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The 1905 edition of "The Flowering #Plants, Grasses, Sedges & #Ferns of Great Britain" by Anne Pratt (new edition revised by Edward Step) includes 319 plates figuring upwards of 1,500 species. In #BHLib via @NYBG: https://t.co/ToT0BNpG94 #WomenInScience #SciArt
Beautiful #shells from "D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" for #MolluskMonday! This 1705 work by Rumpf details the marine life of Amboina (Ambon) in what is now eastern Indonesia & features #SciArt by Maria Sybilla Merian. In #BHLib via @museumsvictoria @bhl_au: https://t.co/iB5ie7ZIIv
What makes #Feathursday so great? #Feathers! #SciArt attributed on plate to J. Terrier from Faune de la Sénégambie: #Oiseaux (1884) by Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune. Contributed to #BHLib by the Research Library of the @FieldMuseum: https://t.co/77sek3dR0V -- #Ornithology #birds
Jean Baptiste Vérany's "Mollusques méditeranéens: Céphalopodes" (1851) describes specimens fished from the Mediterranean Sea and features chromolithographed plates depicting octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes. In #BHLib via @SILibraries: https://t.co/LNTMPk4x1c #CephalopodWeek
Schizodactylus monstrosus for @insectweek #NIW2018! This large #cricket is found in #Asia. #SciArt by Richard Polydore Nodder for George Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" (1789-1813), V.18. Contributed to #BHLib by @museumsvictoria @bhl_au: https://t.co/8ilixpUe54
Richard Owen's 1st monograph, "Memoir on the pearly nautilus" (1832), described Nautilus pompilius for the 1st time in detail as a comprehensive study in comparative anatomy utilizing both text & illustrations. In #BHLib via @SILibraries: https://t.co/QWQul09h5C #CephalopodWeek
🐝 For @insectweek #NIW2018, explore the natural history and classification of bees, wasps and ants in "Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten" (1791) by Johann Ludwig Christ, in #BHLib via @IllinoisLibrary: https://t.co/DHsEHYg0eM
Three generations of Sowerbys contributed to the monumental "Thesaurus conchyliorum" (1847-1887). It is considered one of the rarest of all #conchology books. Explore it in #BHLib via @SILibraries: https://t.co/DfPoyxmXFl #RareBooks #mollusk #shells
"The Naturalist’s Pocket Magazine" includes descriptions and hand-colored engraved plates of birds, fish, insects, animals, shells, and flowering plants. Explore it in #BHLib via @NHM_Library for #WildlifeWednesday: https://t.co/D1dr5ntUnh
June is #NationalRoseMonth 🌹. Ellen Ann Willmott's "The Genus Rosa" (1910-1914) attempted to consolidate information on known #rose species into a single publication. It features #SciArt by Alfred Parsons. Explore it in #BHLib via@HarvardLibrary: https://t.co/w4k405Ur2z