Illustrations from ‘Erpétologie Générale, ou,Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles’by AMC Duméril & G Bibron, 1854.The multi-volume series, ‘Erpétologie Générale, ou, Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles’, was released over a twenty…
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Woodcut illustrations by GW Dijsselhoffrom ‘Kunst en Samenleving’, 1894Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof (1866–1924) was one of the earliest protagonists of the Art Nouveau movement (Nieuwe Kunst) in Holland, having studied fine arts at academies in The Hague…
The Mysteryes of Nature and Art : Conteined in foure severall Tretises, the first of Water Workes, the Second of Fyer Workes, the third of Drawing, Colouring, Painting, and Engraving, The fourth of divers Experiments, as wel serviceable as delightful…
Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn : manuscript, 1604{the images were spliced together from screencaps and it’s worth clicking through to look at the higher resolution versions; the notes below are essentially paraphrased from the bibliographic record}This manuscr…
-Ajoupas du Lagon peinier, appellé le Cirque des Bambous-Description/notes: View of bamboo huts or dwellings on the island of Saint-Domingue, present-day Haiti. Also includes an alligator. The corresponding text discusses a lagoon in Saint-Domingue.-P…
Engravings of Swiss clothing styles from the 1630sHow to admire one another in a good yearGuildmaster and servantsMaidservants: fast mouth-work, slow houseworkSchoolmaster, teacher-assistant and studentNoblewomen and their maidservants going to churchT…
“The Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection consists of 126 woodblock prints that date from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. The work of over forty artists is represented in the collection [..]The images portray Japanese culture throug…
Visualising the Cell NucleusLeaf growthCell growthCell organelles and cytoplasm visualisationCell membrane and cell wall growthDicotyledon* stem cross-sectionWoody cells of coniferMonocotyledon* stem cross-sectionThese fabulous botanical microanatomy p…
Falconry is the art of using a trained raptor (bird of prey) to hunt wild quarry like birds or small mammals. The practice dates to at least 2000 BC and birds used for falconry (or hawking, a near-synonymous term in the modern parlance) include buzzard…
“Preposterous!” cried Solomon in a rage.The Kensington Gardens are in London..…they stand quite still pretending to be flowers…The fairies are exquisite dancers.The fairies have their tiffs with the birds.A chrysanthemum heard her..The Serpentine i…
“John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures. Published in 1611/12, it marked the first time that comprehensive plans of English and Welsh counties and towns were made available in print. …
Hand-coloured engravings from ‘Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands’ 1781-3 by ME Bloch. Series engravers: J.F. Hennig, L. Schmidt, A.F. Schmidt, G. Bodenehr, et al; after J.F. Hennig, Kruger junior, Plumier et al.Marcus Elieser Bloch (…
From scarlet to dusty gold,to yellow flames,to the rareashen emerald,to the orange and black velvetof our girdle gilded by sunflowers,to the sketchlikeamber thorns,your Epiphany,little supreme being,you are a miracle,shimmering ..Pablo Neruda – Ode to …
Writing blanks: “also known as ‘school pieces’ or ‘Christmas pieces’, these were single sheets printed from copper or wood engravings, issued by print sellers (and, later, children’s booksellers), and sold to children across a broad socio-economic spec…
Santeria (or La Regla Lucumi or Regla de Ocha) is an Afro-Cuban religion that combines the traditional belief systems of the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria and Benin with elements of Catholicism. It arose in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the s…
