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Great info on the inside enclosed in one beautifully bound volume. For we're sharing The Family Herbal (1812) by Sir John Hill. This book was originally published in 1775. This edition from 1812 is filled with beautiful illustrations that appear after the text.

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2022-07-12

It’s officially spring. What are we doing? Not having a picnic. Not strolling through a park. No, we’re marveling at this marbled beauty made by Christopher Weimann, courtesy of our Norma Rubovits collection.  

[1978. Wing Modern MS Rubo

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2022-03-21

The posts from our colleagues that fill our feed every week make starting the work week a pure joy!

Our contribution for the day is the cover of the 1823 book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren With a Brief View of Architecture in England.

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2022-01-25

As students start their first full week of classes, we want to share these delightful tricolour French curls. From William Somner's "The Antiquities of Canterbury" (1640). https://t.co/vsVNWbhwGX

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2021-09-14

A bright placard pattern for This paper is from our Falconry in the British Isles, by Francis Henry Salvin.
https://t.co/wmWkYEucLp

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2021-04-19

For this over-marbled pattern I wanted to capture the feeling of sunlight striking the ocean’s surface, the golden beams reaching down to deep sea, where the Nautilus drifts from shadow to shadow, pausing briefly to soak in some rays.

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2021-03-09

Happy Today we have an image we found on our phone without any contextual information but decided to share it anyway. We look forward to stumbling on the source at some point.

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2021-02-16

Happy This placard patterned paper is from our 1774 edition of the The Seasons, written by James Thomson.
https://t.co/O19KDVTxJv

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2021-02-02

For we present a detail from the cover of a music composition book and because we found the pattern so exciting we decided to see what it looks like in black and white. The dynamic pattern definitely doesn't disappoint!

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2020-03-03

For today, courtesy of ‘s donation to , here are some fabulously colourful marbled papers covering the Parenthesis 37 journal by Steve Pittelkow (see his work on Instagram: ) 🤩

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2020-01-27

Marbled boards and fore-edge on the 5 volume set “The Works of Lord Macaulay,” published in 1873.
https://t.co/gwB4mFIVku

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2019-12-24

A riot of color characterizes this marbled paper book cover. We love the repetition of the large swirls and the flecks of orange that offset the base colors.

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2019-11-26

Happy This week's post shows the beautiful hand-marbled pages from an earlier post. The papers were created by Christine McNair in 2004. (Margaret Laurence, The Diviners, 1974).⁠
https://t.co/x2DrJh69N3

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2019-09-23

Happy This pattern, with its distinctive white spots, is from The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey.
Published in 1718, it was written by John Aubrey (1626-1697), an antiquarian and biographer.
https://t.co/kxwAKLmKGw

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2019-08-13

We’re captivated by the cover of the 1940 Report of the Florida Board of Control aka a precursor to the Florida Board of Governors.

Beyond being an excellent find, this book is an important record of the University System in our state.

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2019-07-15

Monday brings us this green Spanish paper. Published in London in 1796, it is part of a two-volume set by Edward Gibbon: "Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, esquire, with memoires of his life and writings, composed by himself."
https://t.co/GF690seWZP

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2019-06-24

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

The best part about Mondays is
From an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Pennant’s Tour from Alston Moor to Harrowgate & Brimham Crags (1804)—(for all my Northern friends)

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2019-05-14

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

Happy This richly patterned paper is found on the inside boards of Robert Ball's "In starry realms". Published in 1892, it is a book on astronomy, meant to "give the general reader some sketches of specially interesting matters relating … https://t.co/l7h2jKOw3t

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2019-04-22