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Lithograph of a left fore-foot skeleton of an extinct sloth, Mylodon robustus, showing long claws and lettered bones.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate XVI

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Illustrated plate of a single speckled brown and buff egg centered on cream paper, captioned Bonaparte's sandpiper.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 34

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Hand-colored plate of six weevil beetles in dorsal view, labeled with Latin names and localities, from an 1852 natural histor

The natural history of beetles - Plate 21

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Lithograph plate of three bivalve shells labeled Burtonia Moineti, subtriangularis and elongata, with concentric growth lines

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XXV

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Black and white lithograph of a lion climbing against a rock ledge, with German and French captions on the page.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 81

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Hand-coloured engraving of a jay with spread wings perched on a mossy branch, labelled The Jay.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 35)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured plate 45 showing four flying insects with patterned wings and long legs, plus a small detached specimen part.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 45

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Colored plate of seven bivalve shells numbered 172 to 177, with scientific names listed in a caption below.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 52

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Engraved plate of orca skeleton bones: spine, ribs, skull, flipper bones and vertebrae, numbered for reference.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XLVI

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female turtle dove perched on a branch, with an egg drawn at lower right.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 61

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Colored plate of eighteen numbered moths in brown, yellow and orange tones, titled Noctuidae, Plate 69.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 69

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Hand-coloured engraving of numbered bivalve shells in rows, some showing interiors, from an 1778 British conchology plate.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XIII

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Hand-colored plate of a brown antelope with curved horns standing on grass beside a rock, rotated on the page.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 192)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Hand-colored engraving of a crested quail standing on open ground above a pair of quail on rocks.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 33)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered moth species with Latin captions, from an 1776 English insect exposition.

An exposition of English insects - Plate VIII

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Lithograph plate showing six views of freshwater mussel shells from Lake Tanganyika, numbered 1 to 6.

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XXVIII

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Hand-colored 1774 engraving of a young deer with budding antlers standing in a grassy landscape with shrubs and rocks.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCXLVIII

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Plate of four numbered bird eggs with brown speckles and blotches on pale green-grey shells, on cream paper.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 39

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Engraved insect plate showing a large scarab beetle with smaller numbered beetle, pupa and egg figures.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate X

From: Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn, 1785

Colour plate of two bivalve shells, Mya arenaria (191) and Mya truncata (192), with growth lines and hinge visible.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 58

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Lithograph of a large femur and a smaller patella bone, labeled Plate XVIII, drawn at six inches to a foot scale.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate XVIII

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Hand-coloured plate of a wood pigeon with grey plumage and pink feet perched on a mossy branch.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 39)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured plate of two beetles with long antennae, labelled Prionus corticinus and Lophonocerus barbicornis, from 1852.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 24

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Hand-coloured engraved plate of seven bivalve seashells in exterior and interior views, numbered 1 to 7.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XIV

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Lithograph of a female Barbary lion standing on a rock, tail raised, with German and French captions in the margin.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 82

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 69

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Hand-colored plate 46 showing four flies with spread wings in red, yellow and black, from an 1828 British entomology book.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 46

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Lithograph plate of three freshwater mussel shells, two of Cameronia Coulboisi and one of Cameronia Landeaui, from an 1888 st

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XXXI

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Lithograph plate showing several views of globicephalus whale skulls with tooth detail sketches, numbered and labelled.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate LII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of two crested game birds, one standing on rocky ground and one below among grasses and rocks.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 35)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Hand-coloured plate PL. 73 showing eighteen numbered moths of the Noctuidae family in brown, ochre and cream tones.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 73

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Plate 64 showing illustrated bivalve seashells in tan and cream tones with labelled scientific names.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 64

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Hand-colored plate of a brown antelope with curved horns standing on a grey rock ledge beside green shrubs.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 208)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Six numbered speckled bird eggs in two rows on a cream background, labelled Grey Plover, from an 1895 plate.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 43

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of eleven numbered flies with a wing diagram above, from a 1776 English insect exposition.

An exposition of English insects - Plate IX

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Hand-coloured engraved plate showing numbered shells of bivalves and a spiral snail, from an 1778 British conchology book.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XV

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Hand-colored engraving of an oryx antelope standing on a grassy rock ledge with a pyramid in the distance.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCLVII

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Hand-coloured engraving of a bittern bending over shallow marsh water to catch a fish, with reeds and hills behind.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 43)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Engraved plate XI of numbered beetles in side and top views, labelled Scarabaeus, from Voet's 1785 insect descriptions.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate XI

From: Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn, 1785

Lithograph of two large freshwater mussel shells, Cameronia admirabilis, one showing its pale interior and one its ribbed out

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XXXIV

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Lithograph plate of fossil tibia and fibula bones from five angles, with lettered anatomical labels, Plate XX, 1842.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate XX

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Hand-coloured engraving of two painted quail, one brown and one blue-plumed, standing on a rocky outcrop, 1835.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 39)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Hand-colored plate of two green beetles with red and orange wing covers, labeled male and female Sagra buquetii from China.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 27

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Engraved plate of a spiny lobster (227) and a lobster with large claws (228), labelled Crustacés, from an 1897 atlas.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate F

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Black and white lithograph of a lioness with three playful lion cubs on a rocky ledge, plate 83 from a 1824 natural history b

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 83

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Colour plate of eight numbered speckled eggs of the Little Stint, Tringa minuta, arranged in three rows on cream paper.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 48

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Hand-coloured plate showing four insects, including flies with striped and banded abdomens and spread wings, from an 1828 ent

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 47

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured 1778 engraving of seven seashells and shell specimens, including a bivalve, spiral snail shell and urchin forms

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate XVII

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Engraved plate of fossil whale teeth, a skull and bone fragments, numbered figures on a cream page, 1880.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate LVII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of a green woodpecker on a mossy tree trunk and a wryneck on a branch above.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 47)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Eight numbered illustrated moths with grey-brown forewings and red and black hindwings on a cream plate titled Noctuidae.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 76

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 226)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Hand-colored engraved plate of three long-billed shorebirds, likely snipe and woodcock, on sketched marsh ground.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 41)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Hand-coloured engraved plate of numbered flies in two groups, with wing diagrams and head drawings, from 1776.

An exposition of English insects - Plate X

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Hand-colored engraving of a brown and white antelope with curved horns standing on a patch of green grass.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCLXIV

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Chromolithograph plate of six numbered yellowshank eggs, most with brown and grey speckling, one pale blue-grey.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 52

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Engraved plate of Scarabaeus carnifex beetles with numbered detail views of heads and thoraces, 1785.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate XII

From: Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn, 1785

Lithograph of the underside of a giant sloth's left hind foot showing labelled bones and long curved claws.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate XXII

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Hand-coloured plate of a turtle dove with pink legs perched on a mossy branch, labelled The Turtle Dove.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 51)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-colored plate of six beetles in green, pink, orange, blue and black, numbered and labeled with their regions of origin.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 29

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Lithograph of a maned male lion with front paws on a tree trunk, plate 84 from a 1824 natural history book.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 84

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Hand-colored plate of several flies with spread wings and a detached antenna, from an 1828 British entomology book.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 48

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Black and white lithograph plate of whale skeleton bones including skull, vertebrae, ribs, and flipper bones, numbered for re

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate LXII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Hand-coloured plate of numbered Noctuidae moths in yellow, brown and tan, arranged in three columns.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 80

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Grey lithograph plate of a long-beaked dolphin with a separate head study, on cream paper.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 244)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Hand-colored 1774 engraving of a saiga antelope standing on grass, with a frontal view of its head above.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCLXXVI

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Engraved plate XXIV showing four magnified views of sloth tooth structure with labelled sections and fine curving lines.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate XXIV

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Engraved plate of three perched falcons labeled with German names, showing detailed plumage on wings and tails.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 9

From: Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben, 1835

Engraved plate with 27 numbered drawings of insect leg tips and claws arranged in rows on a tan page.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate I

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Engraving of a fisherman wading a stream with a rod and net, pussy-willows along the bank, 1920 book plate.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 1

From: Fisherman's lures and game-fish food, 1920

Hand-coloured 1874 world map showing whale circulation areas and ocean currents, with a legend of cetacean groups.

Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés - Plate I

From: Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés, 1874

Hand-colored plate of a male azure drongo with blue wings and black body perched on a green branch, numbered 70.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 70

From: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, 1838

Coloured plate showing thirteen numbered moth specimens with varied brown, cream and grey wing patterns, labelled Plate I.

An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America - Plate I

From: An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America, 1882

Plate of numbered pen drawings of crustacean anatomy, with a full copepod body and detailed appendages.

On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland - Plate XVI

From: On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland, 1895

Coloured plate of a male elk with large antlers standing among bare branches and green foliage.

The deer of all lands - Plate II

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Coloured plate of a honey buzzard perched on a branch, with brown wings and a mottled cream breast.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 4

From: Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles, 1898

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, head resting on his hand, holding a book.

An introduction to entomology - Plate (page 10)

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Pencil drawings of bivalve mollusk shells and hinge details, numbered as specimen illustrations on a cream page.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 4

accompanied by species ind From: Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, 1857

Hand-colored plate of a seated capuchin monkey with a curled tail, labeled Cebus libidinosus, 1823.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate II

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Hand-coloured plate of a green broadbill bird with orange throat and blue head perched on a branch.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 10)

From: Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va, 1837

Hand-colored plate of four beetles in violet, tan, green and blue, with long antennae, numbered and labeled below.

American entomology - Plate 3

From: American entomology, 1859

Line drawing plate of Eledone moschata mollusk anatomy showing dissected organs, ducts and lettered labels.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 3

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Engraved plate of numbered fish and sea creatures, including an eel-like fish and cod-like species, labeled Tab. II.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate II

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-colored 1765 plate of three songbirds perched on green branches, one brown and two grey, with French captions.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 705

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of six tiger beetles in green, blue, black and red, with a large black beetle at centre.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate I

From: Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe, 1822

Shaded pencil drawing of a freshwater shell with concentric growth lines on an aged cream page.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 1

T. A. Conrad & Mannevillette Elihu Dearing Brown, 1834

Hand-coloured plate of a black-maned lion with a dark wavy mane standing on a rocky ledge.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 3

From: General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals, 1821

Engraved plate of two owls, one perched on a branch and one standing on mossy ground, with German captions.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 25

From: Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben, 1835

Colour plate of numbered butterfly caterpillars of varied shapes and colours, many shown on leaves and stems.

The butterfly book - Plate III

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Black and white plate of nine numbered marine mollusk shells, bivalves and spiral gastropods, from a 1921 natural history bul

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 1

From: Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, 1921

Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships - Plate I

From: Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships, 1884

Hand-coloured plate of a male bird with russet head, black wing, white body and purple wattles perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 51

From: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, 1838

Hand-colored 1825 plate of nine insects, including grasshoppers, a katydid and yellow-and-black moths, numbered Tab. II.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate II

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Brown trout with open mouth chasing minnows underwater, grey-toned illustration with bubbles and aquatic plants.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 2

From: Fisherman's lures and game-fish food, 1920

Hand-colored 1874 map of world ocean currents with blue and yellow zones marking whale and cachalot circulation areas.

Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés - Plate II

From: Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés, 1874

Colored plate of a rook with dark plumage and pale bill base standing on sandy ground, from an 1898 French bird atlas.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 12

From: Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles, 1898