Smithsonian Libraries and Archivesさんのイラストまとめ

🦋 Maria Sibylla Merian’s “Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium” (1705). Both gorgeous and groundbreaking, Merian’s volume was the first to document insect lifecycles: https://t.co/IJCNaJq9oq #SmithsonianOpenAccess

Edward Donovan's "Epitome of the insects of New Holland" (1805), described the insects of Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands. Donovan both wrote & illustrated the book and later opened his own museum. Find this book in @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/LF6Ljb8knZ

SURPRISE @FreerSackler ! We're your #SmithsonianSecretSnowflake buddy 🎁!

We know you love peacocks & Asian art, so we're gifting you John Gould's "Birds of Asia", 7 big volumes of beautiful birds! https://t.co/f9Dyr6rJaI

Hope you like it! ❤️❤️

Recently digitized and added to @BioDivLibrary , this fantastic atlas volume of cephalopod illustrations 🐙 : https://t.co/0KjMeLv5nw .

The whole publication, which includes a text volume, was printed over the course of 13 years: https://t.co/nawI6EqqKN

Not at all concerned that this Lorikeet looks like he can see directly in to our soul. *Nervous Laughter*

Find him and less judgey feathered friends in "The Birds of Australia" in @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/Ub8xZZb5JU

Some very, very good pups for a very good day.

#NationalDogDay is the perfect opportunity to flip through "The Book of Dogs" (1919) in @BioDivLibrary : https://t.co/0lBOvNBdM0

Learn more about the artist, Louis Agassiz Fuertes: https://t.co/vJPaZ8QLO5

We heard from @SIGardens that it's #NationalRoseMonth! We have so many gorgeous rose images in our Image Gallery, like this one from McGregor Bros. Co. (1896): https://t.co/0sRX45lrHn

Edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum, is a high altitude plant made famous in the musical 'The Sound of Music'. 🎶🌱 View this #SmithsonianMusic botanical illustration in @BioDivLibrary via our @NMNH Botany Library collections: https://t.co/LvZ9bAbg9f #SoundOfMusic

Associations between flowers and birth months (or days!) were popular in the Victorian Era. Over time, Lily of the Valley came to represent the month of May. Enjoy this #SciArt exploration of the flower by Grasset in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/rZdhBizpy9

As we bid auf wiedersehen to #PoetryMonth in the midst of #ChildrensBookWeek, now seems a good time to post "Hans Lustig" (ca1900): https://t.co/cEdmEGbLZ4 🐞🥕
This book of nursery rhymes has the cutest illustrations, even if you can't read German!