Lampropeltis getula, known as the eastern kingsnake, from John Edwards Holbrook’s “North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States” published in Philadelphia by J. Dobson, 1842.

UW-Madison Special Collections.

#naturalhistory #snakeart #kingsnake

Tawny owl (Strix aluco) by Ambrosius Gabler from ‘Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen’ by Johann Wolf. Nürnberg: Frauenholz, 1805.

University of Chicago Special Collections.

#tawnyowl #Strixaluco #birdart #naturalhistory

Daffodils from the expanded edition of ‘Florilegium renovatum et auctum’ by Johann Theodor de Bry. Published in Frankfurt by Matthaeus Merian the elder, 1641.

I saw this at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation.

#NaturalHistory #BookHistory #Daffodils #Narcissus #BotanicalArt

Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) from ‘Les papillons dans la nature: 64 planches en couleurs et monographies’ by Paul A. Robert, published by Éditions Delachaux and Niestlé in Neuchâtel in 1934.

#naturalhistory #butterflyart #insectart #ringletbutterfly

Sheep by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from ‘Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche.’ Leipzig, 1816.

UW-Madison Special Collections.

#naturalhistory #animalart #sciart

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I’m glad!

Spring flowers from by Margaret Roscoe from ‘Floral illustrations of the seasons’ Engraved by Robert Havell Jr. in London, 1838.

UW-Madison Special Collections 🌱

#hernaturalhistory #botanicalart #sciart

Yesterday I went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives to learn about the Aldo Leopold Archives.

The whole collection had been digitized but it was great to see some of the materials in person!

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Fish paintings based on Mark Catesby illustrations. From the album ‘Collection de fleurs, d’oiseaux d’insectes.’ Drawn and colored by various students of the Royal School of Sorèze. Manuscript, 1783-1789.

Harvard’s Houghton Library.

#naturalhistory #sciart #animalart

Unicorn from Edward Topsell’s “The History of the Four-footed Beasts and Serpents” published in 1658. The book was a translation of Conrad Gessner’s “Historia animalium” 1551–1558 and features many of the same woodcuts.

UW-Madison Special Collections library.

#naturalhistory #unicornday

Mushrooms from ‘Atlas des champignons comestibles et vénéneux’ by Joseph Roques. Paris: V. Masson, 1864.

#naturalhistory #mushroomart #mycology #mushrooms

Megasoma anubis (female) from 'Magasin de zoologie' by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville. Paris, Lequien fils, 1836.

#Magasindezoologie #FélixÉdouardGuérinMéneville #naturalhistory #sciart #beetleart

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) by Ambrosius Gabler from 'Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen' by Johann Wolf. Nürnberg: Frauenholz, 1805.

University of Chicago Special Collections.

#kestrel #Falcotinnunculus #birdart #naturalhistory #sciart

Rabbits and hares from 'The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,' originally issued in 30 parts from 1845-1848. The illustrations were drawn from nature by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse Audubon. The plates were printed and colored by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia.

#animalart

Eggs from 'Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British museum (Natural history)' by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12.

#scientificillustration #naturalhistory #birdseggs #eggart #eggs