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Mark Catesby was born 1683, & illustrator of ‘The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’ (publ. 1731-1743), it remained an authority on American natural history for over 100 years!
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2023-03-24

Collecting, Sketching, Printing and Painting: Mark Catesby’s Observations of the Natural World

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2022-11-21

they are so cool (ft Catesby)

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2022-11-08

& have now closed to visitors for the week, we reopen on Tuesday 11 October. Edward Lear, Mark Catesby, Maria Merian & the rest of the Library & Archives team would like to wish you all a very happy watch out for more tweets..🦁🦜🦋🐊🦈🦀

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2022-10-06

The way that I would kill for a scale figure of catesby and richard w catesby kissing his hand

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2022-08-30

These plates come from our folio-sized facsimile of English Naturalist Mark Catesby’s 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands,' published in 1974 by Beehive Press of Savannah, Georgia in a limited run of 500 copies. Lovely, no? https://t.co/1FXFEkn4rD

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2022-08-09

"Vipera Fusca Arum"

 
Mark Catesby
Mark Catesby, ( 1682 - 1749 ) was born in England. His first extended journey to the Southeast of the United States of North America took place between 1712 and 1719.

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2022-07-17

Fantastic birds!
The famous are of the general area of the Carolinas, Florida and the Caribbean! The plants shown are all from this region
Nuremberg 1770-1773.
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2022-05-28

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Light creasing in lower right corner.
Page size: 47.5 x 35 cm ( 18.7 x 13.7 ").
 
Mark Catesby
Mark Catesby, ( 1682 - 1749 ) was born in England. His first extended journey to the Southeast of the United States of North America took place between 1712 and 1719…

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2022-04-29

After Edwards.
Seligmann, Johann Michael (engraver and art dealer in Nuremberg 1720-1762) ".
Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride et les isles Bahama". Nuremberg 1770-1773.

The famous Catesby-birds are of the general area of the Carolinas, Florida and the Caribbean...

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2022-04-22

We’ve been highlighting some of the avian specimens from our folio-sized facsimile of Mark Catesby’s 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands' recently, but today we’re showcasing these gorgeous flora-focused plates. Learn more: https://t.co/zl56Dcye4w

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2022-04-11

These lovely birds with stunning beaks are from Mark Catesby's 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.' Pictured here are the Wood Stork,
American White Ibis, and an Immature American White Ibis. Learn more: https://t.co/2bJnL11MX7

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2022-04-04

Mark Catesby was born in 1683.
As Emma says in her "‘The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’(published between 1731-1743) remained an authority on American natural history for over 100 years": https://t.co/COwiZ1uDv6

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2022-03-24

These birds are always ready for the weekend! This week we are featuring some of the more colorful plumage from our 1974 folio facsimile set of English naturalist Mark Catesby’s 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.' Learn more: https://t.co/t9zdGd9jB6

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2022-03-12

From , Head of Collections: "Henrietta McBurney’s magisterial book on the elusive yet fascinating seventeenth-century naturalist and traveller Mark Catesby is superbly illustrated, meticulously researched, and riveting."

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2022-03-03

A Catesby River Bird - This week we return to our 1974 folio facsimile set of Mark Catesby’s 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands' originally published between 1729 & 1747. Learn more about these Kingfishers and Herons: https://t.co/WgWs2ZxNb6

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2022-02-26

Mark Catesby traveled and collected specimens in the southern American colonies & the Caribbean in the early 1700s, culminating in 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands.' The plates shown here come from our 1974 folio-sized facsimile. https://t.co/sprZf0yOq8

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2022-02-11

"Arbor baccifera laurifolia aromatica fructu viridi caliyculata racemoso"
"Anguis gracilis Fuscus"
Very light browning on margin edges. Small spots near lower edge.
Image slants to the right a bit.
Mark Catesby, ( 1682 - 1749 ) was born in England. ALT text for full description

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2022-02-06

'The White Crown Pigeon in the Cocoa Plum tree’; hand-coloured etching by Mark Catesby (1682-1749).
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Juvenile White-crowned Pigeon. Found on islands & coastlines around the Caribbean & Florida.
📷 Mikko Pyhälä.

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2022-01-26

For feast your eyes on the birds from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, published by the English naturalist Mark Catesby from 1729 to 1747: https://t.co/FEbE6fduM1

And some available as prints here: https://t.co/heOWfymWC1

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2022-01-06