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Painted plate of a hazel dormouse on a branch among leaves and hazelnuts, with French caption naming Myoxus avellanarius.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 15

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a rhinoceros above a leopard and panther beside a palm tree and rocks.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate III

From: Le petit Buffon des enfants, 1847

Plate of numbered beetles in colour with smaller black and white anatomical detail drawings around them.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 9

From: Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis, 1874

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land snails and slugs with species names listed in a caption block below.

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

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

Engraved plate of two bats with spread wings, labeled Megaderma lyra and Rhinolophus diadema, from an 1824 natural history bo

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 54

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Four short-faced bald-head pigeons in blue, black, red and yellow plumage perched on wooden ledges.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 214)

From: The illustrated book of pigeons, 1876

Hand-coloured plate of five numbered butterflies, orange, white and brown, one resting on a twig with green leaves.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 32

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

Two hand-colored views of a brown striped Achatina sultana snail shell on a cream page, from Exotic conchology, 1841.

Exotic conchology - Plate 11

From: Exotic conchology, 1841

Engraved plate of a flying colugo skin with spread limbs and membrane, labeled Flying Colugo, Pl. 20.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 20

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

Coloured plate of a yellow-breasted chat nest of woven twigs among green leaves, with three speckled eggs below.

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

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

Plate of twenty numbered illustrations of male insect abdominal appendages, shown in end and side views.

The Orthoptera of Indiana - Plate II

From: The Orthoptera of Indiana, 1903

Sepia plate of labeled freshwater and land snail shells, including Planorbis, Paludina and Physa species, in rows.

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

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

Coloured plate of a golden jackal standing on a rock, facing left, with italic caption Chacal dit du Sénégal.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XXII

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Pencil-style drawing of a tree trunk with a bird nest, leaves, twigs and a hanging fruit, from an 1877 book on Indian birds.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 95)

From: Birds' nesting in India, 1877

Hand-coloured plate showing four beetles, a large black stag beetle with orange-edged wing cases above three smaller beetles.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate III

From: A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera, 1864

Hand-colored plate of five tropical butterflyfish in yellow, black and red tones with numbered figures and printed legend.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXXV

From: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises, 1862

Hand-coloured plate of pygmy antelope pair above Saltiana antelope male, female and juvenile among shrubs, 1827.

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

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

Hand-coloured 1836 plate of four perching finch-like birds with labelled captions, including a long-tailed bird and a bullfin

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 55

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel, 1836

Black-and-white plate of two large Ornithoptera butterflies showing dark wings with white spots and pale hindwing bands.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate VI

From: Lepidoptera Niepeltiana, 1914

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXLII

From: Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises, 1877

Coloured plate of a wood mouse in grass by a tree trunk, with a second mouse peeking from behind the trunk.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 19

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

Hand-coloured engraving plate IX with numbered animals: a beaver, bird of paradise, wolf, monkey and marmot.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate IX

From: Le petit Buffon des enfants, 1847

Hand-coloured 1789 plate of numbered Hemiptera insects including aphids, a cicada, a ladybug and a twig with leaf.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XI

From: Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata, 1789

Engraved natural history plate of a slug and many British land and freshwater snail shells with scale bars, numbered Plate II

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

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

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 64

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Coloured plate of three grey pigeons with black wing bars and red feet standing on a wooden ledge before a brick wall.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 250)

From: The illustrated book of pigeons, 1876

Engraved plate 12 showing many beetles in dorsal view with small anatomical detail drawings around them.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 12

From: Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis, 1874

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land snail shells in varied sizes, with species names listed at the bottom.

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

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

Hand-coloured engraving of a shaggy dark three-toed sloth with pale face hanging from a green branch beside pink flowers.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 26

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

Colour plate of a chipping sparrow nest on an apple branch with three speckled blue eggs below.

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

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