The natural history of Norway : containing, a particular and accurate account of the temperature of the air, the different soils, waters, vegetables, metals, minerals, stones, beasts, birds, and fishes : together with the dispositions, customs, and manner of living of the inhabitants : interspersed with physiological notes from eminent writers, and transactions of academies ...
Erik Pontoppidan's 1755 natural history of Norway, printed in London for A. Linde, is an 18th-century scientific survey covering climate, soils, plants, minerals, animals and the customs of its people. Its copperplate engravings show plates of seaweeds and marine plants, a sea serpent scene with a ship, and sprigs and sponge-like forms, drawn in fine hatched lines on plain page-like grounds that suggest restrained, precise naturalist illustration for a designer's study of old scientific plates.
