Scientific Illustration

balnibarbi:

n636_w1150 by BioDivLibrary http://flic.kr/p/dJAd6f

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Tagged: IFTTT Flickr england plants naturalhistory jamaica botany engravings 1707 earlyworksto1800

Posted on February 2, 2013 via Balnibarbi nel mondo with 68 notes

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blackspider:

minerals1851 by dd21207 on Flickr.

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Tagged: natural history engraving minerals scientificillustration illustration engravings books 19thcentury

Posted on January 27, 2013 via Bat Country. with 657 notes

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

London :Printed by B.M. for the author,1707-1725..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9812

Tagged: 1707 Botany Description and travel Early works to 1800 England Engravings Jamaica Natural history Plants Pre-Linnean works Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library

Posted on January 6, 2013 with 39 notes

Tagged: scientific illustration engravings anatomy plant

Posted on January 5, 2013 via mills with 90 notes

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

London :Printed by B.M. for the author,1707-1725.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9799

Interesting scanning artifacts…

Tagged: 1707 Botany Description and travel Early works to 1800 England Engravings Jamaica Natural history Plants Pre-Linnean works Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library

Posted on January 1, 2013 with 47 notes

skullandbone:

Horse skeleton - National Encyclopedia 1884 by AndyBrii on Flickr.

Tagged: National Encyclopedia Dictionary 1884 Universal Knowledge engravings steel antique old books London horse skeleton bone bones illustration scientific

Posted on December 5, 2012 via Skulls and Bones with 67 notes

holyshostakovich:

Turbo sarmaticus, a species of mollusk from South Africa

watercolor, from observation (got the shell from Evolution in Manhattan. LOVE that store)

Tagged: natural history anatomy dennis diderot engravings biology arteries human body

Posted on August 2, 2012 via holy shostakovich with 47 notes

dendroica:

Seed structure by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The anatomy of plants.
[London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/268253

Tagged: 1682 Botany Early works to 1800 England Engravings gmgpc Plants anatomy Pre-Linnean works Uncolored Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library

Posted on June 8, 2012 via Birds on the Brain with 26 notes

dendroica:

Section of a Thistle Stalk by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The anatomy of plants.
[London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/268167

Tagged: 1682 Botany Early works to 1800 England Engravings gmgpc Plants anatomy Pre-Linnean works Uncolored Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library thistle plant

Posted on June 6, 2012 via Birds on the Brain with 84 notes

dendroica:

Reproductive parts of flowers by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The anatomy of plants.
[London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/268205

Tagged: 1682 Botany Early works to 1800 England Engravings gmgpc Plants anatomy Pre-Linnean works Uncolored Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library flowers

Posted on May 31, 2012 via Birds on the Brain with 31 notes