The Birds, bees and blooms web exhibition, featuring images from some of the wonderful natural history books housed in the University of Glasgow Library’s Special Collections, was created in 2007. It has proven so popular over the years that we… Read More ›
Images from the virtual exhibition Birds, Bees and Blooms are now also available to view as a set on the Library’s Flickr page. The exhibition was originally put together to accompany a display organized for delegates from the British Ecological… Read More ›
This image comes from the treasures of Special Collections photo set which can be accessed via Flickr. The Eagle image comes from Birds of America by John James Audubon London: 1827-38 This truly monumental work was published in eighty-seven parts… Read More ›
This beautiful illustration is taken from John Gould’s five volume folio Birds of Great Britain , one of many treasures held by Special Collections within the University Library. The naturalist John Gould has been called the greatest figure in bird… Read More ›
