1943 map of Europe, published in Berlin. Luckily the map seller didn’t know what he had. [4032x3024]6yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/MapPorn
Major thanks to the person who left this fully built out 18x18x24 at the dumpster. The plants didn't even have time to die in the cold before I brought it home.3mo ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/Vivarium
Bulbophylum moniliforme, a candidate for the smallest orchid in the world, with a match for scale5mo ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/orchids
I don't think there's a better place for this. Better to not post it at all, in fact.1yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/houseplantscirclejerk
This is my not-bonsai: a lavender seedling that barely survived his first few months of life. Put him in a bonsai pot, though, and he looks like a little tree.3yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/houseplants
A new acquisition: a book with a dust jacket from 1852. (The oldest surviving dust jacket is from 1819)3yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/rarebooks
Less than 1/3 of my books but almost all of my faves (and nearly all of the value).5yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/bookshelf
I think the best solution to this whole confederate flag controversy is to have them fly the last flag of the confederacy...9yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/pics
Map of Europe, published 1943. Luckily the map seller didn’t know what he had.6yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/oldmaps
All of my rare books, interesting books, and books on books, finally in one place!4yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/rarebooks
My copy of a 1664 pamphlet on the treatment of disease using something called “algarot”. The catalog called it a “modest copy”. I call it a crown jewel in my collection of paper, wastepaper, and provisional bindings. At least five different papers are represented in the binding.4yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/rarebooks
The Apollo Program Summary Report; the complete and official report on the moon landings. I found it in a dumpster.6yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/rarebooks
Clementis Alexandrini Viri Longe Doctissimi..., 1566. This is the title page of my copy; it's in garbage condition, but it's got some cataloging information on the foredge, and I love evidence of book history: books were shelved spine-in for much of the late-medieval/early modern period.5yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/rarebooks
It would be immensely silly of me to claim that there is only one correct reading order for Discworld. That being said, this is the correct reading order, fight me.3yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/discworld
Entered the elusive “Greenhouse 3” at my local nursery: “this is our shelf of PPPs”. The number of plants in there that I’ve never seen in real life...!3yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/houseplants
1970s-era Berlin U-Bahn map, showing stations closed by Communists, the Berlin Wall, and stations only open to Easterners.6yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/oldmaps
this is what happens when you accidentally cut power to half your water pumping stations, then walk away for 20 minutes.9yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/CitiesSkylines
68 year old gardener Peter Glazebrook produces onion weighing 18lb and smashes the world record, previously set by himself. 12yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/pics
[German-English] if someone would translate this 1753 book title page (or just transliterate it out of gothic/blackletter) I would be grateful.7yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/translator
This statue was half-buried at the bottom of the ocean for about two millennia. [OC]12yr ⋅ jonwilliamsl ⋅ r/pics
