New Old Time
The Creatures of the Shore: Polydore Roux and t...
In 1828, the French naturalist Polydore Roux published the most comprehensive study of Mediterranean crustaceans ever attempted — with hand-colored copperplate engravings of such precision and beauty that they remain,...
The Creatures of the Shore: Polydore Roux and t...
In 1828, the French naturalist Polydore Roux published the most comprehensive study of Mediterranean crustaceans ever attempted — with hand-colored copperplate engravings of such precision and beauty that they remain,...
The Body as Atlas: Larousse Médical Illustré an...
In 1912, the Larousse Médical Illustré brought the complexity of human anatomy to a general French readership — with illustrations of such precision and beauty that they remain, more than...
The Body as Atlas: Larousse Médical Illustré an...
In 1912, the Larousse Médical Illustré brought the complexity of human anatomy to a general French readership — with illustrations of such precision and beauty that they remain, more than...
The Golden Age of Canoeing: Wilderness, Catalog...
In the 1920s, a generation of North Americans discovered the wilderness by canoe. The catalogs that equipped them — with their evocative illustrations and period typography — were as much...
The Golden Age of Canoeing: Wilderness, Catalog...
In the 1920s, a generation of North Americans discovered the wilderness by canoe. The catalogs that equipped them — with their evocative illustrations and period typography — were as much...
The Architects of Silk: Frederick Godman and th...
Between 1879 and 1915, Frederick Godman and Osbert Salvin produced the most comprehensive natural history encyclopedia of Mexico and Central America ever attempted. Among its most striking plates: the spiders...
The Architects of Silk: Frederick Godman and th...
Between 1879 and 1915, Frederick Godman and Osbert Salvin produced the most comprehensive natural history encyclopedia of Mexico and Central America ever attempted. Among its most striking plates: the spiders...
The Man Who Drew the Cosmos: Étienne Trouvelot ...
Before astrophotography, there was Étienne Trouvelot — a French artist and astronomer who spent his nights at the Harvard College Observatory drawing the cosmos in pastel and charcoal with a...
The Man Who Drew the Cosmos: Étienne Trouvelot ...
Before astrophotography, there was Étienne Trouvelot — a French artist and astronomer who spent his nights at the Harvard College Observatory drawing the cosmos in pastel and charcoal with a...
Paris 1900: The World at the Dawn of a New Century
In 1900, fifty million visitors descended on Paris for the Exposition Universelle — the greatest world's fair ever held, and the moment the Belle Époque reached its dazzling zenith. A...
Paris 1900: The World at the Dawn of a New Century
In 1900, fifty million visitors descended on Paris for the Exposition Universelle — the greatest world's fair ever held, and the moment the Belle Époque reached its dazzling zenith. A...