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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 14h

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and Umbrella squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) from Charles d'Orbigny's ‘Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle’ published in Paris, 1847-1849.

I saw this at the American Geographical Society Library.

#WorldOctopusDay #rarebooks #sciart #naturalhistory #animalart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Snake illustrations from the portfolio titled ‘Das thier in der decorativen kunst’ by Anton Seder, published in Vienna by Gerlach & Schenk in 1896.

I saw this at my work: Milwaukee Public Library!

#rarebooks #snakeart #animalart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Mantis illustrations from ‘Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L’Amérique Centrale: Recherches Zoologiques Pour Servir à L’histoire de la Faune de L’Amérique Centrale et du Mexique.’ Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1868-1902.

#scientificart #naturalhistory #insectart #sciart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Mourning dove, once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove, from John James Audubon’s ‘The Birds of America,’ published 1827-1830. Engraved, printed, and colored by the London firm Robert Havell & Son.

UW-Madison’s Special Collections library.

#rarebooks

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Stag beetle illustration from "Der monathlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung" by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, published in Nuremberg, 1746-1761.

I saw this when I visited University of Wisconsin-Madison's Special Collections.

#bookhistory #rarebooks #sciart #naturalhistory #beetleart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 7d

The month of October from Durward’s ‘Floral Calendar Gathered from the Glen’ by artist and naturalist Charles P. Durward (1844-1875).

Milwaukee Public Library’s Rare Books Collection. Each of the twelve months is represented with a beautifully delicate painting of plants.

#botanicalart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 8d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Opossum and snake from ‘Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri’ (often shortened to Thesaurus). The four volume set of books is based on Dutch apothecary Albertus Seba’s cabinet of curiosities. Published in Amsterdam, 1734-1765.

Newberry Library 📚

#animalart #naturalhistory #bookhistory

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 8d

'Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries' selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., published in London by Methuen and Co., 1908.

#bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 13d

A chromolithograph depicting the “nightly activities of insects” from the natural history series ‘Brehms Tierleben,’ first published from 1864-1869.

Alfred E. Brehm was a German zoologist and explorer who became the first director of the Zoological Garden of Hamburg.

#insectart #naturalhistory

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 14d

According to the catalog record, Elizabeth was married to the Scottish engineer James Hall Nasmyth.

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 14d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 14d

“Pristipoma and Gerres” fish illustrations from ‘Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L’Amérique Centrale’ Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1868-1902.

#rarebooks #sciart #scientificart #naturalhistory #fishillustration #fishart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 15d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 15d

Original botanical painting from an album of watercolour studies of "Flowers from Nature" attributed to Anne Elizabeth Nasmyth nèe Hartop (1817-1893). These are dated 1866-1868.

I saw this when I visited the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. 🍂

#hernaturalhistory #sciart #botanicalart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Happy first day of Fall! To celebrate, here is a depiction of Autumn from the portfolio ‘Graphische neuheiten’ Published in Germany by F. Wolfrum and co., [1907].

I saw this at Milwaukee Public Library where I work.

#decorativearts #firstdayoffall #lithography #autumn

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Pissenlit (French for dandelion) from ‘Etude de la plante’ by Maurice Pillard Verneuil, published in Paris by Librairie centrale des Beaux-Arts, c1900.

I saw this at my work Milwaukee Public Library.

#botanicalart #romanceofbooks #SciArt #pissenlit #dandelion #Taraxacum

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) by Jacques Barraband for ‘Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux De Paradis Et Des Rolliers, Suivie De Celle Des Toucans Et Des Barbus’ by François Levaillant. Paris: Chez Denné le jeune, 1806.

University of Chicago Special Collections

#naturalhistory #rarebooks

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 24d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 24d

Amphibians and reptiles from ‘Abbildungen Zu Oken’s Allgemeiner Naturgeschichte Für Alle Stände’ by Lorenz Oken. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1843.

I saw this when I visited University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Special Collections library @uwmadspec!

#sciart #frogs #naturalhistoryart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 26d

‘The Ferns of North America’ by Daniel Cady Eaton, drawings by J. H. Everton and C. E. Faxon, 1880.

#sciart #naturalhistory #scientificillustration #botanicalart #fernart

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 27d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 27d

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Beautiful illustrations by Amédée Varin from 'Les papillons métamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air' by Eugène Nus. Published in Paris by Gabriel de Gonet, éditeur, 1852.

Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections & University Archives at Northwestern University.

#rarebook

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 28d

Examples of beautiful book bindings from 'Moderne Buch-Einbände' by Gustav Fritzsche. Published in Leipzig in 1878.

Milwaukee Public Library's Rare Books Collection.

#BookBindings #BookHistory #BookDesign #BookCovers #historyofbooks #chromolithography

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