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Front cover of The pavilion on the links, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Gordon Browne. London, 1913.
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Front cover of The pavilion on the links, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Gordon Browne. London, 1913.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Then suddenly something came flopping down by the side of the prince’s bed. 

Otto Sinding, from Fairy tales from the far North, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, London, 1897.
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Then suddenly something came flopping down by the side of the prince’s bed.

Otto Sinding, from Fairy tales from the far North, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, London, 1897.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Birds,  from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Birds, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Halcyonidae (kingfishers),  from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Halcyonidae (kingfishers), from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Eagles,  from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Eagles, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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Then Jubal poured his triumph in a song.

W. St. John Harper, from Complete poems, by George Eliot, Boston, 1886 (?).
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Then Jubal poured his triumph in a song.

W. St. John Harper, from Complete poems, by George Eliot, Boston, 1886 (?).
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Friday, July 23, 2010
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Sacred ibis and papyrus.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Sacred ibis and papyrus.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
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Desert bullfinch or trumpeter finch.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Desert bullfinch or trumpeter finch.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
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Sparrow in the temple at Deir-el-Bahari.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Sparrow in the temple at Deir-el-Bahari.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
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Common swallow and Egyptian swallow.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Common swallow and Egyptian swallow.
From Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley, by Charles Whymper, London, 1909.
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Friday, July 16, 2010