Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London is a learned journal issued by the Royal Society of London in 1684 for natural philosophers and physicians. This plate, numbered 164 in its series, is a copperplate engraving showing anatomical and natural-history specimens drawn in fine black line with dense cross-hatched shading. A designer could take its precise contour lines, stippled texture and labelled diagram layout as a model for scientific illustration.
