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Plate VI with coloured drawings of mayflies and caddisflies above matching artificial fishing flies on hooks.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate VI

From: The fly-fisher's entomology, 1901

Hand-colored plate of a brown deer on rocks beside a leafy branch, with a head study above, from an 1824 mammal book.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 204)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Botanical plate of Polycarpaea spicata with a whole plant and numbered detail drawings of flowers, leaves and seeds.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 510

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Hand-coloured engraving of a small brown owl with yellow eyes perched on a branch, captioned Strix Scops.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 44

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

Page of twelve numbered pen-and-ink botanical sketches of flowering sprigs, leaves and fruit under the heading Icosandria.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 125)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Hand-coloured plate of a blue-headed songbird with red wing patches perched on a leafy flowering branch.

The language of birds - Plate 10

From: The language of birds, 1837

Hand-coloured plate of four spiny sea shells, three large and one small, showing their openings in brown and blue tones.

Conchology, or, The natural history of shells - Plate 45

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

Lithograph plate of numbered whale skeletal bones, including a fan-shaped baleen plate, a flipper skeleton and curved ribs.

Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia - Plate VII

From: Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia, 1881

Coloured botanical plate of Gymnadenia odoratissima with pink orchid spike, leaves, roots and detailed flower dissections.

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der - Plate 33

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

Hand-coloured natural history plate showing numbered insect larvae, pupae, cocoons and winged adults in rows on cream paper.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate VII

From: Manuscript notes from my journal, 1874

Engraved plate XXXVI showing numbered bivalve shells in exterior and interior views, from an 1844 conchology illustration.

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

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

Drawing of a common opossum clinging to a branch with eucalyptus leaves and gumnuts, above a river landscape with ships.

The mammals of Australia - Plate VIII

From: The mammals of Australia, 1871

Coloured botanical plate of Nertera depressa with red berries, green foliage, and numbered flower and seed dissections below.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 24

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

Two line drawings of insect leg tarsi with bristles and claws, labelled a and b, from an 1882 butterfly study.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate (page 608)

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

Engraved plate numbered 51 showing many snails and molluscs with spiral shells, tentacles and detailed anatomical views.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 51

From: Figures of molluscous animals, 1859

Hand-colored plate of five figures showing puffball fungi growing on dead wood, with detail sketches of individual specimens.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 503

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

Colour plate of nine speckled bird eggs labelled dotterel, killdeer plover, ringed plover, kentish plover and little ringed p

A history of British birds - Plate 26

From: A history of British birds, 1883

Coloured plate of numbered orange fritillary butterflies showing upper and undersides, from a 1906 West Coast butterfly book.

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

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

Hand-coloured plate of five bivalve seashells, some with reddish-brown banded exteriors and one shown pale from inside.

The natural history of British shells - Plate LXVIII

From: The natural history of British shells, 1799

Engraved botanical plate of an Eugenia branch with leaves, flower clusters and numbered dissections of flower, fruit and seed

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 545

From: Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis, 1840

Plate IX showing numbered mayfly-like insects and artificial fishing flies on a cream page.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate IX

From: The fly-fisher's entomology, 1901

Hand-coloured plate of several bivalve and conch shells labelled Donax and Venus, from an 1811 natural history book.

Conchology, or, The natural history of shells - Plate 58

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

Hand-coloured plate of a dark-coated fallow deer with pale antlers standing on sandy ground with grass and a rock.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 218)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Printed page of twelve numbered botanical illustrations of flowering plants under the heading Didynamia.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 147)

From: The pictorial flora, 1840

Hand-colored engraving of two yellow-green finches perched on a gnarled branch, male and female, with caption below.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 57

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

Engraved plate of numbered bivalve mollusc shells, one large central shell surrounded by smaller specimens in various views.

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

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

Coloured botanical plate of Platanthera chlorantha orchid with leaves, flowering spike, roots and dissected flower parts.

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der - Plate 38

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

Hand-coloured plate of a fanciful crested bird with spread wings perched on a branch with orange flowers.

The language of birds - Plate 11

From: The language of birds, 1837

Hand-coloured engraved plate of numbered leaf beetles in side and top views with Latin captions, Tab. XXVIII.

Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis - Plate XXVIII

From: Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis, 1799

Plate of engraved figures showing numbered views of shelled molluscan larvae with ciliated margins and spines.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 58

From: Figures of molluscous animals, 1859