EditorialHistoriated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4:2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the beginning of Psalm 52. . Psalter. England, Central (Oxfor...
EditorialHistoriated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4:2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the beginning of Psalm 52. . Psalter. England, Central (Oxfor...
EditorialThe Lever brothers. Progress. (Lever Brothers' Magazine.) vol. 1. no. Port Sunlight, 1900. The earliest photograph of Lever brothers; Mr. James Darcy Lever (left) and Lord Leverhulme with their eldest sister, Mrs. Bromiley, in 1859.' Leverhulme, Willia...
EditorialBombus dahlbomii bumblebee 1, Acanthopus palmatus (Acanthopus splendidus) 2, Xylocopa flavorufa (Xylocopa trepida) 3, and cuckoo bee, Melecta punctata 4. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dic...
EditorialRed-cheeked cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus bengalus, and Java rice sparrow, Lonchura oryzivora (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dic...
EditorialPortrait and profile of one of the famous Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, aged 25, and Indian woman of Calcutta, aged 22, wearing nose ring and jewelry. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Verner from Charles d'Orbigny's Dic...