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Hand-colored 1789 engraving plate of numbered longhorn beetles with long antennae, labeled Coleoptera, Tab. V.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate V

From: Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata, 1789

Colour plate of a green carp-like fish with orange fins, with a grey top-view drawing of the fish below.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXIX

From: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises, 1877

Hand-coloured plate of a tufted marmoset with a striped tail gripping a branch, French caption below.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate X

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Pencil-style plate of a tall tree with a large nest and two birds perched in its crown above a flat landscape.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 79)

From: Birds' nesting in India, 1877

Hand-coloured plate of scarab beetles in red, yellow, orange and black with line drawings of body parts and numbered labels.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 6

From: Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis, 1874

Engraved plate of labelled mollusc diagrams: bivalve shell hinge, gastropod shell parts, and a snail with mantle and tentacle

The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells - Plate XI

From: The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells, 1896

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female antelope in grassland beside a flowering shrub, labelled Antilope Capreolus.

Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate VIII

From: Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen, 1827

Hand-coloured 1836 bird plate showing four perching birds in yellow, black, white, brown and green with German captions.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 31

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel, 1836

Hand-coloured plate of red admiral butterfly life stages with caterpillars, chrysalides and an egg on nettle leaves.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 20

From: Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der, 1777

Hand-colored plate of five freshwater mussel shells in dark, green and brown tones, labeled with Unio and Alasmodon species n

Manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands - Plate II

From: Manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, 1857

Coloured plate of a red squirrel holding a nut on a tree trunk, with another squirrel peeking from a tree hollow behind.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 11

de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique From: Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, 1910

Hand-coloured engraving of a bear, flying lizard, crocodile, chameleon and snake in natural settings, from 1847.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate V

From: Le petit Buffon des enfants, 1847

Plate of ten numbered drawings showing male abdominal appendages of Hesperotettix and Melanoplus grasshoppers, rear and side

The Orthoptera of Indiana - Plate I

From: The Orthoptera of Indiana, 1903

Two hand-coloured views of a freshwater mussel shell, outer brown ridged surface above and pearly pale inner surface below.

Exotic conchology - Plate 7

From: Exotic conchology, 1841

Lithograph of two lorises climbing tree branches, one large and one small, with German and French captions below.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 44

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Chromolithograph of three almond tumbler cock pigeons, two standing on pavement and one on a stone ledge, with brown plumage

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 174)

From: The illustrated book of pigeons, 1876

Hand-colored plate of twelve numbered beetles with scale bars and handwritten species names below, from an 1795 insect catalo

Enumeratio insectorum elytratorum circa Erlangam indigenarum secundum systema fabricianum, - Plate (page 75)

From: Enumeratio insectorum elytratorum circa Erlangam indigenarum secundum systema fabricianum, 1795

Sepia plate of a large oval freshwater mussel shell and a small triangular zebra mussel shell, labelled Plate III.

The land and freshwater shells of the British Isles - Plate III

From: The land and freshwater shells of the British Isles, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of a loris on a branch above a slow lemur on mossy ground, labelled Plate 15.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 15

and cetaceous animals From: The natural history of quadrupeds, 1811

Colored plate of a warbler nest on a leafy branch with three speckled eggs beside it, captioned Dendroeca aestiva.

Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio - Plate XV

From: Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio, 1886

Coloured plate showing three black stag beetles with orange-red wing covers, numbered 1 to 3, from a Lucanoid beetle catalogu

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate II

From: A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera, 1864

Colored plate of several angelfish species with striped orange, blue and black bodies and detailed fins.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXX

From: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises, 1862

Hand-colored plate of a male jaguar with spotted coat climbing a green rock, labeled Jaguar mâle in italic script.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XVI

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Pencil drawing of a rounded bird nest attached to forked twigs, labelled nest of the thick billed flower pecker.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 86)

From: Birds' nesting in India, 1877

Coloured plate Tafel IV showing numbered moths and butterflies with spread wings in brown, orange, red and blue patterns.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate IV

From: Lepidoptera Niepeltiana, 1914

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXXX

From: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises, 1877

Hand-colored plate of a male and female Antilope melanotis antelope standing among shrubs on grassy ground.

Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate XII

From: Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen, 1827

Hand-coloured 1836 bird plate showing four perching chats and thrushes with German and Latin captions, numbered plate 43.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 43

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel, 1836

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects including cockroaches, a green mantis, crickets and grasshoppers, labelled Hemiptera.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate VIII

From: Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata, 1789

Numbered pen drawings of slugs and snails in side views, with small enlarged shell and egg details on Plate I.

The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells - Plate I

From: The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells, 1896