Sarah Finn
Special Collections Librarian / Print Historian
Fascinated by the history of scientific illustration. Documenting natural history books I encounter in my research 📚🦋
- Seaweed and algae from ‘American card album’ manufactured by L. Prang & Co. Boston, Mass. patented April 5th, 1864. I saw this beautiful album at Boston Athenæum. #bostonathenaeum #naturalhistory #seamosses #sciart
- ‘Studies in Animal Life’ by George Henry Lewes. London: Smith, Elder, 1862. I saw this wandering around UW-Madison’s Memorial Library. #naturalhistory #insectart #publishersbinding #sciart #insectillustration
- The month of February from the ‘Floral Calendar Gathered from the Glen,’ by Wisconsin artist and naturalist Charles P. Durward (1844-1875). Each of the twelve months is represented with a delicate painting of plants and flowers. Milwaukee Public Library. #botanicalart #specialcollections
- Egg illustrations by Adolphe Philippe Millot from Nouveau Larousse illustré encyclopedia, published under the direction of Claude Augé for Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. #naturalhistory #animalart #sciart #birdsegg #ornithology
- Blue lobster from Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst’s ‘Versuch Einer Naturgeschichte Der Krabben und Krebse Nebst Eiener Systematischen Beschreibung Ihrer Verschiedenen Arten.’ Zürich: Berlin: J.C. Fuessley; G.A. Lange, 1782. University of Chicago Special Collections. #sciart #naturalhistory
- Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas) from ‘An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, and the Islands in the Indian Seas’ by Edward Donovan. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1800. I saw this at Harvard’s Houghton Library. #naturalhistory #insectart #HoughtonLibrary #sciart
- Squirrels found in ‘The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,’ originally issued in 30 parts from 1845-1848. The illustrations were drawn from nature by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse Audubon. The plates were printed and colored by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. #animalart
- Pervenche Desséchée, or “Dried Periwinkle” from ‘Les fleurs animées’ or ‘The Flowers Personified,’ illustrated by French caricaturist J. J. Grandville. First published in 1847, but this is a later 1867 edition published in Paris by Garnier Frères. #botanicalillustration #rarebooks
- Penguin from ‘A Natural History of Birds. Most of which have not been figured or described, and others very little known, from obscure or too brief descriptions without figures, or from figures very ill designed ...’ By George Edwards, published in London: W. Gardiner, 1802-06.
- Melaleuca hypericifolia illustration by George Loddiges that was engraved by George Cooke from 'The Botanical Cabinet' by Conrad Loddiges & Sons. London: Published by John & Arthur Arch. Cornhill, 1818-1825. University of Wisconsin-Madison's Special Collections. #botanicalart
- Snakes by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from ‘Naturhistorische Bilder-Gallerie aus dem Thierreiche.’ Leipzig, 1816. I saw this book at UW-Madison Special Collections. #snakes #animalart #scienceart #naturalhistory
- 'The Book of Choice Ferns: for the Garden, Conservatory, and Stove: Describing and Giving Explicit Cultural Directions for the Best and Most Striking Ferns and Selaginellas in Cultivation' by George Schneide. New York: J. Arnot Penman c1890-1894. #ferns #publishersbinding #botanicalart
- Lepidoptera from ‘Collection de fleurs, d’oiseaux d’insectes.’ Drawn and colored, some from nature, others from the colored plates of Buffon, Roezel, and Catesby by various students of the Royal School of Sorèze. Manuscript, 1783-1789. Harvard’s Houghton Library. #insectart #naturalhistory
- Fish illustrations from ‘The Zoology of Captain Beecheys Voyage,’ Published in London in 1839 by H.G. Bohn and edited by Frederick William Beechey, an English naval officer, artist, explorer, and writer. American Geographical Society Library. #animalart #sciart
- Snails 🐌 from the German periodical ‘Das Buch der Welt,’ 1860. #naturalhistory #snailart #MolluskMonday #animalart
- Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) by Richard Frederick Deckert from 'The Turtles of New England' by Harold L. Babcock from the 'Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.' University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections. #turtleart #naturalhistory #animalart
- The month of January from Durward’s ‘Floral Calendar Gathered from the Glen,’ from Milwaukee Public Library’s Rare Books Collection. Artist and naturalist Charles P. Durward (1844-1875) was the son of prominent Wisconsin artist Bernard Durward. #botanicalart #sciart #naturalhistory
- Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) illustrated by John Gerrard Keulemans for ‘A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds’ by George Ernest Shelley. Published by the author, 1876-1880. University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections. #Cinnyrisosea #Nectariniidae #sunbird #sciart
- Cats from ‘Johnson's Household Book of Nature, Containing Full and Interesting Descriptions of the Animal Kingdom,’ edited by Hugh Craig. New York, 1880. #animalart #naturalhistory #catillustration #catart
- Lizard and butterfly from ‘A Natural History of Birds’ By George Edwards, published in London, 1802-06. This set is bound with the title ‘Gleanings of Natural History.’ #naturalhistory #sciart
- Primula Auricula by Pierre-Joseph Redouté for the book ‘Choix des plus belles fleurs’ Published in Paris from 1827-1832. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections. #PierreJosephRedouté #flowerillustration #botanicalart #naturalhistory #PrimulaAuricula #sciart
- Insects from ‘Zoologischer Hand-Atlas zum Schulgebrauch und Selbstunterricht’ by German Zoologist Hermann Burmeister. Second edition. Published in Berlin, Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1860. #sciart #naturalhistory #insectart #insectillustration
- Aurora Borealis on January 2, 1904 from the book ‘The Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1903-1905; by Commander Anthony Fiala. Published for the National Geographic society in 1907. #ZieglerPolarExpedition #AuroraBorealis #naturalhistory #scientificart #celestial #sciart
- Snowdrops illustrated by Frederick Edward Hulme for ‘The Garland of the Year, or, The Months: their poetry and flowers : with twelve chromographs of flowers, one for each month.’ London, 1873. From my personal collection. ❄️ #FrederickEdwardHulme #LanguageofFlowers #chromolithograph #snowdrops
- “Pilgrimage of the Comet” by J. J. Grandville from the book 'Un autre monde' (“Another World”). Paris; H. Fournier, 1844 #JJGrandville #rarebooks #19thcentury #bookillustration
- Rothmannia longiflora from ‘Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe, annales générales d’horticulture.’ Gand (Belgique): Louis Van Houtte. Volume Two, 1846. University of Chicago Special Collections. #naturalhistory #botanicalart #flowers
- Decorative patterns from “Plants, Their Natural Growth and Ornamental Treatment” by Frederick Edward Hulme, 1874. #botanicalart #flowerillustration #decorativearts #chromolithography
- ‘Cloud Crystals; A Snow-Flake Album’ collected and edited by Mrs. Frances E. Chickering. Lithographed plates and title page by J. F. Richardson. The book was published in New York by D. Appleton & co. in 1864. #CloudCrystals #snowflakes #snowflakeart #hernaturalhistory #bookhistory
- ‘Entomology in sport, and entomology in earnest’ by Mrs. W. (Mary King Ward, 1827-1869) and her sister Lady M. (Lady Jane Mahon), published in London, [1859]. University of Wisconsin-Madison Special Collections. #insectart #hernaturalhistory #19thcentury #rarebooks #bookhistory
- Mineral and crystal illustrations by Maurice Dessertenne from Nouveau Larousse illustré encyclopedia, published under the direction of Claude Augé for Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. #mineralart #MauriceDessertenne #sciart #minerals #naturalhistory
- Pheasants from the portfolio ‘Das thier in der decorativen kunst’ by Anton Seder, published in Vienna by Gerlach & Schenk in 1896. #AntonSeder #DecorativeArt #ArtNouveau #birdart
- Insect Publishers' Binding! Martin P. Duncan and Emile Blanchard's 'The Transformations (or Metamorphoses) of Insects: (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea),' Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, 1870. #publishersbindings #publishersbindingthursday #insectart #beetleart
- Bouquet of Anemone and Narcissus from 'Flora's Gems: Or, The Treasures of the Parterre: Twelve Bouquets,' drawn by Louisa Anne Twamley. Text by James Andrews. Published in London by Charles Tilt, 1837. UW-Madison Special Collections. #HerNaturalHistory #botanicalart #flowers
- Animal engraving from “The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature," by Abraham Rees, London, 1820. Also known as "Rees's Cyclopædia." #scientificillustration #scientificart #engraving #vintageencyclopedia #naturalhistory #animalart
- Meteors from ‘Bilder Atlas der Sternenwelt,’ edited by Edmund Weiss, professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna, and published in Esslingen, Germany, by J. F. Schreiber in 1888. UW-Milwaukee Special Collections. #sciart #chromolithograph
- Insects from 'Physica sacra' or 'Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica sacra, oder, geheiligte Natur-wissenschafft derer in Heil' by Swiss naturalist and geologist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733). Published in Augsburg, 1731-1735. Northwestern University Special Collections. #rarebooks
