New York Public Library: June 2007

Among the riches of The Research Libraries is an enormous collection of pre-1920 illustrated zoologies from Europe and the Americas. Not generally well known, these impressive holdings are comparable to those in specialized natural history libraries. This month’s featured collection contains several thousand images from illustrated books from the 16th century to the early 20th depicting the fish, birds, and animals of the world. This image (Digital ID: 429318) of a striped red mullet is from The natural history of British fishes … an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates (1802-1808) by E. (Edward) Donovan.

Source: NYPL Digital Gallery

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