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Rolling Ocean Waves

Aurora Borealis in High Latitudes from the book William MacKenzie’s National Encyclopedia (1891), a colored illustration of the beautiful polar lights in the night sky.

Lithograph Saturne printed in 1877, by F. Meheux, an antique representation of the planet saturn.

Beachside Chardonney

Guide for Constructing the Letter H from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Antique Butterfly and Moth Lithograph Original Antique Insect Print by an unknown artist (1894), a collage of beautifully colourful butterflies and moths.

Constellations of the Two Hemispheres (1877) from the book by Guillemin, Amédée, (1826-1893), a celestial chart of the two hemispheres in the night sky.

A colorful solar system chart from The Twentieth Century Atlas of Popular Astronomy (1908), by Thomas Heath BA (1861-1940).

Guide for Constructing the Letter L from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Guide for Constructing the Letter G from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Guide for Constructing the Letter Z from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Where Desert Meets the Sea

Scarlet Tiger Moth, Larkspur, Insect, and Caterpillar from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel.

Guide for Constructing the Letter A from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Butterfly, Sweet Cherry, and Land Snails from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Damselfly, French Rose, Spanish Chestnut, and Spider from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Guide for Constructing the Ligature do from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

La dame, aux camelias, Sarah Bernhardt (1896) by Alphonse Maria Mucha. Original from The Public Institution Paris Musées.

Artful Palm Leaf Graphic

Guide for Constructing the Letter O from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Guide for Constructing the Letter R from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Tropical Plants Leaves Mix

Wainscot, French Rose, Wasplike Insect, English Daisy, and Caterpillar from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

You Can't Trip with Us Astronaut Graphic

Gillyflower, Insect, Germander, Almond, and Frog from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Dreamy Cannabis Marijuana Leaves

Guide for Constructing the Letter P from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777. Hevelius style, Eimmart format; hemispheres, ecliptic pole to ecliptic, with non-Ptolemaic constellations. Includes 6 diagrams and 4 globes and armillary spheres.

American Black Squirrel, Ariel Petaurus, Squirrel-Like Petaurus, Lesser American Flying Squirrel, Grey Squirrel, Common British Squirrel, Common Ground Squirrel, and Agiump Squirrel from A history of the earth and animated nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774).

A Quick Nap Under Palm Tree Grove

The Queen–Plant from The Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton. Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Primitive pattern from L'ornement Polychrome (1888) by Albert Racinet (1825–1893).

Pink sky illustration from Bijutsu Sekai (1893-1896) by Watanabe Seitei, a prominent Kacho-ga artist.

Scorpionfly, Insect, Lizard, and Insect Larva from Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta or The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596) by Georg Bocskay and Joris Hoefnagel. Original from The Getty.

Poissons, frise au pochoir. Cacatoës et citrons, cretonne from L'animal dans la décoration (1897) illustrated by Maurice Pillard Verneuil.​​​​​​ Original from the The New York Public Library.