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@mariajoafana @nypl l'Oranger
Citrus aurantium.
L'Acajou
Anacardium occidental
(Cashew Nut)
from a rare French herbal written by Nicolas Francois Regnault after the drawings by Geneviève de Nangis-Regnault, published in Paris, 1774 - 1780 as "La Botanique..."]
Syria and Trier. Two more of the beautiful city views from the Schedelsche Weltchronik, printed in Nuremberg in 1993. https://t.co/yVWrFHr5ht
"Augurium"
by Salomon after Friese
Ca. 1830/40
An Augur was, in classical Roman times, a priest who practiced augury (prophecy).
He interpreted the will of the Gods by observing the flight of birds. This practice was called "taking the auspices".
@CentralParkNYC @NYHistory @AMNH @FieldMuseum Some antique prints of bats to enjoy.
https://t.co/SvT2ZEKnCF
@LivUniPress @ChrisRedgrave1 @HistoricEngland @GeraintFranklin @allan_brodie54 "Ramsgate"
Fine aquatint by William Pickett after the artist Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg.
Published ca 1824.
https://t.co/FuKSyx1p1q
"Lehre von den Blutigen Operationen an den Untern Extremitäten..."
By Dr. G.B. Guenther, Professor of Surgery in Leipzig.
Published 1857
47 lithographs by C. Schmiedel,
https://t.co/9J5Cw2qBHL
#surgery #medical
Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect.
these prints were published in 1858
#Berlin
Den Haag. - The Hague
"Hagacomit Graffehag"
General view of the Dutch capital Den Haag.
Copper etching by Johann Christian Leopold (1699-1755).
Leopold was his own publisher.
Published in Augsburg, ca. 1730.
https://t.co/9J5Cw2qBHL
@drpatesblog Free of charge vaccination against smallpox in the entry hall of the Petit Journal building.
This print showing the doctors Joseph Chambon, Saint-YvesMenard and Andre Fasquelle as they gain and apply the vaccine against smallpox, (Pocken, variole).
Petit Journal. 1905
@Medievalists @ToledoMuseum "Pieces des Armes pour Rompre en Lice faict au Nature dans Le Logis de M. Le Duc de Bellegarde grand Escuyer de France"
The nobility title of Duke of Bellegarde was inaugurated by King Louis XIII of France in favor of Roger II de Saint-Lary
Paris, 1623