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[histsciart]

Natives to China, pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eat mostly bamboo leaves and shoots.

This scientific illustration was done by Huet for Henri Milne-Edwards, Recherches sur les Mammifères, Vol. 2 Atlas (1868-74). View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for digitizing.

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[thebotanicalarcade]

n20_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Gartenflora. Erlangen :F. Enke,1852-1940. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40080980

[arthistoryanimalia]

#AvianAugust Hawaiian Birds Day 4: Alae Ke'oke'o aka Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)

🚨IUCN Red List: VULNERABLE

Plates 36 from Mammalogy and ornithology, Vol.8 atlas (Philadelphia, 1858). Species first scientifically described by Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885) in 1849; plate made from his sketches.

Via Smithsonian Libraries

[innervoiceartblog]

Das goldene Osterei : ein Märchen-Bilderbuch / / von Margarete Thiele ; mit Bildern von Art. Scheiner.

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

It me.

(From "Matrimonial Advice" by H. McVickar (1891) https://s.si.edu/2CLEFnH)

[ripplefactor]

‘These chrysanthemums in particular are from Keika hyakugiku, aka “Keika’s One Hundred Chrysanthemums” by artist Keika Hasegawa. These are just a few of the beautiful varieties in this three volume set celebrating the de facto national flower of Japan. Find volumes 2 & 3 digitized in our collection of Japanese illustrated books from the Meiji and Edo periods.‘

[beauty-funny-trippy]

from the pages of Smith’s Illustrated Astronomy by Asa Smith, 1849 {animation by the Smithsonian Libraries}

[thinkingimages]

Glass magic lantern slides, ca. 1850-1900 National Museum of American History (Photo: Hugh Talman)

source: Infinite Worlds - Smithsonian Libraries