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♥️. 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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2018-10-26

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Bats are the only mammals naturally capable of true, sustained flight. Bats on the wing by Archibald Thorburn from his "British Mammals" v. 1 (1920). Check it out for free in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/liXT09MrcJ

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2018-10-25

🍎 🍐 Johann Hermann Knoop's "Pomologia" (1758) is among the earliest books on pomology to be illustrated with colored plates. It describes >100 apple & >90 pear varieties. Check it out in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/fn3P8AaiSh

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2018-10-24

Governor Hunter's drawing was later used as the basis for an engraving in David Collins' "An account of the English colony in New South Wales". from 2nd ed. (1804) in via : https://t.co/UA2aNejh6d

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2018-10-22

Pitcher plants (Nepenthes x mastersiana). from The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer, Ser. 3 Vol. 5 (1882), edited by Robert Hogg. Contributed in by the of : https://t.co/Tck7toaZiG

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2018-10-22

🍫Happy The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) are used to make chocolate. by Etienne Denisse for his lavishly-illustrated Flore d’Amérique (1843-46), in via : https://t.co/BsSdbkap5O

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2018-10-19

(Rangifer tarandus). by Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert for Richard Lydekker, Wild Life of the World, Vol. 1 (1916). Contributed for digitization in by the of the : https://t.co/5XMiAmR6mZ

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2018-10-19

Happy James Parkinson, the 1st to describe "paralysis agitans" (later renamed Parkinson's disease), had an avid interest in Explore his "Organic Remains of a Former World" (2nd Ed. 1833) in via : https://t.co/iuKcIwGc5W

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2018-10-18

By publishing his "Deutschlands Flora" in a minute format (measuring only 13-15 cm), Sturm was able to make his German flora, containing 2472 engravings, less expensive & thus available to as many people as possible. Find it in https://t.co/5ivqMo7EOW

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2018-10-05

Red-Headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius). by Frederick Polydore Nodder for George Shaw, Naturalist's Miscellany, Vol. 1 (1789-1813). Contributed to by and : https://t.co/NBa3R4YZhk

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2018-09-27

It's Datura (also known as Jimsonweed, Locoweed, Devil's snare, and Hell's Bells) appears in this 16th century herbal by Cristóbal Acosta; via and . See more here: https://t.co/eFXZsfoNNZ

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2018-09-26

Fauna Boica oder gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte der Thiere Bayerns (1830-1832), on the mammals of Bavaria, was the 1st volume in J.E. von Reider & C.W. Hahn's series exploring animals of the region. Explore it for via : https://t.co/A3AbMdeEhD

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2018-09-25

Feeling crabby after a long week? These crustaceans understand. But you can unclench your pincers, because it's Friday!

by J.O. Westwood from "Transactions of the Zoological Society of London" v. 2 (1841), contributed in by : https://t.co/a6SSPjn9Eq

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2018-09-21

Through J.D. Hooker, botanist William Henry Harvey received algal collections from expeditions to the Pacific and southern hemisphere, which he described and illustrated in "Nereis Australis" (1847-49), in via : https://t.co/NvxIHf9Gmt

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2018-09-21

New to the : "Hortus Canalius" (1823), by Ignaz Friedrich Tausch, illustrating & describing a selection of the plants found at the botanical garden of Emanuel Joseph Malabaila von Canal. Explore the thanks to : https://t.co/dmfY17bGoo

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2018-09-19

Happy There are approximately 28,000 species in the Orchidaceae family. Explore some of those found in Germany with J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 4 (1905) by Ernst H.L. Krause. Contributed in by : https://t.co/yzwhVmGbHP

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2018-09-18

Sacred Lotus (described here as Sacred Bean of India), appears in vol. 23 of Curtis's botanical magazine. This specimen was drawn from life, from two plants kept in One, at Mile End, and the other, at Paddington. from and

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2018-09-17

John Miller's "Illustratio systematis sexualis Linnaeani", initially issued in 20 parts from 1770-1777 to 85 subscribers, attempted to illustrate Linnaeus' sexual system for plant classification. View the 1789 ed. in via : https://t.co/8GyHqkvyb0

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2018-09-13

Zoology of New Holland ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw and hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this in via : https://t.co/RTCRMIFmZ3

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2018-09-06

Horse (Agaricus arvensis) for by Miles Joseph Berkeley for Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Illustrations of British Vol. 4 (1884-86). Contributed for digitization in by the of the : https://t.co/g1IKOSrxcz

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2018-08-31