I love beautiful old Natural History art! Awhile ago, I found a wonderful 1895 book at the used book store entitled~
"The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 1885-1892 Paleontology". It is an oversized leather bound book with over 400 pages and 41 plates featuring some great naturalist art.
The end papers are beautiful...
Isn't the artwork wonderful? Love the graphic black on white...
The book is in such wonderful condition, that I want to keep it whole...but I plan to make high quality scans for display...
High on my wish list is a pocket display system picture wall ...for a great industrial look that is easily changed out when I want to display something different...
I love vintage with a modern twist...
Such beautiful old art...don't you think?
I received compensation for this post feature, but the opinions are my own...
Until next time...
Linda, copies framed in black would be gorgeous on a gallery wall. I love looking at old book too. Joe and I buy a lot of books. xo, olive
ReplyDeleteOld books like that are a treasure, and the illustrations are little works of art. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous,
ReplyDeleteand YES, they would
go beautifully in a
modern decor as well
as in a vintage or a
traditional one!
Hooray for getting
compensated for your
posts!
xo Suzanne
Linda what a great idea to make high quality scans and display them. Would love to see that! Love when you say: "I love vintage with a modern twist..." For me it would be more: Love modern with a vintage twist hehehe You should see my mom's house in Portugal so much vintage stuff it's crazy. :) Love that place can't wait to go back again.
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Those are gorgeous. I love those old scientific type drawings. The New York Public Library has a site where you can print off different drawings they have, but every time I go on there I get lost in all the different images and can't decide which ones I want to print off, so I haven't printed any off yet. Your pocket display area sounds like a fantastic idea.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love the pure graphic quality of those old book plates? They are wonderful. Love them- xo Diana
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous book. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHave a Wonderful Day.
Nancy
Great idea for the pocket display system.
ReplyDeletesuch a great find! I adore old books - especially the ones from the turn of the century - not only are the pictures and fonts so wonderful...but the construction is exquisite as well - leather covers, beautiful end papers, gold lettering...you have quite the treasure!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure! The graphics are gorgeous and I'm happy to hear you're going to be scanning them to use for art.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find! I love old nature books with hand drawn illustrations. So glad you are not going to take it apart. It's so nice to keep a treasure like this intact. xx
ReplyDeleteWHAT a FIND!!! I do LOVE the pictures in that awesome book!
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend!
Warmly,
deb
I love any old book, I love to read them and the pictures like this one are usually fabulous!
ReplyDeleteCarol
You find the coolest stuff!!!!
ReplyDeleteXO Kris
Great find!
ReplyDeleteI can see why you would be scanning it and not cutting into it!
Have a great weekend
Karen x
The graphic images are wonderful in your old book. You're going to have fun creating art to rotate with the seasons!
ReplyDeleteI suppose it's a bit naughty of me to look at that book and think of cutting it up huh?
ReplyDeleteBliss
Such a beautiful book - they don't make them like they used to, do they?
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Claudia
Linda, it is a very beautiful book, so filled with graphics of unusual art, and wonderfully modern even old of age. A great find.
ReplyDeleteHugs,Dorthe
Wow what a find!! Good idea to scan it and not tear it up.
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Lynn
Yes, the artwork is absolutely beautiful!! The pages would make a gorgeous wall display if framed.
ReplyDeleteMary Alice
Beautiful old art, I love to see them framed and hanging on the wall.
ReplyDeleteReally a cool book! Truly works of art. Mimi
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful book! I would definitely just scan the pages in order to display them too. I have some great vintage French magazines that I made color copies of and framed...you can't even tell the difference. xo
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