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2022-07-14

A little taster. Do check these out - perfect summer reading!

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2021-07-15

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

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

The 7th day of
Will you be eating figgy pudding at Christmas? This tradition dates back to 16th century when fig trees became commonplace in English gardens. This hand-coloured botanical illustration by Johann Muller (or John Miller) dates from 1777.

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2019-12-07

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