EditorialCity people and farmers look at two skeletons and angel with a book opened at the presentation of the last judgment Title page for: Jacob Cats, Buyten Leven on Zorgvliet, Amsterdam 1659 Buyten Leven on Zorgvliet (title on object), Stadsmensen and farme...
EditorialGobiodon citrinus, Print, Gobiodon citrinus, the poison goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and the coast of Africa to the western Pacific Ocean to Japan, Samoa and the Great Barrier Reef. They are reef dwellers being...
EditorialAphodius, Print, Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the Scarabaeidae family. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. Aphodius species typically dominate du...
EditorialPolish mountainurs/mountaineers (dwellers) of Tatres (Tatras mountains). Les Costumes du peuple polonais, suivis d'une description exacte de ses m?urs, de ses usages et de ses habitudes: Ouvrage pittoresque. Paris, 1841. Source: 7744.dd.5 plate 7 oppo...
EditorialГорскомусульманский конный. The Mountain. Depicts a Cossack on a white horse. The text reads: "The Mountain Dweller - Muslim Cavalry Division of Colonel Pupovskii invites volunteer Mountain Dwellers and Muslims. Enlist". A c...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, 14th century, Attributed to India or Iran, Ink on paper, 19 1/2 x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.5 cm), Codices, This Qur?an folio is part of a group of 10, and is written in muhaqqaq script. Each folio has seven lines with interline...
EditorialNatives of the island of Papua (New Guinea): coastal dwellers with hair combs and body scarification at top, and natives of Rawak island off Waigeo. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abb...
EditorialHousewives buy meat at a farmers' market. In 1947, with little food to be had officially, there was a thriving black market between the hungry city-dwellers and the slightly better-off farmers. Vienna, 1947.