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This engraving sure makes us feel a little closer to Halloween! It comes from the 1725 edition of "Todten-Tantz," or Dance of Death. A common allegory in Christian Europe, the Dance of Death was meant to serve as a reminder that death comes for all people, no matter their social rank, age, or devoutness. The engravings in this book were originally made by Matthaeus Merian in the early 1600s, and each one depicts death leading off a different type of person, including a pope, a king, a merchant, a heathen, and a painter. Death with the Abbess is shown here. [N7720 .M47 1725] #SpineTingling #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram #rarebooks #danceofdeath https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUnwSzFVQL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17tqwu598g9qb

The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Archives and Periodicals Collection provide rich insight into feminist and lesbian activism from the 1970s to the early 1990s, particularly in the American Southeast. The Rubenstein Library holds ALFA’s organizational records as well as the hundreds of grassroots newsletters and journals they collected from other lesbian, feminist, and activist groups. Shown here is Atalanta, ALFA’s own self-produced monthly newsletter. #lgbtqhistorymonth #lgbthistorymonth #lgbthistory #lgbtqhistory #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram (at David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpInUp6AVM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rw6vg9kl0yon

From the Lightning Brown Papers, a polaroid of Joe Herzenberg, who became the first openly-gay elected official in the South when he was elected to the Chapel Hill City Council in 1987. Both Brown and Herzenberg dedicated their political careers to advancing LGBTQ+ rights and representation in the South. #lgbtqhistorymonth #lgbthistory #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram (at David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo2AqAIgxiy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ykhzvnu6nt7

Peek-A-Boo! Celebrating a month of spooky with Dutch-German anatomist Bernhard Siegfried Albinus' book "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani." First published in 1747, the book was Albinus' attempt to create the most scientifically-accurate anatomical illustrations for the time. [QP88.2 .A435 1753] #SpineTingling #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #rarebooks #historyofmedicine (at David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoeoXOCljeb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2pm681x7hzeg