July 19th, 2012
lindahall: Hand-colored hedgehog, detail from the 1792 edition of Buffon’s Natural history, abridged, by Georges Buffon.

lindahall:

Hand-colored hedgehog, detail from the 1792 edition of Buffon’s Natural history, abridged, by Georges Buffon.

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July 14th, 2012
lindahall: Hand-colored woodblock print from Konrad Gesner’s 1551, Historiae animalium. The hedgehog is the unofficial mascot of Linda Hall Library.

lindahall:

Hand-colored woodblock print from Konrad Gesner’s 1551, Historiae animalium.


The hedgehog is the unofficial mascot of Linda Hall Library.

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83 notes Source: lindahall #hedgehog#woodcut illustration#zoology#http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/u?/darwin442#Erinaceidae#Konrad Gesner#Gesner