MAU M&L Natural History 2.9.4

Selected for inclusion in the App Store Best of 2012!

MAU M&L Natural History is the official application of Musashino Art University Museum and Library. It provides access to high-resolution images, descriptions, and bibliographies of Rare Books owned by Musashino Art University Museum and Library. The Rare Books Collection consists of numerous titles in "Anatomy," "Natural History," and "Voyage," dating from the 17th Century to the 19th Century.

The application allows users to freely enlarge images, enabling a detailed appreciation of each item.

Main functions:

• View high-resolution images of Rare Books (Anatomy, Natural History, and Voyage) owned by Musashino Art University Museum and Library by freely scrolling, enlarging, and reducing them.
• Scroll through pages to navigate through the content.
• Sort items by title, category, or chronology.
• Optimized for Retina display.
• Available in English and Japanese; the language will be automatically determined based on the device settings.

Available books:

• D’Urville “Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe”
• Freycinet “Voyage autour du monde”
• Duperrey “Voyage autour du monde”
• Cook and King “Cook’s Third Voyage”
• Haeckel “Kunstformen der Natur”
• Thornton “Temple of Flora, or garden of the botanist, poet, painter, and philosopher”
• Eliot “A monograph of the pittidae, or family of ant-thrushes”
• Sharpe “Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower Birds”
• Madame Knip “Les Pigeons”
• Martius “Historia naturalis palmarum”
• Mascagni “Anatomia per uso degli studiosi di scultura e pittura opera postuma”
• D’Agoty “Exposition anatomique de la structure de corps humain...”

Terms of Use:

- An Internet connection via 3G or Wi-Fi is required to use this application. Please ensure your device is connected to the Internet before utilizing it.