1872-1879 Fine Bayntun-Riviere Binding Book set - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (WITH) Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
https://t.co/MlaHCFTQeM

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Lovely finding insects in the first natural history encyclopedia! Although, my entomologists' OCD screamed that all insects have 6 legs and 4 wings. J. Meydenbach (1491) Ortus Sanitatis. Mainz, Germany.

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Some beautiful florals to brighten up your day. These illustrations are from a published in 1794 called 'Zoology and botany of New Holland...' by George Shaw, James Edward Smith and James Sowerby.

See the digitised book: https://t.co/uce6RfCfw0

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1895 Rare Book - Weird Tales by Edgar Allan POE Illustrated (Black Cat, Pit & Pendulum, Tell-Tale Heart, Gold Bug, etc.).
https://t.co/4zFKerkmUV

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Is it a 🐸? Not quite.
Is it a 🐟? Sort of!

Say hello to the mudskipper!

They're amphibious fish.
They can survive in AND out of water.

This species is native to the mangrove woods and tropical waters of Indonesia.

https://t.co/5pi2R5PdBh.13 🦀

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