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It's @Aus_ScienceWeek and the theme this year is 'deep blue', so I'm going to post some beautiful rare book illustrations featuring creatures from our oceans 
This colourful fish is from Andrew Garrett's 'Fische der Südsee' (1873-1910) from @museumsvictoria library
This colourful fish is from Andrew Garrett's 'Fische der Südsee' (1873-1910) from @museumsvictoria library
Here is an eel from 'Descriptions and figures of two hundred fishes' by Patrick Russell (1803)
I absolutely love the graphic appeal of these plates! One of my favourites in the library collection for sure
#RareBooks #SciArt
I absolutely love the graphic appeal of these plates! One of my favourites in the library collection for sure
#RareBooks #SciArt
This Atlantic rock crab is from volume one of 'Transactions of the Zoological Society of London' (1833-35)
In describing the crab, T. Bell says he thinks it is a 'pretty species', and from this illustration I'm inclined to agree
#RareBooks @Aus_ScienceWeek
In describing the crab, T. Bell says he thinks it is a 'pretty species', and from this illustration I'm inclined to agree
#RareBooks @Aus_ScienceWeek
Some stunning illustrations of cephalopods from the Valdivia reports, these particular volumes are by Carl Chun (1910-15)
This is making me miss all of my marine colleagues from the museum!
This is making me miss all of my marine colleagues from the museum!
A visual representation of how I feel today courtesy of this hammerhead shark from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's 'Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte' (1799-1800)
#ScienceWeek #RareBooks
#ScienceWeek #RareBooks
