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Apparently it's #NationalChickenMonth so here ya go.
Cover detail from: George P. Burnham, The History of the Hen Fever. (Boston, 1855)
#publishersbindingthursday #chickens #hens #bookcovers #benslibrary #henfever
These curious playing cards, though perhaps once used for rousing games of whist, were repurposed for use as insulators in Ben Franklin's electrical machine.
#CuriousCollections #benslibrary #innovation #playingcards
A #foreedgeFriday with stripes like these is usually a pretty good hint as to what you might find inside.
A sammelband! Sammelbands are volumes made up of two or more works bound together.
The two here are made up of misc. 17th century tracts from #benslibrary
A gentle #Fridaythe13th reminder to steer clear of ladders, broken mirrors, etc.
Near a fire. An awkward attachment. Philadelphia: Harrison & Weightman, c1858. Hand-colored lithograph, 11.25 x 9.5 in.
#superstition #ladders #badluck #LCPprints #benslibrary
Have you seen any shooting stars lately? The Perseid meteor shower is at its peak this week, get those wishes ready!
Rambosson, J. Astronomy. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [187-?]
#perseids #shootingstars #astronomy #meteorshower #publishersbindingthursday #benslibrary
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Have you seen any shooting stars lately? The Perseid meteor shower is at its peak this week, get those wishes ready!
Rambosson, J. Astronomy. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [187-?]
#perseids #shootingstars #astronomy #meteorshower #publishersbindingthursday #benslibrary https://t.co/kAHd4hcjX6](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8mGBgrVcBE2_IE.jpg)
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Have you seen any shooting stars lately? The Perseid meteor shower is at its peak this week, get those wishes ready!
Rambosson, J. Astronomy. New York: D. Appleton and Co., [187-?]
#perseids #shootingstars #astronomy #meteorshower #publishersbindingthursday #benslibrary https://t.co/kAHd4hcjX6](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8mGBgBVUAwlxgN.jpg)
Come Youths this Charming Sight behold! / With Laurel Plum'd, a Pen of Gold!
One of over 200 engraved plates from George Bickham's The Universal Penman (London, 1743) for #WorldCalligraphyDay
#calligraphy #penmanship #engraving #rarebooks #18thcentury #benslibrary
The tiniest little binding with the tiniest little gold stamped decoration for today's #PublishersBindingThursday!
Pearls. Boston: American Tract Society, between 1842-1986.
#miniaturebooks #bookbinding #publisherscloth #19thcentury #rarebooks #benslibrary
Clearly we've got the Olympics on our mind.
Is the ladder an Olympic sport? Can it be?
Prof. Hillebrand & Lewis' Gymnasium. [Philadelphia, ca. 1863]. Lithograph; 31 x 41 cm
#olympics #gymnastics #pommelhorse #riflery #fencing #ladder #sports #exercise #LPCprints #benslibrary
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Clearly we've got the Olympics on our mind.
Is the ladder an Olympic sport? Can it be?
Prof. Hillebrand & Lewis' Gymnasium. [Philadelphia, ca. 1863]. Lithograph; 31 x 41 cm
#olympics #gymnastics #pommelhorse #riflery #fencing #ladder #sports #exercise #LPCprints #benslibrary https://t.co/CQgX0reYYQ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7Y2LSVXoAcySS6.jpg)
Anyone else just want to jump into a cool body of water these days?
#hotPACSCL #benslibrary #swimming
https://t.co/t9GQEKpudT
We are loving the floral cloth covers and silver stamped spine on this book published by the Benziger Bros. ca 1880.
Happy #publishersbindingThursday! #bookcovers #19thcentury
#benslibrary
Some #TypeTuesday poetics for your enjoyment.
Shame about the lemonade.
From: Wm. H. Page & Co. Specimens of Wood Type. [New York, 1859]
#typography #typespecimens #lemonade #poetry #benslibrary
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Some #TypeTuesday poetics for your enjoyment.
Shame about the lemonade.
From: Wm. H. Page & Co. Specimens of Wood Type. [New York, 1859]
#typography #typespecimens #lemonade #poetry #benslibrary https://t.co/OWdPKSAVuK](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6vpdh-XsA02Sm8.jpg)
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Some #TypeTuesday poetics for your enjoyment.
Shame about the lemonade.
From: Wm. H. Page & Co. Specimens of Wood Type. [New York, 1859]
#typography #typespecimens #lemonade #poetry #benslibrary https://t.co/OWdPKSAVuK](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6vpdg3XoAETIMm.jpg)
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Some #TypeTuesday poetics for your enjoyment.
Shame about the lemonade.
From: Wm. H. Page & Co. Specimens of Wood Type. [New York, 1859]
#typography #typespecimens #lemonade #poetry #benslibrary https://t.co/OWdPKSAVuK](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6vpdfMXMAQIq6N.jpg)
![librarycompany's tweet photo. Some #TypeTuesday poetics for your enjoyment.
Shame about the lemonade.
From: Wm. H. Page & Co. Specimens of Wood Type. [New York, 1859]
#typography #typespecimens #lemonade #poetry #benslibrary https://t.co/OWdPKSAVuK](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6vpde_XIAUPp7B.jpg)
Tag yourself, which letter are you today?
We're kinda feeling like that 'W'...
From a Collection of designs for letters and monograms, by J.M. Bergling.
#typeTuesday #tattooTuesday #typography #initials #monograms #specialcollections #benslibrary
Happy Fourth of July (observed)!
Did you catch any "fountaine of fire" shows?
From: Malthus, Francis. A Treatise of Artificial Fire-VVorks. (London, 1629).
#Fireworks #FountainsofFire #FourthofJuly #17thCentury #RareBooks #BensLibrary
Today is our 290th birthday, and to celebrate we would like some ice cream and cakes, please!
#publishersbindingthursday #hbd #benslibrary
Ice-cream and cakes. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1907.
Hello, Summer!
Marriott Canby Morris. Beach scene, Asbury Park from boardwalk. July 12, 1886.
#phillyphotographer #beach #summer #asburypark #jerseyshore #lcpprints #19thcentury #benslibrary
#Spottedinthestacks: a little clutch of red sprinkled edges all in a row! Happy #foreedgeFriday!
#shelfie #benslibrary
It may be unseasonably cool out, but that won't stop us from enjoying a sunny spring day!
Jas. K. Simon, 29 South Sixth Street, above Chestnut, old established book store, ca. 1880. Chromolithograph.
#LCPprints #BensLibrary #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries
A delightful and seasonally-appropriate tailpiece for your #finisfriday enjoyment!
From: Histoire des revolutions de Suede où l’on voit les changemens qui sont arrivez. Paris, 1695.
#type #spring #17thcentury #rarebooks #benslibrary
Our 2020 top nine is looking pretty fine this year. Also pretty green.
That’s cool, we like green, and we look forward to sharing many more green books with you in the coming year! Anything else (other colors) you’d like to see?
#benslibrary #topnine #green
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