Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science (Dover Pictorial Archive, Vol. 3)

This book has SO many different sections on the most random things. Literally thousands and thousands of images, I don't think I've even been able to look at it from front to back in one sitting, because my brain feels like its on overload! This thing jumps from mathematical imagery, to astronomical, meteorological, to geological, mineralogical, botanical, zoological, anthropological (+surgery), to technological and more. It's never-ending! The illustrations are great, extremely detailed black and white, and it's also a green-edition so the pages are all smooth. I absolutely LOVE this one, if I need visual reference for my artwork, this thing is at the top of my go-to list for books.

I like all the art, my only issue is that some of it may be hard to see depending on your eyesight. Other than that gorgeous Detail!!!

This is a cool book that I had to buy brand new so I could tear out pages to cut up for class. But the memories with last forever., and my cut healed up nicely.

Full of nice images to use as reference to draw or paint. Kindle version could have better resolution, but it’s good enough to use it as a visual guide.

This was an OK book...I planned to use it for altered books and art journals, and I'm afraid that the number of images (few) and the types of images (limited) kind of limit this book's usefulness. The thing I didn't like is, there are one, two, even three pages wit hthe same stuff on them. And it's not a bunch of little related images; it's a whole page out of some ancient book that doesn't look like it will lend itself very well to cutting and pasting this or that very particular image out of the whole scene.If you're looking for many intricate images of the same thing (the human skeleton, for instance, or the mechanical plans of some old-fashioned machine) then this is for you. If you're looking for just 1 or 2 smaller images per topic but with many topics (like most of the other clip art books by this publisher) then you may not find this to be of much use to you.

great book for art references

Used for a collage and just ideas in general.

Perfect for collage artists.

Want my money back. This book is pointless on kindle and probably no better in print. the plates are so small that they are useless. a waste of some beautiful art.

Good selection of images but they are too small and not great quality. The pages feel cheap.

I bought this book for help with tattoo designs, and am extremely pleased with it. The pages are a nice size, and there is a wide range of lovely illustrations. Would recommend for artists who want good anatomical and biological references for their drawings.

Great

nice!