tfw you’re looking for a #mapmonday post and find a map to your favorite yarn store … from 1552. Clearly this edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia is suggesting that I need more sock yarn, right?⠀ G1005 1552.⠀
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#maps #cartography #yarn #wollmeise #sockyarn #pfaffenhofen #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

“It isn’t as if birthdays were common things, Marilla.” Today is a special one, though: it is Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 144th!⠀
PZ3.M767 An⠀
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#anne #anneofgreengables #greengables #redheads #publishersbinding #edwardian #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

Today seems like the sort of day for something cheerful. Please enjoy this pair of Balearic cranes – a chick and a juvenile – for a #Feathursday treat. I’m particularly fond of that feathered head-poof!⠀
Blaauw’s “Monograph of the Cranes” has several plates of various species, but these two were definitely the cutest.⠀
QL696.G8 B56 ⠀
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#birds #birding #cranes #babybird #cute #animals #science #naturalists #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

I just love publisher’s bindings - doesn’t this one remind you of a butterfly? It just screams #tattooabletuesday to me.⠀
PZ7.H4 Jac⠀
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#butterfly #artdeco #tattoo #publishersbinding #abstract #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

It is a cold and blustery morning out there! Perfect weather to sit inside and determine what emblem properly displays your fortune. Which way will the four winds blow the volvelle of fate for you?⠀
PR2392 .E5 1635⠀
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#volvelle #fortunetelling #wind #luck #emblembook #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

Only the blackest will do for our #blackfriday, so we pulled out the Munsell Book of Color to make sure we found the right shade. ⠀
ND1285 .M8 1929⠀
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#colortheory #art #munsell #colorcard⠀
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It’s Thanksgiving break here! This #MarbledMonday felt a lot like autumn to me. ⠀
PR3551 .H3 1794⠀
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#bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt

The cathode ray tube might be going the way of the dodo, but we are celebrating our new-to-us document magnifier! Not only does it help display tiny details, its color-changing function really highlights fading manuscript text. #hightech⠀
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#cathoderaytube #monitors #magnifier #msdos #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt