The natural history of Oxford-shire : being an essay toward the natural history of England
Robert Plot's 1677 natural history of Oxfordshire, printed at the Theatre in Oxford and sold in London, is an early county survey of fossils, minerals and natural curiosities written for English readers interested in the natural history of England. The engraved plates show sea urchin and shell forms with dense hatching, stippled and cross-hatched shading, and labelled specimen groupings that a designer could borrow for vintage scientific diagrams and tonal line work.
