A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Or How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon

I just discovered the Bibliodyssey blog. It's fantastic, and I can see many hours lost in this site. Seeing as how I am fond of tortoises, this image attracted me immediately:

From Volume One of 'Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri' by Albertus Seba, 1734, newly available from the Missouri Botanical Garden's Botanicus website.

There are many other wonders to explore here if you love books and book-related imagery: