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Stories tagged by 'rare books'
Do you know where to find nearly 38 million pages of scientific literature?» Read More
What book in the Academy Library is an illuminated manuscript?» Read More
Where can you find a card catalog in this day and age?» Read More
How did the Academy’s herbarium expand with the help of an unconventionally trained scientist?» Read More
What does it take to revive a 19th-century nature magazine?» Read More
What is one of the rarest and most famous natural history books known…with a copy in the Academy's Library?» Read More
How do you organize the natural world?» Read More
The Botany Department isn’t the only place at the Academy where you’ll find beautiful flowers…where else are they hidden?» Read More
What magnum opus contains comprehensive information on animals - and a few mythological beasts?» Read More
What's so special about a work on the history of goldfish?» Read More