Hendrik Conscience Heritage Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

Foxes are back! In 30 long & short pieces, we tried to capture the many facets of the sly fox. 'Gefascineerd door vos' is now for sale in @ehcantwerp and in bookstores.

ISBN 978-94-6436-806-2, 34 euros.

As a parting gift to An Renard, @ehcantwerp is producing a book on foxes (what's in a name...). 'Gefascineerd door vos' has 6 essays and 2 dozen notices on the cultural history of foxes. ISBN 978-94-6436-806-2, 34 euros (in bookstores from 3 June).

'Iridorchis Gigantea' is such a large orchid that Carl Ludwig Blume had it illustrated on a two-page spread in a book that is already 45 cm high. From ‘Collection des Orchidées les plus remarquables de l'archipel Indien et du Japon’, 1858. @ehcantwerp 707882

Nog op zoek naar inspiratie voor Open Monumentendag? Wij zijn vandaag (12/09) gratis open tot 18u (wel e-ticket reserveren). Bekijk in de Nottebohmzaal ook de pop-up expo met de aquarellen van Goetsbloets! Meer: https://t.co/kuUzs0hPuZ

Easter chicks! From Armand & Albert Marchand, ‘Les poussins des oiseaux d’Europe’ (1875-1883) - @ehcantwerp 707689, from the collection of @zooantwerpen.

More chicks? Browse here: https://t.co/Ps4GsD9s0e

Starting the New Year hopeful and in beauty! This #flower, from Redouté's "Liliacées", shows the remarkable printing technique 'à la poupée'. It's an intaglio printed in #colour.

@ehcantwerp G 9787, browse/download in full from here: https://t.co/2H8w8D6xvr

As Belgium rolls out the first Covid-19 #vaccines, let's remember dr. Louis Vrancken (1773-1853) who performed the first smallpox vaccinations in #Antwerp in 1801 - only three years after Jenner published his discovery. Vrancken donated most of his publications to our library.

In 1812, Jean Galbart Salvage published 'Anatomie du gladiateur combattant' - a treatise on anatomy for art students. It uses two-colour printing to show the relation between bones, muscles and skin. @ehcantwerp H 5505 (online in full: https://t.co/b4eoRbsi75) #printingcolour

We decided to scan it in full. You can view it online, or download a PDF of high-quality tiffs here: https://t.co/NIDg7B68Jq.

Do you have suggestions for other works in our collection that deserve to be scanned in full? Let us know: https://t.co/lIc2wUVFDB

After the terrible fire of the #NotreDamedeParis we can only hope our own Cathedral of Our Lady will never suffer the same fate. Here she is in 1863, a picture by Edmond Fierlants (EHC K 11889:II,12).