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

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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)

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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

"It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious!"

Odd looking monkey from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)


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2019-05-21

What did one bee say to the other when they landed on the same flower?

Buzz off.

I'll quit pollen your leg now and wish everyone a happy particularly the entomologists I share an office with!🐝

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2019-05-20

This beluga whale looks completely harmless and adorable but it is actually a dangerous Russian spy

Look at its face: you can tell it's hiding state secrets and planning many treasons

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2019-04-30

Dig this of a Chelonia Imbricata, the found in, "North American Herpetology; Or, a Description of the Inhabiting the United States, 1842" by John Edwards Holbrook from our Collection. Leatherback sea can weigh up to 2,000 pounds!

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2019-04-26

Today is so I just want to say *THANKS BATS* for eating all of my figs this year before I got a chance to pick them, and also for pooping all over the yard. Great effort this year 👏

from Proceedings from 1880

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2019-04-17

John Gould is famous for his works on birds, but when he visited Australia in 1838, encouraged him to also study the mammals.

He was particularly fascinated with the red kangaroo, which he considered a zoological marvel

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2019-04-16