Books! This week I'm taking a class as an Undergraduate RBS-UVA Fellow in the Rare Book School that is located at the University of Virginia. I'm taking "Printed Books since 1800: Description and Analysis" with Tom Congalton and Katherine Reagan. Tom is an antiquarian bookseller and Katherine is a curator and assistant director at Cornell University's Rare Books and Manuscripts Division. I've been learning all about rare books. My independent research focuses on these two rare 1867 and 1878 books: Gardening for Profit and The Farmers' and Mechanics' Manual, respectively. The details of the tool and horse wood engravings are from Manual; how stinkin' amazing. Check out the muddy water stain on Gardening; some of the leaves are dog-eared, too. Well loved.
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