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Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), tievine (Ipomoea carolina), and a geiger tree (Cordia sebestena). #SciArt by Mark Catesby for his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 2, 2nd Ed. (1754). Contributed by @mobotgarden: https://t.co/SSrDsemNvg
James Bateman’s The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala ([1837]-1843) is described as the “largest botanical book ever produced with lithographic plates”. Learn more about this beautiful #RareBook on #orchids, available in #BHLib thanks to @mobotgarden: https://t.co/DasJSWfIYq
"Nederlandsch Bloemwerk" (1794) was produced as a sampler of the variety of #tulips, #hyacinths, auriculas, & other #flowers available from Dutch nurserymen. Explore the 53 hand-colored engraved plates in #BHLib thanks to @HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/kdIk2kh5a3
The 9-volume "Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature" (1833-40) provides a #NaturalHistory of animals, plants, and minerals and also discusses their use in arts, crafts, and manufacturing. In #BHLib via @NHM_Library: https://t.co/ptHCDcZvA5
Dinoflagellates for #TinyTuesday! The Free-living Unarmored Dinoflagellata (1921) by C. Kofoid & O. Swezy features #SciArt made by the authors with the aid of a camera lueida from living material & colored by Anna Hamilton. In #BHLib via @GersteinLibrary: https://t.co/hl6kbbf3if
"Icones plantarum rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis" (1840-44) illustrates & describes new or little-known plants grown at the Berlin Botanic Gardens. This #RareBook has recently been digitized in #BHLib thanks to @Kew_LAA: https://t.co/Yvf8lELQEW #SciArt #BotanicMonday
#FloraFriday: Papayas (Carica papaya) are described as treatments for parasitic worms in the digestive system in Flore Pittoresque et Médicale des Antilles, Vol. 1 (1821) by Michel Etienne Descourtilz with #SciArt by Jean-Theodore Descourtilz. Via @NYBG: https://t.co/Goq6XaQaBU
Kingfisher (family Alcedinidae) for #Feathursday! #SciArt "drawn from nature" by George Edwards in 1761. Published in his "Gleanings of Natural History" (1758-1764), contributed in #BHLib from @NLB: https://t.co/aCJY07YiM2 #birds #birbs
Happy #BotanicMonday! Georg Ehret's "Plantae et papiliones rariores" (1748-1759), which was published plate-by-plate to subscribers over a ten-year period. It is freely available in #BHLib thanks to @National_Ag_Lib @USDA_ARS: https://t.co/mEQljgSLgf
Ornithologist John Latham's (born #OTD 1740) "General Synopsis of Birds" was translated into German by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a pioneer in German ornithology. Explore "Allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel" ([1792]-1812) in #BHLib via @NHM_Library: https://t.co/bzLTLFyle4 #HistSci