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NATURAL HISTORY

Plates from old botanical and zoological treatises; illustrations as a basic component of naturalistic classification.

The history of the evolution of documentation techniques and scientific thought: from the miniated manuscripts of the 14th century to the lithographic plates of the 19th century. Photograph of fossils.



Female Indian elephant with calf. Engraving, 19th century.   Poppy, flower and cross-section of pistils, illustration from treatise by Pietro Andrea Mattioli, 1626.   Fossil, common ammonite, Lias Whithy. Rome, Institute of Geology and Paleontology.


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