Tag yourself. Today, we’re the Igel (hedgehog). 

Hoch-deutsches lutherisches A B C und Namen Büchlein. Germantaun [Pa.]: Gedruckt und zu haben von Michael Billmeyer, 1802.

Some of our favorite beasts are helping us start this week with a #MiniatureMonday feature! Measuring just over 8 centimeters, our copy of The Museum of Beasts (New Haven, 1836) is bound in delightful yellow printed paper wrappers and contains 16 pages of woodcuts of animals alongside a poem about each animal. 

The Museum of beasts, New Haven [Conn.] 1836.  87 mm.

A #Caturday collection of beasties. 

Illustrations for the Berlitz Method [graphic]. [United States?] [ca. 1895]
1 volume (12 prints): chromolithographs; volume 21 x 15 cm.(8.25 x 4.75 in.)

Four ferocious looking felines found while stalking the stacks for cats, and it looks like a party!

O’Niell, J. W. Glimpses of animated nature… .  Philadelphia : Charles Desilver & Sons, 1878.

This catalog of type specimen from 1834 includes several pages of animal ornaments cast by the Johnson & Smith printing firm in Philadelphia. 

Specimen of printing types and ornaments, / cast by Johnson & Smith, (successors to Richard Ronaldson,) No. 6 George Street.
Philadelphia. : [s.n.], 1834. [331] leaves (6 folded) :  ill. ;  24 cm.

Wag Tails, indeed! 

Wag tails [graphic]. [United States] [ca. 1885] 1 print: chromolithograph; 10 x 10 cm. (3.75 x 4 in.)

I know we at the Library Company are especially thankful for are our animal companions. Not much is better than going home to a pet who is waiting to greet you at the door. I still think LCP should have a library cat… #wetnosewednesday

[Uncut sheet of four chromolithographs of children and animal scenes] Title supplied by cataloguer. ca. 1880. Philadelphia on Stone.

For this week’s #wetnosewednesday we bring you a real Monster Book of Monsters! This book illustrates a large variety of beasts and fantastical creatures. It is fun to think of a world that has lions with man-faces and where unicorns and dragons are real. #fantasticbeastsandwheretofindthem

Vlyssis Aldrovandi … Monstrorvm historia.  Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605? Bononiæ Typis Nicolai Tebaldini MDCXLII [1642].