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“…do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou has not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!” — John Keats from Ode on a Grecian UrnIn Memoriam — Kathleen ThompsonKathleen Thompson of Michael R. Thompson Rare Books worked for several Los Angeles antiquarian booksellers,...

“Every morning I am newly amazed at the inexhaustible richness of these tiny and delicate structures. That I thrust myself with sheer passion on these scientific treasures, which are simultaneously so pleasing to the aesthetic eye, you can well imagine.”Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda Radiaria)… Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) Berlin:...

“I have invented a new way of imitating flowers.” — Mrs. DelanyMRS. DELANY AND HER CIRCLE Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, eds. New Haven: Yale Center for British Art; London: Sir John Soane’s Museum;… 2009 xNX547.6 D45 M77 2009Publication to accompany an exhibition organized by the Yale Center for...