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And the Migrants Kept Coming
A rare eight-page reprint of Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration of the Negro (Series) for Fortune Magazine, November 1941. Lawrence, educated at the Harlem Community Art Center and the American Artists School in New York, worked on WPA mural projects in the city. In 1940 he created this series of colorful paintings, illustrating the migration of African-Americans from the south to northern industrial centers such as New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit. The Fortune article was the first time a mainstream magazine published the work of an African-American artist.
All the World's Birds
Originally published from 1749 to 1778, Buffon's Histoire naturelle générale et particulière included 9 volumes on birds, which were re-issued separately with superb hand-colored engravings by Martinet. The Cullman Library holds the complete original work by Buffon and a complete set of Martinet's illustrations (without the text). This book reproduces all 1008 plates, providing modern scientific names and English translations from Buffon's text.
