Book to Art Club

Ye Olde Fireworks!

From the section charmingly called “Feux de Joye,” this is a somewhat modified scan of 17th century fireworks from Practique de la guerre.

Happy Summer Solstice!

This work from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology,  Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed (1845) was written by Thomas Dick, a Scottish minister and science educator. 

I am a part of all that I have met.

The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has selected its 2014 Fellows! Check out the full list here.

Malus Halliana (Hall’s Apple). Plate from ‘Addisonia’ Published 1916 by New York Botanical Garden      

VINTAGE WAR

To mark the centenary of the First World War, Vintage is launching a unique collection of war fiction. April 2014 will see the publication of twelve works by the greatest writers of the last century, each tackling this most powerful and universal of subjects.

Flowers! Lots of beautiful flowers!

A group of carnations from New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus :and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature, 1807. Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library via Biodiversity Heritage Library.