Book cover and wood engravings from 'The People's Practical Poultry Book' by William M. Lewis. New York: D.D.T. Moore, 1871.
#PublishersBinding #BirdArt #NaturalHistory #VintageBookCovers #AnimalArt
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@romanceofbooks.bsky.socialBook cover and wood engravings from 'The People's Practical Poultry Book' by William M. Lewis. New York: D.D.T. Moore, 1871.
#PublishersBinding #BirdArt #NaturalHistory #VintageBookCovers #AnimalArt
@daveshootsbooks.bsky.socialThis 1963 #book about #Hygrophorus #fungi is very heavy...nearly a kilogram! Complete #descriptions of each species along with #B&W #photos. 416 pages including Index. $35. #Booksky #mushrooms #NaturalHistory
@romanceofbooks.bsky.socialRoses 🌹🥀 from ‘Fragmenta botanica, figuris coloratis illustrata’ by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. Viennae, Austriae: Typis Mathiae Andreae Schmidt, typogr. Universit., 1809.
UW-Madison Special Collections.
#naturalhistory #botanicalart #flowerillustration #roseart
@stephenhkawai.bsky.social#molluscmonday !
Some of us Montreal shell collectors got together this past weekend. One of us was selling off some spare specimens.
#montreal #seashell #collection #naturalhistory
@romanceofbooks.bsky.socialIllustration from "The Smiling Book" by Lu Wheat with illustrations by Sotarō Suzuki and published by T. Hasegawa in 1897. Color woodblock illustrations on double leaves of crepe paper in Japanese style binding (fukuro toji).
UW-Milwaukee Special Collections.
@pdimagearchive.bsky.socialCommon bronzewing (1811) by Pauline Knip, from Les Pigeons.
Source: @nypl.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b591e2d2-8c1f-4d99-9ac8-a54f7de69f59
#fraud #naturalhistory #birds #pigeons #napoleon #plagiarism #paris #bookillustration #engraving #art
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialIT'S BOOK AUCTION DAY!
No reserve, antiquarian book auctions, ending from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #naturalhistory #religion #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@hoverflyspotter.bsky.socialCongrats to @stephholtnh.bsky.social who received her Honorary Fellowship from the British Naturalists’ Association yesterday at the Encaenia, an event which took place at the Natural History Museum. Congratulations well deserved.
@hoverflyspotter.bsky.socialCongrats to @nicwilson.bsky.social who received her Fellowship from the British Naturalists’ Association yesterday at the Encaenia, an event which took place at the Natural History Museum. Congratulations well deserved.
@beatdarwingame.bsky.socialYesterday's animal: the Collared Cat Snake!
Darwin's already warming up for today.
Learn more: https://beatdarwin.com/species/27659/collared-cat-snake
Play today: https://beatdarwin.com
#beatdarwin #CollaredCatSnake #DailyGame #EarthCapture #ecology #wildlife #NaturalHistory
@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social🍀 I am off out to find my fortune! 🧧 💰
Has a hoverfly landed on you recently?
hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2026/07/humm...
#hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinators #nature #naturalhistory #humming #flowerfly #folklore
@columbiaup.bsky.socialWhat makes trilobites so fascinating more than 500 million years after they first appeared? In this Q&A, Andy Secher discusses his lifelong interest in these ancient creatures and his new book, TRILOBITES A-TO-Z. buff.ly/Porh8te
#Trilobites #Paleontology #Fossils #NaturalHistory #Paleozoic
@superframe.bsky.socialThe World Turned Inside Out: Copenhagen's Subterranean Cathedral of Life
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe...
#NaturalHistory #Copenhagen #Museum #Biodiversity #OceanConservation #ClimateCrisis #Science
@4quazulu.bsky.social@4quazulu.bsky.social@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social🔦 Caterpillar under UV Light 🌈
Spotted in the dark in a country park – believe it was Pale Tussock caterpillar.
#UV #GlowintheDark #Moth #Caterpillar #PaleTussock #NightWildlife #NaturalHistory #HiddenWonders #StayCurious #Nature #NatureNotes
