Scientific Illustration

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Image transferred from uncovered opposite plate.

From p. 289 of Nature Displayed in the Heavens and On the Earth by Simeon Shaw (1823). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2008.

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Posted on May 18, 2012 via The Art of Google Books with 78 notes
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Transfer of printed image onto text of opposing page; snakes!

From p. 334 of The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Animated Nature, by Oliver Goldsmith (1825). [Here]

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