This red cardinal is still so vibrant nearly 300 years after it was painted on vellum. From vol. 2 of Eleazar & Elizabeth Albin's watercolour paintings of birds #Christmas #Birdwatching

Tiny reindeer from a map of Norway in vol.1 of Joan Blaeu's 11 volume Atlas Major, 1662 #Christmas #Maps

Poor old Bram's been caught in a gust! Make sure to stay safe out there folks #StormBram #BramStoker

They're busy getting ready for Christmas up in Lapland by the looks of things! Detail from Olaus Magnus' Carta Marina, reproduced in Geografia Tavole Moderne, printed around 1570 #Maps #Christmas

Did everyone decorate their tree at the weekend or is it still too early? Hand-coloured fir tree with bonus wildlife, from Hieronymous Boch's herbal printed 473 years ago

A map of the topography of the moon from Johannes Hevelius' Selenographia, the first lunar atlas, printed in 1647 #supermoon #astronomy

There's a definite dog-like look to the sea monster in this 1576 map of Corfu!

A roaring fire is just the thing for a chilly Tuesday in November. Doodle found inside the 1672 'New Rules' for the regulation of cities and towns in Ireland.

After we showed them some of our books on astronomy & science, including Fontenelle's 'Conversations on the plurality of new worlds', published in 1686 to spread understanding of the new Copernican system, & which explored the possibility of extra-terrestrial life ! 👩‍🚀🚀👽

We were so excited to welcome astronauts Dr Norah Patten 🇮🇪 & Dr Shawna Pandya 🇨🇦 to Marsh's last Friday organised by @canadaireland & @SpaceMedIreland . We gave them a tour of the library where they sampled the chairs once sat in by Bram Stoker & James Joyce!

Galileo explaining the cosmos to the muses. The frontispiece from the first edition of his collected works, printed in Bologna 1655-6.

And that's why you can't have ink in the reading room! Historic damage to a 1647 pamphlet on infant baptism by John Cotton #readers

Our collection of parrots, watercolour on velum, from Eleazar Albin's 'Natural History of Birds', mid 18th century

A fine head of hair on this doodled gentleman! From the inside cover, or pastedown, of our very heavily annotated copy of the catalogue of the Bodleian Library, printed in 1620 #Readers #Doodles

So many heretics out there, but thankfully you can spot them by their pointy ears!

Our Maddock fellow Ben Card spotted this error correction in pamphlet from 1645 this morning. We think the errors in every copy were corrected manually in the print shop before they were sent out. A lot of work for some poor apprentice #errors #printing

If you are in Dublin over the next few months, don't miss this gorgeous exhibition of some of the treasures in our Benjamin Iveagh Library at the Farmleigh Gallery in the Phoenix Park. #opw #farmleigh

This 'weesle headed' beauty from 1681 is what we now call a nine-banded armadillo.

Someone diligently practiced their alphabet at the back of this 13th century Bible #ManuscriptMonday

On a recent visit to @MarshsLibrary, founded in 1707, we learned a lot of interesting things, including a very good reason not to lick the pages of a unique hand-coloured map from 1579 … 🔗 https://t.co/pfdTDVqNJV Visit the Library 📍D08 FK79