To celebrate #shakespeareday, we’d like to share with you an introduction of this gorgeously bound copy of Pickering’s edition of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Works, presented by our specialist Adam Douglas.
America has John James Audubon; Britain has John Gould
John Gould (1804-1881) holds an important place in the history of ornithology and natural history illustration. He was a pioneering naturalist who collaborated with Charles Darwin, a taxonomist, publisher, and collector. His magnificent folio works, published over six...