Comments on: Scientific Illustrations

Question: Scientific Illustrations

inactivist — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:55:11 -0800

Where can I find vintage scientific illustrations online, along the lines of these? Images of flora, fauna, human anatomy, sea creatures, and the like.

There's something I like about the precise and detailed look of these, so if there's anything similar to it that you care to share such as prints of architecture or landscapes or machines, please feel free to share! Hi-res images are highly preferred when possible.

By: extrabox

extrabox — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:59:28 -0800

look up Ernst Haeckel on line. You'll find lots of amazing illustrations like these.

By: michaelkuznet

michaelkuznet — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:02:02 -0800

yet another case of "i was just about to ask this question"

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:06:14 -0800

John James Audubon did hundrends of plates of birds.

Wikipedia also has a lot of them in their articles about various phylums, orders, families etc. if you do a bit of poking around.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:13:24 -0800

BibliOdyssey.

By: AmbroseChapel

AmbroseChapel — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:17:40 -0800

Look in the colophons at the back of O'Reilly books and see where they got theirs?

By: -harlequin-

-harlequin- — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:48:02 -0800

Gray's Anatomy has over a thousand illustrations - it's wealth of illustration was unprecedented, and since it's out of copyright now, you can pick up copies for a few dollars.

By: easternblot

easternblot — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:04:10 -0800

Seconding BiblioOdyssey. (It's by fellow MeFite peacay.)

By: ab3

ab3 — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:10:13 -0800

try here.

By: ab3

ab3 — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:13:08 -0800

By: hortense

hortense — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:16:20 -0800

Here is 435 John James Audubon plates

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:11:52 -0800

Ooh, thanks for the plug. inactivist, the easiest way to find stuff is via delicious - all the posts are annotated.

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:28:02 -0800

And wow! Thanks hortense, I somehow missed that. Beautiful!!

By: dpcoffin

dpcoffin — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:56:14 -0800

Ooo, BibliOdyssey is gorgeous, thanks! Lots of good stuff here, too.

By: macinchik

macinchik — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:56:55 -0800

Fine Rare Prints