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R is for Rosa. Everything is coming up roses in this copy of The first and seconde partes of the Herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick [615.3 TUR].

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2019-09-18

Sir Frederick Moore (1857–1949), was born at the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Known for his orchid expertise, Neomoorea irrorata (now N. wallisii)was named in his honour.

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2019-09-03

Photograph from the library’s special collections at the

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2019-08-27

For we're showing wood engravings from Augustus A. Gould's 'The Naturalist’s Library' (1850s). Learn more in our Tumblr post: https://t.co/qkM98pjlqs
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2019-08-13

Endpapers from some of the books in the of the library

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2019-08-06

It's This lovely bouquet pattern is found inside our 1707 edition of "The beaux stratagem: a comedy." Published in London, it was written by George Farquhar, an Irish dramatist.
https://t.co/Vg9BIN5dRN

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2019-06-17

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

A charming little illustration by A. E. Marty found at the bottom of a page of the January 1920 issue of Gazette du bon ton.

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2019-05-16

Happy ! This bright pattern is from "The Poetical Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift", published in London in 1787.
https://t.co/YZ9q34ApAy

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2019-05-07

has a long history, home to companies such as Cannocks and Loretta Bloom. Read more in this history of Limerick industries, trade and commerce, ed by David Lee and Debbie Jacobs, published by in 2003

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2019-04-25

A stunning design by Madeleine Vionnet which was licensed by the American ready-to-wear manufacturer A. Beller & Co, c. 1928.

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2019-03-02

For we are highlighting some wetland Enjoy these paintings of wildfowl by Henry Jones (1838-1921) in our - barnacle goose, mandarin duck and Bewick's swan Plus our new blog is about barnacles and geese https://t.co/kVPkljszmy

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2019-02-04

Swirls of green, with some cream and a dash of red spill across this festive paper.
This is found on our copy of Histoire complète de la noblesse de France, printed in Paris in 1862.
https://t.co/ov7HlUEVgI

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2018-12-24

There's a beautiful children's Christmas story from our behind today's door on our calendar - follow and subscribe at https://t.co/oVzWlpTqQF

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2018-12-05

'Of all the trees that are in the wood the holly (ilex aquifolium) bears the crown.' As we are starting our twelve days of Christmas countdown a little early this year - here's some beautiful sheets of holly from

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2018-12-03

Simple but stunning design suggestion by Florence Schatken for the subscription Cardinal Fashion Studios, 1946.

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2018-10-15