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De Materia Medica (medical material) was herbarium by the Greek physician Dioscorides.

From the Biodiversity Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157632056573873

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Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar. Wellcome Collection https://marinni.livejournal.com/491199.html

The illustrations that adorn more than 100 of the herbal’s pages are captivating on their own. Each accompanies short descriptions of a remedy and how people may prepare it (although these entries may not have actually served as practical guides). Small winged creatures appear above a treatment for spider bites, for example, and a snake and scorpion in battle illustrate a recipe made from dried heliotrope and wine, which was purportedly used to…

Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. He is usually referred to, especially in older literature, as Aldrovandus; his name in Italian is equally given as Aldroandi. https://peoplepill.com/people/ulisse-aldrovandi/

Only two of the full collection found on wikimedia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_America

Emperor Xuangdong, Ming Dynasty, "Cats below flowers" Anonymous, Song Dynasty, "Cats playing" Anonymous, Song Dynasty . Many many thanks to the amazing blog Poemas del río Wang for having compiled a huge collection of Chinese cat paintings, both historic and contemporary, from where I found the ones above: http://riowang.blogspot.com/2010/05/chinese-cats.html