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The beautifully gilt full-leather binding of Soyer's book about eating and drinking in Antiquity

The Pantropheon, or, History of Food, and Its Preparation

By Alexis Soyer. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1853.

Adopted on June 26, 2019 by Smithsonian Libraries Staff and Advisory Board Richard Choi, for his service and immense contributions as Vice-Chair of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board, 2013-2019.

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My Tropical Air Castle

By Frank M. Chapman. New York, London: D. Appleton and Company, 1929.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Barbara Bonessa and Alan Perkins

Cover of The violin: its famous makers and their imitators

The Violin

By George Hart. London: Dulau and Co. , 1875.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Spacesaver Interiors In memory of Alma and Jack Schmidt

Cover of From the ground up :  stories of Arizona's mines and early mineral discoveries

From the Ground Up

By Jack Williams. Douglas, Ariz. : Phelps Dodge Corporation, 1981?.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Maureen Conners in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Conners

The Space Child's Mother Goose

The Space Child's Mother Goose

By Frederick Winsor; illustrated by Marian Parry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Spacesaver Interiors In memory of Alma and Jack Schmidt

Cover of Mnuchin Gallery's Reds

Reds

By Clayton Press. New York: Mnuchin Gallery, 2018.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Linda and Jay Freedman In honor of Lucas Watson Freedman and Devin Conroy Freedman

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Paris Vu en Ballon et ses Environs

By Andre Schelcher. Paris : Hachette & cie, 1909.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Ingrid Rose In memory of Milton Rose

The opening pages of the introduction to Aye and Gomorrah by Samuel Delany

Dangerous Visions

By Harlan Ellison. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Martin Kalfatovic in honor of the Wakefield High School Equal Club (Arlington)

Cover of Musterbuch der Zink-Ornamenten-Fabrik & Metalldrückerei

Musterbuch der Zink-Ornamenten-Fabrik & Metalldruckerei

By Ernst Hahner. Dresden: Kunstdruckerei 'Union' Herzog ..., [between 1866 and 1899?].

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Jacqueline M. Vossler

The boards have completely separated from the bookblock of Werner's Nomenclature

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours

By Abraham Gottlob Werner. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh and T. Cadell, London, 1821.

Adopted on June 25, 2019 by Clarice J. Peters

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