Buch Gallery

Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume

Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration from Leopold von Buch's Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration from Leopold von Buch's Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Red-necked phalarope and grey phalarope

Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (Ph. hyperboreus) 1, female 2, egg 3, and red or grey phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (Ph. platyrhynchus) 4, female 5, winter plumage 6, egg 7. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Bird, Book, Buch, Carl, Das, Der, Egg, Female, Fulicarius, Grey, Handcoloured, Hoffmann, Hyperboreus, Lithograph, Lobatus, Ornithology, Phalarope, Phalaropus, Platyrhynchus, Plumage, Red, Red Necked, Wader, Welt, Winter

Green sea turtle, loggerhead turtle, soft-shelled

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas 1 (endangered), loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta 2 (endangered), Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis 3, yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata 5 (vulnerable), and two other species. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans