Mastodawn

Summer Brennan Dec 4, 2022

Gorgeous display this year at the Jardin des Plantes Festival des Lumières: Mini-mondes en voie d’illumination https://jardindesplantesdeparis.fr/fr/programme/galeries-jardins-zoo-bibliotheques/mini-mondes-voie-dillumination-4349

Bonus: small French children exclaiming "Regard! Regardez la fleur !" every two seconds.

Mini-mondes en voie d’illumination

Changez d’échelle le temps d’une promenade nocturne spectaculaire au Jardin des Plantes à la découverte de la faune minuscule.

Galeries, Jardins, Zoo - Jardin des Plantes

Summer Brennan Nov 22, 2022

Paris city business directory, 1801. Just look at those beautiful endpapers. That year in Paris there were 11 chocolate makers, 42 candy shops, 30 "merchants of curiosities," and at least 362 bookstores. They were still using the Republican Calendar. Shown here are pages for Germinal, Florial, Prairial, and Messidor, representing a period from March through July. More on my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ClQCt2VDICO/

Summer Brennan on Instagram: "Did you know that 19th century Paris had the equivalent of a "phone book"? This is the Paris city business directory from 1801, searchable by name, address, and type of business. Just look at those beautiful endpapers. It is signed by its editors. That year in Paris, there were 11 chocolate makers, 42 candy shops, 30 "merchants of curiosities," and at least 362 bookstores. They were still using the Republican Calendar, in which the usual names for days and months had been abolished, as had the seven-day workweek. Shown here are pages for Germinal, Florial, Prairial, and Messidor, representing a period from March through July. (Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France.) . . . . . . #Paris #ParisHistory #FrenchHistory #AntiqueBooks #RareBooks #rarebooksofinstagram #FrenchRevolution #frenchrepublicancalendar #History #France #BeautifulBooks #bookstagram #bookstagramfrance"

Summer Brennan shared a post on Instagram: "Did you know that 19th century Paris had the equivalent of a "phone book"? This is the Paris city business directory from 1801, searchable by name, address, and type of business. Just look at those beautiful endpapers. It is signed by its editors. That year in Paris, there were 11 chocolate makers, 42 candy shops, 30 "merchants of curiosities," and at least 362 bookstores. They were still using the Republican Calendar, in which the usual names for days and months had been abolished, as had the seven-day workweek. Shown here are pages for Germinal, Florial, Prairial, and Messidor, representing a period from March through July. (Location: Bibliothèque Nationale de France.) . . . . . . #Paris #ParisHistory #FrenchHistory #AntiqueBooks #RareBooks #rarebooksofinstagram #FrenchRevolution #frenchrepublicancalendar #History #France #BeautifulBooks #bookstagram #bookstagramfrance". Follow their account to see 1254 posts.

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Mini-mondes en voie d’illumination

Ghosts, Again