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Explore the links below to find out more about botanical illustration and publishing.

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Rare books at the State Library of New South Wales

Find out more about the rare printed book collections at the State Library of New South Wales

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

This page from the Glasgow University Library Special Collections Department celebrates the longest running scientific journal with coloured illustrations.

 

The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations

This website by the Natural History Museum, London, presents most of the botanical drawings and engravings prepared by artist Sydney Parkinson on Cook's Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771.

 

Birds, bees and blooms

A virtual exhibition about natural history publishing from Glasgow University Library Special Collections Department 

 

Transfer of knowledge: Art of botanical illustration

This online exhibition explores botanical illustration through the centuries. It is a work in progress by Minnesota University Libraries.

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