Something Wicked This Way Comes?
Eberhard's epic 18th c. journalistic attempt to debunk the supernatural and superstition left this stunning record of witch hunting and ghostly hand burns that only raises more questions!
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(Case B 85 .386)
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Opening to foldout of ephemeral architecture, with dragon in the central niche! Dragon has a sign reading "Publicae Felicitati" or Public Happiness.
How To Train Your Dragon*
*To congratulate you on your thesis defense! Because everyone is happier the more degrees they have... 🙄 Ottavio Farnese published his 1613 theses with ALL the trimmings.
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It's got lots of lovely foldouts! #foldoutfriday #herbook
Cassell's People's Physician open at a page with two paper manikin fold-outs illustrating a man and woman stripped to the waist, with text on the adjacent page.
After weeks of exceptional weather in Scotland sadly the sun's packing its bags, so if you're heading out to catch some last minute rays today don't forget to pop on your modesty loincloth! #FoldOutFriday
Let's See What Unfolds...
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A book lying open with some pages unfolded that show images of a full frontal skeleton and a selection of surgical instruments.
It's #FoldOutFriday and we bring you this beauty by James Cooke, 'Marrow of Chirurgery with The Anatomy of Humane Bodies According to the Most Modern Anatomists' (1685). Cooke served as surgeon in the first English Civil War and his work became the most popular surgical text of the late 17th century
Who Knew Reading Was SO Dangerous?
THIS happened when a Monsieur Oufle got too involved in his demonology research! #FoldoutFriday #NewberryLibrary
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Thanks @thewildbluesky.bsky.social for introducing me to this utter insanity of an 18th c. novel!
A large book rested on a cushion opened at a folded-out plate with multiple illustrations depicting the anatomy and structure of the eye.
For #FoldOutFriday we have Anatomy of Human Bodies by Isbrand van Diemerbroeck first published 1672. Diemerbroeck also published on his experience during a Dutch Black Death epidemic in the 1630s, and he is the doctor commonly depicted in 'Plague Doctor' illustrations
A book lying open with a page open and paper folded out to show a plant illustration, and a snake weight holding down the opposite page.
For #FoldoutFriday, a 17thc illustration of the highly toxic Hemlock Water Dropwort. The roots are often referred to as “dead man’s fingers” and the plant inspired the deadly “Nightlock” in the Hunger Games.
Fold-out from a work by James Cook showing 13 depictions of the fetus in various positions in the womb before birth, which resemble small children bouncing about.
For #FoldOutFriday the 'child turning itself in birth' from James Cooke's Marrow of Chirurgery (1685). Similar images depicting fetal presentation were common in 17thc surgical & midwifery texts. With the fetuses often resembling small toddlers just busy going about their day! #earlymodern
Flap anatomy illustrations of the heart and lungs from an 17th century text by René Descartes, with one image revealing pealed back layers to expose the ventricles of the heart.
Flap anatomy illustrations of the heart and lungs from an 17th century text by René Descartes, with one image revealing pealed back layers to expose the ventricles of the heart.
On #NationalIllustrationDay we’re bringing #FoldOutFriday over from the other place! Anatomical illustrations of the heart with flaps raised to expose the left and right ventricles. In René Descartes ‘De Homine’, which was published posthumously in 1662 due to fears of being branded a heretic
Folded-in foldout
Detail of a corner sundial
Full foldout family tree (olive) with Ignatius Loyola at the trunk and tiny sundials sprouting throughout.
Society* Sundials??
That's the Jesuit Society of Jesus, via the fevered brain of Athanasius Kircher! I think I count 45 of them on this "Catholic Horoscope" sheet?? In our 1671 edition of his Ars magna lucis et vmbrae (Case folio G 66 .466).
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Virtues across the bottom of a colorful folded in foldout
Unfolded foldout with the rest of the golden monument showing..
Peace Out
This monument to the 1814 Treaty of Paris was part of ending the Napoleonic Wars and aimed to end the slave trade in France.
It was also on view as a 30-foot transparent display lit by carbonic gas! Ackermann's Repository, June, 1814 at #NewberryLibrary.
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Detail of float with women, Bishop, flag, and tiny dragon
Partially folded literal parade float
Unfolded parade float image
Festive Flotation Device?
I'm STILL not back in the office until Monday, but at least I'll be WFH and can dream of 17th c. foldout parade floats I have seen! #FoldoutFriday #HereThereBeDragons
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