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On
the cover this month
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'Die
größte Heuschreke'
(The Largest Grasshopper) [detail]
Plate 40, reproduced from Bilderbuch für Kinder, Vol 5
Weimar, Germany:
im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798-1830
National Library Rare Book Collection,
RBRS N 500.83 B595
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This
is one of the many illustrations and delicately mounted exhibits
that constitute a delightful exhibition in the National Library’s
Visitors Centre until 6
February 2005.
The
exhibition was curated by Canberra artist eX de Medici and represents
a modest symbiosis between two great national collections housed
in Canberra-those of the National Library and the Australian National
Insect Collection (ANIC) managed by the CSIRO’s Division of Entymology.
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