# ephemera throwbackthursday

This chromolithograph is from a painting by German wildlife artist Gustav Mützel, found in our 2-volume set of 'Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty,' by Henry Nehrling and published in Milwaukee by George Brumder from 1893-1896. Learn more: https://t.co/bvIRddaVdx

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2022-09-02

'As Far as the Yukon,' published by Harper Brothers in 1951, is one of Francis and Florence Jaques' later joint publications. The book recounts a journey taken along the west coast, much of it by train, from southern California to the Yukon. https://t.co/cc7XSK08d4

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2022-08-05

This week for we bring you some exotics from 'The World of Animals' by Mary Holmes, with illustrations by the noted French illustrator Pierre Probst, published down the road from us in Racine, Wisconsin by Whitman Publishing Company in 1963. https://t.co/m23tHSwbxc

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2022-07-15

We were taken by Eichenberg’s anthropomorphic depiction of animals, so we decided to display some of his bird images from the 25 engravings in this book for Learn more: https://t.co/u4yu5Xy6KF

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2022-06-17

These friendly little wrens are color lithographs from 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds,' by American ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by the wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton. https://t.co/9cPjYTVrWN

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2022-05-27

We’ve decided to channel our hawkish angst into these images of lovely raptors. These are color lithographs from 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds,' by Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. More: https://t.co/8HmMaTBF3E

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2022-04-15

This we feature illustrations from French historian & author Jules Michelet’s 'The Bird' with wood engravings by Hector Giacomelli. Originally published in 1856, our English copy is published by T. Nelson & Sons of London in 1868. Learn more: https://t.co/U9w2hfHkvh

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2022-03-04

A Catesby River Bird - This week we return to our 1974 folio facsimile set of Mark Catesby’s 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands' originally published between 1729 & 1747. Learn more about these Kingfishers and Herons: https://t.co/WgWs2ZxNb6

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2022-02-26

It's Birds play a prominent part in 'Peter and the Wolf,' in particular a songbird and a duck. In this 1940 children’s-book version of 'Peter and the Wolf' the design and illustrations by Warren Chappell and calligraphy is by Hollis Holland. https://t.co/rfI3zVNkcG

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2022-02-04

This is all about beaks and feet!.
These wood engravings and color lithographs are based on drawings and paintings by Ernest Thompson Seton found in our 1907 edition of 'Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds,' by American ornithologist Frank M. Chapman

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2022-01-14

This week's bird is a day late, but it's the Puffin!!! Their striking appearance makes them ideal subjects for bird painters and these images are from paintings reproduced in the book 'Birds, The Paintings of Terance James Bond. Learn more: https://t.co/nlM9fjBR4F

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2021-11-13

Do you have trouble in keeping your birds well and singing during cold weather? Try English Song Restorer for loss of voice, asthma and all diseases of birds. US advertising trade card 1882.

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2021-09-30

Here are a few of our regular neighbors on the East Side of Milwaukee between the river and the lake! All come from paintings by the Italian-American nature artist Athos Menaboni reproduced in 'Menaboni’s Birds.' Learn more: https://t.co/tnSuk1hjx0

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2021-08-13

Life isn't black and white, but back in the time of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) this is how many saw the natural world in print. View his ornithological 3 volume set via https://t.co/VGnN9tOgbx

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2021-06-17

This week we present a few of the Anatinae or dabbling ducks that are common to our neck of the woods. Once again, our examples come from Rex Brasher’s 12-volume set 'Birds and Trees of North America,' published btwn 1929 & 1932. Learn more: https://t.co/AX1VTtuHwC

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2021-06-04

It's This week we bring you diving ducks from Rex Brasher’s 12-volume set Birds and Trees of North America, self-published between 1929 and 1932, containing hand-colored reproductions of Brasher’s paintings! https://t.co/Kzb05LsXrR

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2021-05-14

A Fabulous Wood-Engraved
Yesterday we presented a selection of wood engravings from 'One Hundred Fables,' written and selected by the painter James Northcote and printed by wood engraver John Johnson for the London publisher George Lawford in 1828.

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2021-04-09

Last week's post featured Tanagers from Rex Brasher's 'Birds and Trees of North America.' Learn more here: https://t.co/NIjdkTOSAG

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2021-03-10

We thought that with all the snow that has hit most of the U.S. we’d bring some color to our with New World Buntings from Rex Brasher’s limited-edition, 12-volume set 'Birds and Trees of North America.' Learn more here: https://t.co/JRccjBG3xY

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2021-02-19

It's Today we revisit the 6th edition of Thomas Bewick‘s classic field guide 'A History of British Birds,' with his wood engravings of the smaller falcons, a part of what Bewick refers to as “The Falcon Tribe of rapacious birds.” View more: https://t.co/cw58K2IxF8

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2020-12-11