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For sale through Brissonneau
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Au des nuances de l’iris
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EA Seguy, born 1920 France, Pl. 18 from the portfolio Insects c.1925
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French fold out paper doll depicting the human body and its internal organs, printed circa 1910.
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Source: etsy.com
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Development of Salmo salar, from egg to alevin
You can easily see the developing eye and neural tube here. An “alevin” is the initially hatched fish, when it’s still living off its yolk sac.
The Atlantic Salmon’s eggs incubate at different rates, depending on the temperature of the water. Assuming water at least 6-8 C, the incubation is 35-45 days to “eyed” (when the eyes are visible within the egg), 18-20 days from eyed to hatched alevins, and 14-21 days until the alevin has used up its yolk sac and is a free-feeding fry (juvenile fish). In total, it’s about 68-86 days in total from being laid to becoming true fry.
La Monde de la Mer. Alfred Fredol, 1866.
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Histoire de l’illustration naturaliste - History of naturalist illustration
I recently picked up a copy of this book at the excellent ‘Librairies Bedi Thomas‘
It is in French so it’s taking me a while to decipher it but it seems to be an excellent summary of the history of biological illustration (it also covers photography an film making) something that I don’t think exists in English. It would be nice if there was an English translation.
Here is the Google translation of the publishers description:
“More than one window of the living world, naturalistic images offer us a mirror on ourselves and on our interest in nature. The story of naturalist illustration begins in the Renaissance, when artists and scientists are dedicated to the production of images of animals and plants. Therefore, naturalistic illustrations will allow generations to discover the living world.
Valerie Chansigaud traces a rich history and discover the unexpected accuracy of the first books of botany of the Renaissance, the difficult return on illustrated books, the lives of great illustrators (Redouté, Audubon, Wolf, Fuertes), the creation of images reference times of fabricated structures (such as Durer rhinoceros), the emergence of field guides (including the famous Peterson), the revolution of photography and film (the brothers Kearton to Attenborough via Cousteau), the influence of a more global perception of the environment (Humboldt, Wallace, Darwin, Brehm …)”
The Author Valerie Chansigaud has a website with a section about the book, some nice galleries and a useful bibliography.
There’s also a video about the book:
