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Cover book 1869

Full book here: https://archive.org/details/Spectrumanalysi00Rosc

From Public Domain Review, full article here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPWBVtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEegFtY_tSBZhiNEfTJOrW3VJGE6Unl1JW073tjfvNXA1se8ryLA01Q7oEiWAc_aem_H8VoqEUxb9GwG0HzFd4x0g

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detail from "Pineapple, Corn, and Peppers," in Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe, vol. 2 (1886)

h/t @oldbookillustrations

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When you are a lion but what's happening there?

From: ""Book of hours for the use of the Antonines", 15th century.

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Ok, sometimes i have to stop myself exploring the web.
The today finish line is "The Newgate Calendar" in a online version that seems to be readable also with a text based browser:
https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ngintro.htm

The whole site seems interesting.

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