1.0Antique Maps Adina Sommerhttps://www.asommer.de/enasommerhttps://www.asommer.de/en/author/asommer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XN9xPnrSx9"><a href="https://www.asommer.de/en/karte/rondone-cypselus-apus-briss-specie-lxv/">Rondone, Cypselus apus (Briss.) Specie LXV.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.asommer.de/en/karte/rondone-cypselus-apus-briss-specie-lxv/embed/#?secret=XN9xPnrSx9" width="600" height="338" title="“Rondone, Cypselus apus (Briss.) Specie LXV.” — Antique Maps Adina Sommer" data-secret="XN9xPnrSx9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Very nice depiction of two tower swifts (Rondone, Cypselus apus). Drawn from nature by Alberto Manzella and finely watercoloured by himself. Executed in Florence between 1879 and 1906, from the monumental work by the professor of zoology and comparative anatomy Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (born London 1845 – died Florence 1909), ‘Iconography of the Italic Avifauna’.