BHL Australiaさんのイラストまとめ

New to @BioDivLibrary from @museumsvictoria rare book collection: "Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects" (John Westwood, 1841). https://t.co/xp1E5p4tkJ #Entomology #digitisation #LibraryCollections #SciArt @atlaslivingaust

The "Black-headed Snake" exquisitely & expertly illustrated by Harriet Scott, in "The Snakes of Australia" (Krefft 1869). https://t.co/cllxbymNin via @mayrlibrary @BioDivLibrary #BlackheadedPython (Aspidites melanocephalus) #WomensHistoryMonth #HerNaturalHistory #WomenInScience

Elizabeth Gould introduced Australia's birds to the world (John couldn't draw). These, like so many of her exquisite works, accompany the descriptions of species new to science. https://t.co/plsIUZaKvc Via @BioDivLibrary @museumsvictoria #HerNaturalHistory #WomensHistoryMonth

Harriett Scott & Helena Forde, best known for their exquisite illustrations of butterflies, also expertly depicted Australia's mammals: "The Mammals of Australia" (1871) via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries
#ScottSisters #WomensHistoryMonth #HerNaturalHistory https://t.co/vd3Lzshoxe

Sarah Stone (1760-1844) produced all 65 of the beautiful plates in "Journal of a voyage to New South Wales" (John White, 1790), many depicting new species. https://t.co/LSX91UEqev via @BioDivLibrary & @HarvardLibrary #WomensHistoryMonth #HerNaturalHistory

Spectacular cephalopods from MM. de Férussac & Alcide D'Orbigny's 1835 "Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles" digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @museumsvictoria. cc @atlaslivingaust https://t.co/GQAwXowRWG #SciArt

You can now peruse William Turton's stunning 1819 "A conchological dictionary of the British Islands" on @biodivlibrary: https://t.co/DZZTwEiZNE (the artwork is even more stunningly perusable on @flickr: https://t.co/IcOBovhEgi). From @museumsvictoria's rare book collection.

Still wondering what to give your loved one on #ValentinesDay?
(inspiration from Gould 's "Birds of Australia" via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries) https://t.co/BhV0bFUEIS #LoveInTheLibrary #LibraryLove #LibraryLoversDay

In 1838, John Lewin's "A Natural History of The Birds of New South Wales" (the 1st illustrated book published in Australia) was revised by Gould, Vigors & Horsfield. Compare their beautiful 4th ed. with the 3rd (1822) on @biodivlibrary https://t.co/96N0TYR8cM via @museumsvictoria

The illustration that accompanied the 1st description of a kangaroo (Shaw 1790) via @museumsvictoria @atlaslivingaust @BioDivLibrary https://t.co/NKk2KqdTA6