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Coloured botanical plate of Orchis pallens showing yellow orchid flowers, green leaves, and tubers with roots.

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der - Plate 23

From: Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der, 1904

Colour plate of sixteen bird eggs in four rows, labelled as wagtail and pipit species, with dark and reddish speckling.

A history of British birds - Plate 14

From: A history of British birds, 1883

Numbered plate of mayfly-like insects above and tied fishing flies with feathered wings and hooks below.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate IV

From: The fly-fisher's entomology, 1901

Plate of numbered engravings showing mollusk shells, ribbed limpet-like specimens and line drawings of shell profiles.

Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse - Plate 4

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

Black-and-white plate showing a badger's open jaw and teeth among rough bone and rock fragments, labeled Plate III.

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate III

From: The mammals of Minnesota, 1892

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Cerastium arvense with white flowers, leaves, and dissected floral and seed details.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 14

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

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 13

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

Scientific plate of six beetles in black, grey and reddish tones, with numbered labels and scale bars, from an 1842 monograph

Essai monographique et iconographique de la tribu des Cossyphides - Plate 7

From: Essai monographique et iconographique de la tribu des Cossyphides, 1842

Hand-coloured plate of earthstar and stalked puffball fungi with labelled figures and cross-sections, 1791.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 471

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

Hand-colored plate of a small brown owl with yellow eyes perched on a branch with pine needles.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 32

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

Engraved plate Tab. 26 showing three numbered line drawings of molluscs and their shells, 1859.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 26

From: Figures of molluscous animals, 1859

Drawing of a common stoat standing upright on a ledge, showing its dark summer coat and white underside.

British mammals - Plate (page 215)

From: British mammals, 1903

Black and white botanical engraving of a flowering vine with broad leaves, flower clusters and a dissected flower detail.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 475

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Hand-colored plate of a finch perched on a bramble branch with red berries and white flowers.

The language of birds - Plate 9

From: The language of birds, 1837

Hand-colored 1799 plate of twelve labeled fly species with magnified insets showing larvae, pupae and details.

Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis - Plate XXVI

From: Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis, 1799

Hand-coloured plate of small spiral snail shells, one resting on a green oak leaf, on a cream page numbered 59.

The natural history of British shells - Plate LIX

From: The natural history of British shells, 1799

Plate VI of whale skeletal elements: several vertebrae and bones in grayscale, numbered, labeled Balaena cisarctica.

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

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

Engraved page of twelve numbered botanical plant illustrations showing stems, leaves and flower clusters under the heading En

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 105)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Hand-coloured entomological plate showing numbered flies, crane flies, bees, wasps, larvae and pupae on a cream background.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate V

From: Manuscript notes from my journal, 1874

Hand-coloured plate of six cone shells in yellow, brown, black and pink patterns, labelled Conus, plate 24.

Conchology, or, The natural history of shells - Plate 24

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

Lithograph of a ring-tailed opossum climbing a branch among berries and leaves, with a bush landscape below.

The mammals of Australia - Plate VII

From: The mammals of Australia, 1871

Engraved plate of a mottled brown duck with a dark head beside reeds, labeled Cyanopterus pretensis.

Sir William Jardine's illustrations of the duck tribe - Plate 6

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

Colour plate of eleven numbered butterflies in orange, brown, blue and red, showing upper and under wing surfaces.

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

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

Engraved plate with numbered illustrations of sea snail shells in black, white and grey, arranged in rows.

Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'ile de Corse - Plate 8

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

Coloured botanical plate of Acaena lucida and Drosera uniflora with red flowers, sundew leaves and numbered dissection drawin

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 18

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

Colour plate XII showing numbered butterfly specimens with orange, yellow, and black wings on a cream background.

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

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

Engraved plate of many bivalve shells in exterior and interior views, with concentric growth lines and hinge details.

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

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

Black-and-white photo plate of an American bison with lowered head beside a fence, labeled Plate IV, from The mammals of Minn

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate IV

From: The mammals of Minnesota, 1892

Engraved plate of Nidularia fungi, cup-shaped and flared forms with lettered stages, plus clusters on weathered wood.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 488

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

Hand-coloured plate of a male manucode bird of paradis with red head, green plumes and long tail wires, perched on a branch.

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 17

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