La Sala de Láminas
31.861 xilografías, grabados y láminas coloreadas a mano de seres vivos, recortados de las páginas de herbarios, bestiarios e historias naturales digitalizados por las bibliotecas del mundo y reunidos en la Source Library. Cada lámina enlaza con la página de la que procede. Para un herbario leído de principio a fin, visita la Sala del Herball.
Hand-colored woodcut depicting various aquatic creatures, a ship, and a figure on the shore.
1478 · Das Buch der Natur
Large hand-colored woodcut of a river scene with scholars, fish, and a mermaid.
1491 · Ortus sanitatis
A hand-colored woodcut depicting a scene with two figures on opposite banks of a waterway filled with various aquatic creatures, including fish, crabs, a mermaid, and a merman. In the background, there are cities, ships,
1491 · Garden of Health
Large woodcut depicting a variety of sea monsters and land animals, including a whale attacking a ship and a giant lobster.
1598 · Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
A large woodcut of a demon-shaped sea monster with a horned head, human-like torso, and a long fish tail.
1642 · History of Monsters
A plate of twelve hand-colored murex sea shell specimens, including a prominent Venus Comb murex.
1705 · Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)
A hand-colored engraving of fifteen conical sea shells (Trochidae family) arranged in a grid-like composition.
1705 · Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)
A copperplate engraving with hand-coloring depicting various specimens of Argonauta (Paper Nautilus) shells and the living animal.
1705 · Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)
A hand-colored engraving of four crab specimens and carapaces, labeled No. 1 through No. 4.
1705 · Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)
A hand-colored engraving depicting a Surinam toad (Pipa pipa) with young emerging from its back, swimming in water beneath a flowering plant, with seashells on the sandy bottom.
1719 · Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Hand-colored engraving depicting the life cycles of insects and aquatic animals in a Surinamese landscape, featuring butterflies, caterpillars, a beetle, tadpoles, frogs, and shells.
1719 · Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Scientific plate (Tab. XVI) depicting various marine mammals including whales, a dolphin, and a narwhal, with a separate narwhal tusk at the bottom.
1728 · Sacred Physics
An intricate engraving of various shells and marine life on a rocky shore, illustrating the fifth day of creation.
1728 · Sacred Physics
Woodcut depicting polar bears (Ursi Albi) fishing in an Arctic landscape.
1555 · History of the Northern Peoples
Woodcut illustration of an octopus and a lobster in a struggle, set against a coastal landscape with a ship and buildings.
1551 · The Hieroglyphics
Woodcut of a monstrous lobster attacking a swimming man
1586 · History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
A dried and manipulated ray or skate, fashioned to look like a winged dragon or sea monster, known as a Jenny Haniver.
1586 · History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Emblem XXXI depicting a crab and an open oyster on a beach with a coastal landscape in the background.
1627 · Proteus, or Emblems of Love Transformed into Emblems of Morality
A natural history plate (Tab. XIV) featuring various Japanese marine life, including crabs (Gadsame, Simagami), clams (Hamaguri, Kisa Akagai), and a sea cucumber, with Japanese calligraphy and phonetic labels.
1727 · The History of Japan, Vol. 1
A plate of six Norwegian marine animals, including whales and sharks, with identifying labels in Danish.
s. f. · Det Første Forsøg paa Norges Naturlige Historie (The Natural History of Norway)
Woodcut of a large flat sea creature, possibly a ray or skate, with personified wind faces in the corners.
1555 · History of the Northern Peoples
The 'Magnes Aeolius' (Aeolian Magnet) depicted as a pufferfish suspended by a thread from a hand in the clouds, centered within a compass rose.
1654 · Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Jesu Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartium quo universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova medthodo explicatur, ac praeterae e viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita natureae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
Woodcut of a 'monstrous' carp with a human-like face.
1661 · De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Anatomical plate featuring seven detailed engravings of fish anatomy, specifically focusing on the head, mouth, and internal structures.
1666 · Anatomical Compendium (Syntagma Anatomicum) (1666)
A scientific plate (Tab. 3) featuring four detailed engravings of tortoise shells, including top and bottom views of a 'Great Chequerd Tortoise-Shell', a 'Lesser from Virginia', and a 'Scaled Tortoise Shell', accompanied
1681 · Museum of the Royal Society
A grid of four natural history engravings depicting Japanese aquatic creatures: two 'Minogame' (long-tailed turtles), a hermit crab, and a horseshoe crab, each with Japanese calligraphy and Romanized names.
1727 · The History of Japan, Vol. 1
Hand-colored engraving of a brightly patterned fish labeled 'Turdus &c', shown vertically with its head pointing downwards.
1743 · The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Woodcut depicting aquatic life including fish and crustaceans in a landscape with a castle and town.
1504 · Margarita philosophica
Detailed woodcut of a ray (Raia oculata), showing dorsal view with prominent ocelli.
1554 · Books on Marine Fishes
Detailed woodcut of a thornback ray (Raia Clauata) showing dorsal spines and tail anatomy.
1554 · Books on Marine Fishes
Woodcut illustration of a ray fish (Raia asperrima)
1554 · Books on Marine Fishes
Anatomical woodcut of a fish stomach (stomachus piscis) with multiple hand-like appendages.
1557 · De re metallica, hoc est, de origine, varietate, & natura corporum metallicorum, lapidum, gemmarum, atque aliarum, quae ex fodinis, eruuntur, rerum, ad medicinae usum deservientium, libri III
A scientific plate (Table 2) featuring twenty-five numbered woodcut illustrations of various crustaceans, including lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.
1618 · Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
A full-page scientific plate (Tab. I) illustrating various cephalopods and marine mollusks, including octopuses, cuttlefish, squid, and sea hares.
1623 · Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
A full-page plate (Tabula XVI) featuring multiple woodcut illustrations of marine mollusks and the legendary barnacle goose.
1623 · Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Woodcut illustration of two mermen with human upper bodies and fish tails.
1643 · Athanasii Kircheri... Magnes sive de arte magnetica
Detailed engraving of a torpedo fish (electric ray) showing its dorsal markings and tail.
1654 · Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Jesu Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartium quo universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova medthodo explicatur, ac praeterae e viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita natureae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
Two large sturgeons (Sturio) depicted vertically side-by-side, showing their characteristic bony plates (scutes) and elongated snouts.
1661 · De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
A large, detailed woodcut of a sturgeon (Acipenser), shown in a vertical profile.
1661 · De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
Large vertical woodcut of a Beluga sturgeon (Huso huso)
1661 · De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus
A scientific plate (Tab. 8) featuring engravings of various fish and starfish, including the Square Acarauna, Mailed Fish of Brasile, Smooth Star-Fish, and Crowned Star-Fish, with a scale bar.
1681 · Museum of the Royal Society
A collection of seven engravings depicting various real and fantastical creatures, including a frog, sea monsters, and exotic fish.
1714 · Recherche curieuse d'antiquités, venuës d'Italie, de la Grece, d'Egypte, & trouvées à Nimegue, a Sant...
A hand-colored engraving depicting a large reddish-brown land crab positioned beneath a plant with yellow fruits. The crab has one significantly larger pincer, while its smaller pincer holds one of the three oval yellow
1750 · Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
A collection of eight distinct fish species, hand-colored, from Louis Renard's 'Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes'.
1754 · Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
Hand-colored engraving of five distinct marine species, including the Peti-Cornute, Carcasse, Douwing-Dueq, Ican Swangi Touwa, and Calu-calu.
1754 · Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
Hand-colored engraving of a large, vertically oriented fish (De Groote Tafel-visch) with distinct black and white stripes and a long, trailing fin.
1754 · Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
A natural history plate featuring twelve detailed watercolor-style illustrations of various sea shells, primarily of the Strombidae family (conchs), arranged artistically with handwritten German labels.
1770 · Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
A collection of fish and cephalopods, including an eel, a pufferfish, a ray, and a squid.
1814 · Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 1
A collection of marine life including turtles, fish, an octopus, and various crustaceans and mollusks.
1814 · Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 1
A collection of scientific and architectural engravings including a fish (fig 34), a robed figure (fig 35), architectural details (fig 36), vaulted structures (fig 31), a cross-section of a room with a pool, a woven cont
1665 · Journal des voyages de Monsieur de Monconys … Première partie (Voyage de Portugal, Provence, Italie, Egypte, Syrie, Constantinople & Natolie)
Engraving showing fish embryos within a gestational sac (Fig. LXXII) and a young fish with its yolk sac (Fig. LXXIII).
1604 · On the Formed Fetus and the Valves of the Veins
A scientific plate from Ulisse Aldrovandi's 'De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus' featuring various species of snails and mollusks.
1623 · Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Scientific plate showing anatomical studies of mollusks, including snails, bivalves, and segmented organisms.
1737 · The Book of Nature
A natural history plate featuring six detailed illustrations of crustaceans, including various species of crabs and a shrimp-like creature, meticulously hand-colored.
1770 · Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
A natural history plate featuring various species of crabs and a marine mollusk, with a large edible crab (Cancer pagurus) as the central focus.
1770 · Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
Woodcut illustration of a whale (鯨) in turbulent water.
1609 · Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 93)
Detailed engraving of a botanical or zoological specimen, possibly a stylized shell or marine organism.
1616 · Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
A comprehensive scientific plate featuring various cephalopods and marine organisms.
1618 · Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
A scientific plate (Table XII) featuring a collection of thirty-four numbered illustrations of various shells, including bivalves and barnacles, with Latin and some German labels.
1618 · Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
Woodcut of a large, spiny Murex shell, labeled Murex albus e monte effossus.
1648 · Metallic Museum