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@eevriviades @visitcyprus @LeventisMuseum @crewsproject @ReCyPot @cypriotartleeds @CAARI_Cyprus @ErinAverett @culturalchcuk @britishmuseum @AshmoleanMuseum "#Jupiter and #Leda"
Copper (stipple in most part) etching by Francesco #Bartolozzi (1728-1815) figures and Benjamin Charles #Comte (landscape).
After the painting by F. Viera
Printed by McQueen. London, 1814
Leda, daughter of #Zhestios and #Eurythemis

Exceptional and excessively decorative and colourful large folio-size #African #bird prints.: #Turocos belonging to the bird family of #Musaphaga. In South Africa they are more commonly known as Louries.https://t.co/o8VpxlxmUP

Australian Parrot fish, sea needle, Pipefish, Broad-Nosed Pipefish
https://t.co/DXdBn6NBon

Three magnificent antique maps of #Scandinavia (#Sweden, #Denmark, #Norway...), showing different areas. All early 18th century with beautiful cartouches and details. https://t.co/2coIy9kJaU

Most decorative and exceptional #Musophaga. We have to offer a set of excessively decorative and colourful large folio-size African bird prints.: Turocos belonging to the bird family of Musaphaga. In South Africa they are more commonly known as #Louries. https://t.co/livnvSqwjo

The complete title of this accurately and absolutely delightfully hand-colored work is: "The #Universal #Herbal", or Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary, containing an Account of all the known Plants in the World
https://t.co/xfONW41y7K

Once again these magnificent 17th century botanicals by De Bry. The famous Florilegium Novum, a comprehensive flower book was first published between 1612 and 1618. https://t.co/yuHfI39CuS

#Zeus seducing #Callisto and #Europa. he is quite an imaginative character as it comes to seducing beautiful woman in the ancient world. The master of disguise! https://t.co/3GHqLbfywc

@DevenParker @CUBoulder @epic_rebecca @connycassity @ECFjournal Paul et Virginie, a novel by Jacque-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, published in 1788.
Jean-Frédéric Schall created six designs to illustrate this book for the 1797 edition. These aquatints were masterfully engraved in color by Charles Melchior Descourtis.
Ca. 32 x 41.5 cm

'Catesby, born in England, went to North America.His #illustrative and #zoologically and biologically exact work was the first important rendering in this field. It was then as much admired as it is in our time. https://t.co/DhBk3gGIBb