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Audubon's illustrations of some of our favorite chaotic critters.

From: Audubon, John James, John Bachman, and John Woodhouse Audubon. The Quadrupeds of North America. New-York: V.G. Audubon, 1854. 

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While we don't love damage to books, you can find some surprises hiding in the bindings.

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Some pretty bindings today.

From: Poe, Edgar Allan, Edmund Clarence Stedman, and George Edward Woodberry. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe : Newly Collected and Edited, with a Memoir, Critical Introductions, and Notes. Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894

PS2601 .S72 1894

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Can someone make this for my dog?

From: Godey’s Lady’s Book (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1840). Philadelphia, Pa: L.A. Godey, v. 86, no. 515, May 1873.

AP2 .G56 v. 86 May 1873

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Taking a trip to Versailles.

From: Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar. Nouvelle description des chateaux et parcs de Versailles et de Marly : contenant une explication historique de toutes les peintures, tableaux, statues, vases & ornemens qui s’y voient : leurs dimensions : & les noms des peintres, des sculpteurs & des graveurs qui les ont faits ... Cinquieme édition. A Paris: Chez la veuve de Florentin Delaulne, rue Saint-Jacques, à l’Empereur, 1724.

DC801.V56 P5 1724

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Heraldry for London professions in the 1600's

From: R. B. Historical Remarques, and Observations of the Ancient and Present State of London and Westminster : Shewing the Foundation, Walls, Gates, Towers ... : With an Account of the Most Remarkable Accidents ... Which Have Happened Therein for above Nine Hundred Years Past ... : Illustrated with Pictures of the Most Considerable Matters Curiously Ingraven on Copper Plates, with the Arms of the Sixty Six Companies of London, and the Time of Their Incorporating. London: Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell next to Kemps Coffee house in Exchange Alley, over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, 1681.

DA678 .C76 1681

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Here's some suggestions for your next feast.

From: Lamb, Patrick. Royal Cookery; : Or, The Complete Court-Cook. Containing the Choicest Receipts in All the Particular Branches of Cookery, Now in Use in the Queen’s Palaces of St. James’s, Kensington, Hampton-Court, and Windsor. London: A. Roper, 1710.

TX705 .L3

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Today, we have a few pressed flowers found in a bound volume of The Casket : Flowers of Literature, Wit & Sentiment from 1830.

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From: Cox, Nicholas, John Manwood, and Great Britain. The Gentleman’s Recreation: In Four Parts. Viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing. Wherein These Generous Exercises Are Largely Treated of, and the Terms of Art for Hunting and Hawking More Amply Enlarged than Heretofore. Also, the Method of Breeding and Managing a Hunting Horse. 4th ed., To which is now added, a perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament, as do any way relate to the several kinds of game above mention’d. London: N. Rolls, 1697.

SK25 .C8 1697

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It's been cold and dreary around here, so here's some flowers to brighten things up.

From: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. London: N.p., 1812.

SB4 .R85

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Fashions of 1870.

From: Godey’s Lady’s Book (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1840). Philadelphia, Pa: L.A. Godey, 1840-1892. Issues from 1870.

AP2 .G56

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Sea life!

Diderot, Denis, and Jean Le Rond d’ Alembert. Recueil de Planches, Sur Les Sciences, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, Avec Leur Explication. Paris: Briasson [etc.], 1762.

AE25 .E53 v. 6

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Lovely fruit for your Veganuary.

From: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. London: N.p., 1812.

SB4 .R85

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Happy New Year everyone!

From: Graham’s Illustrated Magazine. Philadelphia: Watson], Vol. LII, no. 1 Jan, 1858.

AP2 .G73

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December 200 years ago.

The Franklin Almanac. Richmond, Va: Nathan Pollard [etc.]., 1824. 

AY326.R5 F83

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Lovely Christmas poetry.

From: Vizetelly, Henry, and Myles Birket Foster. Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas, from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time. 3d ed. London: D. Bogue, 1855. 

PN6110 .C5 V5 1855

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Bees? BEES!

Thorley, John. Melisselogia. Or, the Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, Those Admirable, Instructive and Useful Insects. With a New, Easy, and Effectual Method to Preserve Them, Not Only in Colonies, but Common Hives. London: For the author [etc.], 1744. 

SF525 .T5