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1300 Real and Fanciful Animals
A painter whose father was an engraver and publisher of the same name, Matthäus Merian (1621–1687) published this remarkable group of unusual and highly imaginative animal illustrations. This copyright-free collection includes a large and fascinating selection of engravings that illustrate scientific specimens and legendary creatures ― all meticulously reproduced from an extremely rare eighteenth-century edition.
Carefully arranged into six major divisions (quadrupeds, snakes, mollusks and crustaceans, fish, birds, and insects), approximately 1,300 copyright-free images include realistic and fanciful portrayals of a varied array of real animals, in addition to such imaginary creatures as unicorns, dragons, basilisks, harpies, griffins, and other mythical beasts. Identifying captions in Latin accompany many of the illustrations.
Commercial artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will find a host of uses for these lovingly detailed engravings: as book and magazine illustrations and as attention-getting graphics ideal for enhancing flyers, brochures, newsletters, and any number of other print projects. Art lovers and antiquarians ― anyone with an interest in the art and ideas of an earlier era ― will enjoy browsing through these wonderful antique images.
Carefully arranged into six major divisions (quadrupeds, snakes, mollusks and crustaceans, fish, birds, and insects), approximately 1,300 copyright-free images include realistic and fanciful portrayals of a varied array of real animals, in addition to such imaginary creatures as unicorns, dragons, basilisks, harpies, griffins, and other mythical beasts. Identifying captions in Latin accompany many of the illustrations.
Commercial artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will find a host of uses for these lovingly detailed engravings: as book and magazine illustrations and as attention-getting graphics ideal for enhancing flyers, brochures, newsletters, and any number of other print projects. Art lovers and antiquarians ― anyone with an interest in the art and ideas of an earlier era ― will enjoy browsing through these wonderful antique images.
Reprint of 123 plates from the R. & G. Wetstenios, Amsterdam, 1718 edition.
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A painter whose father was an engraver and publisher of the same name, Matthäus Merian (1621–1687) published this remarkable group of unusual and highly imaginative animal illustrations. This copyright-free collection includes a large and fascinating selection of engravings that illustrate scientific specimens and legendary creatures ― all meticulously reproduced from an extremely rare eighteenth-century edition.
Carefully arranged into six major divisions (quadrupeds, snakes, mollusks and crustaceans, fish, birds, and insects), approximately 1,300 copyright-free images include realistic and fanciful portrayals of a varied array of real animals, in addition to such imaginary creatures as unicorns, dragons, basilisks, harpies, griffins, and other mythical beasts. Identifying captions in Latin accompany many of the illustrations.
Commercial artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will find a host of uses for these lovingly detailed engravings: as book and magazine illustrations and as attention-getting graphics ideal for enhancing flyers, brochures, newsletters, and any number of other print projects. Art lovers and antiquarians ― anyone with an interest in the art and ideas of an earlier era ― will enjoy browsing through these wonderful antique images.
Carefully arranged into six major divisions (quadrupeds, snakes, mollusks and crustaceans, fish, birds, and insects), approximately 1,300 copyright-free images include realistic and fanciful portrayals of a varied array of real animals, in addition to such imaginary creatures as unicorns, dragons, basilisks, harpies, griffins, and other mythical beasts. Identifying captions in Latin accompany many of the illustrations.
Commercial artists, illustrators, and craftspeople will find a host of uses for these lovingly detailed engravings: as book and magazine illustrations and as attention-getting graphics ideal for enhancing flyers, brochures, newsletters, and any number of other print projects. Art lovers and antiquarians ― anyone with an interest in the art and ideas of an earlier era ― will enjoy browsing through these wonderful antique images.
Reprint of 123 plates from the R. & G. Wetstenios, Amsterdam, 1718 edition.
clip art;animal anatomy;art nouveau;art forms;art teacher;realistic drawing;black's experiments;black believed;black started;ernst haeckel;collage artist;ancient mythological;flower design;tattoo ideas;dark protagonist;black's life;fictional dr;illustrations varies;outstanding artistic;documented thousands;skeletal structures;gray's anatomy;der natur;macabre tale;dr black;mythological beasts;future projects;siren oceanus;spencer black;dr spencer;grey's anatomy;anatomical drawings;imaginary creatures;grave robber;grave robbing;woodcut;fantasy creatures;medical community;extinct animalia;codex extinct;fictional biography;fantastical creatures;mythological creatures;mixed media;mad scientist;mythical creatures;line drawings;human body;harpy;coffee table;19th century;silhouette;cds;sphinxes;coloring;fanciful;pseudo-biography;engravings;hudspeth;vertebrates;minotaurs;dover;engraver;interior;flickr;frankenstein-esque;cerberus;satyrs;resurrectionist;grays;clip;harter;centaurs;deformities;pegasus;renderings;beasts;organisms;designs;pictorial;muscular;prints;quirk;mermaids;transfer;frankenstein;plates;surgeon;books on ernst haeckels;books on gray 's anatomies;books on animal anatomies;books on art nouveaus;books on dark protagonists;books on tattoo ideas;books on realistic drawings;books on flower designs;books on black 's lives;books on clip arts;books on art teachers;books on collage artists;books on black's experiments;books on fictional drs;books on art forms
