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This #FloralFriday enjoy a 🌸 bouquet 🌸 from “Zoology and botany of New Holland and the isles adjacent” by George Shaw, James Edward Smith and #JamesSowerby in 1794.
September 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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It's #MarsupialMonday! The feathertail glider is the smallest gliding mammal in the world – one of these weighs only 12 grams ⚖️ . This image by #JamesSowerby is from George Shaw's The Zoology of New Holland (1794). Thanks to Museums Victoria. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40653669
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June 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@silibraries 🌈 Hope your weekend’s been as fun as this colorful Opah fish from “The British miscellany” (1806). Author James Sowerby described unusual natural history specimens from his own collection.

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August 8, 2024 at 2:49 AM