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Happy Though unsigned, the majority of the engravings in "Fragmenta Botanica" (1809) (depicting recent arrivals to the Schönbrunn gardens) are likely the work of J. Scharf, M. Sedelmayer & J. Knapp. View it in via : https://t.co/R41wgHR1Zk

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2018-01-13

McIntosh's "A monograph of British Marine Annelids" was published over a 50 year period (1873-1923). McIntosh's sister Roberta & Ada H. Walker produced most of the for the work. View it in via : https://t.co/abTfQfmGlh

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2018-01-11

Russian entomologist G.G. Iakobson devoted his career to studying the systematics & classification of His catalog on the of Russia & western Europe was published in 13 pts. from 1905-1915. View it in via https://t.co/dr5JUloozk

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2018-01-10

Lilies (Lilium davidii) for by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 126 (1900). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library of the : https://t.co/mP70TuSWNS --

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2018-01-09

Explore the mammals of the British islands for with Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston's "British Mammals" (1903). Digitized in by : https://t.co/qflAJtlNqA

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2018-01-09

The unpublished manuscript "Entomologia Terrae Novae" (circa 1833) by Philip Henry Gosse is considered the 1st attempt to classify & illustrate the of Newfoundland. View it in via : https://t.co/3Yo1WoJPog

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2018-01-04

"Plants of the Coast of Coromandel" (1795-[1820]) is a major work on the flora of It features 300 hand-colored engraved plates after native Indian artists. Contributed to via https://t.co/qIAB8qOzOu

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2018-01-04

"Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe" (1864) included 25 hand-colored lithographs based on drawings made from living specimens - which was important as sponges change color & shape when removed from water. View the in via https://t.co/0Mt5N6ELVU

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2017-12-08

"Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850) features by Mary Ann Burnett & text chiefly by her brother, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, the 1st professor of at . Digitized in by https://t.co/LUYcK4aYM8

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2017-11-21

The old wife (Enoplosus armatus) for by James Sowerby for "Zoology of New Holland" ([1793]-1794), with text by George Shaw. In via : https://t.co/ovn3bunVbd

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2017-11-17

Explore a German translation of Drury's "Illustrations of in thanks to https://t.co/3ImN8fjDVU

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2017-10-18

A rare floral from 1760 is now in via . Download prints & start coloring today! https://t.co/9e1bcol3g2

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2017-07-10

New to via user request: "Icones avian" (1837-38) by John & Elizabeth Gould https://t.co/mpWZoVldXz Digitized

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2017-06-06

Rare 2-volume periodical "Portefeuille des Horticulteurs" now digitized by at user request https://t.co/r5hNQwoTqK

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2017-05-17

J.D.Hooker provided parts 4 & 5 of "A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon." In via https://t.co/5u3Ej8j1zR

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2017-03-30

New to "Filices Britannicae" (1785-90), an illustrated account of British ferns by James Bolton https://t.co/IwERYroVKP

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2017-03-25

How does help explore the history of 's collections & former curators? https://t.co/dymT4UTvHX

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2017-03-10