EditorialElephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on pa...
EditorialGemsbok or gemsbuck, Oryx gazella (Chamois d'Afrique). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimen...
EditorialIndian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, and horns of a critically endangered black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis (Le rhinocerot d'Afrique a corne simple, Rhinoceros unicornis, et la corne double). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eis...
EditorialGreen or American iguana, Iguana iguana. Le grand Lezard a peigne. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Johann Christoph Keller from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden ...
EditorialSkull of a Buru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa. La tete d'un Sanglier-Cerf des Indes, Babyroussa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Johann Ludwig Colve from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Se...
EditorialRed-tailed boa skin, skeleton and spine, Boa constrictor. (Le peau d'un Serpent de Ceilan, une piece en grand, le squelette, epine exterieure, epine interieure.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann after an illustration after n...
EditorialSouth American or Brazilian tapir, Tapirus terrestris. Vulnerable. (Hippopotamus terrestre de Linneaus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, N...
EditorialBactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus (Dromadaire a deux bosses). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration after nature by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaam...
EditorialPlains zebra, Equus quagga. Cheval-tigre d'Afrique, Zebra species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration after nature by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeld...
EditorialGiant anteater or ant bear, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Le chasseur de fourmis, Tamadua guacu). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann after an illustration by Johann Christoph Keller from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Sele...
EditorialOven and its components 2, Illustration of a stove and related components, such as lower and upper part, grate, stove, bowl, lid and flue, 17th century, Fig. 3, p. 62, 1658, Johann Rudolph Glauber: Miraculum mundi, sive plena perfectaque descriptio adm...
EditorialMonsters and natural wonders 5, Fig. 30: Infans cum promuscide, et captibus animalium; Fig. 29: Vitulomonachus, Fig. 31: Monstrum tetrachiron alatum capite humano aurito, Fig. 32: Monstrum triceps capite vulpis, Draconis, et Aquilae, after p. 616, 1667...
EditorialMonsters and natural wonders 3, Fig. 18: Equus cute lacera, Fig. 19: Monstro bicorpor unico capite valde monstroso, after p. 602, 1667, Gaspar Schott: P.Gasparis Schotti [...] physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII [...]. Editio al...
EditorialCatocala, Print, Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These te...
EditorialBucephala albeola, Print, The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas albeola., 1700-1880.
EditorialAmerica. Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae. Dilingae & Francofurti : Apud Joannem Casparum Ben. Map of America. Image taken from Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae opera, historiae novae ac veteris monumenta, artisque ...
EditorialArgonauta Argo. The greater argonaut, a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus Argonauta. . Vivarium Naturae sive rerum naturalium ... icones ad ipsam naturam depictae et descript?.-The Naturalists' Miscellany, or coloured figures of natura...
EditorialMyrmecophaga Aculeata. The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus.) Porcupine anteater. Vivarium Naturae sive rerum naturalium ... icones ad ipsam naturam depictae et descript?.-The Naturalists' Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objec...
EditorialAmerica and Asia. Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae. Dilingae & Francofurti : Apud Joannem Casparum Ben. Map showing part of America and Asia. Image taken from Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae opera, historiae novae ...
EditorialAmerica. Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae. Dilingae & Francofurti : Apud Joannem Casparum Ben. Map of North and Central America. Image taken from Atlas Novus, exhibens Orbem Terraqueum per naturae opera, historiae novae ac veteris mo...