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Byssus-like Carbonate of Copper (*Cuprum carbonatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8396458c-032d-4083-aea8-a56139db75b3
#minerals #geology #green #patterns #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain
The Rape of the Lock (1897) by Aubrey Beardsley, from The Rape of the Lock.
Source: National Digital Library of Poland, University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1c431ce1-5332-4463-a62c-f37ef4b79100
#victorianengland #window #group #curtains #victorian #hairstyling #dresses #grotesque #decadentmovement #decadence #jackets #drawing #interior #windows #haircut #drinking #fancydress #bookillustration #painting #art #publicdomain
Illustration by Peter Rollos, from Le Centre de l'amour: decouvert soubs divers emblesmes galans et facetieux (ca. 1687).
Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/648fde18-34f5-4352-87f8-8b1b044c256d
#gardens #mallets #emblems #love #games #pastimes #balls #bookillustration #art #publicdomain