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Apricots (Genus Prunus) have been cultivated for thousands of years. #SciArt from Duhamel's great 18th century pomona, "Traité des arbres fruitiers", Vol. 1 (1768), a rare, hand-colored copy of which is available in #BHLib thanks to @oak_spring ➡️ https://t.co/pCFC5JGgFi
April is #NationalGardenMonth! The botanical magazine "Revue Horticole" (1829-1974), with botanical descriptions and beautiful #SciArt, was a practical horticultural guide for gardeners and amateurs. Explore it in #BHLib via @mobotgarden @HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/psq4depFOY
Townend Glover's two volume manuscript describes the life cycle of Lepidoptera, with notes written in various sizes of papers and watercolors by Glover. Explore the manuscript in #BHLib via @USDA_ARS @National_Ag_Lib ➡️ https://t.co/FjBb6TX9pB #loveinsects
Auguste Duméril produced "Description des reptiles nouveaux" (1852) to describe & illustrate new acquisitions to the #reptile collections at @Le_Museum since his father's "Erpétologie générale" was published. Explore the work in #BHLib via @mayrlibrary: https://t.co/XTQt3evbQg
"Testacea utriusque siciliae eorumque historia et anatome" (1791-1827) on the mollusks of Sicily is the most important Italian malacological work of the latter 1700s. Explore this #RareBook in #BHLib via @SILibraries ➡️ https://t.co/A2Q9ghrkCp #MolluskMonday 🐚🐚🐚
"If I have rendered the art of #fungus eating easier or safer I shall have accomplished my objective." ⬅️ Mordecai Cubitt Cooke on his objectives for writing "British Edible Fungi" (1891). Explore the work for #FungiFriday thanks to @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/SVVN9OmCYK
For your #Feathursday delight, we present "Curiosities of Ornithology" (1871), featuring such incredible #birds as the kākāpō, satyr tragopan, blue-throated barbet, violet turaco & Knysna turaco. Explore more #SciArt by T.W. Wood thanks to @USDA_ARS ➡️ https://t.co/7CBSZLz3zl
Swiss entomologist Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl specialized in Orthoptera — grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, katydids & wetas. Explore these & other #insects in his "Betrachtungen uber die Farbenpracht der Insekten" (1897) via @Cornell_Library @Mann_Library: https://t.co/yUXu2yCssM
"A Naturalist's Sketch Book" (1919) includes reproduced watercolor and pencil sketches by Scottish artist and animal painter Archibald Thorburn, produced over some 30 years. Explore the #SciArt in #BHLib via @museumsvictoria @bhl_au ➡️ https://t.co/qXXo9MLbCV
Happy Bday Maria Sibylla Merian (born #OTD 1647)! Celebrate with "De Europischen insecten" (1730), a Dutch translation of Merian's earlier "Der Raupen", with #SciArt drawn from first-hand observations of insect metamorphosis. In #BHLib via @SILibraries: https://t.co/xm9wccrUi4