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The Victorian Kindle:  Schloss’s Bijou Almanac
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The Victorian Kindle: Schloss’s Bijou Almanac

Posted on June 9, 2018by Rosalind White

‪In the mid nineteenth-century no handbag was complete without a Schloss Bijou Almanac. Anticipating the portability of kindles and tablets,…

Mr Micawber the Hermit Crab
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Mr Micawber the Hermit Crab

Posted on March 11, 2018by Rosalind White

Welcome poverty!..Welcome misery, welcome houselessness, welcome hunger, rags, tempest, and beggary! Mutual confidence will sustain us to the end! –…

The Little King of Serpents: A Basilisk in the Archives
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The Little King of Serpents: A Basilisk in the Archives

Posted on December 6, 2017by Rosalind White

I stumbled upon these plates from a gorgeous book entitled An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents (1742) and had to share…

Weekly Roundup of Curiosities #3
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Weekly Roundup of Curiosities #3

Posted on May 23, 2016by Rosalind White

Article detailing how museums are working to digitize their estimated 3 billion natural history specimens! See also The Peabody Museum’s immense…

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