A Book of Snowflakes
The National Diet Library in Tokyo has scanned a copy of Sekka Zusetsu, an 1832 book of snow crystals observed and recorded by Doi Toshitsura. See them here!
The Alphabet of Insects
At Gallica you can peruse Léon Becker’s Alphabet Des Insectes from 1883. Its scanned pages and illustrations are grlorious. Read it here.
“Moonraker Misión Espacial”!”
At Comics Royale Clinton Rawls has translated an Argentinian comic adaptation of Moonraker and you can read it here. (Thanks, Brian!)
Cats!
Look at all the cats you can in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection!
“The Pulp Magazines Under The Floorboards”
Friend of the Gutter Andrew Nette writes about a cache of pulp magazines discovered in Melbourne. Click through for more–and pictures! “The magazines were published in 1936 and 1937 – just before import restrictions were introduced – making them just over 80 years old. As you can see […]
“The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck”
The Dartmouth College Library ahs scans of the oldest extant comic book, Rodolphe Töpffer’s “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck” (1837). (via @SoxOnTheBrain)
The Cultural Gutter 