Johannes Hevelius, Machinae Coelestis Pars Prior [and Posterior] [Celestial machines, or astronomical instruments], 1673-79, Four male figures (including Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, and possibly Ptolemy and Aristotle) contemplate a celestial globe; more »
Category: Special Collections
The blog, OnlineCourses.org ranked the Libraries' online special collections #1! They like us, they really like us . . . The Libraries does house many special collections, which we try more »
R.E. Rodda Candy Company, Rodda Easter Candy , ca. 1925, chocolate bunny (above), chocolate chicken (below) Taking a page from O Say Can You See, the National Museum of American History more »
The Libraries has a plethora of wonderful bird images featured on its Galaxy of Images. Here we are highlighting one of the more recent additions.—Elizabeth Periale H. G. Ludwig Reichenbach, more »
Johannes Kepler, Ad Vitellionem paralipomena . . ., 1604, Medical Illustrations of Human Eye —Elizabeth Periale
Christiaan Huygens, Systema Saturnium; sive, De Causis Mirandorum Saturni Phænomenôn, et Comite ejus Planeta Nova [Saturnian system], 1659, Schematic of Saturn's rings From digital collection, Christiaan Huygens Systema Saturnium —Elizabeth more »
And a partridge in a . . . lily. Happy second day of Christmas!—Elizabeth Periale Top: François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] more »