Scientific Illustration

A hornbill from an 1882 monograph. I could look at this Flickr stream of old nature prints all day. (by BioDivLibrary)

Posted on February 27, 2013 via Loom Junior with 209 notes

hornbill skeleton in charcoal. slightly off scale b/c my friend held it at an odd angle when she photo’d it. gift for anzu.

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Posted on October 1, 2012 via ars et scientia with 101 notes

(via chipzndipz)

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Posted on August 27, 2012 via Norman Wright with 73 notes

dendroica:

Lophoceros granti by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Remarques sur l’ornithologie de l’État indépendant du Congo :.
Bruxelles :[s.n.,1905].
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35782575

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Posted on June 19, 2012 via Birds on the Brain with 34 notes

n43_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

A monograph of the Bucerotidæ, or family of the hornbills..
[London]Published for the subscribers by the author [printed by Taylor and Francis]1882..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38534493

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Posted on May 5, 2012 with 72 notes

n195_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

A monograph of the Bucerotidæ, or family of the hornbills..
[London]Published for the subscribers by the author [printed by Taylor and Francis]1882..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38534645

Tagged: Birds Hornbills Pictorial works Smithsonian Institution Libraries hornbills hornbill bird

Posted on April 29, 2012 with 114 notes