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August Batsch's "Analyses florum e diversis plantarum generibus" (1790) features text in Latin & German + 20 plates based on drawings by Batsch to help illustrate the morphology of various plants. View in via ➡️ https://t.co/H50cnSWFTJ 🌺🌼🌸

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2018-12-21

German naturalist Eduard Rüppell embarked on an expedition to northern Africa in the 1820s. The specimens collected were used to produce "Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika" (1826-28). Explore it in via ➡️ https://t.co/6KNfuqFYbs

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2018-12-19

For explore chromolithographic proof impressions of watercolor drawings, unsigned but possibly by H.G Moon & probably destined for a 3rd series of Frederick Sander's "Reichenbachia." in via ➡️ https://t.co/cdXeQMZV0b

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2018-12-18

"Contributions to Ornithology" (1848-1852) by Sir William Jardine was the 1st ornithological periodical produced in Britain. Jardine's daughter Catherine produced much of the work's Explore it in for thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/7pQPxtRMCr

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2018-12-13

Which plants & animals to choose for your aquarium? Humphreys' "Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium" (1857) offered advice on creating & maintaining indoor “ocean gardens." Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/BXgajzFJ5R

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2018-12-11

With the holidays approaching, you may expect to see a Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger), but this species is poisonous? 😳 by Sydenham Edwards for Curtis's "Botanical Magazine" v. 1 (1787), in via ➡️ https://t.co/xgi7i5gtWz

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2018-12-11

We're shell-ebrating with beautiful shell "Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells" (1847-87) is considered one of the rarest of all conchology books. It's freely available in via ➡️ https://t.co/HuHUVymzYj 🐚🐚🐚

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2018-12-04

J.D. Hooker's "Flora Antarctica" describes plants discovered on the Ross expedition (1839–1843), which visited islands off the coast of the Antarctic continent. Explore it in via for ➡️ https://t.co/iBdFP31hCV

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2018-12-04

"The songs of birds may be considered as national melodies, for each has its own peculiar music." 🎶 Explore through poems and this with "The Language of Birds" (1837) by Mrs. George Spratt, in via ➡️ https://t.co/qxPumqYMx7

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2018-11-30

The western spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) and the tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops) for by Henrik Grönvold from v. 11 (1923-24) of "The Birds of Australia". In via ➡️ https://t.co/BOPDxvKRxW

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2018-11-30

Nymphaeaceae for This is from the 1868 quarto edition of "Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants" by Elizabeth Twining (of the family). It is available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/4kxW8DfRxT

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2018-11-27

Explore "The Floral Magazine" (1860-1881) for Illustrators for this publication on popular garden plants included John Nugent Fitch, Walter Hood Fitch, James Andrews, and Worthington George Smith. Find it in via & : https://t.co/syxGKoa4LS

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2018-11-27

Tausch's "Hortus Canalius" (1823) describes and illustrates a selection of the plants found at the botanical garden of Emanuel Joseph Malabaila von Canal. It features lithographed after F. Both. Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/vYmiWxL8gX

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2018-11-21

Happy "Iconographie des perroquets" (1857) by Charles de Souancé features 48 hand-coloured lithographs by E. Blanchard and J. Daverne. Copies have sold for over 6,000 GBP, but you can access it for free in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/xwGYLwc5mu

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2018-11-15

Spadices surrounded by a leaflike bract called a spathe are typical of the Araceae. Schott was the earliest botanist to specialize almost exclusively on the family. Explore his "Icones Aroidearum" (1857) in via ➡️ https://t.co/CjGX2QIVBr

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2018-11-15

Enough to impress the lady bustards? A displaying male Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis). by Philibert Charles Berjeau from "Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" (1868). In via ➡️ https://t.co/g74okw7b5J

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2018-11-07

James Vick (1818-1882) was a pioneer in mass-producing color illustrations in seed catalogs. He included beautiful full-page chromolithographs in his catalogs. has digitized many Vick catalogs for ➡️ https://t.co/4wugDvy1dn 🌸🌺🌻

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2018-11-06

The Harvard Icones features 249 watercolor figures of specimens collected & painted by Lewis David von Schweinitz, the Father of North American Mycology. Explore the history of this sketchbook, now in via Botany Libraries ➡️ https://t.co/EfxV9tnJUQ

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2018-11-02

And a botanically Happy to you as well!

Ghost orchid (Epipogium aphyllum). by Walter Hood Fitch for "Curtis's Botanical Magazine" v. 80 (1854), in via : https://t.co/zRT4Hlvud1

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2018-10-31

♥️. One of our favorite bat illustrations in is that of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) from "The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle" (Mammalia, 1839), edited by Charles In thanks to : https://t.co/ZyAgvHRn9E

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