Of Unicorns on Land and Sea
By Arlene Shaner, Acting Curator and Reference Librarian for Historical Collections This spring the Cloisters, the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that showcases the art and architecture of...
View ArticleA Gallery of Gauzy Wings (Item of the Month)
By Arlene Shaner, Acting Curator and Reference Librarian for Historical Collections As we head into full summer, it seems appropriate to take a look at one of our many natural history books for this...
View ArticleHappy Bird-day, Conrad Gesner (Item of the Month)
By Rebecca Pou, Archivist March 26 marks the birthday of the man behind one of my favorite books in our collection. Conrad Gesner was born in Zurich in 1516. His family was not wealthy, but thanks to...
View ArticleBrazil, Richly Illustrated
By Anne Garner, Curator, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health The Dutch West India Company occupied northeastern Brazil for 30 years, from 1624 to 1654. The first 10 years of occupation...
View ArticleThe Dragons of Aldrovandi
By Johanna Goldberg, Information Services Librarian It’s St. George’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than with dragons? Perhaps the most famous illustrations of dragons in our collection come...
View ArticleGodman’s mammals: An Illustrated Natural History
By Rebecca Pou, Archivist I have our rare book cataloger, Tatyana Pakhladzhyan, to thank for introducing me to American Natural History, a delightful three-volume set by John D. Godman (1794-1830), a...
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Botany and Agriculture in the Natural History of New York
By Arlene Shaner, Historical Collections Librarian Among the many books about natural history in the Library’s collections are 22 volumes of the Natural History of New York. In a blog post from 2017,...
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