Way back in 2014, a Dutch manuscript from about mixing watercolors from 1692 made a splash in the blogosphere.

A complete reproduction and restoration of J. G. Heck and Spencer F. Baird’s collection of 13,000+ illustrations from 1851

Not many people read a dictionary cover to cover, let alone analyze every word, but I did and found it fascinating.

A recreation of the original 1821 color guidebook with new cross references, photographic examples, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux