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We're starting our first week back to work in style. This illustration from the early Victorian era showing three women chatting appeared in the July 1839 volume of The Lady's Book.

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2020-01-03

As we’ve reached the 12th day of Christmas, here are some festive collages created by artist using images from the Library's rare book collection and the Christmas carol 'Twelve days of Christmas' for inspiration🎄

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2019-12-25

For a unique, recycled Christmas gift our shop in is open today from 10-2. Merry Christmas everyone.

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2019-12-24

Today is the

Dark skies of the arctic circle from John Ross's 'Narrative of the 2nd Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage', 1835.

Only 89 days until Spring Equinox on 20 March!

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2019-12-22

For the 19th day of a reindeer & Sami family, from a 1674 English translation of 'The history of Lapland', by Swedish humanist Johannes Schefferus.
Did you know the Sami are the northernmost indigenous people of Europe?

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2019-12-19

Classic book of the day: 1st edition (1857) of David Livingstone's account of his first mission to southern Africa, including the first published view of Victoria Falls.

More information and illustrations on our website:
https://t.co/gWt4s6mtoY

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2019-12-19

Our Chris Brooks Collection includes several festive books for children, such as 'Snap-Dragons: A Tale of Christmas Eve' by Juliana Horatia Ewing, published in 1888. We love the cover art! 🐉 [Brooks 828.8/EWI]

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2019-12-16

Today is day 16 of so here's a delightful arctic fox from John Ross's 'Narrative of the 2nd Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage', 1835.

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2019-12-16

Who is the goodest boi?!🐶

A whole mess of puppers, doggos and woofers from 'The Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier' (1839)

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2019-12-06

We'll bring some pretty flowers to Stand 25 Mechelen (December 6-8). 772 chromolithographed plates in total. Find out more on our website:

https://t.co/hEyg84CysK

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2019-12-05

For day 3 of here's a little robin from Eleazer Albin's 'A Natural History of (1738-40). This was the first British work of to feature hand-coloured plates, with over 300 by Albin & his daughter Elizabeth.

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2019-12-03

From December 6 to 8 you'll find us 1 of the items in our stand will be a depicting of the (#Vienna, 1879) by Austrian and former officer Joseph Machold

https://t.co/ZYGQgZb7xC

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2019-11-26

Just in case you felt like making a delicious soup, here's some inspiration from the 'The instructive picture book; or, lessons from the vegetable world' (1858)

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2019-11-18

Happy Halloween! 🧙‍♀️🧹🕷🎃
Come fly with some from
We will be sharing our favourite item ...

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2019-10-31

It's finally Halloween! 🦇🧛‍♂️🕷️

I'll be posting all things spooky from the

collection throughout today, starting with these bats from 'The Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier' (1835-40)

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2019-10-31

It's nearly Halloween! What's spookier than losing all of your skin, then losing all of your flesh and innards? Clumsy.

Inside the human body from 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle' (1849) from the collection

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2019-10-30

"The birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands" (1928) contains 45 beautiful plates by Henrik Grönvold and Frederick W. Frohawk. Learn more about the process to digitize this from the Library for ➡️ https://t.co/YtENMIYabg

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2019-10-11

Only 225 copies of Gregory Mathews' "The birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands" (1928) were produced. Marina Hunt & Brendan Bachman share their experience digitizing this for during a student placement at ➡️ https://t.co/YtENMIYabg

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2019-10-10

As millions march for change the world over, we're looking to our beautiful avian friends in the Blacker Wood Collection

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2019-09-27