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Catesby are the best! Mark Catesby was born in England. His first journey to the United States took place between 1712 & 1719. He had a sharp observing eye and began to depict animals, reptiles, insects & plants which he later published in London as Natural History of Carolina...
1719). Feb1998.
Me, trying to get onto a crowded NYC subway car some mornings
Let Scots, while Scots, praise Hardyknute,
Let Norse the name ay dread,
Ay how he faught, aft how he spar'd,
Shall latest ages read.
Hardyknute, (attributed to)
Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw, (1719)
🎨Wilson Alexander, (1790)
#ClassicLitSaturday ✨
20 août 1719
Naissance de François-Gaston de Lévis, officier de l’armée française. Il sera déployé en N.-France lors de la guerre de Sept Ans auprès de Montcalm. Il remporte la bataille de Sainte-Foy le 28 avril 1760 contre la garnison britannique de Québec commandée par Murray.
おもちゃのようにカラフルな魚たちのイラスト。これは英国のルイス・レナードが作成した世界最初のカラー魚類図鑑です(1719初版)。掲載された魚たちはインドネシア周辺の海のもの。魚の彩色についてはやや”盛って”いるそうですが、この時代にこれだけサイケデリックな配色をするセンスは驚異的です
1719年の『モルッカ諸島産彩色魚類図譜』。サミュエル・ファロワーズの描いた原本復刻を見ていると、熱帯魚を初めて目にした時の驚きが伝わるような色彩を施していて、殆ど幻想動物かと思うような個体まで存在している。
#Otd 1710: George Carpenter, former MP Newtownards, Down wounded at Battle of Almenar, near Balaguer, Spain; War of Spanish Succession. Prisoner/exchanged. 1719, made Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, Kilkenny. Before, Williamite War in Ireland for William III https://t.co/kvSOWol5Ff
#OTD 1719 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe" based on real life experience of Alexander Selkirk, of Largo, Fife, Scotland, who in 1676, spent 4 yrs as castaway on uninhabited island. Was Defoe's 1st long work of fiction, introduces Crusoe & Friday. https://t.co/b3HiS3w2y3
Robinson Crusoe and the park: first published 25/4/1719 ....... https://t.co/Y29FmgCpZS #novels #twitterstorians
📖 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 25 April 1719, #DanielDefoe published ROBINSON CRUSOE, the first English novel. Authorship was originally credited to the protagonist, leading early readers to believe it was an historical travelogue of true events.
"25 avril 1719 : Publication de #RobinsonCrusoe
Le 1er septembre 1651, Robinson Crusoé s'embarque pour 28 ans d'aventures... C'est du moins ce que raconte Daniel Defoe dans son roman paru le 25 avril 1719" https://t.co/PmGEVGhJFU
2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.
#1eravril jour des poissons 🐟 🐠 🐡
On prend l'expression à la lettre et on en profite pour découvrir un très beau livre de 1719 avec illustrations en couleur déniché sur @GallicaBnF 👇
https://t.co/s5LZlvQpLO
#gallica #poissondavril
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