The Night Life of Trees
"There was a time when people used plain cloth and yarn. Then they discovered that the silkworm weaves wonderful thread, and took it from him to make clothes. Before he is found, the silkworm sits in the threads of his own making on the Bamur tree." "When Shankar Bhagwan, the creator, made the first man, there was no tree, no leaf on earth. The man said, 'Lord, what will I eat? How will I live?' T
Codex Fejervary Mayer
Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart. The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer depicts specific aspects of the tonalpohualli the 260-day Mesoamerican augural cycle. The painted manuscript divides the world into five parts. T-shaped trees delineate compass points: east at the top, west on the bottom, north on the left, and south on the right. The four directions are dis
Satirical Maps
Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart. Etching by James Gillray; published in London by Hannah Humphrey in 1791 Image source: British Museum "A comic map of England formed by an old woman seated in profile to the left on the back of a dolphin-like monster, whose open mouth (right) represents the 'Thames', the two points of its tail being 'Lands End' and '
The Treasury of Ornament 1
Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart.
BibliOdyssey
Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart. 'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also fruits and little animals, which are very useful to painters, silk embroiderers, goldsmiths and similar artists and are especially useful for travelling. Engraved in copperplate in honor of all art-lovers, published in Nuremberg 1652 in the publi
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The Voyage of La Perouse
