Scientific illustrators

Content Description This collection contains four volumes of papers and publications by Edward S. Morse. The publications feature his work in various scientific and naturalist journals, including the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. There are many illustrations by hand of various members of the mollusk family, as well as birds. Tucked into volumes are letters about his publication and studies and illustrated book plates from other publications. The four volumes are: Land and Freshwater...

Content Description This volume is a bound collection of pencil drawings by Dr. F. Warner Bishop. Each page of this book includes a scientific study drawing of some aspect of biology - cross sections, close-up sections, or anatomical studies of non-human biology (plants, microbes, amphibians, fish, and mammals). Subparts of the sketches are labeled, and most drawings also have the Latin name of the subject on the page. Each page is also signed at the top by F. Warner Bishop with a full date. Included in the...

Content Description This volume contains illustrations from volumes 1 through 3 of "The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States" cut out and pasted onto the volume's pages. The illustrations are arranged in the order of publication with hand written labels for each plate and the volume they came from written in the upper right hand corner of each page. Many of the illustrations have additional notes and labels written on the actual plate, and not the page of the volume. While the illustrated...