Re-design of a book – The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
The design evolves across a series of 15 books, gradually adapting
to a visually aware audience. Compare the first book with the last
– they are like two different species.
L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S
Eagle:
Traité de fauconnerie /.
Leiden et Düsseldorf :Chez Arnz & Comp.,1844-1853..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41987877
Ants:
Ants, bees, and wasps ;.
New York :Appleton,1897..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9657358
Canari Birds:
Image from page 5 of "The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign" (1878)
4 Birds:
Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America
Philadelphia: :J.B. Lippincott & Co.,1862.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27214325
Peacock:
Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux :.
A Strasbourgh ;Chez Legras Imbert et Comp.,1838..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35517774
Flowers:
Image from page 297 of "Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants" (1841)
Reptiles:
Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Wien :K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei,1867.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4024179