Number one is 's Spiderwick Field Guide. One of my greatest influences.

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Russian Folktales by Gennady Novozhilov. There's quite the story attached to getting this.

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John Howe is one of those artists that was a constant in my teenage years. Moody and dramatic.

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The rose of Venus. Hand written by a devotee and illustrated by various unknown artists. Diosa Venus Immortal Reina del Universo. Tangier 1938

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I stumbled across Henry Dresser's 19th century illustrated books on ornithology today and was struck by how beautiful the drawings are. Gorgeous!

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From Spratt to Solis-Cohen, we have flap-books covered! These rare works educated doctors & midwives, as well as teaching women about their own bodies. Important works in medical & women's history: https://t.co/jWZsjM5r0c

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illustration for Anatole France's "Penguin Island"
artist:Frank C. Papé

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A book of fabulous beasts (1939, stories retold by AM Smyth, illustrations by D Fitch). barnacle , and more.

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