Andrew Taylor
@andy4040.bsky.social
A natural history collector’s dream haul - over sixty complete Liebig card sets, newly added to the A. Taylor Collection.
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A natural history collector’s dream haul - over sixty complete Liebig card sets, newly added to the A. Taylor Collection.
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
🦪 Oysters & fishes
🪲 Strange Insects & Parasites
🦘 Australian Mammals
🌊 Marine Algae
🌴 Strange Trees of the World
Each set = six rich chromolithos
Tiny teaching tools
A letter; hand-written and signed by Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (from the collections).
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A letter; hand-written and signed by Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (from the collections).
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a leading biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist who founded the Natural History Museum in London and famously coined the term ‘Dinosaur’. @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
A recent search through the collections revealed a couple of specimens that are definitely worth sharing: two hadal amphipods - Bathycallisoma (Scopelocheirus) schellenbergi from an unbelievable 10,047m (32,949 ft) depth in the Kermadec Trench: @nhm-london.bsky.social @stephholtnh.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A recent search through the collections revealed a couple of specimens that are definitely worth sharing: two hadal amphipods - Bathycallisoma (Scopelocheirus) schellenbergi from an unbelievable 10,047m (32,949 ft) depth in the Kermadec Trench: @nhm-london.bsky.social @stephholtnh.bsky.social