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It could be worse.

(Don't believe me? Turn around, Bright Eyes...)

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2020-02-12

Tag yourself: I’m the baby bird giving out serious side-eye

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2020-02-10

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!

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2020-02-06

The sheer ridiculousness of asking someone which monkey they think is the most erotic far overshadows the challenge I was going to post 🐒

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2020-02-05

Discover the cultural histories of at our Plant Summer Program in Apply by 2/28: https://t.co/j9loeCMG2X. No tuition! Housing, economy travel, weekday lunch covered.

💐: In our Jean Baptiste Monnoyer. HOLLIS 002868491.

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2020-01-29

New on our website, truly spectacular & rare complete set of Stradanus's magnificent series of 104 incl. and even engraved in the years 1578-1596:

https://t.co/AXu9bEhzGl

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2020-01-29

Famous and John James died 1851, aged 65. Most famous for his classic book on his work on is no less extraordinary. Check out our copy on our website:

https://t.co/HuZA37fv3A

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2020-01-28

Happy
To welcome the from our & Special Collections; 19th c. a manuscript manual, feat. from describing the Rat's qualities, here with its avatar (Deva) & guardian spirit plant.

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2020-01-25

A highlight in our catalogue for Stuttgarter (January 24-26, Stand 71) is rare copy of 1 of finest works on by Johann Elias Ridinger (Augsburg, 1768), with 127 beautiful plates. Find out more:

https://t.co/EcPtmPyJKv

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2020-01-22

Met a couple of real derpy looking insects today

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2020-01-20

Got a lot of work to do in the rare book room today which is distracting me from my 291 unread emails

Here are some beautiful illustrations of Australian plants from ‘Botany of Cook’s first voyage’ by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander

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2020-01-17

Sir John Ross was a polar explorer and naval officer who wrote this on his voyages to the arctic regions, published in 1835. He describes the Northern Lights and the people and animals he encountered.

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2020-01-16

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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2019-12-18

Here's a random from our stock. The depicted here has the coat of arms of the Dutch city It holds all six written by the Publius Terentius (#Terence):

https://t.co/VXcdstLzyM

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2019-12-18