with enthusiasts including Queen Victoria and George Eliot. ‘Ocean flowers and their teachings’ (1846) contains pressed seaweed specimens and was perfect for budding phycologists!

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2020-04-23