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Bateman's "The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala" (1837-43) is one of the rarest of all books. Only 125 copies were produced. It features 40 hand-colored lithographics by artists including Sarah Ann Drake. View it in via : https://t.co/N9IkK74nBM

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2018-02-16

"Gleanings of was published in three parts between 1758-1764. It includes 152 hand-coloured etched plates by and after George Edwards et al. View it in via https://t.co/ipdShGvHHo

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2018-02-15

Wiegmann's "Herpetologia Mexicana" (1834) describes the of based on specimens collected by Ferdinard Deppe & Christian J. W. Schiede mostly in Veracruz between 1824-1830. View it in via : https://t.co/fzy7QEejLl

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2018-02-15

We're sending you with Ellen Ann Willmott's "The Genus Rosa" (1910-14). The work represents years of research conducted by Willmott accompanied by beautiful by Alfred Parsons: https://t.co/6GFWcP3UPr Digitized in by .

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2018-02-15

They remind us of Kumataro Ito's nudibranch illustrations of specimens collected during the USS Albatross expedition: https://t.co/olHizw4UJj (field notes digitized in by for the )

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2018-02-13

Theodor von Heuglin's "Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika" appeared in 57 parts between 1868-74. It treats ~950 species & includes 36 new species-group names. Find it in via : https://t.co/vavoCK9gIX

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2018-02-10

"The Art Album of New Zealand Flora" (1889) was the 1st fully coloured art book printed in It features by Sarah Featon & text by her husband, Edward. Explore it for in thanks to of : https://t.co/awfJaSWv1O

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2018-02-10

It's Lurid Bolete (Suillellus luridus). by Albin Schmalfuß for Edmund Michael, Führer für Pilzfreunde (1896). Contributed to by : https://t.co/u4sTNSAfB0 --

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2018-02-10

An 18th century coloring book for "The Florist" (1760) is one of the earliest known examples of a & included detailed instructions on how to paint each flower by its natural colors. Download from via : https://t.co/hZOFnNhvxi

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2018-02-08

Happy "Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre" was published in a print run of 325 copies between 1812-1817. It includes by Pierre Joseph Redouté & Pancrace Bessa. Explore it in thanks to : https://t.co/fxn649t0pm

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2018-02-03

Coequosa australasiae and Coequosa triangularis. by Edward Donovan for "Epitome of the insects of New Holland" (1805). Contributed to by : https://t.co/TRXD8fpU59

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2018-02-02

Happy Celebrate with beautiful by Pauquet in Prévost & Lemaire's "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux exotiques" (1864). This work features 80 plates showing 200 subjects. Digitized in by : https://t.co/tIda1yFjov

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2018-02-01

Isabella Sinclair's "Indigenous of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885), featuring 44 chromolithographs, is an important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Contributed to by : https://t.co/oQHI2o6GgC

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2018-01-31

Schizodactylus monstrosus, a large found in by Richard Polydore Nodder for George Shaw's "The Naturalist's Miscellany" (1789-1813), V.18. Contributed to by https://t.co/3PAVoeLOnj

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2018-01-31

Dinoflagellata for Kofoid & Swezy's 1921 book "The Free-Living Unarmored Dinoflagellata" describes dinoflagellates collected around southern CA in 1906 & 1917. Contributed to by https://t.co/MXU6lD0dmt

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2018-01-30

Explore beautiful in Nees von Esenbeck's "Das system der pilze und schwämme" (1816-17). Contributed to by : https://t.co/lJoyzBjjXW

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2018-01-30

Vogel's "Chronologischer Raupenkalender" (1837) provides a calendar of which caterpillars appear each month along with instructions on how to rear and catch View it for free in via https://t.co/yxNJM7DX3z

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2018-01-25

(Basiliscus basiliscus). from Leopold Joseph Fitzinger, Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere (1867). Contributed to by the : https://t.co/BQxgguSusI --

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2018-01-23

For we're featuring with chromolithographs of paintings by the Swiss botanical artist, Émilie Vouga, published as "Les Orchidées" around 1890. Explore all 6 prints in via : https://t.co/zFSYz8f3S1

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2018-01-23

John Martyn's "Historia plantarum rariorum" (1728-[1737]) was the first flower book to be printed in color. It was devoted to new species growing at the Chelsea Physic Garden and the Cambridge Botanic Garden. View it in via : https://t.co/geEEQKeu2i

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2018-01-20