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Ancient manuscripts and rare books

Showing posts with label Natural sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural sciences. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Buch der Natur (The Book of Nature, 14th Century)

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This fascinating manuscript from 14th Century was issued by Konrad of Megenberg, a prolific german scholar who also wrote physics and ast...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Mercator's Atlas, 16th Century

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Gerardus Mercator (1512-1524) is considered the father of the modern world atlas. Gerardus was a Cartographer that worked with his own colle...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Herbarium Vivum, 16th Century

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This 16 th century fascinating herbarium is a compilation of wild flowers, plants, ferns, horsetails, crops, etc. It has two particularitie...
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