#James Sowerby

[lindahall]

James Sowerby – Scientist of the Day

James Sowerby, an English artist, collector, and engraver, died Oct. 25, 1822, at age 65. 

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#James Sowerby #meteorites #engraving #botany #histsci #histSTM #19th century #history of science #Ashworth #Scientist of the Day

[vintagrafica]

Natrolite or Silex Mesotypus

Natrolite is a tectosilicate mineral species belonging to the zeolite group. It was named natrolite by Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1803. The name is derived from natron, the Greek word for soda, in reference to the sodium content, and lithos, meaning stone.

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#mineralogy #minimalist #mineral #vintage #vintagrafica #vintage poster #society6 #educational #redbubble #james sowerby #1800s #geoscience #encyclopedia #Scientific #geology

[finitevariety]

#james sowerby #mycology #fungi

[thebotanicalarcade]

n5_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed ... /. [S.l. :s.n.],1790-1800 ;. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468617

#Botany #Periodicals #Pictorial works #Missouri Botanical Garden #Peter H. Raven Library #bhl:page=468617 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468617 #geo:country=Iran #editor:name=William Curtis #artist:viaf=61879779 #Flowers #BHLCurtis #flickr #persian iris #xiphium persicum #iris persica #james sowerby #botanical illustration #scientific illustration #iris #iris flower

[heaveninawildflower]

Illustrations of Lepidoptera taken from ‘The British Miscellany’ (1804 - 1806) by James Sowerby.

Printed by R. Taylor & Co. and sold by the author.

Images and text information courtesy NYPL Digital Collection.

#lepidoptera #butterflies #moths #insects #scientific illustration

[publicdomainreview]

From James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817).

Despite his scientific leanings, Sowerby was first and foremost an artist, adept in describing and demonstrating how complex questions of perspective, scale, and color functioned in individual objects: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sowerby-mineralogy

[californiastatelibrary]

According to the website Bay Nature in 2023, the California golden chanterelle, native to California and Baja, became the first state mushroom! Here is a lovely mushroom from circa 1797, engraved by Botanical artist James Sowerby 1757-1822.

#finding mushroom illustrations in library books is a good reason to become a librarian #just saying #books #libraries #mushrooms #california

[arkivalier]

Collinsonia canadensis, from Hortus Cliffortianus 1738 - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Europeana

Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794. by James Sowerby - 1794 - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Europeana

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776. av Franz Anton von Scheidl - 1776 - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Europeana

#archive aesthetic #digital archives #museum #wellcome #wellcome collection #botany #plants #cottage #cottage core #cottage aesthetic #cottagecore #archivecore #archival core #art #flower #flowers #drawing

[pwlanier]

Sowerby, James

English botany; or colored figures of British plants, with their essential characters,

synonyms, and places of growth. London, J. Davies 1790-1814.

First edition of the large botanical series.

Except for the very rare supplement volumes, complete copy of the well-known work with the plant representations in delicate color. The beautiful copper plates mainly show flowering plants, ferns, grasses, mosses, lichens and algae. - "It is one of the most celebrate British floras, the chief reason for the work's success being the charming engravings by Sowerby. The author, Smith, while desiring such success was disappointed in the lack of notice taken of his descriptions which he hoped .. 'ha[d] very widely promoted a love of plants, and a taste for correct and scientific botany'." (De Belder)

COVER: Medium brown half-leather. d. Currently with color. back shield. 36 vols.- ILLUSTRATION: With 2592 colored plant copper plates.- CONDITION: Tlw. slightly browned and occasionally foxed, overall beautiful specimen. Inf. sth. rubbed. - PROVENANCE: Gest. Coat of arms exlibris Sir William Fitz Herbert.

Ketterer and Kunst

#bibliophile #books #bookbinding #botany #i want this

[18thcentury]

ORATION

Delivered at Boston, March 6th 1775

By Dr. Joseph Warren

Click through to the library of Congress to read this copy of Boston massacre day orations owned at one point by Thomas Jefferson. Joseph Warren was responsible for 2 orations, this one and the oration of March 5th 1772. Orators included John Hancock, James Lovell, Benjamin Church among others.

#Joseph Warren #March 6th 1775 #John Hancock #Benjamin Church #James Lovell #18th century #boston massacre #thomas jefferson

[fundgruber]

James Sowerby

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#minerals

[vintagrafica]

Silex Fragilis

"British Mineralogy" by James Sowerby, 1807

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#mineral #stone #mineralogy #educational #classroom #encyclopedia #gem #geology #vintage #vintagrafica #society6 #redbubble #minimalist #green aesthetic #crystals

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james sowerby

[thebotanicalarcade]

n15_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent /. London :J. Sowerby,[1793-1794]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504035

#Australia #Botany #Zoology #Harvard University Botany Libraries #bhl:page=52504035 #dc:identifier=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504035 #New Holland #artist:viaf=61879779 #illustrator:wikidata=Q1235813 #flickr #james sowerby #billardiera scandens #apple berry #apple dumplings #botanical illustration #scientific illustration

[heaveninawildflower]

Wild rose illustrations taken from ‘English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants’ by James Sowerby. James de Carle Sowerby, John William Salter, John E. Sowerby.

Published 1863 by R. Hardwicke.

New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.

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#roses #wild roses #botany #botanical illustration #scientific illustration

[publicdomainreview]

From James Sowerby's British Mineralogy (1802–1817).

Despite his scientific leanings, Sowerby was first and foremost an artist, adept in describing and demonstrating how complex questions of perspective, scale, and color functioned in individual objects: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sowerby-mineralogy