I’ve been in bed for days with a terrible cold. So I have not been able to do much of anything, however I managed to take photographs of one of my favorite Victorian naturalist books: Earth Sea and Sky.
It has some of the most beautiful etchings of natural life.
My copy is pretty beat up and was a salesman edition, which I collect, actually. I love how they show all the cover options in the salesman copies.
The current trend of tearing apart old books to sell just the etchings breaks my heart a little every time I see it, so I keep collecting books and saving their poor helpless lives.
They only want to share knowledge, why are people so violent with them?
Anyhow, don’t murder vintage books please.
And here is some of Earth Sea & Sky.