Two engravings from Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants. Included are plate 100 and plate 104 (appendix plate 4) from volume 2 of the second (1754) or third (1771) edition. Plate 100 pictures a branch of prickly ...
MoreTwo engravings from Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants. Included are plate 100 and plate 104 (appendix plate 4) from volume 2 of the second (1754) or third (1771) edition. Plate 100 pictures a branch of prickly apple (lily thorn) with a zebra swallowtail butterfly. Plate 104 pictures a branch of smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) with a Pennsylvania fly (giant ichneumon wasp). Also included is a color copy of each engraving. Mark Catesby (24 March 1682/83 - 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his book Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. The book was the first publication to describe flora and fauna of North America. The book described 220 birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.From https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Catesby accessed 3/17/2021
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