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Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy
Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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A Victorian taxidermist introduces readers to a magical world filled with rabbit schoolchildren, cigar-smoking squirrels and cats with perfect manners.
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Soubhiville
Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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What a cool book! It‘s too bad this collection has been sold and spread far and wide.

Is it strange that as an animal lover I‘m fascinated by taxidermy? I‘m into oddities of all kinds. These were done in the 1800‘s, and many are large anthropomorphic scenes, such as bunnies in school as depicted on the cover. There are freaks here too.

I loved this, and it will live in my coffee table stack for others to enjoy!

vivastory This looks really interesting. Have you seen 5y
vivastory There's some nightmare fuel in there 😬😂 5y
Soubhiville @vivastory I was looking for Crap Taxidermy when I came across this! Someday I‘ll find a copy of it! 5y
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Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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Starting the morning at 8 hours in to the #24B42019 readathon. I read Sadako last night before bed. I‘m sticking to shorter books for now to try and finish a few more off Mount TBR before the New Year!

Tove_Reads Didn‘t know we had 4 days instead of 3 🤔 5y
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Soubhiville
Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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My Book Outlet Boxing Day sale #BookHaul arrived today! I may have gone a little crazy, but I‘m excited to start reading...

Has anyone heard of this taxidermy book? I don‘t know why it called to me, but I think Jenny Lawson is at least partially to blame. 💜🐿🐇 why no raccoon emoji?!?!

LeahBergen Check this out : http://gopherholemuseum.ca/ (a freakshow of a Canadian museum 🇨🇦). 😂🤣😂🤣 6y
LeahBergen Click on the dioramas. 😆 6y
emilyhaldi I couldn‘t help myself with this sale either 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
Soubhiville @LeahBergen 💜💜💜 I love it! Kooky taxidermy is fun! 6y
Reviewsbylola 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
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Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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Today's NYT had a story about this exhibit at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in New York City. The tableaux are from the half-creepy-half-enchanted imagination of the Victorian Taxidermist, Walter Potter. I didn't know there was a book about him...

MyBookLife That's creepy!! 🙈🙈 8y
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Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy | Joanna Ebenstein, Pat Morris
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I ordered this book today. It just reminded me so much of something Jenny Lawson would have. I couldnt help myself. So weird and inexplicable.

Leelee.reads I saw this in a store on a road trip and was oddly mesmerized! I spent a long time in the shop staring at the photos. They are bizarrely cute and grotesque at the same time. 8y
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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @CherylDeFranceschi Oh!! That is COOL! And morbid! I love it! 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Leelee.reads Yes! It's like, "Aw, that's so cute! Wait, no, it isn't." 8y
WanderingBookaneer I too thought of Jenny Lawson when I saw the title and cover 8y
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