sound and light

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meanassmoses:

Scanned from something, can’t recall the title. Wish I knew. Getcher enormous .tiff here.

corinthian-girl:

Piramide papistique, satiric-allegoric representation of the Roman Church hierarchy as the Serpents of Hell. From a Protestant anti-Papist broadside, Holland, late sixteenth century.

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corinthian-girl:

Piramide papistique, satiric-allegoric representation of the Roman Church hierarchy as the Serpents of Hell. From a Protestant anti-Papist broadside, Holland, late sixteenth century.

aleyma:

Johan Christoph Dietzsch, Iris germanica (Blue Iris) with a dragonfly and beetle, 18th century (source).

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aleyma:

Johan Christoph Dietzsch, Iris germanica (Blue Iris) with a dragonfly and beetle, 18th century (source).

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almondseed:

Anatomical description of the arteries

Illustrations by: Josiah F. Flagg (Josiah Foster)

premierepage:

Illustrations de Essai sur l’histoire naturelle de Saint-Domingue] / Moithey, grav. ; Favanne Fils, Taré, dess. ; Bartholomaeus Nicolson , aut. du texte, 1776
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b2300037m/f6.item

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premierepage:

Illustrations de Essai sur l’histoire naturelle de Saint-Domingue] / Moithey, grav. ; Favanne Fils, Taré, dess. ; Bartholomaeus Nicolson , aut. du texte, 1776

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b2300037m/f6.item

scientificillustration:

Cephalopoda from the Percy Claden Trent Expedition

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scientificillustration:

Cephalopoda from the Percy Claden Trent Expedition

scientificillustration:

Turritopsis nutricula
From: Medusae of the world, by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer

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scientificillustration:

Turritopsis nutricula

From: Medusae of the world, by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer

denisforkas:

Leonardo da Vinci - Two Grenade Mortars. 1485

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denisforkas:

Leonardo da Vinci - Two Grenade Mortars. 1485

denisforkas:

Leonardo da Vinci - Allegory of Pleasure and Pain. 1480 

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denisforkas:

Leonardo da Vinci - Allegory of Pleasure and Pain. 1480 

scientificillustration:

Swan skeleton (Cygnus ferus) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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scientificillustration:

Swan skeleton (Cygnus ferus) by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.