EditorialWilde zwaan (Cygnus cygnus). Zwaene. / Cignus. / Cigne. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 207 mm ? w 180 mm.
EditorialCygnus and Lyra, Constellations Swan and Lyre, no. XXXII, after p. 66, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scenes illustrating a familiar le...
EditorialCygnus, Vespertilio, Pelecanus, Parallel Title: Schwan, Fledermausz, Spoon-Gansz, Signed: J. G. Pintz sculps, copperplate engraving, plate CCXLVIII (Vol. 2), F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Pinz, Johann Georg (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-B...
EditorialSwan (Cygnus), Swan. Numbered top right: 2. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and Fr...
EditorialTrumpeter Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Adult (Cygnus buccinator), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 382 (Vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the Unit...
EditorialCygnus, Map of the constellation Swan, Fig. 14, Fig. K, p. 21, Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von Schmieden: Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum plan? & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construendeum,...
EditorialAmerican Swan, (American?) Swan (Cygnus americanus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 384 (Vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the United Sta...
EditorialTrumpeter Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Young Bird (Cygnus buccinator), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 383 (Vol. 6), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. (lith.), 1856, John James Audubon: The birds of America: from drawings made in the...
EditorialCygnus olor, Print, The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America - ...
EditorialCygnus atratus, Print, The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon cl...
EditorialCygnus cygnus, Print, The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), also as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus Cygnus...
EditorialCygnus buccinator, Print, The trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl with a wingspan that may exceed 10 ft (3....
EditorialVibrio cygnus, Print, Vibrio is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, possessing a curved-rod (comma) shape, several species of which can cause foodborne infection, usually associated with eating undercooked seafood. Typically found in salt water, Vibrio ...
EditorialCygnus atratus, Print, The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon cl...
EditorialCygnus cygnus, Print, The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), also as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus Cygnus...
EditorialCygnus olor, Print, The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America - ...
EditorialCygnus cygnus, Print, The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), also as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus Cygnus...
EditorialWilde zwaan (Cygnus cygnus). Zwaene. / Cignus. / Cigne. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 207 mm ? w 180 mm.
EditorialWilde zwaan (Cygnus cygnus). Zwaene. / Cignus. / Cigne. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Bo?tius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 207 mm ? w 180 mm.
EditorialDrawing of the Swan, or Bird (Cygnus). Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). France, N. (Fleury?); last quarter of the 10th century. Source: Harley 2506, f.38. Language: Latin.
EditorialPhaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, Cygnus into a Swan. Dimensions: plate: 17.5 x 25.2 cm (6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 29.4 cm (9 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialPhaeton's Sisters Changed into Poplars, Cygnus into a Swan. Dimensions: plate: 17.5 x 25.2 cm (6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 29.4 cm (9 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper.
EditorialMute swan, Cygnus olor (Anas olor). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.
EditorialBlack swan of New South Wales, Cygnus atratus. Based on an original drawing provided by a visitor to Port Jackson in 1788. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1798.
EditorialGreater rhea, Rhea americana 1, and black swan, Cygnus atratus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man o...
EditorialBlack swan, Cygnus atratus, and wild greylag goose, Anser anser. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by ...