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Hand-colored 1821 plate of a dark pekan with grey head and bushy tail beside palm trees, captioned 'The Pekan Var.'

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 35

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

Engraved botanical plate of Mikania leiolaena with two flowering stems and magnified floral dissections.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 64

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Coloured plate of a brown seabird, the Arctic skua, standing on a pale rock, with French caption below.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 56

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight carabid beetles in blue, black and orange, numbered and labelled, from an 1822 European beetle s

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

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

Grayscale plate of an Atlantic salmon with a fishing line in its mouth, labeled Salmo salar, printed sideways on the page.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 8

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

Plate of three whale illustrations: Arnux's whale, a female bottlenose whale, and a California gray whale, with captions.

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

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

Coloured botanical plate of a white campion stem with white flowers, red calyces and green leaves, numbered 88.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 88

des prairies et des bois From: Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown nightjar-like bird with long tail feathers clinging to a tree trunk.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 58)

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

Colour plate showing twelve numbered butterflies with orange, brown and pink wings and small eyespots on a pale background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXVII

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Engraved plate of numbered drawings of spiral gastropod shells in varied sizes and forms, dated 1857.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 47

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

Colour plate of two muntjac deer, one standing with short antlers and one walking with a tufted forehead, in grass.

The deer of all lands - Plate XVI

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered gastropod shell drawings in varied spiral forms, labelled Gasteropoda, Plate XV.

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate XV

From: Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem, 1835

Hand-coloured engraving of a barred brown bittern-like wading bird with yellow legs standing on green ground.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 763

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of nine numbered beetles in a grid, with black, yellow, blue, red and green bodies.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate VIII

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Engraved plate of starfish and brittle star anatomy with numbered figures and labeled structures, from an 1890 invertebrate a

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 38

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of two small monkeys on branches, one pale with a curled tail, one golden with a banded tail.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXIV

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of two flowering branches with veined leaves, white five-petaled blossoms and seed pods, from 1737.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 78

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved natural history plate showing three grouse-like birds, one crested and two white winter-plumaged, with German captio

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 131

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

Engraved plate of numbered insect anatomy figures, including mouthparts, antennae, legs and wing details, on aged paper.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXVII

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate numbered 1 to 19 showing freshwater snail shells of varied spiral forms on cream paper.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 8

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

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXX

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a yellow-flowered plant stem with leaves and a separate root specimen, numbered 366.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 366

From: Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu, 1773

Hand-coloured plate of two Bouvreuil githagine finches, a pink male above and a brown female below, perched on logs.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 400

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

Hand-colored engraving plate of grasshoppers in side and top views, with separated wings showing brown banding.

American entomology - Plate 34

From: American entomology, 1859

Engraved plate of twelve numbered northwest American marine shells, with a large ribbed clam in the centre.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 14

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

Hand-coloured plate of a Caffrarian weasel standing on a mossy rock with mountains in the background.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 41

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

Black and white botanical plate of Dissothrix Gardneri with three plant specimens and enlarged flower and seed details.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 73

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Coloured plate of a dark brown-black duck with white wing patch and orange feet standing on sand near rocks.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 64

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

Coloured plate showing eight numbered carabid beetles in varied colours with scale bars and a species key below.

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

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

Rotated plate of a spotted muskellunge fish with a fishing line, labelled Lawrence spotted muskellunge, Lucius Masquinongy.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 9

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

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

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

Coloured plate of yellow-flowered stonecrop (A) and a green rosette houseleek (B) from an 1895 plant atlas.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 100

des prairies et des bois From: Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown bird with a long white tail streamer perched on a tree trunk beside ferns.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 62)

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

Plate XXXI showing 32 numbered butterfly specimens in blue, lilac, orange and brown tones on a cream page.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXI

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Engraved plate of numbered gastropod shell specimens in varied forms, drawn in fine line shading.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 53

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

Hand-coloured plate of two European roe deer, one in reddish summer coat and one in darker winter coat, with antlers.

The deer of all lands - Plate XVIII

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered fossil cephalopod shells, coiled ammonites and ribbed fragments, black ink on cream paper.

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate XVII

From: Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem, 1835

Hand-colored engraving of a spotted brown cuckoo with a long barred tail perched on a branch beside oak leaves.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 771

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of nine numbered beetles in red, green, brown, orange and black, with antennae and scale bars.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate IX

adjectis tabulis novem coloratis From: Horae entomologicae, 1825

Plate 43 of an 1890 invertebrate anatomy atlas showing labeled red and black drawings of nemertean worm anatomy.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 43

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of a brown spider monkey with long limbs and tail, standing sideways, with a German and Latin caption.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXVII

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of two fern stems with long serrated fronds, captioned Polypodium, from Thesaurus zeylanicus 1737.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 87

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraving of a long-necked American rhea standing on ground, labeled Der americanische Strauss, from an 1835 natural history

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 146

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

Engraved plate XXVIII showing numbered line drawings of insect wings, wing cases and body parts with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXVIII

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured plate of freshwater mussel and snail shells, numbered 1 to 8, from an 1834 American shell study.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 9

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

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXXIV

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a yellow buttercup-like flower with green leaves, root system, and a feathery seed head deta

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 373

From: Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu, 1773

Hand-coloured plate of an adult female Coucou geai cuckoo perched on a branch, with yellow throat and barred wings.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 414

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

Hand-coloured plate of four numbered beetles with scale bars, from an 1859 American entomology book.

American entomology - Plate 39

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate of seven numbered line drawings of marine snail shells, showing spiral exteriors and open apertures.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 16

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

Engraved plate showing four numbered canine heads in varying poses, some with bared teeth, from an 1821 natural history book.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 46

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

Black and white botanical plate of Eupatorium horminoides with flowering stem and dissected floret detail drawings.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 81

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Coloured plate of a speckled orange tern chick standing in a grass nest on a rock, labelled Sterne Pierre-Garin.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 71

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

Hand-coloured plate showing eight numbered ground beetles with red legs and antennae, labelled with species names below.

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

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

Drawing of a leaping landlocked salmon with a fishing line in its mouth, splashing water and a fisherman at lower right.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 10

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

Engraved plate showing a finback whale and a bowhead whale in side view, with captions giving scientific names and lengths.

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

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

Coloured botanical plate of Pimprenelle, Poterium sanguisorba, with compound green leaves and a cluster of white flowers.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 111

des prairies et des bois From: Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of two mottled brown nightjar birds perched on mossy ground beside ferns, with a Latin caption.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 70)

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

Colored plate of fifteen numbered yellow and white butterflies with brown wing margins on a pale blue background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXV

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Pencil drawings of numbered mollusk shells, including elongated bivalves and a ridged spiral gastropod, on a cream page.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 59

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

Coloured plate of a Virginian deer buck with branched antlers walking across grass in winter coat, from an 1898 deer book.

The deer of all lands - Plate XX

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Engraved plate of numbered goniatite fossil shells with cross-sections and suture line diagrams, 1835.

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate XIX

From: Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem, 1835

Hand-coloured engraving of a black hornbill with an orange bill perched on a branch, with a caption below.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 780

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Engraved entomology plate XXIX with numbered figures of insect larvae, wings, bristles, leaves and cross sections, 1828.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXIX

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Rotated scientific plate of earthworm anatomy with red vascular systems, segmented bodies and labeled microscopic figures.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 48

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Hand-coloured plate of a brown woolly monkey clinging to a curved branch with its curled tail, with green leaves above.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXXI

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved botanical plate of a senna branch with compound leaves, seed pod and flowers, numbered Tab. 97.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 97

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of four wading birds with long legs and bills, labeled in German, from an 1835 natural history book.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 161

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

Hand-coloured 1859 plate of four shield bugs in blue, yellow and tan, labelled with species names below.

American entomology - Plate 43

From: American entomology, 1859

Hand-coloured plate of numbered freshwater shells with striped, banded and ridged surfaces on a cream page.

New fresh water shells of the United States - Plate 10

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

Engraved plate of catfish and two stingrays with long tails, labeled with numbers and Latin and Italian names.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XXXVIII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a monkshood plant with violet hooded flowers, lobed leaves, and a detailed root drawing.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 381

From: Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu, 1773

Hand-coloured plate of a Duvaucel's trogon with black head, blue bill, red breast and orange tail, perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 291

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

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered ground beetles in red, blue, brown and green, with species names beneath.

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

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

Engraved plate of fifteen numbered illustrations of northwest American marine snail shells in varied views.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 18

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

Engraved plate of a canine skull in side view with open jaws showing the teeth, captioned Teeth of the Genus Canis.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 51

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

Black-and-white botanical plate of two Eupatorium species with flowering stems and detailed floret and flower head dissection

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 90

From: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum, 1840

Engraved plate of a black grouse standing on snowy ground beside grass tufts, with French caption below.

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

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

Plate of ten numbered white butterflies with black markings and red eyespots, arranged in two columns on a pink background.

The butterfly book - Plate XXXIX

From: The butterfly book, 1922

Colored plate of many fishing lures, feathered flies and painted minnow spinners on hooks, arranged on a gray background.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 11

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

Coloured plate of a pampas deer with branching antlers standing among tall grass and sandy ground.

The deer of all lands - Plate XXII

From: The deer of all lands, 1898

Coloured plate of two ferns: broad Scolopendrium officinale fronds on the left and slender Asplenium trichomanes on the right

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 123

des prairies et des bois From: Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of a mottled brown nightjar perched on a rock beside a leafy green branch, labelled Lyncornis temminckii.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 74)

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

Engraved plate of insect anatomy showing nerve chains, segmented bodies and internal organs with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXX

From: An introduction to entomology, 1828

Three shaded drawings of spiral mollusk shells on a plate labeled 229, 291 and 221.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 65

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

Hand-coloured plate of a brown howler monkey walking with its long curled tail, with a German caption below.

Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae - Plate XXXIV

Hermann Joseph Mitterer, 1823

Engraved plate of sixteen numbered Orthoceras fossil shells, conical and segmented, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate XXI

From: Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem, 1835

Hand-colored engraving of a crested purple heron with grey and rust plumage, long yellow legs and a curved neck, standing on

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 788

From: Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle, 1765

Hand-colored plate of five numbered Malachius beetles on grass stems, labeled with species names, from an 1859 entomology wor

American entomology - Plate 48

From: American entomology, 1859

Plate 53 of an 1890 invertebrate anatomy atlas with labeled line drawings of rotifers and Balanoglossus.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 53

From: Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés, 1890

Engraved plate of a huge whale on a shore with a crowd of men in period dress around it, rocky coast behind.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLII

From: Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri, 1657

Engraved botanical plate showing two plants, a trailing clover-like trifolium and a branching tribulus with pinnate leaves an

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 106

From: Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737

Engraved plate of three seabirds, including a cormorant and a frigatebird, with long tails and hooked bills, on cream paper.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 176

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

Hand-coloured plate of ten numbered carabid beetles in tan, black and red tones with species names listed below.

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

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

Three numbered views of a bivalve mollusk shell from a 1921 natural history plate, showing two exteriors and one pearly inter

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 20

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a raccoon standing on a rock ledge with a ringed tail and mountains behind it.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 57

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