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Insects in another favourite 'The natural history of British insects, explaining them in their several states... together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope...' by E. Donovan, London: Rivington, 1793-1813 in 16 vols. #InsectWeek22

Engraving including a wasp from Maria Merian's insects of Surinam, 1726. We will share more wasp pictures next week once we are open again & back on site, meanwhile do enjoy the rest of our tweets for #InsectWeek22
#WomensArt #EntHist

@WaspWoman Just noticed is that a wasp in this engraving from Maria Merian's insects of Surinam?
Our copy was published in 1726.

To celebrate #insectweek22 20-26 June we are highlighting some of our favourite historic books depicting #LittleThingsThatRunTheWorld. Here is just a sample to start, more to follow throughout the week🦋🐝🐞

Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant born was born #OTD in 1726. Here are just a few of the 107 engravings from his book 'The British Zoology', 1766, this edition "published under the inspection of the Cymmrodorion Society". #SpecialCollections

Today is #InternationalArchivesDay and we are celebrating with some of our favourite items from ZSL Library & Archives. Visit our online archive catalogue to see how the collections can inspire, inform and empower you https://t.co/leEMYnLwVP

John Gerrard Keulemans was born #OTD in 1842. He provided many illustrations for ZSL's Proceedings and Transactions, now continued at @JZoology. These are a few examples of his original art works in our #specialcollections. #SciArt

Today is #WorldDraculaDay. #DYK that #Dracula visited @ZSLLondonZoo? A Keeper recalled 'a tall, thin chap, with a 'ook nose and a pointed beard...He had a 'ard, cold look and red eyes.' #DraculaDay

Jemima Blackburn née Wedderburn was #BornOnThisDay 1823. Forming part of our #specialcollections, we have this beautiful copy of her 'Birds drawn from nature', 1868. Her observations of cuckoos laying eggs were used by Charles Darwin in 6th ed. of 'Origin of Species'. #WomensArt

Happy #InternationalDawnChorusDay!
Did you listen to #dawnchorus? Usually begins with blackbirds, robins & thrushes then joined by woodpigeons, wrens & warblers.
Lithographs from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', 1873 in our #specialcollections.