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Florilegius
Florilegius is a digital image library specializing in antique prints. The website offers a huge range of exquisite engravings taken from rare books from the 17th to 19th centuries. If you are looking for antique images of flowers, birds, animals or other natural history subjects, Florilegius has examples from the golden age of European illustrated books. These images illustrate an extraordinary era of discovery and exploration, when scientists and artists were determined to name, depict and describe every rare and exotic species in the known world.
Any of the images on this website can be ordered as reproduction prints. The prints are reproduced at original size on thick A4 stock.
All images and descriptive text on the Florilegius website are copyrighted.
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Album: Animals
Mammals and marsupials
Date: 16 Jul 08
Size: 3 items
(171 items total)
Views: 351
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Album: Birds
Exotic and familiar birds
Date: 16 Jul 08
Size: 6 items
(404 items total)
Views: 422
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Album: Botanical Periodicals
Magazines for gardeners
Date: 16 Jul 08
Size: 7 items
(443 items total)
Views: 434
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Album: Botany
Botany for amateurs
Date: 02 Aug 08
Size: 3 items
(103 items total)
Views: 281
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Album: Conchology
Jewels of the sea
Date: 25 Sep 09
Size: 2 items
(52 items total)
Views: 102
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Album: Costume
National, historical and theatrical
Date: 19 Aug 09
Size: 5 items
(329 items total)
Views: 160
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Album: Dance of Death
The eternal theme
Date: 25 Sep 09
Size: 1 item
(49 items total)
Views: 73
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Album: Encyclopedias
The world in a book
Date: 30 Jul 08
Size: 4 items
(264 items total)
Views: 327
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Album: Engravings
Blake, Bartolozzi, portraits, etc.
Date: 12 Nov 08
Size: 4 items
(85 items total)
Views: 238
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Album: Flowers by Genus
Roses, camellias, ferns, etc.
Date: 14 Nov 08
Size: 3 items
(213 items total)
Views: 247
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Album: Fruits
Books for fruit growers
Date: 01 Aug 08
Size: 1 item
(46 items total)
Views: 234
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Album: Herbals
Herbals and medical botany
Date: 17 Jul 08
Size: 5 items
(337 items total)
Views: 331
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