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These strawberries in various stages of ripeness have us looking forward to summer already. The entire book of fruit and flower series images from Darrow and Brothers is full of luscious looking plates.
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Published in 1697, this edition of Myographia Nova, written by John Browne, has some interesting drawings added by an early hand.
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Anyone else been snacking a lot recently?
Another one from Mark Catesby’s ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’
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#Oakspringlibraryfavorites 3-5: some very flirty flowers, from Les Fleurs Animees (The Flowers Personified) by J.J. Grandville, 1847. Clockwise from left: water arrow, thistle, and wallflower. #booktherapy #libraryfromhome #rarebooks
Though we weren't lucky enough to find a #FourLeafClover 🍀in our collections for #StPatricksDay, here are lovely watercolor leaves in our French herbarium manuscript, possibly #18thCentury. Explore this & 100+ other digitized #RareBooks: https://t.co/RQDOj5jPQ0.
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Pierre Jean François Turpin was born #OnThisDay in 1775. He learned botany from his collaborator Pierre Antoine Poiteau, but taught himself how to draw; and he didn’t do too bad a job judging by these fine examples held in the Lindley Library.
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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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For #WoodcutWednesday we have some wonderful hand-coloured prints from ‘Plantarum, arborum, fruticum, et herbarum effigies’ published in Frankfurt in 1652. #RareBooks
You can take the librarian out of the library (and into the museum, particularly #gemaldegalerie in Berlin) but...😬 @musueumsportal #phd #rarebooks #exhibitions
We're losing our marbles getting ready to head to the NYC Book Fair next week (stay tuned for updates!), but at least we have Gray Parrot's Marbled Papers to keep us sane. (29295) #rarebooks #marbledpaper
Including the very rare unfinished 7th volume, this fine complete set of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain by #JamesSowerby & his son #JamesDeCarleSowerby is a highlight in this week's auction of #RareBooks in #Edinburgh. Learn more: https://t.co/L0knYxFOVF
Come along to Jubilee #Library to see the free #Moon #Gazing #exhibition, a collection of beautiful #illustrations & #rarebooks!
6 weeks left!
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Everyone loves a cockatoo!
I think these two are particularly charming, from 'Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte' by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1795)
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Scottish naturalist #SirWilliamJardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular #TheNaturalistsLibrary. We are delighted to offer this collection of books in our 19 Feb #RareBooks sale in #Edinburgh - https://t.co/SJ0gIIQznt
@Jason_W_Dean @CCAHAconserve It could be worse.
(Don't believe me? Turn around, Bright Eyes...)
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Tag yourself: I’m the baby bird giving out serious side-eye
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Flicking through John Gould’s ‘Monograph of the Trochilidae’ (1849-61) for the first time and I was surprised to see that some of the hummingbirds have been heightened with metallic paint, they are SO beautiful!
#RareBooks #illustration #SciArt #library #OldBooks #birds
The sheer ridiculousness of asking someone which monkey they think is the most erotic far overshadows the @DollyParton challenge I was going to post 🐒
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Discover the cultural histories of #plants at our Plant #Humanities Summer Program in #WashingtonDC. Apply by 2/28: https://t.co/j9loeCMG2X. No tuition! Housing, economy travel, weekday lunch covered.
💐: In our #RareBooks. Jean Baptiste Monnoyer. #EarlyModern. HOLLIS 002868491.