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Biodiversity Heritage Library - Program news and collection highlights from BHL

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Honoring the Man Who Revolutionized Bird Identification

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A Celebration of Chester A. Reed on the 100th Anniversary of his Death
by Michel Chevalier

In the early 1930s, the name of Chester A. Reed was known to all amateur and professional ornithologists in the United States and Canada. Today, there are few who remember him. And yet, he was the first to develop the concept of the “Field Guide ” by publishing his Bird Guide Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies (1905)*, which presented for  the  first time colored illustrations of birds in a small format book convenient for use in the field (3 X 5 ½ inches).

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December 16, 2012byMichel Chevalier
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Book of the Week: The Birth of Microscopic Plant Anatomy

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There are groundbreaking biodiversity works that most of us are familiar with, including Systema Naturae and On the Origin of Species. Then there are other works that, though just as monumental for their impact on scientific knowledge, are less universally known than others. One such book is Anatomy of Plants, a seventeenth century work by Nehemiah Grew.
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April 19, 2012byGrace Costantino
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BHL and Our Users: Aaron Sims

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This week, we feature a rare plant botanist for the California Native Plant Society whose first words after discovering BHL for the first time were “this is amazing!” We thrive on these incredible moments of serendipitous discovery we so often hear about from our users, and we’re proud to share one of them with you today in our feature on botanist Aaron Sims!

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January 3, 2012byGrace Costantino
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Book of the Week: A Masterpiece in Eight Volumes

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For this week’s book of the week, we highlight an eight volume title, Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, ou, Histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaise (1821-1829), by Michel Étienne Descourtilz. The stunning illustrations in this work were completed by Descourtilz’s son, Jean Théodore Descourtilz. This work is the first that Jean Théodore Descourtilz was known to have illustrated.

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February 10, 2011byGrace Costantino
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