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Colour plate of six bird eggs labelled osprey, Iceland falcon, Greenland falcon, honey buzzard and peregrine, from 1883.

A history of British birds - Plate 3

From: A history of British birds, 1883

Hand-coloured drawing of a spiral sea shell with its dark open aperture, on a cream page, from an 1799 natural history plate.

The natural history of British shells - Plate XXXVIII

From: The natural history of British shells, 1799

Coloured plate of a pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, clinging to a grassy bank with large claws.

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate (page 8)

From: The mammals of Minnesota, 1892

Hand-coloured engraved plate XXII showing twelve numbered figures of bees, ants and wasps with lettered anatomical details.

Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis - Plate XXII

From: Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis, 1799

Hand-colored plate of a male and female great tit perched on pine branches with cones, labeled Parus major.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 7

From: Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen, 1805

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects including mosquitoes and crane flies, with larvae, pupae and wing details, labelled I

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate I

From: Manuscript notes from my journal, 1874

Engraved plate of numbered bivalve shells, including scallops and mussels, with a magnified surface detail.

Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse - Plate 2

From: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse, 1826

Coloured plate of a common rorqual whale near a rocky coast, with sailboats and people on shore, from British mammals 1903.

British mammals - Plate (page 73)

From: British mammals, 1903

Engraved botanical plate of a leafy branch with flower clusters and numbered dissections of floral parts and seeds.

Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio - Plate (page 33)

From: Annexa est Plantarum laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio, 1833

Hand-coloured plate of a brown songbird with red breast perched on a bramble branch with blackberries and berries.

The language of birds - Plate 5

From: The language of birds, 1837

Hand-colored plate of nine butterflies showing upper and under wing views in brown, orange, black and cream tones.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate VIII

From: Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co, 1882

Engraved plate of numbered sea shells, two large abalone-type shells with smaller specimens around them.

Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate XII

From: Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, 1844

Four stippled drawings of whale skull bones labeled Balaena cisarctica on a cream page.

Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia - Plate IV

From: Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia, 1881

Hand-coloured engraved plate of puffball fungi at various growth stages, with French captions below.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 435

From: Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre, 1791

Colour plate of numbered dark swallowtail butterflies with yellow and orange wing spots, from a 1906 West Coast butterfly boo

The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States - Plate IV

From: The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States, 1906

Engraved natural history plate showing numbered drawings of molluscs and sea snails with shells and tentacles.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 12

From: Figures of molluscous animals, 1859

Lithograph of a spotted sea leopard on a rock with a second seal in the surf and birds flying along the shore.

The mammals of Australia - Plate III

From: The mammals of Australia, 1871

Line drawing of a botanical branch with oval compound leaves and clusters of flowers, plus a detail of a seed pod spike.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 406

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Engraved illustration of a dark-headed duck with white flank patch standing on a rock beside grass, caption Anas tadornoides.

Sir William Jardine's illustrations of the duck tribe - Plate 2

From: Sir William Jardine's illustrations of the duck tribe, 1840

Numbered plate of fly-fishing hooks, feathered flies and tying diagrams with labelled parts, drawn in ink and colour.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate III

From: The fly-fisher's entomology, 1901

Hand-coloured plate of two elongated bivalve shells, one open showing its interior and one closed showing ridged exterior.

The natural history of British shells - Plate LIII

From: The natural history of British shells, 1799

Two black and white photos of savanna grassland: a line of riders and pack animals crossing hills, and tall grass with one pe

Mammals of Panama - Plate 16

From: Mammals of Panama, 1920

Page of twelve numbered ink sketches of flowering plants with stems, leaves and blossoms, headed Pentandria.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 61)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Hand-colored 1811 plate showing six seashell specimens in pink, red, tan and blue arranged over faded descriptive text.

Conchology, or, The natural history of shells - Plate 11

From: Conchology, or, The natural history of shells, 1811

Black and white plate photograph of a puma lying stretched out on a wooden surface, labelled Felis concolor, Puma, Plate II.

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate II

From: The mammals of Minnesota, 1892

Hand-colored plate of an adult male Greater bird-of-paradise with yellow head, green throat and long white plumes on a branch

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 6

From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques, 1835

Hand-coloured plate of three banded swallowtail butterflies on pink flowers and a green bulbous plant, numbered 55.

Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects - Plate 55

rare and interesting insects From: Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, 1841

Engraved natural history plate showing numbered mollusk shells, including ribbed bivalves and radially ridged limpet shells.

Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse - Plate 3

From: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse, 1826

Hand-coloured plate of a young brown bear cub on snow beside a green conifer branch, with French caption text.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 78)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Botanical plate showing Draba funiculosa and Cardamine hirsuta with coloured specimens and numbered flower dissections.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 8

From: Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands, 1921