The
Ewell Sale Stewart Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences houses many rare,
beautiful, and important works on the natural sciences, books that most people
will never see in their lifetimes. These books were published over the last five
centuries, and document the discovery of plant and animal species by early explorers
as they traveled the world. By publishing the pages from these books digitally
and providing access on the web, the Library hopes to share them with scientists,
scholars, and the public.
