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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
www.biolib.de - online : http://www.biolib.de/
A major collection of historical and classical books on biology and natural history. Most of the works are in German but it includes several with fine illustrations. If you're looking for a specific work, follow the "Authors" link; otherwise "Categories" is a useful starting point.
You can browse on-line or, in some cases, download the entire work as Acrobat (PDF) files.
The site is in German and English. The following translations may help:
| hohe Auflösung | high resolution
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| neidrige Auflösung | low resolution
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| Tafeln | Plates
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The more useful items include:
| Reitter, Edmund | 1908-11 | (Beetles) | Fauna Germanica; Die Käfer des Deutsches Reiches. | Vols 1-5
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| Ricken, | Adalbert | 1915 | (Toadstools) | Die Blatterpilze
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| West, W. & G.S. & Carter, N. | 1904-23 | (Algae) | A monograph of British Desmidiaceae. | Vols I-V. |
Malcolm Storey
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