EditorialGoldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, and common linnet, Carduelis cannabina. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Pa...
EditorialHemp-leaved rose, Rosa cannabina, and lustre d'eglise, Rosa gallica. Handcoloured illustration by Pancrace Bessa stipple engraved by Teillard from Charles Malo's "Histoire des Roses," Paris, 1818. A gift book for ladies with 12 miniature botanicals by ...
EditorialCommon linnet, Linaria cannabina 1, egg of the Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus 1a, Cape lion, Panthera leo melanochaita 2, liseron a balais, Convolvulus scoparius 3 and brown centipede, Lithobius forficatus. Linotte des vignes, oeuf de la Linott...
EditorialLinaria cannabina, Print, The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which li...
EditorialLinaria cannabina, Print, The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which li...
EditorialLinaria cannabina, Print, The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which li...
EditorialLinaria cannabina, Print, The common linnet (Linaria cannabina) is a small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. It derives its scientific name from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which li...
EditorialSpongia cannabina, Print, Spongia lamella in the Mediterranean Sea. Spongia is a genus of marine sponges in the family Spongiidae, originally described by Linnaeus in 1759, containing more than 50 species. Some species, including Spongia officinalis, a...
EditorialGoldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, and common linnet, Carduelis cannabina. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Pa...
EditorialIndian paper plant or lokta, Daphne papyracea (Daphne cannabina Wall.) and winter daphne, Daphne odora Thunb. forma marginata Mak. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, Japan, ...
EditorialWinter daphne, Daphne odora Thunb., Indian paper plant or lokta, Daphne papyracea (Daphne cannabina Wall.) and winter daphne variety, Daphne odora Thunb. forma marginata Mak. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Il...
EditorialAtlantic canary, Serinus canaria, perched on a cage and common linnet, Carduelis cannabina, on a grape vine. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Annedouche after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon," ...
EditorialHemp-leaved rose, Rosa cannabina, and lustre d'eglise, Rosa gallica. Handcoloured illustration by Pancrace Bessa stipple engraved by Teillard from Charles Malo's "Histoire des Roses," Paris, 1818. A gift book for ladies with 12 miniature botanicals by ...
EditorialCommon grey linnet, Carduelis cannabina. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist a...