The fossil zoophytes
A plate-based natural history book by James Parkinson, published in 1808 in London, aimed at naturalists and collectors of fossils. Its pictures are hand-coloured engravings of fossil corals and sponges, shown as detailed close views of surface pores, branching stems and cross-sections. A designer might borrow their tidy grid layouts, muted earth tones and precise linework for botanical or specimen-chart motifs.
