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Hand-colored plate of two Lapland buntings, a young female on a rock and an adult male with black head and rust collar on the

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 13

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Hand-colored plate of four winged insects, including wasps in green, black, yellow and brown-blue, from 1828 British entomolo

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLVI

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Engraved plate of numbered scientific drawings of small crustacean body parts and whole animals, 1895.

On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland - Plate VI

From: On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland, 1895

Plate of lithographed whale skeletons and isolated bones, including skulls, vertebrae and ribs, from an 1880 cetacean osteogr

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XVIII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female dusky grouse on the ground, with a butterfly flying at upper left.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 17)

From: Illustrations of the game birds of North America, 1835

Plate of eighteen numbered noctuid moth specimens in brown and cream tones, labelled Noctuidae, Pl. 47.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 47

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Lithograph plate VIII of freshwater snail shells from Lake Tanganyika, with numbered shaded and outline views of species.

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate VIII

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Hand-colored plate of a small brown rodent climbing a rock face, labeled Otomys Capensis, from an 1824 mammal natural history

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 64)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Engraved plate of nine numbered studies of webbed bird feet and legs, labeled Pieds à doigts palmés, Planche V.

Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie - Plate V

From: Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie, 1811

Hand-coloured 1776 insect plate showing dark and reddish moths, a green caterpillar on a leaf, and a chrysalis.

An exposition of English insects - Plate I

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776

Colored plate of four shell specimens, two smooth egg-shaped Ovula and two spiny Chenopus, with numbered labels and captions.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 16

From: Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit, 1897

Hand-colored engraving of a grey rodent standing on a mossy rock with small plants, labeled Mus Accedula Pall.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CXCVII

mit Beschreibungen From: Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 1774

Plate of eleven numbered green sandpiper eggs, speckled in brown and dark tones on cream and greenish ground.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 12

From: Eggs of British birds, 1895

Engraved plate of scarab beetles in four numbered figures, including a horned beetle in side view.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate IV

From: Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn, 1785

Hand-coloured plate of an elongated freshwater bivalve shell with green and brown concentric growth rings.

A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and f - Plate II

containing descriptions and f From: A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, 1858

Engraved plate of a fossil sloth lower jaw in three views showing molar teeth, labeled Plate VI, 1842.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate VI

From: Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs, 1842

Hand-coloured engraving of a barnacle goose with a dark neck, white face and grey wings, labelled The Bernacle.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 19)

From: A natural history of British birds, 1775

Hand-coloured plate of five beetles labelled with Latin names, from Britain, America and Europe, dated 1852.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 9

From: The natural history of beetles, 1852

Engraved anatomical plate of snail specimens and organs with lettered labels, plus an aquatic plant in the lower right.

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 2

From: Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica, 1694

Lithograph plate of two men from northwest America, one in a patterned conical hat and one with braided hair and a nose ring.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 3

From: Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere, 1824

Engraving of a grouse and a woodcock on swampy ground, with small songbirds perched on branches above.

Among the birds - Plate (page 123)

From: Among the birds, 1868

Hand-coloured plate showing four wasp-like insects with black bodies, orange abdomens and veined wings, numbered 1 to 4.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLI

From: Illustrations of British entomology, 1828

Hand-coloured 1778 plate of numbered British land snail shells in varied sizes and spiral forms on cream paper.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate IV

From: Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology, 1778

Engraved anatomical plate showing several views of a beaked whale skull and jaw bone with smaller bone details.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXIII

From: Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, 1880

Pen-and-ink drawing of timber-framed houses on a busy street with a crowd of figures and a dog in front.

Birds of the wave and woodland - Plate (page 241)

From: Birds of the wave and woodland, 1894

Plate 51 of Noctuidae showing eighteen numbered moth specimens in brown and cream tones on a beige page.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 51

From: Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe, 1909

Plate XI of 1888 showing numbered freshwater snail shells from Lake Tanganyika drawn in grayscale, with species caption below

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XI

From: Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika, 1888

Hand-coloured plate of a brown rodent with a long tail climbing a mossy tree trunk, from an 1824 mammal natural history.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 84)

From: Histoire naturelle des mammifères, 1824

Hand-coloured plate of a male and female chaffinch, with the male perched beside a nest of speckled eggs.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 21

From: Illustrations of British birds, 1837

Hand-coloured plate of seven numbered moths, including Zeuzera aesculi and Scotosia undulata, with labelled Latin names on cr

An exposition of English insects - Plate II

From: An exposition of English insects, 1776