‘Life Histories of American Insects’ by Clarence Moores Weed, New York, 1897.

From my personal collection 📚🪲

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‘Studies in Animal Life’ by George Henry Lewes. London: Smith, Elder, 1862.

I saw this wandering around UW-Madison’s Memorial Library.

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'The Book of Choice Ferns: for the Garden, Conservatory, and Stove: Describing and Giving Explicit Cultural Directions for the Best and Most Striking Ferns and Selaginellas in Cultivation' by George Schneide. New York: J. Arnot Penman c1890-1894.

#ferns #publishersbinding #botanicalart

Virtual event from OSU!

#RareBooks #PublishersBinding #MargaretArmstrong #BookHistory

'Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Islands' by James Edmund Harting, with engravings by Thomas Bewick. 2nd ed. London: Bickers, 1877.

#ThomasBewick #birdart #birdillustration #romanceofbooks #publishersbinding #naturalhistory

Happy #NationalPigeonDay! Pigeons galore from “Illustrirtes Mustertauben-Buch” by Gustav Prütz and illustrated by Christian Förster. Hamburg: J. F. Richter, 1884-1886.

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Book cover of ‘A history of the fishes of the British Islands’ by Jonathan Couch. London: Groombridge and sons, 1864-1867.

#scientificillustration #naturalhistory #ichthyology #publishersbinding

Turtle on the cover of Volume III of ‘The American Naturalist’ edited by A. S. Packard, Jr., E. S. Morse, A. Hyatt, and W. Putnam. Published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1870.

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