a blog of the most lovely illustrations culled from all sorts of digital repositories. It's good to know that all of the work libraries are doing to digitize their rare book collections is going to some use.
From: 'Description of Egypt: Natural History, Volume Two (Plates): Or, Collection of Observations and Research Conducted in Egypt During the Expedition of the French Army. Second Edition' (1826)
From: 'Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen' (1791)
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