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Boas and Paulli’s “The Elephant’s Head" is a beautifully illustrated work dedicated to the craniofacial anatomy of the elephant, presented alongside several other mammals for comparison. Explore v.1 (1908) in via ➡️ https://t.co/wDTehhQ51y 🐘

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Hybrid lilies, a cross between Lilium speciosum and Lilium auratum, cultivated by Mr. G. Thomson. by Walter Hood Fitch for "The Florist and Pomologist" (1878), edited by Thomas Moore. Digitized in by the ➡️ https://t.co/hHZ4v0yAZU

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2019-11-16

are part of the taxonomic order which means "sheathed wing." by Robert Morgan from "The Coleoptera of the British Islands", Vol. 3 (1889) by William W. Fowler. Contributed in by of the ➡️ https://t.co/bLWSNYbBm3 🐞

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2019-11-08

The first illustrated book published in Australia was about birds! John Lewin's "The Birds of New South Wales" (1813) was republished in a 3rd and 4th edition, which are in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/eIWhc87vzS

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Members of the genus Erica are known by the common names of heath and heather. "Coloured Engravings of Heaths" (1794-1830), by Henry Charles Andrews, was produced amidst England's "Erica-mania". Explore the 4 volumes in via ➡️ https://t.co/PbKl8t2WKh

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2019-11-07

Three generations of Sowerbys contributed to "Thesaurus conchyliorum" (1847-87), one of the rarest of all conchology books. It includes over 500 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/0j9WH3CQff 🐚

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2019-11-05

Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? that the pumpkin is a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo? from "Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum" (1800-22), in via ➡️ https://t.co/7Vpi1cAzRs 🎃

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2019-10-30

Thanks to , we now have a color copy of Krefft's "Snakes of Australia" (1869) in The is by Harriet Scott Morgan and Helena Scott Forde, who illustrated many works on Australian biodiversity. https://t.co/ztc8DRMS2r

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J.D. Hooker's "Flora Antarctica", with by Walter H. Fitch, describes specimens from the Ross expedition (1839–1843), which visited islands off the Antarctic continent's coast. Find it in via ➡️ https://t.co/p9fj9kTDZ3

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Margaret Lace Roscoe hoped her "Floral Illustrations of the Seasons" (1831) would be a useful guide for other women "both in their selection for a flower garden, and as objects for their pencil." Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/DJWFnSFCGY

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2019-10-23

Pierre Bulliard's "Herbier de la France" (1780-93) organized French plants & fungi according to their medicinal, poisonous, and edible qualities. The was engraved and color-printed by the author. Explore it in via ➡️ https://t.co/gOzsNbNlky

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Entomologist Adolfo P. Mabilde lamented the lack of a published book on the insects of the Rio Grande. So he decided to publish one himself. Explore "Guia practica para os principiantes colleccionadores de Insectos" (1896) in via ➡️ https://t.co/bcoRRSRmlQ

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2019-10-17

The genus Zeledonia, containing the single species Zeledonia coronata, was named in honor of Costa Rican ornithologist José Castulo Zeledón. by Henrik Grönvold from the "Ibis" (ser. 8, vol. 5, 1905), in via ➡️ https://t.co/twwYk9zBZx

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German entomologist Carl Gustav Calwer specialized in Coleoptera. His popular beetle book was produced as a useful handbook on the natural history of European beetles. Explore Calwer's "Käferbuch" (1883) in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/GTqETF5ml2 🐞

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2019-10-16

For your Monday morning viewing pleasure, we give you the brain of a kangaroo (from George Robert Waterhouse's 1846 "A Natural History of the Mammalia", new to this week via ): https://t.co/XpaCzunxqp

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2019-10-14

Townend Glover was described as one of the "finest illustrators" of insects in the United States. His two volume manuscript with notes and watercolors describes the life cycle of Lepidoptera. Explore it in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/FjBb6TX9pB

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2019-10-09

"Atlas sistemático de historia natural" (1867) — with 36 plates representing the animal, plant & mineral kingdoms — was intended as a teaching aid for schools & families. Explore the Atlas in thanks to as part of BHL México ➡️ https://t.co/CsyicEWJD0

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2019-10-09

Pheasant's Foot Geranium (Pelargonium glutinosum). engraved by S. Watts after designs by Edwin Dalton Smith and published within Robert Sweet's 5-volume work on the family Geraniaceae, freely available in via ➡️ https://t.co/x98el8OAXD

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2019-10-08

Beautiful from "D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" for This 1705 work by Rumpf details the marine life of Amboina (Ambon) in what is now eastern Indonesia & features by Maria Sybilla Merian. In via : https://t.co/iB5ie7ZIIv

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2019-10-07

October is Bats are important pollinators and they also help keep insect populations (such as mosquitoes) in check. by Ernst Haeckel from "Kunstformen der Natur" (1899-1904), in via ➡️ https://t.co/2lKFtlcmGu 🦇🦇🦇

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