Early Modern Notes

Volcanoes, slugs and comets: rare scientific books at UCL. (Hat-tip: C18-L)

(couldn’t resist posting it)

(PZ will love some of these pictures. ‘Cute’ and ’slug’ are not words ~~you’d~~ [correction] anybody except PZ would usually expect to see together, but… And look!)

Posted by Sharon on 24 March 2005 at 10:21 am in Early Modern, Resources

5 comments on “Online exhibit: scientific books”

PZ Myers says:

I put “cute” and “slug” together all the time…what are you talking about?

24th March 2005 at 3:32 pm

Pharyngula says:

Slugs 'n' bugs 'n' books

Sharon mentions these lovely old-timey monographs the University College London is bragging about—I'm a sucker for great old illustrated works in natural history—and yeah, this monograph on the Mollusca looks to die for… &he…

24th March 2005 at 6:01 pm

Susan Stead says:

Thank you for the publicity. I have to say that I think he is quite a cute slug!

Best wishes,

Susan

31st March 2005 at 9:19 am

BARISTA says:

sire, the monkey ate the manuscript

I came across this charming photograph of Darwin and his eldest son on Volcanoes, slugs and comets: rare scientific books at UCL.. It covers a lovely range of images, from early incunabula to an imaginary orang-outang. The bald “UCL”…

1st April 2005 at 4:27 pm