Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw Size:XL: 90 x 60cm From 1970 to 1973

From 1970 to 1973

XXX from Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon

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Vincenzo Viviani was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696

Nests of the Nuthatch and the Jackdaw Size:XL: 90 x 60cm From 1970 to 1973Two studies of birds' nests. Figure 1, the nest of the nuthatch Sitta europaea containing a clutch of five eggs. Figure 2 the nest of the jackdaw Corvus monedula containing a clutch of two eggs. Plate 11 from book Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vogel by Adam Ludwig Wirsing and Friedrich Christian Gunther (A L Wirsing, Nuremburg, 1772). Inscribed: 'Tab. XI. Der kleine krumschnaeblichte graue Baum Kleber. Fig. 1 du Grimperau. Dohle. Fig. 2