Babies floating in lightbulb-shaped uteri because that’s how pregnancy works in the 16th century

Speaking of #woodcuts …. 1551 German translation of Albertus Magnus’ Secrets of Nature Described in Six Booklets.

#earlybooks #printing #inutero #uterus #fetus #maternity #matrix #scienceillustrated #historyofscience #pregnancy #lightbulbs #wellcomecollection

wellcomecollection.org/works/s6tt67z2

📯📚 Tomorrow @imc-leeds.bsky.social, Sara D'Amico (Alicante) will speak about the versatility of booksellers' catalogues - don't miss it if you're interested in early books!!
🔸️ 2:15 PM, Maurice Keyworth Building: 1.03 🔸️
#REBPAF #MSCA #IMC2025 #BookHistory #BookCollecting #Printing #EarlyBooks

3 short poems from the first page of 'Three Red Things", an electronic chapbook.

Three short poems from 'Three Red Things' published in early June 2013 (Smithereens Press). The book is archived at @archive.org

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