Selected for its visual impact and ease of use, this outstanding collection of wood engravings presents over 1,000 species of animals in extremely lifelike poses. Includes many different versions of familiar mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and other invertebrates such as spiders, crabs, squid, earthworms, and more. Captions provide modern common-name identifications. Dover Original.
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Heck’s Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science by J. G. Heck 5,500 illustrations from the 19th century include star maps, animals, plants, minerals, fossils, geological formations, human anatomy, and much more.
1300 Real and Fanciful Animals: From Seventeenth-Century Engravings by Matthäus (the Younger) Merian Quadrupeds, birds, fishes, and insects depicted realistically and fancifully, plus such fantasy creatures as unicorns, dragons, and basilisks. Indispensable volume of royalty-free graphics for commercial artists.
Big Book of Animal Illustrations by Maggie Kate 688 up-to-date, detailed royalty-free line illustrations: monkeys and apes, horses, snakes, reptiles and amphibians, insects, butterflies, dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts, North American desert life, animals of the African plains, more.
Big Book of Bird Illustrations by Maggie Kate Magnificent compendium comprises more than 600 royalty-free images by many different artists. Handsome, accurate renderings include ducks and geese, herons, owls, eagles, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, many others.
Seba's Snakes and Lizards: 240 Illustrations by Albertus Seba 240 full-color snake and lizard illustrations — a riot of brilliant colors, shapes, and sizes with unlimited potential as graphic and decorative elements.
