Scientific Illustration

Porcupine by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Wild life of the world :.
London ;F. Warne and co.,1916..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21738603

Tagged: Zoology Gerstein - University of Toronto (archive.org) porcupine Porcupine

Posted on November 15, 2012 with 70 notes

teuil:

secret seven of africa (by mina_milk)

Tagged: anteater art animals porcupine

Posted on October 19, 2012 via like lollipops at the circus with 149 notes

Beaver by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame vogelen :.
Amsterdam :J.C. Sepp,1772-1781..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267502

Tagged: Birds Pictorial works Zoology Missouri Botanical Garden Peter H. Raven Library porcupine beaver

Posted on September 27, 2012 with 23 notes

lindahall:

Detail from an illustration comparing the hedgehog and the porcupine, in Claude Perrault’s 1676 Memoires pour servir a l’histoire naturelle des animaux.

Tagged: hedgehog porcupine history of science library Erinaceidae anatomical illustration Sebastien le Clerc Claude Perrault

Posted on July 23, 2012 via Linda Hall Library with 71 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

Porcupine and coendou

via Vintage Printable

Tagged: porcupine coendou vintage illustration Illustration

Posted on June 21, 2012 via Bestiary with 38 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

Le porc-epic ; Le coendou, le porc-epic de Malaya.

via NYPL

Tagged: porcupine porc-epic Bestiary natural history vintage illustration Illustration

Posted on June 21, 2012 via Bestiary with 8 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

Hystrix cristata, Lin. (the common porcupine) ; Synetheres insidiosa (the couiy of Brazil). (1834-1837)

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Tagged: Porcupine Bestiary Illustration natural history vintage illustration

Posted on June 20, 2012 via Bestiary with 23 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

The urson ; The prehensile tailed porcupine or couendou ; The pencil tailed porcupine. (1834-1837)

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Tagged: urson porcupine Bestiary Illustration natural history vintage illustration

Posted on June 16, 2012 via Bestiary with 24 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

[Porcupine.] (1837)

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Tagged: Porcupine Bestiary vintage illustration Illustration natural history zoology

Posted on June 16, 2012 via Bestiary with 46 notes

compendium-of-beasts:

1. The North American Porcupine (Hystrix hudsonius). 2. The Northern Hare (Lepus americanus). (1842-1844)

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Tagged: porcupine hare rabbit Bestiary natural history Illustration vintage illustration

Posted on June 7, 2012 via Bestiary with 27 notes