EditorialOak box with mementos or Jan van Speijk Paper with text, A paper with a verse in handwriting: As long as I breathe, with God as long as I live ... And Dutch fame preserved and Dutch flag avenged, Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk, Antwerp, 1831 - 1832, paper.
EditorialDonacia, Print, Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, su...
EditorialPlotus anhinga, Print, The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. T...
EditorialPlotus anhinga, Print, The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. T...
EditorialPlotus anhinga, Print, The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. T...
EditorialPlotus anhinga, Print, The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. T...
EditorialDonacia, Print, Donacia is a large genus of aquatic leaf beetles in the subfamily Donaciinae. Like other members of that subfamily, the beetles have long antennae. They are active and able to fly. Larvae feed on submerged portions of aquatic plants, su...
EditorialCapsule portrait of Hieronymus Froben, with lid, 1557 (1558), oil on pear wood, diameter: 10 cm |, Diameter: 13.5 cm (Portrait, H 2.5, inscription Diameter 12.7, H 2.4), Not signed, but dated above the inscription on the cover: 15 57, EST HAEC FAMIGERJ...
EditorialAnabas scandens, Print, Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to 30 cm (1 ft) long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a struc...
EditorialAnabas scandens, Print, Anabas is a genus of climbing gouramies native to southern and eastern Asia. In the wild, Anabas species grow up to 30 cm (1 ft) long. They inhabit both brackish and fresh water. Anabas species possess a labyrinth organ, a struc...
Editorial'Opening of the Mouth' vessel of Perneb, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2381?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Tomb of Perneb, 1913?14, Dark stone, H: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); diam: 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.), An essential rite performed during the f...
EditorialAn original Hans Ruckers "Vierkante Clavisingel" virginal or harpsichord inscribed with "Omnis Spiritus Laudet Dominum" (Let all that breathe praise the Lord). The decoration is a covering of paper printed from woodblocks. Chromolithograph from an illu...