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#Doves, an #Antilope and a #Lama. Goldfuss animals are amazing. From the "Naturalist Atlas" by Georg August Goldfuss (Bayreuth 1782 - 1848 Bonn). This extra large-size collection of lithographs of spectacular modern coloring was published from 1824 on. https://t.co/okRxI3ngXF

@juliettelosq #Augurium

Copper etching 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".

@AmandaBergloff Moerswunder und seltzame thier wie die in Mitnaechtigen laendern gefunden werden

Hand-colored woodcut. Published in "Cosmographia" by Sebastian Muenster (1488-1552). This print was published in Basel in 1553.

@carlyebaines "Agaricaceae"
"Rozites caperata"

Lithograph printed in color, ca 1870.

"#Smyrnium"
"Imperatoria vulgo #Ostrutium Meister Wurtz"
"Labrum Veneris Wildt Distel"
"Virgia Pastoris Wildt #Distel"

Woodcut from "Hebarium Bohemiae", 1590. Text in Czech.
Later hand colouring.
https://t.co/8WX09Z5lCN

Lithograph. Original hand coloring
Painting by Charles Bird King (1785-1862)
Published in: "History of the Indian Tribes of North America"
Authors: Thomas Loraine McKenny (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868)
Folio edition
Sheet size 46 x 34 cm #NativeAmerican

Beautiful #insects from the Historie Naturelle, the first encyclopaedia, that was published by #Diderot and D'Alembert during the period of #enlightenment. Amazing and detailed. https://t.co/dEHyIaORvH

@gjeni_u Some more David Roberts lithographs around Petra
published in London 1842-49.

Mark #Catesby
1. Arbor foliis pinnatis Spica fericea Alp. Vipera
2. Vipera Fusca Arum
3. An Ricinoides Anguis ventre cuprei coloris
#markcatesby #viper #snake #snakes #Serpentes #reptile
https://t.co/E2W9XJEgig

"Le Soldat du Chene. An Osage Chief"
Lithograph. Original hand coloring
Painting by Charles Bird King (1785-1862)
Published in: "History of the Indian Tribes of North America"
Sheet size approximately: 46 x 34 cm (ca. 18 x 13.4")
https://t.co/epaBKxOqbq