Mark Catesby - Frutex Lauri folio pendulo, fructu tricocco, semine nigro splendente, Red Wood; Psitticus Paradisis, The Parrot of Paradise.

Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

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Novacula, The Blue Fish.

Novacula, The Blue Fish. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Arbor Populi &c.; Harengus &c., The Pilchard.

Arbor Populi &c.; Harengus &c., The Pilchard. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Magnolia fore albo &c.; Formica villosa coccinea, The Velvet Ant.

Magnolia fore albo &c.; Formica villosa coccinea, The Velvet Ant. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The four-eye’d Night Butterfly.

The four-eye’d Night Butterfly. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Muscicapa vertice nigro, The Cat-bird; Alni folia Americana serrata.

Muscicapa vertice nigro, The Cat-bird; Alni folia Americana serrata. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Larus major, The Laughing Gull.

Larus major, The Laughing Gull. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Vipera caudisona, The Rattle-Snake; The Section of a Rattle; A Rattle of Twenty-four joynts; A Tooth.

Vipera caudisona, The Rattle-Snake; The Section of a Rattle; A Rattle of Twenty-four joynts; A Tooth. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Perca &c., The Margate Fish; Saurus &c., The Sea Sparrow-Hawk.

Perca &c., The Margate Fish; Saurus &c., The Sea Sparrow-Hawk. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Arbor Jasmini floribus, The Seven Years Apple; Parus Bahamensis, The Bahama Titmous.

Arbor Jasmini floribus, The Seven Years Apple; Parus Bahamensis, The Bahama Titmous. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Sciurus Niger, The Black-Squirrel; Calceolus, The Lady’s Slipper.

Sciurus Niger, The Black-Squirrel; Calceolus, The Lady’s Slipper. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Chamædaphne foliis Tini.

Chamædaphne foliis Tini. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Perca rhomboidalis &c., The Pork Fish; Perca Piunis [pinnis] &c., The Schoolmaster.

Perca rhomboidalis &c., The Pork Fish; Perca Piunis [pinnis] &c., The Schoolmaster. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Ardea Stellaris minima, The small Bittern; Fracinus &c.

Ardea Stellaris minima, The small Bittern; Fracinus &c. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Frutex &c.; Anguis gracilis cæruleo-viridis, The blueish-green Snake.

Frutex &c.; Anguis gracilis cæruleo-viridis, The blueish-green Snake. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
Frutex Corni foliis &c.; Garullus Carolinensis, The Chatterer.

Frutex Corni foliis &c.; Garullus Carolinensis, The Chatterer. (1754)

Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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