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"The Cyclops at their Forge"
Velvety mezzotint copper print of the highest quality.
Engraver: John Murphy (ca. 1740-ca. 1820)
after the painting by Luca Giordano (1634-1705)
Publisher: John & Josua Boydell
London, dated 1788
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Ornithology
"Land birds. Order: Galline"
Genus Ottis Bustard - Genus Struthio Ostrich
Copper engraving by Milton dated 1805.
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Amazing!
"Insektenfressende Pflanzen"
Carnivorous Plants, Carnivores, Karnivoren, Pitcher Plants
Chromolithograph published 1896. The plants are numbered with the names given below in Latin and German.
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"Eschsholzia de Californie"
State Flower of California, California Poppy
Copper engraving printed in color and hand-finished from "La flore et pomone fracaises".
By Jaume Saint-HIlaire. Published from
Extra page of text about the California poppy.
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Today is someone's birthday who really loves #spiders #Araneae
here are a few eight legged air breathing #Arthropod for her and others to enjoy.
Happy Birthday!
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Are you all ready for the #autumnalequinox in a few hours?
"L'Orbite annuelle de la Terre autour du Soleil" ca. 1760
"Zodiac, summer and winter solstice and vernal and autumnal equinox" 1840
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#Equinox #Äquinoktium #Équinoxe #分點 #Equinoccio
Wow!
Stunning title page of the Janssonius Atlas
"Nieuwen Atlas ofte Werelt Beschryvinge"
Second part of world atlas by Jan Janssonius.
Copper etching. Original hand coloring . Amsterdam, 1641
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Waterbirds:
1. A proud Duck
2. Some???? - who can help?
3. Seagull, Moeve
Wood engraving printed in color with hand finihing. Dated 1863.
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@AntjeTheise "Exposition Universelle. - Types nationaux. - Costumes du Mecklembourg"
Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Trachten
Wood engraving published 1862.