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When the existential crisis hits...

continues with this spinous from ‘A history of the fishes of the British Islands’ by Jonathan Couch (1862-65)

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2019-08-01

Sometimes get into our This critter lives in an book published in Paris, likely copied from art: https://t.co/tcwRMBid4F. We're over the insect's summer style—perfectly matches its pink & green plant!

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2019-07-28

Me on Friday after exercising and eating well all week VS. me on Sunday after blowing out all weekend

from 'The natural history of monkeys' by Sir William Jardine (1833) - not currently on btw so I'll get it in the queue!

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2019-07-19

Some very exotic bugs from the for the challenge 🦋🐛🐜

These beauties are from Dru Drury's 'Illustrations of exotic entomology' (1837)

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2019-07-10

What a day! Today has been a massive test, and happily I didn’t balls up my talk

I’m pooped now though, can’t wait to hit the sack

To cap it all off, I just realised I’ve tipped over 1000 followers! I’ve been saving this one...

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2019-07-06

I’m having a very slow day today - how about you?

Common garden snails from George Shaw’s ‘Naturalists miscellany’ with by Frederick Polydore Nodder (1790)

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2019-06-22

Add marbled endpapers to the list of book-related things I want to learn how to do

for

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2019-06-17

Artists Illustrate The White Whale presents 28 screen prints & engravings by Frank Convey, Will Maclean, Debbie Lee & more, illustrating classic tale. On view this Mon during our sale viewing. Learn more: https://t.co/di3WEbU5R8

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2019-06-15

‘The triumph of Venus’ by JF Barrias was exhibited in the 1889 Paris Exhibition, and this photochrome reproduction was published in the exhibition’s catalogue ‘Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’exposition universelle de Paris, 1889’ by William Walton

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2019-06-15

Feeling fruity and ready for the weekend!

Another weird and wonderful creature from Seba’s ‘Thesaurus’ (1734-1765)

copy digitised by for 👉🏼 https://t.co/Gxf6fGt3f6

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2019-06-13

You know the old saying: when a rare book gives you lemons, go ahead and post those lemons on Twitter 🍋

My little tree is slightly further along than the illustration. Any suggestions for things I can make this weekend to use up some lemons?

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2019-06-13

“Refusal to be put upon” & “Cheerfulness in the face of adversity” - 2 illustrations by author & illustrator, known for his humorous cartoon drawings, from a collection to be offered in our 19 June sale in https://t.co/lKKuQLfKvE

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2019-06-12

Wow, I'm as happy as this musk shrew as I just noticed I've now got over 900 followers on here!

This happy chappy is from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' by Schreber (1774)

I've been saving something very weird for when I get to 1000 by the way...

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2019-06-11

Is everyone looking forward to the weekend?

Hoping there's sunshine, flowers, ice cream and whisky in abundance (or whatever makes you happy!)

Pretty flowers from 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle' (1849)

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2019-06-07

‘Eagle and wolf disputing the prize’

from ‘Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes &c &c’ (1814)

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2019-06-05

...we will be bringing rare plates from Banks’ Florilegium, showing the plants he collected on Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage in all their splendour, to ! Visit us at stand N08 & see more rarities in our joint stand with Charlotte Du Rietz

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2019-06-03

Wow~ This gorgeous of the Magnolia altissima is stunning! Also known as the southern this can be found in, "The Natural History of Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1771" by Mark Catesby and George Edwards from our collection.

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2019-05-30

Our June & auction is now online, featuring a fine & rare set of 24 globe gores for a 42 inch terrestrial globe by & much more! View the full sale catalogue here: https://t.co/OvgSellzLq

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2019-05-27