#special collections
It’s a bit chilly this #MarbledMonday! We’re celebrating the weather with these wintry endpapers from a legal text in the collection of Jacques Flach, which the library purchased in 1920.⠀
JN2344 1765 .A73⠀
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#endpapers #marbledpaper #bookbinding #winter #fall #france #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt
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Happy Friday! We found some charming #EndoftheWeek papers in this little 1717 paperback biography of Fabricius: it’s bound in paste paper lined with printer’s waste. I just love how you can see the layout of the printed sheet!⠀
PA8520.F2 S3 ⠀
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#endpapers #bookbinding #pastepaper #printerswaste #fleurons #typography #letterpress #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt
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This international #dayofthegirl, we’re sharing a pioneering young woman from Missouri: Mi-Ho'n-Go, or Sacred Sun, was part of a small band of Osage who traveled through France in 1827 and returned home via Washington, DC, where this portrait was painted.⠀
E89 .M35 1837⠀
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#osage #nativeamerican #portrait #lithograph #history #womenshistory #nativehistory #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt
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Thanks to our physical processing staff, this book isn’t a source of #SpineTingling horror – it will be back in service very soon! In this picture, they’re toning kozo to match the spine for repairs.⠀
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#bookconservation #kozo #paperconservation #bookrepair #bookguts #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt
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Who wants some creepy crawlies for their #TitlePageTuesday? Goedart’s History of Insects certainly delivers – aren’t those carefully paired caterpillars fantastic?⠀
QL494.5 .G6⠀
(What do you think, @book_historia? #tattooabletuesday also?)⠀
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#entomology #insects #caterpillars #woodblock #moth #typography #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt
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