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	Pathology of Domestic Animals Build and Access the Collection – $300 This book is quintessential to veterinary pathology, containing exhaustive explanations of the pathologies that can affect every organ system in domestic animals. It uses a holistic approach, describing the general characteristics of each body system, the diagnostic process, and the...Read More
	Pattern and Process in Desert Ecosystems Build and Access the Collection – $300 This book is a collection of chapters, each written by experts in their ecological discipline. It covers the role of both insects and vertebrate animals (those with a backbone) in desert ecosystems, how nutrients move through the system (‘nutrient cycling’ is a hot topic for those who study...Read More
	Pearls Build and Access the Collection – $300 This 64-page booklet is part of the Fred Ward Gem Series. Richly and colorfully illustrated, it provides a fine overview of pearls, those beautiful “gifts from the sea.” For at least 2,000 years, pearls have been collected, worn, and treasured, and this gem of a book provides history and lore,...Read More
	Pearls: Their Origin, Treatment and Identification Build and Access the Collection – $300 With fine black-and-white illustrations (by Jean-Paul Ehrmann), rich color photographs, and lively text, Pearls provides a thorough examination of this beautiful jewel. It delves into the history and culture, biology and chemistry, geography and nature, industry and fashion of pearls. ...Read More
	Phrenological Illustrations Build and Access the Collection – $790 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 Build and Access the Collection – $325 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 Build and Access the Collection – $4,500 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 Build and Access the Collection – $4,500 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
	Picasso; Forty Years of His Art Build and Access the Collection – $4,500 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
	A Pilgrimage to My Motherland Build and Access the Collection – $1,000 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

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