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Phrenological Illustrations

Phrenological Illustrations

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Phrenological Illustrations is a 19th-century satirical work by British artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank that pokes fun at the “science” of phrenology, the pseudo-science in which one analyzed the shape and features of the human skull to explain behavior and personality.Read More
Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates

Physiological and Ecological Adaptations to Feeding in Vertebrates

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At the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute, an understanding of the diversity and efficiency of vertebrate digestive physiology and morphology is critical to the successful feeding and nutrition of the animals in the care of the nutritionists. This book...Read More
Picasso, by Keith Sutton, original Picasso doodle signed, dated, and inscribed to Joseph Hirshhorn

Picasso

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Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, was an avid collector and supporter of Picasso. The two became friends after being introduced by photographer Edward Steichen. The original dark purple cloth publisher's binding of this...Read More
Picasso's inscription to Joe [Hirshhorn], signature, date, and full-page doodle of a face

Picasso

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Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, was an avid collector and supporter of Picasso. The two became friends after being introduced by photographer Edward Steichen. The Hirshorn Library’s copy of Picasso, by art critic Jean...Read More
2 statements by Pablo Picasso, cover

Picasso, 2 Statements

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Although the yellow cover of this book may appear unassuming, Picasso, 2 Statements is nothing less than a delightful junction of four different artists. As the title implies, the content of the book is based around two short essays by Pablo Picasso from the early 1930s. The essays are further...Read More
Picasso's inscription to Joe [Hirshhorn], signature, date, and doodle of a face

Picasso; Forty Years of His Art

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Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, was an avid collector and supporter of Pablo Picasso. The two became friends after being introduced by photographer Edward Steichen. The Hirshhorn Library’s copy of the exhibition catalog...Read More
Robert Campbell, Jamaican explorer in Nigeria

A Pilgrimage to My Motherland

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In the 1850s, life was hard for free black Americans, and many were considering emigration to Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, or Africa. Debate was fierce. In 1854, the National Emigration Convention, held in Cleveland, Ohio, began to consider the African option proposed by Harvard...Read More
The Plate Glass Book; partially legible inscription from the book’s initial owner, dated 1864.

The Plate-Glass-Book

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Published in 1758, this rare work consists of numerous tables providing pricing and manufacturing techniques on a wide range of goods. In the first part, there is extensive information on the production of plate glass and mirrors, including instructions on grinding and polishing glass, re-purposing...Read More
Podrovnoe opisanīe parovoĭ  mashiny - ustroennoĭ  v velikobritanii izobtashatalemsh...

Podrovnoe Opisanīe Parovoĭ Mashiny

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An early Russian technical book describing an atmospheric steam engine for pumping water. The title indicates that it is based upon the one devised by the Englishman T. Savery. Thomas Savery (1650?-1715), the English military engineer, patented the first commercially successful atmospheric steam...Read More
Title Page of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral

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This 1773 collection of poems was the only edition of Phillis Wheatley's work printed in her lifetime. Wheatley was first brought to the United States at age 7 or 8 to be sold into slavery. She was purchased by John Wheatley of Boston and taught to read and write. Having been tutored in the...Read More

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