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  • Les Champignons

    Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 23:50

    Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms'Histoire Naturelle des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux' [The natural history of edible and poisonous mushrooms] by the French pharmacist, Guilliame Sicard, was published in 1883 and is online at Bibliothèque na...

  • Dutch Covers

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:45

    Picture books from 1810 to 1950'Het Gouden Prentenboek' [1898 - 1948] by Piet Worm, 1948'Wat Hansje Zag' by Dick Poortvliet,illustrated by van Douwe Nieuwenhuis, 1948'Uit Huis en Hof' by Konrad Mullerfurer, 1921'Aapjes-Land' by Ajo, 1923'1898-De Koni...

  • Image Dump

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 06:45

    'Dronte' is the Dutch word for Dodo and this previously unknown sketch from the mid-1600s of the famous extinct bird was sold at Christie's a couple of months ago for ~£44K (about seven times the estimate!). More information: Telegraph / Bibliopole....

  • The Knightly Arts

    Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 09:25

    The Art of the Gladiator[click on any image for an enlarged version]'De Arte Athletica' (Volume II) [B Cod.icon. 393(2)] is online at the Bavarian State Library.The massive mid-16th century treatise on combat techniques by Paul Hector Mair totals ove...

  • Handshakes in Thought

    Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 09:11

    The Van Gogh Letter Sketches"The feeling for and love of nature always strike a chord sooner or later with people who take an interest in art. The duty of the painter is to study nature in depth and to use all his intelligence, to put his feelings in...

  • The Tudor Pattern Book

    Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 08:09

    Pimpernel. Blue flower. Stylised design.Stylised floral design. Iris, violet.Stylised floral design. Stylised red poppies.Stylised floral design. Purple flowers. Parrot.Stylised floral design. Buttercup, periwinkle.Design based on botanical shapes, f...

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