The Penny Magazine
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, a British periodical that ran from 1832 to 1845, was an outgrowth of …
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, a British periodical that ran from 1832 to 1845, was an outgrowth of …
The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland (1855), written by botanist Thomas Moore with color engravings by Henry Bradbury, provided fern enthusiasts not only with …
Parlor magic, easy-to-learn illusions performed for a small crowd, became a popular form of entertainment during the nineteenth century. This type of performance usually involved …
One of the most impressive and unusual maps made of an American city in the nineteenth century was Richard J. Compton and Camille N. Dry’s …
French illustrator Gustave Doré was one of the most successful book artists of the nineteenth century, known for his illustrated editions of popular works like …
Even though it only lasted about twenty minutes, the Great Cyclone of May 27, 1896 was the single deadliest event in St. Louis history. The …
The Anatomy of Humane Bodies (1698) by the English surgeon and anatomist William Cowper (1666–1709) is one of the most visually striking and controversial medical books …
Special Collections owns two first edition copies of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, a narrative that summarizes Grant’s life as a series of extreme …
Satirical cartoons by the prolific nineteenth-century British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank often circulated in popular periodicals, where he would ridicule all aspects of …
Claire Peterson: a poet, a dancer, a thinker, and, for the past three years, Rare Books’s student assistant. Next month, she will add “SLU graduate,” …