EditorialIn the background, a case holds an umbrella that belonged to P.L. Travers, the author of "Mary Poppins," at “Treasures," a permanent exhibition at the New York Public Library's flagship branch, Dec. 20, 2021. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialIn the background, a case holds an umbrella that belonged to P.L. Travers, the author of "Mary Poppins," at “Treasures," a permanent exhibition at the New York Public Library's flagship branch, Dec. 20, 2021. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialCarl Ferdinand Stelzner, Johann P.L. Bartels with his wife Pauline, n?e Marschner and their seven children, donation Catharina Fixsen, daguerreotype, picture size : height: 10.00 cm; width: 7.20 cm, label: verso o. middle: typographically printed: DAGU...
EditorialPinktoe tarantula, Avicularia avicularia 1,2, Italian species of tarantula wolf spiders, Lycosa tarantula 3-6, venomous spider from Curacao 7,8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr'...
EditorialWhelk, Buccinum undatum 1, sea snails, Cymbium species 2,3, whelk with ovary, Buccinum ampullatum 4, shell with egg nest, Vespertilio and Melicera 5, whelk with egg nest, Buccinum undatum 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by C...
EditorialLobster, Homarus gammarus 1, shrimp species 2, giant centipede, Scolopendra gigantea 3, unknown insect, Pinnoter 4, and tapeworm, Taenia species 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from ...
EditorialBrazilian bearded monkey species and crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata. Le petit marmot siflant du Bresil, Cercopithecus barbatus, un porc epic d'Afrique). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration from nature by Christian Leinberger f...
EditorialLettuce coral, Agaricia agaricites, Madrepora agaricites 1, worm holes covered with stony coral 2, Acropora abrotanoides, Madrepora abrotonoides 3, and spherical clump of coral 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Le...
EditorialHead of a greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, horns of Alpine ibex, Capra ibex, dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas, and kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros. La tete d'un Coutou d'Afrique, une corne de Bouquetin, Ibex, la corne d'une chevre de Lybie, Capra d...
EditorialEuropean hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, and seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus. (Porc epic de Zelande, Tatou ou armadillo d'Amerique.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration from nature by Christ...
EditorialSea star or starfish with five arms, Asterias rubens 1, starfish from America 2, sea star regenerating one arm 3, four-armed starfish 4, five-armed starfish 5,6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Ch...
EditorialFlying fish, Exocoetus volitans 1, suckerfish, Remora remora 2, barramundi, Lates calcarifer 3, scale 4, seahorse, Hippocampus species 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Delic...
EditorialTwo species of lizards 1,2 and a gecko 3. Le Lezard gris eguillonne des Indes orientales, le Lezard brun a ecailles rondes des Indes orientales, une Salmandre, Geko. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration by Johann C...
EditorialCommon smoothhand, Mustelus mustelus, Vulnerable 1, angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 2, burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 3, and bill of a sawfish, Pristis pectinata, critically endangered 4. Un petit haay ou requin, Mustelus laevis, le petit diable mar...
EditorialBlack-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, and brown and yellow snake of Surinam (Boa constrictor?). Le serpent dit a deux tetes, l'Amphisbaena fuliginosa, serpent de Surinam jaunatre, tachete de brun. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jo...
EditorialGrey triggerfish, Balistes capriscus 1, Moray eel, Muraena species 4, lower jawbones of sea bream, Sparus aurata 2, and great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias 3. Un porc marin, Caper, machoire inferieure de ce poisson Sparus, machoire inferieure d'u...
EditorialHead of a young antelope and wild civet of French Guiana. Le tete d'un bouc bigarre, une civette sauvage a museau pointu. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration from nature by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae ...
EditorialCommon caiman, Caiman crocodilus. Le grand lezard ecaille, Lezard-Crocodile de Surinam. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Friedrich Schmidt after an illustration by Johann Christoph Keller from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selecta...
EditorialSalamander species and Indian chameleon, Chamaeleo zeylanicus. (Le salmandre, Salamandra, un cameleon de Bengale.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by after an illustration by from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldz...
EditorialFine coral from the Cape of Good Hope 1, sea fan, Keratophyton album 2, sea moss, Fucus longifoliis simbriatus 3, sea moss, Lichenastrum 4, and sea fir, Sertularia pennata 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinber...
EditorialCeremony of the creation of a knight. A king dubs a kneeling warrior with a sword, while pages hold his spurs and shield with coat of arms. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after P.L. Sabatelli from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Cost...