EditorialChinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialBasalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialInterior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire. Miners preparing to haul salt up to the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialChinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialOutcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialGentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialChinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unt...
EditorialView of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialWorkers harvesting pink salt from the salt lakes near Perekop, Crimea, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialChinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialBasalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialInterior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire. Miners preparing to haul salt up to the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialChinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialOutcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialGentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialChinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unt...
EditorialView of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialWorkers harvesting pink salt from the salt lakes near Perekop, Crimea, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
EditorialViper's bugloss, Echium vulgare 140, small bugloss, Anchusa arvensis 141, Perennial knawel, Scleranthus perennis 142, love in a mist, Nigella damascena 143, yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor 144, and broomrape, Orobanche major 145. Handcolored copperplat...
EditorialRice, Oryza sativa. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergyman and n...
EditorialFlowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, with flowers and edible root tuber. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottl...
EditorialCommon groundsel, Senecio vulgaris 123, corn marigold, Glebionis segetum 124, and perennial sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis 125. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (...
EditorialMillet, Panicum miliaceum 45, foxtail millet, P. italicum 46, and digitaria, P. sanguinale 47. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History)...
EditorialCornflower, Centaurus cyanus 126, field scabious, Scabiosa arvensis 127 and fumitory, Fumaria officinalis 128. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of ...
EditorialRye grass, Secale cereale 17, and germination process. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhel...
EditorialMaize or corn, Zea mays. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a clergyman ...
EditorialChickweed, Stellaria media 102, corncockle, Agrostemma githago 103, field chickweed, Cerastium arvense 104, and corn spurry, Spergula arvensis 105. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus d...
EditorialSummer wheat, Triticum aestivum 1, winter wheat, T. hybernum 2, and English wheat, T. turgidum 3. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural Histo...
EditorialSpelt, Triticum spelta 4, grain 5, and in bloom 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1...
EditorialMeadow fescue or water mannagrass, Festuca pratensis. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm...
EditorialCaraway, Carum carvi 158, and parsnip, Pastinaca sativa 159. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Augsburg, 1811. Gottlieb Tobias ...