New Old Time

Historic 18th century European apothecary with floor-to-ceiling shelves of decorated ceramic jars, brass mortar and pestle, dried medicinal flowers and open herbal book on wooden counter - LeBonJournal

The Garden of the Hesperides: Johann Christoph ...

Between 1708 and 1714, the Nuremberg physician and botanist Johann Christoph Volkamer published the Nürnbergische Hesperides — one of the most beautiful botanical books ever created. Named after the mythological...

The Garden of the Hesperides: Johann Christoph ...

Between 1708 and 1714, the Nuremberg physician and botanist Johann Christoph Volkamer published the Nürnbergische Hesperides — one of the most beautiful botanical books ever created. Named after the mythological...

Victorian cabinet of curiosities with pinned iridescent beetles, butterflies and dragonflies, open entomological illustration book and magnifying glass on naturalist's desk - LeBonJournal

Adolphe Millot and the Art of Entomological Ill...

Between 1897 and 1904, the French illustrator Adolphe Millot produced for the Nouveau Larousse illustré some of the most beautiful entomological plates of the golden age of scientific illustration —...

Adolphe Millot and the Art of Entomological Ill...

Between 1897 and 1904, the French illustrator Adolphe Millot produced for the Nouveau Larousse illustré some of the most beautiful entomological plates of the golden age of scientific illustration —...

Victorian astronomer's desk at night with brass sextant, open astronomical chart, oil lamp and telescope pointing to starry window - LeBonJournal

The Transparent Solar System: John Emslie and t...

In 1846, the English cartographer and scientific illustrator John Emslie produced two of the most striking astronomical diagrams of the Victorian era — the Transparent Solar System and the Central...

The Transparent Solar System: John Emslie and t...

In 1846, the English cartographer and scientific illustrator John Emslie produced two of the most striking astronomical diagrams of the Victorian era — the Transparent Solar System and the Central...

El Tesoro de la Juventud encyclopedia volume open on wooden desk with botanical illustration, complete brown and gold set on cedar bookshelf behind - LeBonJournal

El Tesoro de la Juventud: The Encyclopedia That...

From the 1910s through the 1960s, El Tesoro de la Juventud stood on bookshelves across Latin America and Spain — its colorful botanical plates teaching generations of children to identify...

El Tesoro de la Juventud: The Encyclopedia That...

From the 1910s through the 1960s, El Tesoro de la Juventud stood on bookshelves across Latin America and Spain — its colorful botanical plates teaching generations of children to identify...

Lemon botanical illustration in watercolor on aged paper with real lemons, ink pen and inkwell on wooden desk in natural light - LeBonJournal

The Golden Fruit: Köhler, d'Orbigny, and the Bo...

In the nineteenth century, two of Europe’s great botanical traditions — German medicinal botany and French natural history — turned their attention to the citrus fruits of the Mediterranean. The...

The Golden Fruit: Köhler, d'Orbigny, and the Bo...

In the nineteenth century, two of Europe’s great botanical traditions — German medicinal botany and French natural history — turned their attention to the citrus fruits of the Mediterranean. The...

Two Amanita muscaria mushrooms growing at the base of a birch tree in an autumn forest with soft dappled light - LeBonJournal

The Scarlet Cap: Hans Walty and the Botanical I...

Of all the fungi that populate the forest floor, none has captured the human imagination as completely as Amanita muscaria — the fly agaric, with its scarlet cap and white...

The Scarlet Cap: Hans Walty and the Botanical I...

Of all the fungi that populate the forest floor, none has captured the human imagination as completely as Amanita muscaria — the fly agaric, with its scarlet cap and white...