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Wooden desk with Schultz 1910 Napoleonic school chart being cut into paper soldiers arranged in Battle of Wagram formation on hand-drawn battlefield map with scissors magnifying glass and cold cup of tea in warm afternoon light - LeBonJournal

The Thunder of Wagram: August Schultz and the N...

On 5–6 July 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte fought and won the Battle of Wagram on the plains north of Vienna — the largest battle of his career to that point, and...

The Thunder of Wagram: August Schultz and the N...

On 5–6 July 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte fought and won the Battle of Wagram on the plains north of Vienna — the largest battle of his career to that point, and...

Dutch flower market circa 1612 with golden marigolds tulips and hyacinths on wooden trestle tables Dutch merchant in period dress with open plant catalogue brass scale and canal gable houses in soft northern light - LeBonJournal

The Flower Merchant of Frankfurt: Emanuel Sweer...

In 1612, the Dutch plant merchant Emanuel Sweert published his Florilegium at the Frankfurt Fair — one of the first illustrated plant catalogues in the history of botany, documenting the...

The Flower Merchant of Frankfurt: Emanuel Sweer...

In 1612, the Dutch plant merchant Emanuel Sweert published his Florilegium at the Frankfurt Fair — one of the first illustrated plant catalogues in the history of botany, documenting the...

Victorian natural history museum display case with Hungarian opal jasper onyx quartz fluorite and apatite specimens on burgundy velvet with German handwritten labels in warm museum lighting - LeBonJournal

The Stones of the Empire: Gustav von Hayek and ...

In 1887, the Austrian naturalist Gustav von Hayek published chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom — opal, jasper, onyx, quartz, fluorite, and apatite — with the scientific precision and visual...

The Stones of the Empire: Gustav von Hayek and ...

In 1887, the Austrian naturalist Gustav von Hayek published chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom — opal, jasper, onyx, quartz, fluorite, and apatite — with the scientific precision and visual...

Eighteenth-century palace display cabinet with Meissen porcelain botanical service Kändler figures and indianische Blumen pieces on cobalt silk shelves in gilded baroque interior with candlelight - LeBonJournal

The White Gold of Saxony: Karl Berling and the ...

In 1900, Karl Berling published Das Meissner Porzellan — a chromolithographic documentation of the Meissen manufactory’s finest designs, from the earliest pieces of 1710 to the height of its artistic...

The White Gold of Saxony: Karl Berling and the ...

In 1900, Karl Berling published Das Meissner Porzellan — a chromolithographic documentation of the Meissen manufactory’s finest designs, from the earliest pieces of 1710 to the height of its artistic...

German mineralogist's study circa 1935 with open chromolithographic mineral atlas, pyrite galena cinnabar and sphalerite specimens, brass magnifying loupe and handwritten field notes in warm window light - LeBonJournal

The Crystalline Kingdom: Dr. A. Schleyer and th...

In 1935, Dr. A. Schleyer published his Mineralogie as part of Das Naturreich in Bildern — a series of thirty chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom with hand-applied metallic finishes...

The Crystalline Kingdom: Dr. A. Schleyer and th...

In 1935, Dr. A. Schleyer published his Mineralogie as part of Das Naturreich in Bildern — a series of thirty chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom with hand-applied metallic finishes...

Victorian entomologist's study circa 1893 with open chromolithographic caterpillar atlas, glass specimen jars, brass magnifying glass, pinned moth specimens and handwritten field notes in warm candlelight - LeBonJournal

Before the Wing: Ernst Hofmann and the Chromoli...

In 1893, the German entomologist Ernst Hofmann published Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas — The Caterpillars of European Butterflies and Moths — a chromolithographic atlas documenting the larvae of European...

Before the Wing: Ernst Hofmann and the Chromoli...

In 1893, the German entomologist Ernst Hofmann published Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas — The Caterpillars of European Butterflies and Moths — a chromolithographic atlas documenting the larvae of European...